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Some lovely icebows today! These were very close to the late sun in the afternoon. Maybe 10 degrees off. Pretty sure it wasn’t 22 degrees. Wonder what shape the ice crystals were?

#IceBow #rainbow #TheWorldIsStillBeautiful

$Looking at subtle pink and green highlights in remnants in relatively low cumulus clouds moving fast with strong cold winds from the north east. The coloring is from light diffraction though ice crystals in a similar manner to how a rainbow forms.$

A picture from Strathdon in the Highlands, from a few years ago. #mextures #ScottishHighlands #Scotland #winter #LandcapePhotography #TheWorldIsStillBeautiful

A photo of a snow covered woodland. Tall old pines let the light through but the colours have been filtered to dark purple and white. A glow penetrates from the right.

Gold and blue ice at sunrise
#icetodon #TheWorldIsStillBeautiful

A large ground surface covered in ice, with lots of bubbles frozen inside. It's blue closer to us, switching to yellow at the far end, where the rising sun is reflecting in it

Frozen bubbles
#TheWorldIsStillBeautiful

Looking down at water frozen over grasses. There are lots of little bubbles and two big bubbles frozen right into the ice

Carwash at sunset
#TheWorldIsStillBeautiful

Looking out the passenger window in a car wash. The "tricolor" soap is dripping pink and blue down the windows, and the side mirror is reflecting the setting sun.

#bloomscrolling #TheWorldIsStillBeautiful

Closeup of a pink dahlia. The outer petals are pink, and the inner petals are cream. They're arranged in concentric circles of cute little curls.

The weird coincidental pride flag (see linked post for details) turns into a weird coincidental trans flag on winter snow.
#WeirdCoincidentalPrideFlag #TheWorldIsStillBeautiful
https://turtleisland.social/@dillyd/113336901381487354

A snowy path, winding to the left, with footprints and bicycle tracks, and a mysterious pink stripe and a blue stripe

#teotihuacan #TheWorldIsStillBeautiful
(Edit to correct spelling)

Closeup of some yellow flowers growing on architectural ruins, with one of the pyramids of Teotihuacan in the background (in Mexico)

Looking up a stone wall with a lizard climbing over the edge, and some bright grasses catching the sunlight in front of blue sky

#DogsOfMastodon #TheWorldIsStillBeautiful

A small gray dog's face and front right paws emerging from a cedar shrub where he likes to hang out

#TheWorldIsStillBeautiful #WaterDrops

Looking down at a cedar shrub with beautiful water drops seemingly suspended in the air (actually on cobwebs)

Arctic cold outside, but sunny oxalis inside. 🌼

#plants #flowers #bloomscrolling
#TheWorldIsStillBeautiful

A blooming oxalis plant in a small, terra cotta pot indoors, sitting on a table illuminated by some weak sun from a nearby window. The oxalis plant has deep, burgundy leaves and a few, five-petaled, bright yellow blossoms. There are some books and a desktop picture frame blurred in the background.

About 10 years ago on a beach in Tasmania!

#DogsOfMastpdon
#Beach
#TheWorldIsStillBeautiful

Closeup photo of wet very flat beach sand. There is a line-shape made in the sand by some small beach creature that is similar to an Ampersand — about 50cm across. At the bottom of the “ampersand” is an impression in the sand of one dog footprint. The morning sun is not visible but it is CB in the background and provides some reflection and brightness on the wet sand that makes the shadows stand out.

April 2021, our blooming magnolia tree covered with snow!

Update: this is in the alt-text and I realized that it probably makes sense to include it here … considering the times beauty and kindness need extra support!

The branches are now extra heavy and are hanging down but none have broken. I have several poles cut from other trees supporting some of the branches with heavier snow load on the right.

#Magnolia
#bloomscrolling
#TheWorldIsStillBeautiful

Our magnolia tree is about 20 feet tall and covered with many branches with large pink blossoms AND the whole tree is covered with snow! The branches are now extra heavy and are hanging down but none have broken. I have several poles cut from other trees supporting some of the branches with heavier snow load on the right.

Pink Lady Slipper orchid growing in my yard. These are such cool flowers!

#LadySlipper
#bloomscrolling
#TheWorldIsStillBeautiful

Pink Lady Slipper orchid growing in my yard. The flower hangs from a straight stiff green stem rising from the leaf litter tilted slightly to the right. At the top the stem curves around 180 degrees shaped a bit like the top of a walking cane. At the end a very unusual bulbuous light pink flower hangs down. Starting with a shade of light yellow the transitions to a light pink shade with light red lines. At the top of the flower are three skinny brownish red skinny leaves that extend out and droop down a bit.

Oyster mushrooms next to stream growing on a log I inoculated.

Correction: I picked that clump from log and photo is on my deck railing ;-)

#Mushrooms
#bloomscrolling
#TheWorldIsStillBeautiful

Closeup photo of a clump of about 12 white oyster mushrooms growing on a log I inoculated. The view is looking up a bit from underneath and the and gills are lit up by the semi-translucent caps.

I made cider-cranberry wine with these!

#Cranberries
#bloomscrolling
#TheWorldIsStillBeautiful

Closeup of bright red cranberries growing on a low bushy plant with lots of tiny green leaves.

It snowed last night. Not a huge amount of snow, but the first real snow in our area this year. It’s a beautiful crisp sunny day.

#TheWorldIsStillBeautiful

Trees laden with snow against a bright blue sky with sun shining through.

Heaven snow on plants and grasses. A brown wooden fence in the background.

Good morning! I don't have the right words to describe today. I'm going to spend the day concentrating on the positive and ignoring the media. If you're of a similar mind, I recommend the hashtag #TheWorldIsStillBeautiful, particularly photos that @dillyd is posting.

I'm particularly grateful for my heaviest sweatshirts and hoodies today. They'll get me through the next few days of cold weather as I put out food for the birds and corn for the deer.

Stay warm!🤗

#Today

#bloomscrolling #snail #TheWorldIsStillBeautiful

A rose bush with a tiny bud just starting to open, and a pink flower fully open, and a big deep red rose hip, with a snail on the rose hip

It snowed again last night, and is cold af this morning. But the morning sun keeps peeking out between mixed clouds throwing long lines of golden sparkles between the tree shadows.

👆this highly descriptive toot brought to you by: Valerie couldn't be arsed to go out in the cold in her jammies just to take pictures.

#TheWorldIsStillBeautiful

#TheWorldIsStillBeautiful

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