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Flora 🏺 Ancient History Art @flaroh.bsky.social · Jun 23

Share your couples art 🧡🏺🌿

Art by flaroh illustration. Ares ans Aphrodite

Art by flaroh illustration. Apollo and Hyacinthus

Art by flaroh illustration. Sappho and lover

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lronlacy.bsky.social @lronlacy.bsky.social · Jun 23

#OTD in 1945
(biodiversity: life in the foliage)
Cover of The New Yorker, June 23, 1945
Ilonka Karasz.
#TheNewYorkerCover #IlonkaKarasz #insects

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Gabrielle Tamäya @gabrielletamaya.bsky.social · Jun 23

Wishing you all a blessed Mōnan Dæg! 🤗✨🌝✨

Gabrielle x

#witchsky #pagansky #heathensky #druidsky #hedgewitch

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Favar0art @favar0art.bsky.social · Jun 21

Study
#art #digitalart

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Erin Hanson @erinhansonartist.bsky.social · Jun 20

Happy Solstice!

#summer #art #natureart

https://www.erinhanson.com/portfolio/summer-oaks

"Summer Oaks"
Original Oil Painting by Erin Hanson
2015
24 x 48 in

About the Painting
Fine summer oaks drenched in color frame this idyllic peek into the countryside of Paso Robles. California's wine country is lush with warm golden tones in the summer, the hills fading to purple and blue in the distance. This painting captures the vibrancy of the outdoors with fresh, lively brush strokes and expressive texture.

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Gail 🐸🐟🐛 @breezygail.bsky.social · Jun 22

Sun tea and my “bonfire” 💛💛
#litha #summersolstice

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Gail 🐸🐟🐛 @breezygail.bsky.social · Jun 20

A frolicking satyr!! Enjoying the #solstice !

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Gail 🐸🐟🐛 @breezygail.bsky.social · Jun 20

Summer altar!

Gail 🐸🐟🐛 @breezygail.bsky.social · Jun 20

Happy Solstice/Litha/Alban Hefin!! I changed my altar for the summer. I hope you feel bright and energized today!! ☀️ /|\

#summersolstice #litha #albanhefin #druidsky

An altar with lots of candles and gold designs with a yellow flower towards the top

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🌌DietNecromancerDesigns🌌🔜WHAM/DAVA @dietnecromancer.bsky.social · Jun 19

Ghost Mantis sticker design I just finished. Loved doing this one as Ghost Mantises are definitely a favorite of mine. 🌿
#art #sticker #mantis #bugsky #sciart #invert

Illustration of a Ghost Mantis surrounded by leaves and stamping flourishes.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · Jun 19

Ok, I will freely admit I went overboard on this next #PridePetArt and I'm still not entirely satisfied but sometimes you just have to tell yourself, enough! 😂

Anyway, here's a lovely turtle, courtesy of @hravn.bsky.social

Hope you enjoy! 🐢

#art #turtle #SciArt #herps

Digital painting of a box turtle that is mostly tan and beige with interesting light and dark brown patterns on its shell. It is walking through a field of bright red strawberries with green leaves, small white flowers with yellow centers, and a few light green, unripe strawberries. A blue sky is just visible at the top of the image through the strawberry plants.

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Gail 🐸🐟🐛 @breezygail.bsky.social · Jun 19

Solstice eve and Juneteenth! Sun and summery and free!

#solstice #digitalart

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The Witches Broom Closet Online @sisterspell.bsky.social · Jun 19

Tonight is Summer Solstice Eve in the Northern Hemisphere May your Summer Be Magickal xo #witchsky

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Matt @xenomatt.bsky.social · Jun 19

Garden eels always make me smile when I see them on a dive... unfortunately they're very hard to photograph because they're so shy!

Spotted garden eels (Heteroconger hassi), Anilao

#MarineLife 🌿🐟🌊

A group of small eels extending their heads and forebodies from burrows in the sand. The one nearest the camera has retreated somewhat. They are white and covered in small black spots with a couple of larger black patches, and have golden eyes.

#UnderwaterPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography

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Dr Simon Trafford @simontrafford.bsky.social · Jun 19

The Pompeii Archaeological Park has recreated an ancient perfume garden—right down to its antique roses.
#ClassicsBluesky 🏺

news.artnet.com/art-world/po...

A 2,000-Year-Old Pompeii Garden Springs Back to Life

Pompeii Archaeological Park has unveiled the restored Garden of Hercules , freshly planted with violets, ruscus plants, and antique roses.

news.artnet.com

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Willem Van Zyl @willemvzyl.bsky.social · Jun 19

Cape Coral Snake (Aspidelaps lubricus), venomous.

#snakesofsa #snakesofza #snakesofsouthafrica #herpingsa #herpingza #reptiles #snakes #wildlifephotography #africa #animalphotography #herps #herpingtheglobe
#africawildlife #africanwildlife #southafrica #nikonphotography

A closeup photo of the head of a brightly coloured black, yellow, and orange snake.

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Marcus McAllister @marcusmcallister.bsky.social · Jun 18

Marcus McAllister
”SB149.01r means of communication” 2024 - Sketchbook drawing - 23x15cm

#sketchbook #drawing #bird #SciArt

Sketchbook drawing of four birds in flight, one in purple, on a background of interlinked mandalas

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Big Hippo 🇮🇪 @bighippoart.bsky.social · Jun 18

Floating fishes heading down the stream #sciart

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Gail 🐸🐟🐛 @breezygail.bsky.social · Jun 18

Another meal on my quest to eat more in-tune with the seasons! Watermelon-feta salad with two different kinds of native mint from the garden! 🍃

Watermelon, feta, arugula, cucumber, and mint with a vinaigrette in a silver bowl

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Howard Lee @hlee.bsky.social · Jun 18

Wow! That is big news! 👇🧪🏺

Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · Jun 18

We now know what Denisovans looked like, thanks to DNA analysis that proved Homo longi (the Harbin cranium) is indeed Denisovan! 🧪🏺

1st-ever Denisovan skull identified thanks to DNA analysis

Scientists have determined that a giant skull from an ancient human relative named the "Dragon Man" is actually Denisovan.

www.livescience.com

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Gail 🐸🐟🐛 @breezygail.bsky.social · Jun 18

I made the most summery meal I could think of for the week of the solstice! Passionfruit tea, cold rainbow rice, and lemon posset with strawberries and lemon balm from the garden!

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Yoann Lossel @yoannlossel.bsky.social · Jun 17

“Zorya” — watercolor, colored pencil, pastel & gold leaf on paper.
Tribute to The Valkyrie’s Vigil by E.R. Hughes.
One of a few American Gods illustrations I’ll be sharing before fully returning to Labyrinthe.
Context & position: see pinned post.

A luminous, ethereal woman with flowing red hair sits barefoot on the edge of a high stone building at night, above a glowing cityscape filled with skyscrapers and lit avenues. She wears a soft, flowing blue gown with golden embroidery and raises a radiant gold leaf disc to the sky, as if holding up the moon. The atmosphere is dreamlike, bathed in cool blues and turquoise, with a golden shimmer at the heart. The image is an homage to The Valkyrie’s Vigil by Edward Robert Hughes and was created as part of a series of illustrations for American Gods.

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Gail 🐸🐟🐛 @breezygail.bsky.social · Jun 16

How beautiful!!

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Blue Owl Song @blueowlsong.bsky.social · Jun 16

Happy International Waterfall Day! I painted this back in the fall of 2021 as a Christmas present, and I really liked how it turned out. Also the artist I QRPed from did a spectacular job!

#art #waterfall #autumn #foliage #nature #painting #InternationalWaterfallDay

Autumn Waterfall

Acrylic painting of an autumn scene of a whitewater stream sprouting into multiple small waterfalls. The background is ablaze with the colors of autumn, shades of yellow, orange, and crimson among them, and a stone wall over which the water falls. The ground is rocky and littered with dark red and brown leaves. In the left foreground is a vibrant green bush with dots of yellow and red.

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✨Gingybeer | Aimée✨ @gingybeer.bsky.social · Jun 16

14 more mini #sketchbook paintings to go! I was going to crack on with planning more today but I overdid it yesterday and I think I’m having a sleep day 😴 4 need finishing touches and I need to sketch out this weeks for speed reasons #art #gouache

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