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The mountain is high
But I will climb and #ascend
Pinnacle awaits

#MastoPrompt
#SmallPoems #Haiku
#Poetry

Today's #MastoPrompt for #SmallPoems #Poetry is...

#ascend

The poem can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.

A #linocut #blockprint I made earlier this spring!

#Art #blockprinting #natureinspiredart #Nature #MastoArt

Another new bird in the garden, this time the Brown-Headed Cowbird. Kind of a cool look - very goth, very "growing my hair out". #birds #backyardbirding

Abyssinian Ground-Thrush

Large, brown-backed, orange-breasted thrush with bold white wingbars. Found in the understory of montane forest. Generally shy and scarce. The song is a musical and typically thrush-like, a chatty and cheerful series of whistles and chuckles. The call is a very thin, rising trill. Very similar to Orange Ground-Thrush, but has a different pattern on the head: an orange crown, a plain face, and a complete white eye-ring.

Link: https://ebird.org/species/abgthr1

Here, have a chicken.

White-sided Flowerpiercer

Small flowerpiercer, male all slaty blackish and female fairly dark olive-brownish. Both sexes show white flash on sides, mostly obscured by wings but usually partially visible, especially with its frequent wing flicks. Bill is upturned with a hook at the tip, typical of a flowerpiercer. Found at middle elevations, around 1,800–2,800 m, in the Andes from Venezuela to Peru. Usually at forest edge or shrubby areas. Can be found singly, in pairs, or following a mixed-species flock.

Link: https://ebird.org/species/whsflo1

This makes feel a whole lot more chill about my ever-growing TBR pile.

Umberto Eco’s Antilibrary: Why Unread Books Are More Valuable to Our Lives than Read Ones

https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/24/umberto-eco-antilibrary/

@lastrobot I am absolutely on board with this but being a Brit, perhaps we could swap the bears and cougars for horses and donkeys? The last time a donkey poked his head into my tent the results were not terrifying ;-)