Corvid Plays Fetch.

Vintage Jane West and her horse. #janewest #vintagedolls #alwayslovedthehorse

Steve’s butt is very disappointed in someone.

[From Avengers #23, 1999.]

Monkeys Reaching for the Moon by Ohara Koson (Meiji Period)

rankin bass christmas special songs rankings:

one foot in front of the other > snow/heat miser > santa is comin to town > i believe in santa claus > its gonna snow > world is beginning today > difficult responsibilty > even a miracle needs a hand > i could be santa > silver+gold > one of a kind > first toymakers > christmas chimes are calling santa > holly jolly christmas >  blue christmas > jingle jingle jingle > frosty the snowman > just what i always wanted > if you sit on my lap > give your heart a try > rudolph the red nosed reindeer > theres always tomorrow > jack frost is here > santa+jessica wedding song > most wonderful day > santa’s elves > kubla kraus > couple of misfits

Jan Mankes Big Owl, Raven on a Birch Tree 1913 

Nihon no kotori (Japanese small birds), cute helpful chart by @T_marohiko listing the following species:

First row - 百舌 mozu (bull-headed shrike) / 目黒 meguro (bonin white-eye) / 川蝉 kawasemi (kingfisher) / ツグミ tsugumi (dusky thrush) / 鶯 uguisu (japanese bush warbler)

Second row - 雀 suzume (sparrow) / 燕 tsubame (swallow) / 椋鳥 mukudori (grey starling) / 駒鳥 komadori (japanese robin) / 赤啄木鳥 akagera (great spotted woodpecker)

Third Row - 頬白 hoojiro (meadow bunting) / シマエナガ shimaenaga (silver-throated dasher) / 鷽 uso (japanese bullfinch) / 菊戴 kikuitadaki (goldcrest) / 白鶺鴒 hakusekirei (black-backed wagtail)

Fourth row - 五十雀 gojuukara (eurasian nuthatch) / 四十雀 shijuukara (japanese tit) / 小雀 kogara (willow tit) / 日雀 higara (coal tit) / 山雀 yamagara (varied tit)

Fifth row - 黄鶲 kibitaki (narcissus flycatcher) / 小瑠璃 koruri (siberian blue robin) / 大瑠璃 ooruri (blue-and-white flycatcher) / 瑠璃鶲 ruribitaki (red-flanked bluetail) / 尉鶲 joubitaki (daurian redstart)

And these guys are still around too, swooshing through the yard and landing gently as they do wherever there is a promise of food. I see more couple photos on the booth now, and the males are seemingly starting to squabble. First one shows the beautiful subtle back colours of the female.

CAT by  By 九米 / Zhaobangni (1631123)