A dead oak trunk covered in dense tufts of epicormic shoots.

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Here’s my modest collection of vintage whales.

Is it cheating if you clean the manor with magic?

Artist: 諸田トモエ on Twitter and Pixiv

another snowy day at my desk! starting with a bit of journaling before jumping into thesis work. glad i have the snow to keep me company

is anyone else also doing ultimately fine + dying of stress + it’s not that bad + if i don’t wake up tomorrow hotter and better at every hobby its fucking over for me

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Thousand-year old sessile oak known as Big Belly Oak, in Savernake Forest in Wiltshire, in its full summer regalia.

That's so cool! And they found a few of them, and they're now growing seedlings in greenhouses for eventual replanting!

Quercus tardifolia is a relic species leftover from when the climate was much cooler and wetter in the past, and can only really live in a few high-elevation spots in Texas. It's definitely still at risk of extinction due to increasing heat and drought caused by climate change, but the discovery means this species still has a chance.

Peak District, United Kingdom by James Mills

Wreath of oak leaves and acorns, Greek, 4th Century BCE

From the Museum of Fine Arts Boston

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the whale lamps have survived the kiln

This distinctively warty lichen is Melanohalea exasperata (with several friends) on a lushly populated oak twig.

It can be tricky to find as it mostly grows high up in the tree canopy - so far I've only enountered it on branches that have recently fallen to the ground.

a maid who can do lobotomies for you

Milos, Greece 🇬🇷

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