#coastal lights

[booksandglitter]

looking at the moon and experiencing a very deep yearning

[daisylambs]

[jadafitch]

Petit Manan Lighthouse, Petit Manan Island, Steuben. Possibly my favorite lighthouse. In the summer, this island is home to hundreds of birds. Including Atlantic puffins, arctic, common and roseate terns, as well as black guillemots and many more. Decided I couldn't draw them all, but here's a couple attempts to try and capture the island's vibes. Can you spot the oystercatchers? MERCH

[huariqueje]

First Light - Erika Toliusis , 2014.

Uruguayan , b. 1969 -

Oil on canvas , 40 x 60 cm . .

[bluebelly-sun-serpentine]

August 10th 2024

[arc-hus]

Guest Pavilion, Quintay, Chile - TIRONI BARTLAU

[crimetastesfunny]

Northern Lights, Coastal Oregon May 2024

[ed13d1]

reaching the light

light keepers • andrea kowch

[pixelglam]

Somewhere in New England, United States. 🌊

[pickleweed2]

Hypholoma sp fruiting at the base of Sitka Spruce, with strong UV reaction.

Big Lagoon, Ca | 11-21-2023

[seasidemoonrise]

[jadafitch]

Matinicus Rock Light, Penobscot Bay, Matinicus, Maine. Hunting and eating puffins was common practice in Maine over 100 years ago. The first lighthouse keepers on the rock were also wardens, hired by The American Ornithologists Union. They were tasked with protecting The United State's last remaining pair of Atlantic puffins, as well as many other commonly hunted seabird species. Today, Matinicus Rock is owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge, and is cooperatively managed by the National Audubon Society and MCINWR. Thanks to their work and the work of Project Puffin, there are over 500 pairs of nesting puffins, plus 400 pairs of razorbills, 1,000 pairs of terns, about 700 pairs of laughing gulls, and more.

[huariqueje]

Border , Portbou   -   Alice Brasser , 2024.

Dutch, b. 1965 -

Oil on paper , 30 x 24 cm.

[andallshallbewell]

[arc-hus]

Stone House, Minorca, Spain - NOMO STUDIO

[annabananaaxox]

I am starting uni on September 16th. I am scared, as I don't know anybody (all of my friends are going to other colleges, and studying things far more useful than literary studies and classics).

A couple months back I went on a tour of the humanities faculty building and it is absolutely beautiful, it looks like it could belong in a Donna Tartt novel, or a Shirley Jackson story: creepy, kind of unsettling, old, reminiscent of gothic architecture, beautiful.

I am excited, but also extremely confused, when I was building my timetable I realized none of my classes were on Fridays, and upon further research I found out there is no class on Fridays. I am confused about that.

Anyway, as I do every year before school starts, or, As I've done for the past three years, I will be re-reading The Secret History by Donna Tartt. I have had to buy a new copy because the one I've had since 2021 is so used the pages fall off. I am currently reading The Goldfinch, also by Donna Tartt.

Have a good academic year, lots of love,

Anna.