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Cley’s #sunset tonight #winter #photography #sunsetphotography

In #JapaneseFolklore wani are sea dragons who rule the oceans. These gods of the sea live in coral palaces on the ocean floor. The most well-known dragon king in Japan is Ryujin who controls the tides using two magical jewels. Wani can also shapeshift into humans. In one tale Toyotama hime (daughter of the Dragon King Owatatsumi) married Hoori (grandson of Amaterasu). Their grandson was Jimmu, who became the first emperor of Japan.
#folklore #dragons #DailyFolklore #yokai #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt

Saw this guy while shooting at #MultnomahFalls

#BirdsOfMastodon #BlueHeron #Mosstodon #NaturePhotography

There is a programme about moss at 21:00 hrs. this evening on BBC4 and thereafter on BBCiPlayer.

‘The Magical World of Moss’: Documentary that explores the vital role that mosses played in the earth’s evolution and how science is only beginning to unlock the secrets and potential of these amazing plants. (Made by Zadig for Arte France)

The ferny greenwoods near Dunvegan Castle are home to many fallen moss covered trees and branches like these.

#Mosstodon #green #woodland #isleofskye #tv

"The Tooth Worm as Hell's Demon,” 18th century. Carved from ivory, the two halves open up to reveal a scene about the infernal torments of a tooth worms which people believed caused cavities in the past. Complete with mini skulls, hellfire, and naked people wielding clubs.

#histodons #mastodon #introduction #histmed #histsci #museumobject #medhist #MedMastodon

View from the inside of a cello (photographer unknown).

River otter at dawn in a 7000ft elevation alpine lake in the Sierra Nevada range of California. This moment quite literally took my breath away and is easily the most incredible one I’ve had photographing wildlife! #photography #WildlifePhotography #otter #naturephotography #sierra

In #JapaneseFolklore, chochin obake (lantern ghost) is a paper or silk lantern that has transformed into a #yokai after many years of service. It has one or two eyes and a long tongue protruding from a split in the lantern that forms a mouth. Like other tsukumogami, it is believed that after 100 years of service (which may just mean a very long time) objects can develop supernatural powers and gain their own spirit. Chochin obake...
#FolkloreFriday #folklore #DailyFolklore @folklore
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Ferny church.

#SilentSunday #Pembrokeshire #Wales #Ferns

A lichen buffet, todays twig of the day has Xanthoria parietina (yellow), Lecanora chlarotera (pale green circles) and Physcia tenella (green frills). If you zoom in you can see each has tiny jam tart like fruiting cups #lichensubscribe #lichen #TwigOfTheDay

A cornucopia of #Lichen on this #Tree. If you zoom in on the photo, you will see many different types present (none of which I'm clever enough to identify confidently)

#DailyPhoto #ThickTrunkTuesday #LichenSubscribe #Mosstodon

The names of some places ring with the echoes of birds of the past.

https://aeon.co/essays/british-place-names-resonate-with-the-song-of-missing-birds

Ulcombe, Ulgham, Outchester, Oldberrow, Ullenhall, Ullenwood, all derive from 'ule,' the Old English word for owl. These places were named after the owls that medieval people associated with the landscapes:

"The onomatopoeic potency of 'ule' implies not only how owls themselves materialised and existed as sound for our ancestors, but that this also affected how people experienced the places in which they heard these sounds. On some level, those places named after owls ... were identified as soundscapes as much as landscapes, imagined and responded to through sonic texture and colour. It was sound that reified and situated place."

A friend who is a historian sent me a link to this fascinating essay which reflects upon the symbolic role that birds and bird sounds played in the naming of English places before landscapes were altered by 19th century industrialization, as well as the traces that still linger after those landscapes have been transformed. I have owls on the mind this week.

#hauntology #history #owls #birding #birds

Battersea Power Station with added bath plug.

#Battersea #PowerStations #sculpture

I made a marquetry baby tapir! #Marquetry #Woodworking #Tapir #BabyTapir

Ilkley Moor trees. Foggy pines and lichens on rowan.

If it is not literally the warmest year ever, someone will complain that global warming has stopped.

Year-to-year fluctuations are a normal part of the ongoing global warming trend. Don't be distracted by the noise.

#GlobalWarming #ClimateChange

The bird nest fungus is everywhere right now. I've found them in eight locations around the farm after twenty years of not finding any at all.

#moss #mosstodon #fungi #birdnestfungus