<p>Kicksledding through a quiet forest today. The only sound I heard was from a softly hammering woodpecker.</p><p><a href="/tags/kicksledding/" rel="tag">#kicksledding</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a> <a href="/tags/forest/" rel="tag">#forest</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a></p>
winter
<p>"The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them." ~ Lois McMaster Bujold</p><p><a href="/tags/quote/" rel="tag">#quote</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#justice</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a></p>
<p>la reine des neiges, c’est moi</p><p>tags : Mélenchat, <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a> <a href="/tags/meteo/" rel="tag">#meteo</a> <a href="/tags/caturday/" rel="tag">#caturday</a> <a href="/tags/cats/" rel="tag">#cats</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a></p>
Edited 93d ago
<p>Timeline cleanse <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="/tags/landscape/" rel="tag">#landscape</a> <a href="/tags/switzerland/" rel="tag">#switzerland</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a></p>
<p>snowstorm</p><p><a href="/tags/monochrome/" rel="tag">#monochrome</a> <a href="/tags/blackandwhite/" rel="tag">#blackandwhite</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a></p>
The backyard scene after last night's and today's snow.<br><br><a href="/tags/maine/" rel="tag">#maine</a> <a href="/tags/snow/" rel="tag">#snow</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a><br>
<p><a href="/tags/silentsunday/" rel="tag">#SilentSunday</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a> <a href="/tags/deer/" rel="tag">#deer</a> <a href="/tags/monochrome/" rel="tag">#monochrome</a> <a href="/tags/blackandwhite/" rel="tag">#blackandwhite</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a></p>
<p>Today I had great fun creating this paper collage for day 1 of the Mix or Match Collage Challenge by FineArtAmerica.<br>Hope you enjoy it too!</p><p>Birds in a winter forest - Watercolor, acrylics, paper collage<br>--> <a href="https://karenkasparartprints.com/featured/birds-in-a-winter-forest-paper-collage-karen-kaspar.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="karenkasparartprints.com/featured/birds-in-a-winter-forest-paper-collage-karen-kaspar.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">karenkasparartprints.com/featu</span><span class="invisible">red/birds-in-a-winter-forest-paper-collage-karen-kaspar.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/collage/" rel="tag">#collage</a> <a href="/tags/paper/" rel="tag">#paper</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/painting/" rel="tag">#painting</a> <a href="/tags/kunst/" rel="tag">#kunst</a> <a href="/tags/contemporaryart/" rel="tag">#contemporaryArt</a> <a href="/tags/watercolor/" rel="tag">#watercolor</a> <a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#birds</a> <a href="/tags/birdsofmastodon/" rel="tag">#BirdsOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/birdart/" rel="tag">#BirdArt</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/naturelover/" rel="tag">#NatureLover</a> <a href="/tags/wildlife/" rel="tag">#wildlife</a> <a href="/tags/vogel/" rel="tag">#vogel</a> <a href="/tags/cute/" rel="tag">#cute</a> <a href="/tags/animals/" rel="tag">#animals</a> <a href="/tags/handmade/" rel="tag">#handmade</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#MastoArt</a> <a href="/tags/fedigiftshop/" rel="tag">#FediGiftShop</a> <a href="/tags/arte/" rel="tag">#arte</a> <a href="/tags/interiordesign/" rel="tag">#InteriorDesign</a> <a href="/tags/creativetoots/" rel="tag">#creativeToots</a> <a href="/tags/buyintoart/" rel="tag">#BuyIntoArt</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a> <a href="/tags/trees/" rel="tag">#trees</a> <a href="/tags/gifts/" rel="tag">#gifts</a> <a href="/tags/snow/" rel="tag">#snow</a></p>
<p>Winter in the Valley</p><p>Stoneman Bridge in Yosemite Valley is a popular spot for photographers and painters alike. Looking up to the Northeast the Merced River flows down from Happy Isle and crosses in Front of Half Dome. To the south you can follow the river down along the eastern walls of the valley.</p><p><a href="https://pixels.com/featured/winter-in-the-valley-bill-gallagher.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="pixels.com/featured/winter-in-the-valley-bill-gallagher.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pixels.com/featured/winter-in-</span><span class="invisible">the-valley-bill-gallagher.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/winterinthevalley/" rel="tag">#WinterInTheValley</a> <a href="/tags/billgallagherphotography/" rel="tag">#BillGallagherPhotography</a> <a href="/tags/yosemite/" rel="tag">#Yosemite</a> <a href="/tags/yosemitevalley/" rel="tag">#YosemiteValley</a> <a href="/tags/halfdome/" rel="tag">#HalfDome</a> <a href="/tags/river/" rel="tag">#River</a> <a href="/tags/mercedriver/" rel="tag">#MercedRiver</a> <a href="/tags/snow/" rel="tag">#Snow</a> <a href="/tags/clouds/" rel="tag">#Clouds</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#Nature</a> <a href="/tags/naturelovers/" rel="tag">#NatureLovers</a> <a href="/tags/buyintoart/" rel="tag">#BuyIntoArt</a> <a href="/tags/ayearforart/" rel="tag">#AYearForArt</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#Winter</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/monochrome/" rel="tag">#monochrome</a> <a href="/tags/blackandwhite/" rel="tag">#blackandwhite</a> <a href="/tags/snow/" rel="tag">#snow</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a> <a href="/tags/texturetuesday/" rel="tag">#texturetuesday</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/monochrome/" rel="tag">#monochrome</a> <a href="/tags/blackandwhite/" rel="tag">#blackandwhite</a> <a href="/tags/snow/" rel="tag">#snow</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a></p>
<p>cold river</p><p><a href="/tags/river/" rel="tag">#river</a> <a href="/tags/icetodon/" rel="tag">#icetodon</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a> <a href="/tags/snow/" rel="tag">#snow</a> <a href="/tags/forest/" rel="tag">#forest</a> <a href="/tags/quebec/" rel="tag">#quebec</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a></p>
<p>At least 11 people died and more than 1,400 residents sought emergency care for carbon monoxide poisonings during the 2021 winter storm in Texas.</p><p>Here’s what you should know about keeping your family and home safe, especially during power outages.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/how-to-prevent-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-in-your-home?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/how-to-prevent-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-in-your-home?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/how</span><span class="invisible">-to-prevent-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-in-your-home?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/winterstorm/" rel="tag">#WinterStorm</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/weather/" rel="tag">#Weather</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#Winter</a> <a href="/tags/storm/" rel="tag">#Storm</a></p>
Looks like the snow has started here. If we do end up with the 12-18 inches the advisories have been warning about, it'll be a mess.<br><br>On the bright side, lately I've been doing a lot of informal thinking while shoveling snow. I'm turning over an informal argument grounded on Chaitin incompleteness that if our physical universe has continuous space-time, then we must make non-computable leaps in our theories in order to increase the fidelity of our understanding. "Artificial scientists" running on computers will always have inescapable limits that don't apply to human beings. It's exactly the sort of wacky thing that makes for good shovel thinking: it passes the time, and there might be something in there that's more than passing theoretical fancy.<br><br><a href="/tags/maine/" rel="tag">#maine</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a> <a href="/tags/weather/" rel="tag">#weather</a> <a href="/tags/advisory/" rel="tag">#advisory</a> <a href="/tags/snowstorm/" rel="tag">#SnowStorm</a><br>
Edited 71d ago
<p>“Civilization is a method of living and an attitude of equal respect for all people.” ~ Jane Addams</p><p><a href="/tags/quote/" rel="tag">#quote</a> <a href="/tags/unity/" rel="tag">#unity</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a></p>
<p>Fresh snow, but STRANGE! </p><p><a href="/tags/catsofmastodon/" rel="tag">#catsofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/snow/" rel="tag">#snow</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a> <a href="/tags/berlin/" rel="tag">#berlin</a></p>
<p>"The framers of our Constitution understood the dangers of unbridled government surveillance. They knew that democracy could flourish only in spaces free from government snooping and interference, and they put restraints on government overreaching in the Fourth Amendment of the Bill of Rights. . . . These protections require, at a minimum, a neutral arbiter - a magistrate - standing between the government's endless desire for information and the citizens' desires for privacy." ~ Elizabeth Holtzman</p><p><a href="/tags/quote/" rel="tag">#quote</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/footbridge/" rel="tag">#FootBridge</a></p>
<p>Eastern Cottontail Rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus) in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on January 25, 2026 </p><p>Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: <a href="https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2026Jan31_birds_and_cats/2026jan25_cottontail_IMG_5567c.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.rsok.com/~jrm/2026Jan31_birds_and_cats/2026jan25_cottontail_IMG_5567c.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.rsok.com/~jrm/2026Jan31_bi</span><span class="invisible">rds_and_cats/2026jan25_cottontail_IMG_5567c.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/rabbit/" rel="tag">#rabbit</a> <a href="/tags/bunny/" rel="tag">#bunny</a> <a href="/tags/winteriscoming/" rel="tag">#winteriscoming</a> <a href="/tags/snow/" rel="tag">#snow</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a> <a href="/tags/wildlife/" rel="tag">#wildlife</a> <a href="/tags/wildlifephotography/" rel="tag">#wildlifephotography</a> <a href="/tags/oklahoma/" rel="tag">#Oklahoma</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a></p>
<p>simple line</p><p><a href="/tags/monochrome/" rel="tag">#monochrome</a> <a href="/tags/minimalism/" rel="tag">#minimalism</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a> <a href="/tags/trees/" rel="tag">#trees</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a></p>
<p>Amsterdam<br>❄️ ⛄️ <br><a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a></p>
<p>Now they are blooming again in every corner of the garden, the beautiful snowdrops...</p><p>First signs of spring - hand-painted watercolor painting<br>--> <a href="https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/first-signs-of-spring-karen-kaspar.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/first-signs-of-spring-karen-kaspar.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featur</span><span class="invisible">ed/first-signs-of-spring-karen-kaspar.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/spring/" rel="tag">#spring</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#MastoArt</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/painting/" rel="tag">#painting</a> <a href="/tags/fedigiftshop/" rel="tag">#FediGiftShop</a> <a href="/tags/artist/" rel="tag">#artist</a> <a href="/tags/arte/" rel="tag">#arte</a> <a href="/tags/interiordesign/" rel="tag">#InteriorDesign</a> <a href="/tags/mastodonart/" rel="tag">#MastodonArt</a> <a href="/tags/traditionalart/" rel="tag">#TraditionalArt</a> <a href="/tags/kunst/" rel="tag">#kunst</a> <a href="/tags/contemporaryart/" rel="tag">#contemporaryArt</a> <a href="/tags/watercolor/" rel="tag">#watercolor</a> <a href="/tags/watercolour/" rel="tag">#watercolour</a> <a href="/tags/creativetoots/" rel="tag">#creativeToots</a> <a href="/tags/buyintoart/" rel="tag">#BuyIntoArt</a> <a href="/tags/flowers/" rel="tag">#flowers</a> <a href="/tags/gardening/" rel="tag">#gardening</a> <a href="/tags/garden/" rel="tag">#garden</a> <a href="/tags/floral/" rel="tag">#floral</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/naturelover/" rel="tag">#NatureLover</a> <a href="/tags/bloomscrolling/" rel="tag">#bloomscrolling</a> <a href="/tags/florespondence/" rel="tag">#florespondence</a> <a href="/tags/handmade/" rel="tag">#handmade</a> <a href="/tags/aquarell/" rel="tag">#aquarell</a> <a href="/tags/aquarelle/" rel="tag">#aquarelle</a> <a href="/tags/natur/" rel="tag">#natur</a> <a href="/tags/snowdrops/" rel="tag">#snowdrops</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a> <a href="/tags/bostonma/" rel="tag">#bostonma</a></p>
<p>A forest filled with tall, leafless trees stretches across the landscape. The ground is covered with fallen leaves, creating a textured surface. Made at the Homewood Izaak Walton Preserve in Illinois - USA.</p><p>Photo: Bare Trees in a Winter Forest - Copyright 2026 Frank J Casella - <a href="https://pixels.com/featured/bare-trees-in-a-winter-forest-frank-j-casella.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="pixels.com/featured/bare-trees-in-a-winter-forest-frank-j-casella.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pixels.com/featured/bare-trees</span><span class="invisible">-in-a-winter-forest-frank-j-casella.html</span></a> </p><p>Made with the Samsung A-13 smartphone camera. Processed with Ribbet. <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="/tags/fineartphotography/" rel="tag">#fineartPhotography</a> <a href="/tags/blackandwhite/" rel="tag">#blackAndWhite</a> <a href="/tags/fjcasellaphoto/" rel="tag">#fjcasellaphoto</a> <a href="/tags/woods/" rel="tag">#woods</a> <a href="/tags/trees/" rel="tag">#trees</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a></p>
<p>'Überlebenskünstler' <a href="/tags/fotovorschlag/" rel="tag">#FotoVorschlag</a> <br><a href="/tags/monochrome/" rel="tag">#monochrome</a> <a href="/tags/blackandwhite/" rel="tag">#blackandwhite</a> <a href="/tags/fog/" rel="tag">#fog</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a></p>