Crossword Man @crosswordman@qoto.org

Lately I was playing a bit with watercolors and landscapes and while I'm not very good at it, it's fun. And that's important, right?

#art #traditionalart #watercolor #artistofmastodon #artist

A photo I took in London and edited 💙

#london #UK #England #londoner #londonders #photography

Just another Glasgow tenement, complete with corner turrets. You don't really realise quite how ubiquitous turrets are of tenements in Glasgow until you start looking for them and then you realise that they're everywhere.

#glasgow #glasgowtenements #tenements #tenementlife #buildings #architecture #architecturephotography #buildingphotography #buildingsmakeglasgow #garscadden #glasgowbuildings #glasgowarchitecture

In #JapaneseFolklore iwana bozu are char (a type of river fish) who grow to an enormous size and transform into #yokai. They are able to shapeshift into human form, dress in Buddhist priest's robes, walk and talk. Mostly they approach people who are fishing in rivers to ask them to stop. They also talk to them about avoiding needless killing and taking only what they need. They warn people against fishing methods that cause damage such as river poisoning using Japanese pepper.
#SwampSunday
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Just found this on my Phone. My daughter built this snowperson in January. I think it's the friendliest I have met so far and i can imagine a whole story around with adventures and everything.

Seen on this afternoon on 2nd Street in Old City #Philly. #Philadelphia #Flowers

Me on mastodon

Sammy has taken over the blob and she won't let anyone else sit on it.

#Caturday

Welcome to a no regrets #caturday!

#cat #cats #catstodon #catsofmastodon #funny #humor #humour

All clothing is unisex.

#Unisex #lgbt #wearwhatyouwant

I don't have a #cat for #caturday, so here's one of my favourite Highland Cows having lunch down the local Bramble Bar.

#Saturday #Cowturday #CowsofMastodon #Cow #Cows #HighlandCow #Yorkshire #Photo #Photography

Cinema posters by Mancunian illustrator Tom Chantrell. So many iconic images, yet most people don't know his name. He worked from 1938 through to the 1980s. (He also did many fabulous B-movie horror and sexploitation posters).
#illustration #cinema

#caturday

We found those tiny kittens in the #Alhambra in #Granada. They obviously were used to visitors.

#MyFoto #cats #CatsOfMastodon #kittens #CatsOfTroetcafe

@cats

As promised, another big thread about historic #Alsatian #bonnets and #caps - and what interests me most: #lacemaking, #laces #embroidery and #perlage. Even if I find the macro function of my smartphone lousy, I take the shots because I like to know how people made these pieces. This #craft is threatened with extinction, so I like to find out more about the #stitches and construction of pieces. One table only in our #museum + #CulturalHeritage centre in #Alsace. #Histodon #costumes #fashion

This morning's dog walk around Thornwood was greatly enhanced by encountering four more of the wonderful little mosaics in Wilma van der Meyden's Empty Bowl series. That makes five down, and seven more still to find!

#glasgow #thornwood #streetart #glasgowstreetart #mosaics #ceramicart #scottishstreetart #dogwalking #morningdogwalk #partick #lovethornwood #mosaicart

When your code doesn't work out as intended, but you try to make the best of it anyway 🤷🏾‍♀️ #rtistry #rstats #genart

83% of the US population lives in cities. Don't drive to some tiny town in Idaho and point to a poor racist white person. Most poor white people in this country live in places like Los Angeles, or Detroit or Houston, or Chicago or New York.

Jan 6 was the perfect example of the rich, white, racist phenomenon. Stop blaming Trump on poor white people.

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/january-6-busts-key-myth-about-trump-supporters-rioters-ncna1287105

SWFL Eagle Cam AM update

E21 and E22 are napping on the nest. M15 flew off to chase an intruder and/or get breakfast.

In just a few weeks, these eaglets will venture from the nest for the first time. They will branch, which means they'll fly to a branch on the nest tree. A week or two after that, they'll fly from the nest for the first time. After that, they'll practice flying around the pasture for a few weeks while M15 continues to provide food.

French guerrilla artist filling potholes with colourful mosaics... #streetart #Ememem https://www.positive.news/society/the-guerrilla-artist-filling-europes-potholes-with-colourful-mosaics/