Albert Einstein was reported to have once observed: “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” This idyllic patch of northern hardwood forest on the summit of Spruce Mountain reminds me that the world is teeming with miracles large and small, each in its own way capable of connecting us to something much bigger than ourselves. A drop a rain water clinging perilously to the tip of a petal or leaf. Life finding surprising purchase in the fissures and seams of moss-covered boulders older than the North American continent. The ingenuity and purposefulness in the design of a flower. Miracles exist, but they aren’t the gifts of calculating gods. They are the fruits of Nature’s relentless perseverance.

From top: red elderberry (Sambucus pubens), also known as American red elder, which can be distinguished from common elderberry by its panicled flowers; wild bleeding heart (Dicentra eximia), also known as turkey corn and fringed bleeding heart, which blooms from spring through fall in the Appalachian Mountains; Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense), also known as false lily-of-the-valley, a master of vegetative cloning; and yellow clintonia (Clintonia borealis), also known as bluebead lily, another adept colonizer of cool, acidic forests.

Vegan Turkey Dinosaurs (Dino Nuggets)

Drew this guy to get him out of my head. A crop/harvest themed Turkey line of Pokémon serving as an early-route-bird line of has been a brain-worm of mine for years.

vinyl snek n shroom stickers are finally in, and they’re looking so stunning!!

if you’re interested in obtaining a snek for yourself, link is in the reblogs! <3

Leftover Turkey and Mashed Potato Pie

Lightnin' Hopkins - Long Gone Like a Turkey Through the Corn (1959) Traditional / Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins from: "Country Blues" (LP)

Country Blues | Acoustic Blues | Traditional | Texas Blues

JukeHostUK (left click = play) (320kbps)

Personnel: Lightnin' Hopkins: Vocals / Guitar

Produced by Mack McCormick

Recorded: in Houston, Texas USA on February 16 & 26, 1959

Album Released: 1959 Tradition Records

CD Reissue: 1996 Tradition Records

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U.S. Thanksgiving Day, 2023

Remember these? I have some more evidence of ye olde Patreon Post Cards! Ancient artifacts, and a reminder that I still make art, some times, like right now on my livestream!

twitch.tv/2katly

Thanksgiving Day (1983)

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I was going to take before and after pictures of the dinner I made (bc I finally had time to cook again 🙌) but I was filled with so much euphoria when I finished cooking my taco filling and frying my tortillas that I completely forgot to take the after picture 😂 You’ll just have to trust that it was good

a life-changing food option a good friend introduced to me that i officially adore:

potatoes in chili.

$100 worth of groceries is not what it used to be. Though i got quite a lot of food I think

me, desperately trying to give my friends the love they deserve: i have a turkey! you can come to my house! where it is warm! and eat the entire thanksgiving dinner i'm making specifically for you!

my friends, who have big girl jobs: ooh, sorry, i have work that day... no can't do saturday either. nope not sunday....

the turkey i have marinating in my refrigerator: so... do i go bad now?

GF Baked Taquitos (via My Gluten-Free Kitchen)