#winter in new england

[aria-diary]

Vermont

@samtrombinophotography

[boneslikebirds]

“The sight of snow made her think how beautiful and short life is and how, in spite of all their enmities, people have so very much in common; measured against eternity and the greatness of creation, the world in which they lived was narrow. That's why snow drew people together. It was as if snow cast a veil over hatreds, greed, and wrath and made everyone feel close to one another.”

-Orhan Pamuk, Snow, 2002.

[trashpandamama]

I make very thick pea soup.

[jolaunay]

Happy Snow Day ❄️ This is my definition of happiness 😌

[moonacys]

Trails

[isabellaapotter]

i love when winter rolls around and all of a sudden i believe that my friends hate me and that if i was not in the friend group nobody would even care

[maureen2musings]

Arctic Moon & Ice Castles, New Hampshire

ryanzipp

[elminx]

Since 80% of my plant collection now lives under supplementary grow lights, I'm very curious to see what growth slows during the colder months and which plants don't even see the notice. We don't keep our house particularly warm because that's a huge expense here in Southern New England so I know some plants won't like the temps that much. (they'll be fine for houseplants but not ideal)

I also don't supplement humidity and I don't intend to start because we get way too much rain in the summer and I don't need my place to become mold central.

This is also why I won't really collect a lot of so-called "rare" houseplants because they tend to be less tolerant of real-house conditions. At least not until I have a greenhouse which IS a life goal of mine.

[marzipanandminutiae]

no but genuinely I lose a little more patience for people who won't wear wool, leather, silk, or fur every day that I live in a world where plastic is increasingly the only damn kind of clothing you can find (or the only kind of fabric for sewing, even)

obviously, animal cruelty is horrible. I believe that even industries that rely on the deaths of animals should make their lives as good and their ends as humane as possible. and many of these industries need tighter environmental regulations on their production practices- some of the chemicals involved are highly toxic and ill-controlled at times

but at some point, you have to wake up to the fact that the only alternative we've found to date is destroying our planet

it's all plastic. and plastic is horrible for the world- the environment, humans, and especially animals. how cruelty-free is it to cause mass habitat loss? or climate change that disrupts food sources for those animals on a vast scale? how is that better than the deaths of a relatively small proportion of animals comparatively?

(and don't even start with "but pineapple leather! but cactus leather!" when those are still basically plastic due to heavy plastics use in their production processes. there is currently no non-plastic alternative to most animal-based textile products)

I've always tried to keep in mind that we all have to decide where our line is, that we all consume and there's no way of living in this world that doesn't take something from it. that for me, plastic clothing is to be avoided as much as possible, and for others, animal clothing products are to be avoided as much as possible. that the choice is equally valid

but I'm having a hard time seeing it as valid anymore when it just feels like trying to push the unpleasant part away from yourself so you can pretend your choice has no negative impacts. you're not wearing animal skin (or wool that an animal didn't even die to produce), so surely your way of doing things is better! no animals were harmed in the making of your outfit!

except. they were.

they and all the rest of us.

[horrorcitos]

David Herzog

[sagent-of-chaos]

cardinal males

[boneslikebirds]

Winter’s Beach Glass

[jadafitch]

White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

[thoughtartistry]

[peacefulandcozy]

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[holly-days]

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