As a child the forest was my sanctuary. It was adventure. It was calmness. It was discovery. It was fantasy. It was safety. It was connection.
Not much has changed in five decades.
#Photography #Nordlys #Jan21 #Aurora
Mistigram: until we get a Squirrel Girl movie, today’s celebration of Squirrel Appreciation Day will have to suffice. This #ANSIart commemoration of the adorable occasion was drawn by AdeptApril for the Storm BBS calendar.
#OTD in 1919, a team of IRA members ambushed royal British police to acquire the weapons and explosives they were escorting, killing two officers. Since the event occurred on the same day that the revolutionary Irish parliament declared sovereignty over the whole island, this event is often viewed as the first skirmish of the Irish War of Independence.
Today's art, featuring another #anticolonial ambush, is by Dan Nance:
https://www.dannance.com/revolutionary-war/0t7uwut031g8zxg0zcrrnl8xkxu4ni