I first started dipping into naturalism at one of my lows, back when we were launching a birdspotting app and I wanted to help test it. I got into it immediately and combined with my daily mental health walks it really made me dive back into nature, and appreciate how healing it was to see life's good parts.
As I was already enjoying learning all kinds of stuff about fungi, I started collecting/identifying those I found in the wild as well. Because I'm not an expert I just like to catalog what I find but I don't always know their names and don't want help okay! It's for the fun of learning and exploring.
Eventually I started adding my origamis, plushies, and anything remotely animal to this page and it became one giant ode to nature's million follies.
Probably one of nature’s most adorable creation, and a constant reminder of how creepy hares are in comparison. To think people eat these things gladly, but that's just the tip anyway.
It’s been a weird ride for me to slowly understand what is a dove, a pigeon, or a “fake” pigeon. In all this recalibrating it’s made me really appreciate how loving and goofy wood pigeons are, especially compared to their feral counterparts.
I really dig all their Pixar expressions, and since we’ve added birdfeeders to our windows we get regular visits throughout the day to appreciate them which I really love!
Thousands of them haunt Berlin but they’re my favorite and my friends 🖤 I have a huge murder in our neighbourhood that I’ve been feeding here and there, it’s been amazing to slowly gain their trust and be able to admire them from up close.
My family’s had two beautiful Golden Retrievers and both girls were the absolute gold standard when it comes to being the nicest and prettiest dogs in the world 🐾
I love and have always been fascinated by ants by my god did garden ants terrorize me as a kid!! Living in a old house with gardens, it was sometimes a real war between the inside and outside as to who would get the food I’d bring to my bedroom and I lost for many years, and it’s a really horrible feeling to feel your room invaded, to worry about every itch while sleeping, to feel them crawling under the bed or in the dark corners 😭 I’m glad this hasn’t happened in years and I can admire these from afar
Cute little puddle on top like a nice mushroom jacuzzi! Actually makes you puke tho 🤮
As I grew up with Shepards in the family I was accustomed to sheep and goats really early on and always had a soft spot for them, especially as one of my first plushies as an adult was a small lil angry sheep
Somehow called Great even tho I prefer their Blue fellows since they’re easier to spot
Love the irregular shape of the cap although not sure if it’s the species or environment around
Small little happy mushrooms that pop up at the foot of trees and sweat white, sometimes eaten here or there
Little adorable orange balls scurrying around, I love them they're so pure. And hard to catch it took me forever to snap one dammit!!
A rare sight for me but unmistakable with its signature wing pattern, really a striking bird
Lovely little squirellitos scurrying around everywhere 🌰🐿️
What to even say? They domesticated themselves and we’re lucky they were too lazy to go any further in their conquest. They’ve been here to help me get through my life at every step and I’ve tried to repay back their love tenfold ❤️
They have very varied personalities, mostly weird and sometimes assholes but I really dig them which is why i’m a catgirl :p
Such kind and affectionate animals, the pain of what we do to them hurts every time you look them in their big mirror eyes. I had the occasion to hug some at a refuge and it was a lovely experience <3
One of those insects that strike fear from the legends around it more than from reality! What is funny is that while both the english and french (ear piercer) share an “ear” theme they do so for different reasons since their wings are ear-shaped. Regardless I remember being told as a kid they crawled into ears and pierced them with their rear-pincers which is more what the french name went for, and that scared me so much cause I was like shit I’m already supposed to be swallowing spiders now I’ll get a piercing in my sleep what the fuck?? Luckily these guys are innocent and really just cool looking in the end 😛
So fibery that it's almost clothlike
Sometimes in our garden we had a toad visit, which made the cats freak out but he was nice so!
The fancy cousins of the crow family, I love to see their various tuxxes. remember your promise
Love the giant badass beaks they have compared to other corvids
Large groups playing hidden in bushes everywhere, they’re the cutest!!
The curse that never ceases aggravating. I absolutely love a decent chunk of our species and of what we’ve accomplished, but it’s hard to balance it with the crushing cumulated generational weight of this calamity we’ve inflicted. BOTH on this universe and on ourselves. ⚖️
Thankfully I somehow still remain largely optimistic, and trusting about people!! And its a constant wonder to discover new people, and their history and tales. but my god… sometimes.. fuck people.
They’re so small you can barely see them but I love how lively (and loud) they can be
Smaller than their classic counterpart but equally cute
I thought this was a termite mound at first but it turned out to be wood ants doing their thing in the middle of the forest, and thank god because I prefer admiring these guys from afar 😅
I’m not the fondest of bugs but some are still cool like those
Shitloads of these all around, animals love to grab bites off them
I first started dipping into naturalism at one of my lows, back when we were launching a birdspotting app and I wanted to help test it. I got into it immediately and combined with my daily mental health walks it really made me dive back into nature, and appreciate how healing it was to see life's good parts.
As I was already enjoying learning all kinds of stuff about fungi, I started collecting/identifying those I found in the wild as well. Because I'm not an expert I just like to catalog what I find but I don't always know their names and don't want help okay! It's for the fun of learning and exploring.
Eventually I started adding my origamis, plushies, and anything remotely animal to this page and it became one giant ode to nature's million follies.
Probably one of nature’s most adorable creation, and a constant reminder of how creepy hares are in comparison. To think people eat these things gladly, but that's just the tip anyway.
It’s been a weird ride for me to slowly understand what is a dove, a pigeon, or a “fake” pigeon. In all this recalibrating it’s made me really appreciate how loving and goofy wood pigeons are, especially compared to their feral counterparts.
I really dig all their Pixar expressions, and since we’ve added birdfeeders to our windows we get regular visits throughout the day to appreciate them which I really love!
Thousands of them haunt Berlin but they’re my favorite and my friends 🖤 I have a huge murder in our neighbourhood that I’ve been feeding here and there, it’s been amazing to slowly gain their trust and be able to admire them from up close.
My family’s had two beautiful Golden Retrievers and both girls were the absolute gold standard when it comes to being the nicest and prettiest dogs in the world 🐾
I love and have always been fascinated by ants by my god did garden ants terrorize me as a kid!! Living in a old house with gardens, it was sometimes a real war between the inside and outside as to who would get the food I’d bring to my bedroom and I lost for many years, and it’s a really horrible feeling to feel your room invaded, to worry about every itch while sleeping, to feel them crawling under the bed or in the dark corners 😭 I’m glad this hasn’t happened in years and I can admire these from afar
Cute little puddle on top like a nice mushroom jacuzzi! Actually makes you puke tho 🤮
As I grew up with Shepards in the family I was accustomed to sheep and goats really early on and always had a soft spot for them, especially as one of my first plushies as an adult was a small lil angry sheep
Somehow called Great even tho I prefer their Blue fellows since they’re easier to spot
Love the irregular shape of the cap although not sure if it’s the species or environment around
Small little happy mushrooms that pop up at the foot of trees and sweat white, sometimes eaten here or there
Little adorable orange balls scurrying around, I love them they're so pure. And hard to catch it took me forever to snap one dammit!!
A rare sight for me but unmistakable with its signature wing pattern, really a striking bird
Lovely little squirellitos scurrying around everywhere 🌰🐿️
What to even say? They domesticated themselves and we’re lucky they were too lazy to go any further in their conquest. They’ve been here to help me get through my life at every step and I’ve tried to repay back their love tenfold ❤️
They have very varied personalities, mostly weird and sometimes assholes but I really dig them which is why i’m a catgirl :p
Such kind and affectionate animals, the pain of what we do to them hurts every time you look them in their big mirror eyes. I had the occasion to hug some at a refuge and it was a lovely experience <3
One of those insects that strike fear from the legends around it more than from reality! What is funny is that while both the english and french (ear piercer) share an “ear” theme they do so for different reasons since their wings are ear-shaped. Regardless I remember being told as a kid they crawled into ears and pierced them with their rear-pincers which is more what the french name went for, and that scared me so much cause I was like shit I’m already supposed to be swallowing spiders now I’ll get a piercing in my sleep what the fuck?? Luckily these guys are innocent and really just cool looking in the end 😛
So fibery that it's almost clothlike
Sometimes in our garden we had a toad visit, which made the cats freak out but he was nice so!
The fancy cousins of the crow family, I love to see their various tuxxes. remember your promise
Love the giant badass beaks they have compared to other corvids
Large groups playing hidden in bushes everywhere, they’re the cutest!!
The curse that never ceases aggravating. I absolutely love a decent chunk of our species and of what we’ve accomplished, but it’s hard to balance it with the crushing cumulated generational weight of this calamity we’ve inflicted. BOTH on this universe and on ourselves. ⚖️
Thankfully I somehow still remain largely optimistic, and trusting about people!! And its a constant wonder to discover new people, and their history and tales. but my god… sometimes.. fuck people.
They’re so small you can barely see them but I love how lively (and loud) they can be
Smaller than their classic counterpart but equally cute
I thought this was a termite mound at first but it turned out to be wood ants doing their thing in the middle of the forest, and thank god because I prefer admiring these guys from afar 😅
I’m not the fondest of bugs but some are still cool like those
Shitloads of these all around, animals love to grab bites off them