GR Higginbotham

For my first post, here's the best picture I've ever taken when this cub went under my car. What's the opposite of doll's eyes? #animals #wildlifephotography #kenya

Hi, I’m God. My son fed 5,000 people for free. I guess that makes him a socialist.

I could not describe the state of my heart in words, And they never understood what my silence meant. -Nida Fazli #wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poems #animals #zebra #kenya #safari #bluesky #stripes #smile

Breaking News: David Lynch, the visionary filmmaker, has died at 78. He was known for his surreal style in films like “Eraserhead” and “Mulholland Drive,” as well as the TV series “Twin Peaks.” nyti.ms/3WphQj8

Out where the handclasp's a little stronger, Out where the smile dwells a little longer, That's where the West begins; -by Arthur Chapman #landscapephotography #photography #poem #poetry #nps #stlouis #thearch #nationalparks #stlouisarch #scenic #scenery #parks #outwest

does Mike McMahan go to conventions? I need him to sign my lower decks doodles or my life will never be complete 😔

Leaning into the afternoons I cast my sad nets towards your oceanic eyes - excerpt from Pablo Neruda #wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poems #art #animals #cats #leopard #safari #bigcats #kittens #eyes #beautifuleyes #beautiful #cuddles #bluesky #blueskyphotography #wildlife

From Marine to GOP insider to Democrat, Ron Filipkowski shares his powerful journey in his own words. It wasn’t just about Trump—it was about principles. Read his story of transformation, courage, and relentless truth-telling. 👇

STILL and calm, In purple robes of kings, The low-lying mountains sleep at the edge of the world, - from The Blue Ridge by Harriet Monroe #landscapephotography #photography #poem #poetry #scenic #blueridgemountains #mountains #scenery #bluesky #green #virginia #stateparks

In my darkest night, when the moon was covered and I roamed through wreckage, a nimbus-clouded voice directed me: "Live in the layers, not on the litter." -from The Layers by Stanley Kunitz #landscapephotography #blueskyartproject #devilstower #poetry #poems #photography #travelphotography

while we live, in love let’s so persever, That when we live no more, we may live ever. -Anne Bradsheet #wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poems #love #animals #safari #kenya #travelphotography #cuddling #romance

The misty solitudes, As though they perfectly knew The old lost road through the woods. But there is no road through the woods. -Rudyard Kipling #landscapephotography #photography #poem #poetry #scenic #forest #blm #virginia #rhododendron #fog #mist #hiking

chirps crickets the pleasant but irregular blowing of the wind fireflies dancing in step with the light of the moon how strange it is to become aware of another's heartbeat but forget one's own -Marcellus Khaliifah Williams #wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poems #wildlife #safari #africa

And then the day came, when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. -Anais Nin #wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poem #bird #birds #hornbill #safari #africa #kenya

Excited that there will SOMETHING out there to fill the Lower Decks sized hole that seems to get it. How much control/input do you have/want @markmcmahon.bsky.social ?

The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, -Robert Frost #forest #landscapephotography #photography #poem #poetry #woods #trees #leaves #autumn #landscape #scenic #nps #stateparks #nc

Trying to approach 2025 the way St. Margaret is approaching Beelzebub

This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss... -Longfellow #landscapephotography #photography #nps #greatsmokymountains #poetry #poems #scenic #creek #tennessee

"to guide the new year in, the days and nights far out upon the sky’s dark sea. Your mouth is snow now on my lips, cool, intimate, first kiss, a vow." -from New Year by Carol Ann Duffy #landscapephotography #photography #virginiaisforlovers #virginia #poetry #poem #love #newyears #mountains #scenic

Fitting

Something to remember

"Where there was something and suddenly isn’t, an absence shouts, celebrates, leaves a space. I begin again with the smallest numbers. Quick dance, shuffle of losses and leaves, only the things I didn’t do crackle after the blazing dies." -from Burning the Old Year by Naomi Shihab Nye

To honor one of the most compassionate Americans we've ever known, consider an act of kindness today, for a loved one or even a stranger, however small. Be the reason someone feels seen today. Sometimes all it takes is a kind word or a sincere gesture. It will make Jimmy smile.

No, I would not give you false hope On this strange and mournful day But the mother and child reunion Is only a motion away -Paul Simon #cheetah #bigcats #animals #wildlifephotography #photography #paulsimon #babyanimals #safari #travel #africa #kenya #masaimara #wildlife #conservation

RIP Jimmy Carter.

The dance group Shen Yun Performing Arts has accumulated enormous wealth, in large part by getting followers of the Falun Gong religious movement to work for free and pay its bills, while exploiting young, low-paid performers, a New York Times investigation found. nyti.ms/40erBD9

"Doleful creature heart in question Distinct from lion's regal brawn; You are prince of isolation And twilight realms of dusk and dawn" -from Jackal by Nicasio Orlando #wildlifephotography #photography #animals #poetry #poem #poetry #africananimals #safari #africa #wildlife #dogs

If the mountain seems too big today then climb a hill instead; If morning brings you sadness it’s okay to stay in bed. If the day ahead feels heavy and your plans feel like a curse, There’s no shame in rearranging, don’t make yourself feel worse. -from The Mountain, Laura Ding-Edwards #photography

When the nephew of Kyng Arthour left Camelot on hys quest to seeke the Green Knighte, the entyre Round Table threw hym a Gawain away partye.

"She sights a Bird—she chuckles— She flattens—then she crawls— She runs without the look of feet— Her eyes increase to Balls— Her Jaws stir—twitching—hungry— Her Teeth can hardly stand" -Emily Dickinson #cheetah #bigcats #wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poems #safari #africa #poem #cats

A fishing boat perched on the shore, awaiting the next opportunistic tradesman, offers itself up to anyone willing to take a chance a public offering maintained by the village a service for all by all free for the taking never abused. Come cast your nets, success for one feeds us all. #poetry

I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It's not bad at all, really. Maybe it just needs a little love. -Linus Van Pelt

Latest issue of #ForgottenPoets - this time the wonderful early Imagist work of Edward Storer . . . And you shall be A poet, and shall come Nearest of all To reading what May ne’er be read. #poem #poems #poetry

from spiralling ecstatically this proud nowhere of earth’s most prodigious night blossoms a newborn babe -from A Poem for Christmas by e. e. cummings #paintedchurch #photography #christmaseve #poetry #poems #art #origami #christmastree #hawaii #hawaiianchristmas #melekalikimaka

Saru wishes you a very merry DISCO Christmas, lots of finger wagging. #startrek #DISCO #FoD #thegreatestgeneration

Oh such tragedy! Murdered for a piano- Regal elephant. - by Amy Green #wildlifephotography #photography #safari #africa #wildlife #poetry #poem #haiku #elephant #animals #africananimals

mary: what the fuck is this joseph: he’s playing his drums for baby jesus mary: he doesn’t even have any drums he’s just saying pa rum pum pum pum

[after mary just gave birth in a manger] kid: can i play drums in there? joseph: yeah i’m sure that’s fine

"Let me take that off your plate" is a strong love language unless cheese is involved, in which case, and let me be clear, get away from my cheese with your awful hate language

I asked the zebra Are you black with white stripes? Or white with black stripes? And the zebra asked me, Or you good with bad habits? Or are you bad with good habits? -from Zebra Question, by Shel Silverstein #zebra #wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poem #shelsilverstein #animal #wildlife

I refused in the first life to become a river so geography would not force me to swallow salt every day in the cataracts of eternity - by Muhammed Harbi #travelphotography #photography #poem #poetry #egypt #cairo #giza #travel #pyramid #beauty

"Lo! they stretch, In airy undulations, far away, As if the ocean, in his gentlest swell, Stood still, with all his rounded billows fixed, And motionless forever." -from The Prairies by William Cullen Bryant #photography #poem #poetry #landscapephotography #nebraska #prairies #sunset #sunsets

If we can’t share a plate of midnight croissants by candlelight in an abandoned château during a raging thunderstorm whilst we wax rhapsodic about our shared love of ‘The Princess Bride’, then what’s the point?

No, it won’t be love at first sight when we meet it’ll be love at first remembrance ‘cause i’ve recognized you in my mother’s eyes when she tells me, marry the type of man you’d want to raise your son to be like. -For Him, by Rupi Kaur #landscapephotography #photography #poem #poetry

"When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear." - from When Great Trees Fall by Maya Angelou #landscapephotography #photography #moss #forests #greatsmokymountains #nps #nationalparks #poetry #poems #trees

This, every day, this.