Lori Lou Freshwater

Still Life with Irises - 1890
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/15307

All I can see are bottle brushes now haha that’s the perfect name

AND it looks like a Dr Seuss tree! 😍

It's past 6:00pm Eastern Time.

ICE once again failed to release congressionally-mandated detention statistics on its typical biweekly schedule.

The last update was on February 12, 2026. Four weeks ago.
www.ice.gov/detain/deten...

Otto Dix, Battle-Weary Troops Retreat (Battle of the Somme) (Abgekämpfte Truppe geht zurück [Sommeschlacht]) from The War (Der Krieg), 1924 #museumofmodernart #ottodix

Bold sunk relief in sandstone of a standing woman. The figure faces left with raised right arm, horizontal left arm holding a life-sign in hand. Rising from a modius atop a wig adorned with a fillet is the lower portion of a crown consisting of tall plumes fronted by cow's horns, and presumably, a solar disk. Around the fillet is coiled the body of a cobra whose head and spread hood rise before the figure's head. The figure wears a broad-collar necklace, represented in relief, and a tight dress starting just below the breasts and ending in a scalloped hemline. Remains of pigment indicate that the dress was painted blue with a central vertical panel of red. Areas of red pigment are also found on the figure's face, chest, and arms. Blue-green pigment indicates armlets and bracelets were painted on the figure. Before the figure is a partially preserved column of hieroglyphic text. Figure and text are framed at the side by raised border lines.

Raised Relief of a Goddess or Queen https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/122251

This tree is the bee’s knees

Live at the Point was an absolute obsession for a while. Love him so much.

A barefooted Brahmin priest wearing a traditional Indian unstitched cotton dhoti (or veshti) and angavastram shawl with woven borders crosses an outdoor courtyard covered with textured red tiles. In the background, there is a large green-framed window with white grills. Sri Ramanasramam, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India maintains a Vedic school (Patasala) with an annual certificate course for young trainee priests. It focuses on the accurate memorisation, pronunciation and intonation of the Krishna Yajur Veda, consisting of prose mantras for worship rituals. Students also perform daily recitation of the Vedas in Bhagavan Sri Ramana's Samadhi Hall.

Black is the colour
of my true love's hair
His face so soft
and wondrous fair
The purest eyes
and the strongest hands
I love the ground
on where He stands

Nina Simone, 20th century

#Photography #Poetry #SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm #India #ImageAndVerse #ArtOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

Migratory species face rising extinction risk, new UN update warns - Oceanographic A UN report warns 49% of migratory species populations are declining and nearly a quarter face extinction, ahead of global talks at CMS COP15.

Almost half of the world’s migratory species populations protected under a major UN wildlife treaty are now in decline,according to a new interim report that warns global conservation efforts are struggling to keep pace with mounting environmental pressures. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/migrato...

#birdbot

Weed Burner, Sitting on a Wheelbarrow with his Wife - July 1883
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/3109395

Star Trek Voyager scene. We see a small, lone shuttlecraft fllying through a cloudy sky. Closed caption reads, "(screaming)"

Judge rules ICE must limit number of detainees held in Baltimore facility U.S. District Judge Julie R. Rubin cited health and safety risks including uncleanliness, limited medical access and overcrowding in the facility located at 31 Hopkins Plaza in downtown Baltimore.

Judge rules ICE must limit number of detainees held in Baltimore facility

#OtD 6 Mar 1922 sex workers sparked a rent strike of the Revolutionary Syndicate of Tenants in Veracruz Mexico by building barricades out of mattresses stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1064...

“Protect the ocean.” — Prutehi I Tasi.

Chamorru artist Gillian Duenas channels that call in powerful artwork opposing plans to open 35.5M acres near the Mariana Trench to deep-sea mining—threatening reefs, rare species, & island sovereignty.
Listen to Pacific voices.
#OceanHoptimism #DeepSeaMining

Photograph looking up into the heart of a scalloped dome, sumptuously decorated in mainly blue and gold mosaic. From a central blue star, a chain descends toward the lower left of frame, while eight curved blue ribs, sporting zig-zag patterns in gold and white, emanate outward in all directions. Between these ribs are largely golden sections of mosaic, in which may be found foliate designs picked out in blue and white.

Dome of the Maqsura in the Mezquita at Cordoba. #MosaicMonday #Cordoba #Andalucia #Architecture #Photography

I lack the words to capture it, but ... it's just endlessly remarkable to me that so many people in our society have chosen trans kis -- TRANS KIDS, the smallest, least significant, most vulnerable demographic slice you could possibly pick -- as a repository for all their fears & insecurities.

Consecrated Women in Rome Heal With St. Hildegard The community prepares meals for retreats, cooking the same foods they themselves consume, following closely to the principles of the doctor of the Church as they offer hospitality to souls.

Heart wine sounds delicious

Meep-meep!

#BirdOfTheDay #ColourfulCaptures

During the World Baseball Classic, too. They don't seem to care.

Spanish 🇪🇸 assembly member politician openly called out US and Israel for attack on Iranian kids

"You can't be defending the rights of women by killing and celebrating deaths of 160 kids. I oppose Trump and Netanyahu" 🔥

Courage & Spine : 100%, Mad respect 🫡

Caring for Wildlife in Prison Makes Us Feel More Human My prison is surrounded by woods. Nature and animals keep us grounded and help us develop compassion.

"I wish you could know the way people in prison light up at the sight of animals."

Zombies are parasites.

The Sufi School of Love YouTube video by Let's Talk Religion

Beautiful 🤍

NEW from me: Ketamine, Prostitution and Money: Here Are The Details of a Secret DEA Probe of Jeffrey Epstein

🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Me: FINALLY!