
Sattal, Uttarakhand
Bird of the Day: Great Barbet — Organikos
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Sattal, Uttarakhand
Bird of the Day: Great Barbet — Organikos

Varca Beach, Goa
Bird of the Day: White-throated Kingfisher — Organikos

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Wordless Wednesday -To Remember Little Details — antilandscaper

Seshat is named as one of the Seven Hathors. The Ancient Egyptians saw her as the Goddess of writing, historical records, accounting and mathematics, measurement and architecture. She was depicted with a headdress that is also her hieroglyph which may represent either a stylized flower or seven pointed star on a standard that is beneath […]
Seshat, Mistress of the Great Library — Iseum Sanctuary

Aker (also known as Akeru) was one of the earliest Egyptian Gods of the earth and ancient sources indicate that he was worshiped before other known earth gods, such as Geb. He represented the deification of the horizon and, as guardian of the eastern and western horizons of the afterlife, it was Aker who opened […]
Aker, Guardian of the Horizon — Iseum Sanctuary

We are at the end of the micro-season, “The Mountain Stream Freezes Over”. This micro-season is the second part of the mini season Major Cold. We celebrate this season with poetry and an investigation into the importance of the earth’s fresh water system.
Micro-season: “The Mountain Stream Freezes Over” — Naturalist Weekly

Woody likes to people watch! And he loves grape jelly, which is why I glopped it in the palm trees, for him and his friends. He is shy, but quite a handsome fellow. Herbert the Cat likes to watch him too! Cheers to you from all The Holler Critters~
Portraits of Woody~ —

Sunshine rides on space and poetry on sunshine./Poetry gives birth to sunshine, and sunshine to poetry.-excerpt from Armfuls of Poetry, Drops of Sunshine by Thich Nhat Hahn. On January 22, 2022, Thich Nhat Hanh passed away at Tu Hieu Temple in Hue, Vietnam. Today we honor his work by looking at his teachings and his poetry.
The Poetry and Teachings of Thich Nhat Hahn — Naturalist Weekly

Before the world was formed, there was a watery mass of dark, directionless chaos and in this chaos lived the Ogdoad [Ennead] of Hermopolis, four frog gods and four snake goddesses of chaos. These deities were Nun and Naunet (water), Amun and Amaunet (invisibility), Heh and Hehet (infinity) and Kek and Kauket (darkness). The water […]
Heh and Hehet, God and Goddess of Infinity — Iseum Sanctuary

Wadjet is one of the oldest deities in the Egyptian pantheon and a greatly respected protective goddess. She was worshipped beginning in the Predynastic Period (c. 6000-3150 BCE) and by the Early Dynastic Period (c. 3150-2613 BCE) was the supreme deity of Lower Egypt. Wadjet was the daughter of Re and featured in one of […]
Wadjet, Supreme Goddess of Lower Egypt — Iseum Sanctuary