A composite graphic featuring two elements related to Elisabeth Blackwell and her pioneering botanical work. On the left, a framed black-and-white historical portrait (likely an engraving) of Elisabeth Blackwell (c. 1707–1758), the 18th-century Scottish botanical illustrator. She is shown in three-quarter view facing slightly left, with a calm, composed expression, wearing a period gown with a low neckline and her dark hair styled in elaborate curls and a long curled ponytail draped over her right shoulder. On the right, placed adjacent, is the colorful modern book cover of A Curious Herbal: Elisabeth Blackwell's Pioneering Masterpiece of Botanical Art, edited by Marta McDowell. The cover has a cream background with a delicate central illustration of a flowering plant (likely nasturtium) featuring red-and-yellow blooms, green leaves, and a thin stem with a small red berry or bud. The title appears in elegant serif typography at the top in dark red, with the subtitle "Elisabeth Blackwell's Pioneering Masterpiece of Botanical Art" below in smaller black text, and "Edited by Marta McDowell" at the bottom. The overall design evokes historical botanical illustration while highlighting Blackwell’s influential 1737–1739 work, one of the first herbals created and published by a woman.

Elizabeth Blackwell (1699–c. 1758) was penniless, her husband in a London debtor’s prison.

A talented artist, she created an illustrated guide to medicinal plants entitled 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘭 (published ~1738). It was hailed for its usefulness to doctors & apothecaries. #WorldWildlifeDay #art #botany

Two similar-looking spiral galaxies take up most of the frame. They both have bright, yellow-white central cores and well-defined spiral arms dotted with blue star clusters and dark dust lanes. NGC 5427 is a nearly face-on spiral galaxy at lower left. NGC 5426 is a more oblique galaxy at upper right. The two spiral arms on the upper side of NGC 5426 appear as a bridge that connects with NGC 5427. The black background of space is dotted with stars and small background galaxies.

New Technology Telescope image of Arp 271, also known as NGC 5426 and NGC 5427.

The mutual gravitational interaction of this pair of spiral galaxies distorts their shapes and creates a bridge of gas, dust and young stars that connect the galaxies.

Credit: ESO
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In Photos: ‘Blood Moon’ Stuns North America For Last Time Until 2029 A total lunar eclipse turned March’s Worm Moon deep red across North America, marking the last visible “blood moon” on the continent until 2029.

In Photos: ‘Blood Moon’ Stuns North America For Last Time Until 2029

Lemon Tea #oilpainting #art

A watercolour study of parrot tulips

Watercolour of parrot tulips, a good subject to struggle with
#botanicalart #watercolour #watercolor

A pair of merging galaxies. The galaxy on the left has a single, large spiral arm curving out from the core and around to below it, with very visible glowing dust and gas. The right-hand galaxy has a bright core but only a bit of very faint material. A broad curtain of gas connects the two galaxies’ cores and hangs beneath them. A few small stars and galaxies are scattered around the black background.

Hubble image of Arp 107, also known as UGC 5984.

Gravitational interactions created the spiral galaxy's unusual shape and a bridge of gas and stars that connects the galaxy pair.

Credit: ESA, NASA, J. Dalcanton, Dark Energy Survey, DOE, FNAL, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA, SDSS
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🤖 image processing for #JWST 🔭 data (NGC2244_core). RGB Filters: 444, 300, 115
PI: McCaughrean, Mark J., program 04545. CRVAL: 97.989764, 4.910159
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.

A group of little egrets feeding and preening in shallow water. They are lit up by gentle dawn light and softly reflected in the calm water

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #PerfectLighting, here's a group of feeding and preening little egrets catching some lovely dawn sunlight #Birds #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #canon #photography #nature #egret #softlight

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A grainy, black and white image of a face-on spiral galaxy. The faint galaxy has two loose spiral arms that emerge from the ring and wind counterclockwise around the galaxy. The arms are crossed by dark dust lanes and appears blotchy with bright star clusters. At the top left edge of the galaxy is a barely noticeable smaller elliptical galaxy, seen as a bright dot surrounded by an oval-shaped haze. A few white dots, which are stars, are seen on the black background.

Image of Arp 200, also known as NGC 1134, from Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies (1966).

In the original catalog it was in the category: Amorphous galaxies - Material ejected from nuclei. It is likely interacting with a small companion.
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Hypatia of Alexandria (c. 370–415 CE), brilliant Greek mathematician, astronomer, and Neoplatonist philosopher—the first woman known to head a major school of learning; she taught advanced mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy, advised civic leaders, and became a symbol of reason and intellectual freedom despite the era's gender and religious barriers. The black-and-white engraved portrait shows her in profile, facing left, with a serene, contemplative expression; she has an elegant neck, large eyes, and elaborate braided hair styled in a high bun wrapped with a headband, rendered in fine line work with soft shading on a plain background.

Hypatia of Alexandria (d. March 415) was a mathematician, astronomer & philosopher. First woman known to lead a major school of thought. She taught advanced math & #science & defied gender/religious barriers. There have been #WomenInSTEM for millennia.🔭📐

#WomensHistoryMonth #astronomy

Elegance

#ibis #bird #birdsky #nature #photographersofBlueSky #vogel

Metro Vancouverites can view a total lunar eclipse tonight. Here's what to know The blood moon will rise after midnight across the Lower Mainland.

Metro Vancouverites can view a total lunar eclipse tonight. Here's what to know

Why Everything in the Universe Turns More Complex | Quanta Magazine A new suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organisms but in the nonliving world, promises to rewrite notions of time and evolution.

Why Everything in the Universe Turns More Complex
"does this mean life itself, and perhaps consciousness and higher intelligence, is inevitable in the universe?"
www.quantamagazine.org/why-everythi...

Milt's Rap YouTube video by Milt Hinton - Topic

Milt's Rap
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Milt Hinton

Taylor James "Rewind" Can't Find My Way Home YouTube video by VancouverFanClub

Taylor James- "Rewind" -Can't Find My Way Home
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Yoho River in Yoho National Park, British Columbia. Because the park spans a massive range in elevation (over 2,500 meters), it contains several distinct ecological zones, each with unique plants and animals.

Yoho River in Yoho National Park, British Columbia. Because the park spans a massive range in elevation (over 2,500 meters), it contains several distinct ecological zones, each with unique plants and animals. #nature #ecology #photo #landscape #parks

George Benson, Al Jarreau, & Paul McCartney ~ Bring It On Home To Me YouTube video by Musicvegan01

George Benson, Al Jarreau, & Paul McCartney ~ Bring It On Home To Me
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A watercolour painting of a great spotted woodpecker

I painted this Great Spotted Woodpecker around 3 years ago. At the time it was the best painting I’d done and I was sure it’d sell really well. To this day, I haven’t sold a single print of it 😅

Just goes to show, you never can tell what’ll be popular :)

#watercolours #birdart 🪶

Fun fact:

The next Saturday without a baseball game will be in November

Feel warmer yet?

Beach Brook Falls with flow and snow! McLean Game Refuge, Granby, CT. 25-30 feet. 1/12/24. 41.9439580, -72.8696343

Beach Brook Falls with flow and snow! McLean Game Refuge, Granby, CT. 25-30 feet. 1/12/24.
41.9439580, -72.8696343 #Connecticut #NewEngland
#waterfalls #photography
#longexposure
#chasingwaterfalls
#landscape #outdoors
#hiking #explore #nature

A pair of black and white orcas swimming in Kenai Fjords, a national park in Alaska.

#Two orcas in Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska. #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #Alaska

I just want to live in a country where the leader can’t enrich themselves with our tax dollars, the government does what the people want, and the wealthy have to follow the laws.

You know, like a democracy.

The 'terrifying' truth about aliens could finally drop, as Trump orders a declassification bombshell | Attack of the Fanboy President Donald Trump has announced he is directing the US government to declassify a wealth of reports and files concerning UFOs and extraterrestrial

President Donald Trump directed the Department of Defense and other agencies to identify and begin releasing government files on aliens, extraterrestrial life, UAP, and related information, signaling a declassification push, while criticizing Barack Obama’s remarks … #ufo #uap #aliens #ovni #ufosky

Sweet Child O' Mine - Music Travel Love (Guns & Roses Cover) YouTube video by Music Travel Love

Sweet Child O' Mine
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG-i... Music Travel Love (Guns & Roses Cover)

A dark brown butterfly with bold white patches on its wings rests in profile on a green leaf, softly lit against a muted, blurred background.

A Great Eggfly butterfly in profile, its dark wings marked by bold white patches, resting on a leaf against a muted background. The contrast creates a simple, graphic composition.

Photography is about perspective - follow for more.

#Photography #Butterfly #Macro #ScottKissPhoto

FDA agrees to review Moderna mRNA flu vaccine in dramatic reversal After initially rejecting Moderna’s application for review, the FDA will now consider the mRNA flu shot

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Large woodpecker with white-grey body, black and white barred wings, and bright red at back of head and schnoot ©️DTL 2026

Female red-bellied woodpecker 🪶

Paul Allen estate announces sale of Seahawks The Paul Allen estate has announced the formal sale process of the Seattle Seahawks.The sale process is expected to continue through the 2026 off-season. NFL ow

If this team becomes a Bezos property I'm going to go live in a hollowed out tree