Chairman Meow

An image of a raku fired vase that has a tiered pedestal. It has shimmery irridescent greens, gold, blues reds and violets and some matte black areas from the reduction material.

A close up view of the lower right portion of the same vase where you can see the blues/purples and reddish hues.

A view of the other side of the vase.

This is a photo of the raku process. Several vases being placed in the flames, in a reduction bin. They are all on fire, as is the material in the bin.

Inspired by the cosmos. Born from the flames of raku. A symphony of light and movement captured.

'Skyfire' draws it inspiration from the shimmery irridescent greens, reds, golds and violets of the northern lights.

A well-preserved Roman leather shoe with elaborate cutout patterns. The design features a high ankle and open section

An adorable #Roman shoe, made for a #baby too young to walk. The shoe imitates the footwear of Roman soldiers (caligae). The cut-out design would have shown off the kid’s socks!

From Bordeaux, dating 1st/2nd AD.

📷 Bordeaux, Musée d’Aquitaine

🏺 #archaeology

a box of little brown balls of clay and dirt and seeds in a philly pretzel factory box

Ready to supply ~100 cyclists w/seed bombs for our city's abandoned lots at tonight's @wednightrides.org!

They contain 6-7 species of native plant seeds to juice up the biodiversity of our city, incl.
Ironweed
Echinacea
Partidge Pea
Bee Balm
Blue Vervain
Blackeyed Susan
Swamp Milkweed (sometimes)

In "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield", after arriving separately on the Enterprise from the unaligned planet Cheron, Commissioner Bele attempts to claim Lokai as his prisoner, while both aliens make multiple hate-filled accusations of slavery and genocide against each other.

Card of the day: FIVE OF CUPS. It is not the experience of today that drives a person mad; it is the remorse or bitterness of something which happened yesterday, and the dread of what tomorrow may bring.
#TrekSky #TarotSky #StarTrek #Tarot #StarTrekTarot StarTrekTarot.com

A yellow Mexican prickly poppy. The pretty flower above the spiky leaves. Pain and pleasure. "He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."~Oscar Wilde

"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."~Oscar Wilde

#ColorADay #YellowThu #Mexican #PricklyPoppy
#FlowerReport #EastCoastKin #SmArtist #photography #photographer
#Art #BloomScrolling

Gift of the Danjuma Collection

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, To the Last, 2013
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137612

Macro photograph of a Lavender Scallop (Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi)

Our Lavender Scallop has started blooming!
#bloomscroll #flowers #photography #art #macro

A raku vase in yellows, reds, blues and purples with an abundance of texture. There is a wave of red running vertically up the side of the vase in view.

A raku vase in yellows, reds, blues and blacks with an abundance of texture. There is a wave of black running vertically up the side of the vase in view.

A closeup of a raku vase with yellows, reds, blues and purples with an abundance of texture.

3 raku vases placed into the reduction container among flames

A little magic for your Saturday.

Within the kiln, where flames rise,
Draconis wakes with molten eyes.
Across its skin, raku fire streams,
A creation forged from potter's dreams.

From earth and flame its power is cast
Ancient breath in clay held fast.

#pottery #eastcoastkin #art

Here's mine Freaky Friday static electricity catto pic for you all. With tulips. Love you all. Hugs from my family 🩷

Happy #FossilFriday

This is a beautiful Hexagonaria (colonial horn coral) from the Middle Devonian Cedar Valley Formation from Coralville, Iowa. There is a location in Iowa City, Iowa known as the Devonian Fossil Gorge where you can see an intact coral 390 million year old coral reef like this one.

Disgusting rag controlled by fascists.

26 days later... remember Alex + Renee but also remember what their deaths stand for and why we are in this #resist movement.

Flatiron building in front of bluesky at sunset

Flatiron - Blue Hour - New York City #FridayPhoto 🗃️📷📸

"Assemble the Board of Peace - I'm starting a war".

Since you all seem to like cats in windows here are a few more!

The sun sets over a muddy river in winter

You cannot buy the revolution.

You cannot make the revolution.

You can only be the revolution.

It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.

- Ursula K. Le Guin

#nature #photography #revolution

After the Supreme Court decided to actually do its job and follow the Constitution and rule against Trump's tariffs, this garbage president actually said "I'm allowed to destroy the country."

And all you heard was silence from these GOP bootlickers.

#ResistTrump

South Norwood path #trees #woodland #treeclub

6 mugs in one image. The first on the top left is blue and has a cat as a handle! The next to the right is intergalactic themed. To the right (and last in the top row) is a brown and blue mug called Spring Moss. In the bottom row, is a blue, red and brown mug with dotted clay. In the middle is another brown and blue mug with a more delicate handle. On the bottom right is a delightfully purple mug made of porcelain.

New mugs are heading into the kiln soon 🔥

To make room, most of the remaining mugs are now $65, shipping included.

If one’s been calling your name, this might be the moment to bring it home.

And if not, a share always helps. 🙏

Gov. Shapiro:  "We've seen now that the president was acting outside his legal authority…I wish he would just adhere to the Supreme Court's ruling and stop the pain for the American people."

Posted especially for Mike’s mom. Photo taken February 14, 2026, near Beegum Gorge, #ShastaCounty, #NorthernCalifornia of a Parish’s Nightshade flower. These guys bloom all year round, but the new flowers are just around the corner. #wildflowers #photography #nature

Liv @junqueiraliv.bsky.social shares a gorgeous shot today for ThickTrunkTuesday:

This quiet fox is available. The piece is 7.5x11.5 on handmade paper w/ sumi inks. Some are metallic, so it shines in the sun. Name your own price.

Bobbin the Robin #BirdOfTheDay #WinterSurvivors #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #Photography #EastCoastKin

Building Mural
Glasgow, Scotland
May 2025
#StreetArtSaturday
#UrbanLandscape
#Photography
#Travel #Outdoor
#TravelPhotography
#UrbanPhotography
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#EastCoastKin

Fall sunset across the pastures in Minnesota
#Photography
#Photographer
#BlueSkyArt
#EastCoastKin
#Sunset
#Nature
#Minnesota

The Cone Nebula is an H II region in the constellation of Monoceros. It was discovered by William Herschel on December 26, 1785, at which time he designated it H V.27. The nebula is located about 830 parsecs or 2,700 light-years from Earth. The Cone Nebula forms part of the nebulosity surrounding the Christmas Tree Cluster. The designation of NGC 2264 in the New General Catalogue refers to both objects and not the nebula alone. Description The diffuse Cone Nebula, so named because of its apparent shape, lies in the southern part of NGC 2264, the northern part being the magnitude-3.9 Christmas Tree Cluster. It is in the northern part of Monoceros, just north of the midpoint of a line from Procyon to Betelgeuse. The cone's shape comes from a dark absorption nebula consisting of cold molecular hydrogen and dust in front of a faint emission nebula containing hydrogen ionized by S Monocerotis, the brightest star of NGC 2264. The faint nebula is approximately seven light-years long (with an apparent length of 10 arcminutes), and is 2,700 light-years from Earth.

A starless version, revealing the quiet, hidden beauty of the nebula in all its purest detail.

(1 of 2) The Cone Nebula A.K.A The Fox Fur (NGC 2264) in Hα/OIII/SII with the RedCat 61mm and QHY MiniCam8—shot from my backyard. Another step in my "imaging in narrow band" journey.

🔭 William Optics RedCat 61
📷 QHY MiniCam8
Total exposure: 3 h 05 min

#Astrophotography #Space #DeepSpace #Astronomy