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eulàlia valldosera, "candle (burns series #5)," 1990-1991

Illustrations conchyliologiques - Jean-Charles Chenu - undated - via Internet Archive

Harar, Ethiopia on March 19, 2022. Photo by Minasse Wondimu Hailu

Petrified dragonfly

Ever since I read a book on fieldwork in Ethiopia’s volcanic regions that described insects turning into stone before the geologist’s eyes demonstrating a sort of instant fossilisation in a silica rich volcanic hot spring, I have been searching for a decent photo of the phenomenon to share this cool story with you.

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Who that man

blorbo from my petroglyphs

The 12th century ruins of Château de Joyeuse Garde, associated with Arthurian legend and said to be the location of Sir Lancelot’s tomb.

Terry Winters, Morula II, (oil on linen), 1983 [© Terry Winters]

A book made by Eliza Telfer in 1868.

Ky Lewis, Deer Dying Light Death and Decay Series, deer carcass, silver gelatine paper

Final

Andrew Gifford, (UK b. 1970) Étude, Dordogne, France Summer 2024 oil on canvas

Alexis Trice (American, 1982) - This Old Dog (2024)

Cabochon of fossilized pharyngeal fish teeth from Indonesia.

The overlapping scale-like structure are the fossil remains of a prehistoric fish, the teeth located in the pharynx (throat area) of the fossil.

I am good. I am loved.