Dr Yechiel
@elisdream.bsky.social
I live on Earth and I'm interested in it. I'm especially curious about the ways people here explain their lives to each other and organize and preserve those explanations: literature, science, art, history, religion, libraries, museums, all the treasures.
December 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
#AnimalArtTuesday
This lizard sculpture is made of old books and lives in a big terrarium at the beautiful San Antonio Central Library. Many of the large rocks are made of books, too.
This lizard sculpture is made of old books and lives in a big terrarium at the beautiful San Antonio Central Library. Many of the large rocks are made of books, too.
December 23, 2025 at 7:31 AM
#AnimalArtTuesday
This lizard sculpture is made of old books and lives in a big terrarium at the beautiful San Antonio Central Library. Many of the large rocks are made of books, too.
This lizard sculpture is made of old books and lives in a big terrarium at the beautiful San Antonio Central Library. Many of the large rocks are made of books, too.
#OrangeSun
Today was sunny & bright, good for some end-of-2025 garden photos. Reviewing the photos tonight, I was surprised to see a splash of orange (flowerpot with broccoli) behind the smiling sun. Passiflora vine found the sun, climbed up, grabbed it, on the way up to whatever it can reach next.
Today was sunny & bright, good for some end-of-2025 garden photos. Reviewing the photos tonight, I was surprised to see a splash of orange (flowerpot with broccoli) behind the smiling sun. Passiflora vine found the sun, climbed up, grabbed it, on the way up to whatever it can reach next.
December 22, 2025 at 12:58 AM
#OrangeSun
Today was sunny & bright, good for some end-of-2025 garden photos. Reviewing the photos tonight, I was surprised to see a splash of orange (flowerpot with broccoli) behind the smiling sun. Passiflora vine found the sun, climbed up, grabbed it, on the way up to whatever it can reach next.
Today was sunny & bright, good for some end-of-2025 garden photos. Reviewing the photos tonight, I was surprised to see a splash of orange (flowerpot with broccoli) behind the smiling sun. Passiflora vine found the sun, climbed up, grabbed it, on the way up to whatever it can reach next.
#GreenSat
These tomatoes have been racing the frost. Frost will win someday, maybe in January, but today the tomatoes still look like they have a chance.
These tomatoes have been racing the frost. Frost will win someday, maybe in January, but today the tomatoes still look like they have a chance.
December 21, 2025 at 4:34 AM
#GreenSat
These tomatoes have been racing the frost. Frost will win someday, maybe in January, but today the tomatoes still look like they have a chance.
These tomatoes have been racing the frost. Frost will win someday, maybe in January, but today the tomatoes still look like they have a chance.
#FoodOnFriday
This is dewberry strudel from Prasek's in Sealy TX. I got it because I'd never tasted dewberry. Dewberry is good!
This is dewberry strudel from Prasek's in Sealy TX. I got it because I'd never tasted dewberry. Dewberry is good!
December 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
#FoodOnFriday
This is dewberry strudel from Prasek's in Sealy TX. I got it because I'd never tasted dewberry. Dewberry is good!
This is dewberry strudel from Prasek's in Sealy TX. I got it because I'd never tasted dewberry. Dewberry is good!
#FlyDay
A tiny green fly was exploring my tiny green tomatoes yesterday. I was doing the same thing at the same time. I only noticed the fly because it flew away as I tried to get a better look at the fruit.
A tiny green fly was exploring my tiny green tomatoes yesterday. I was doing the same thing at the same time. I only noticed the fly because it flew away as I tried to get a better look at the fruit.
December 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
#FlyDay
A tiny green fly was exploring my tiny green tomatoes yesterday. I was doing the same thing at the same time. I only noticed the fly because it flew away as I tried to get a better look at the fruit.
A tiny green fly was exploring my tiny green tomatoes yesterday. I was doing the same thing at the same time. I only noticed the fly because it flew away as I tried to get a better look at the fruit.
Every year at Hanukkah, I try to get a clear image of the colors within one flame. It's not easy, partly because flames don't sit quietly for portraits and partly because cameras would rather use light than focus on it. Tonight, I'm noticing that fire colors are easiest to capture in darkness.
December 19, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Every year at Hanukkah, I try to get a clear image of the colors within one flame. It's not easy, partly because flames don't sit quietly for portraits and partly because cameras would rather use light than focus on it. Tonight, I'm noticing that fire colors are easiest to capture in darkness.
#YellowThu
This is a leaf of Hibiscus coccineus, Texas star hibiscus. In warmer weather, the red flower forms an obvious star. The plant takes a break from flowering these days, but the palmate leaves with red veins show star shapes, too.
This is a leaf of Hibiscus coccineus, Texas star hibiscus. In warmer weather, the red flower forms an obvious star. The plant takes a break from flowering these days, but the palmate leaves with red veins show star shapes, too.
December 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
#YellowThu
This is a leaf of Hibiscus coccineus, Texas star hibiscus. In warmer weather, the red flower forms an obvious star. The plant takes a break from flowering these days, but the palmate leaves with red veins show star shapes, too.
This is a leaf of Hibiscus coccineus, Texas star hibiscus. In warmer weather, the red flower forms an obvious star. The plant takes a break from flowering these days, but the palmate leaves with red veins show star shapes, too.
#FlyDay
This is a very old photo, from December 1998.
I like the bright light here, casting an afternoon-long shadow, shining through the wings, highlighting the edges.
This is a very old photo, from December 1998.
I like the bright light here, casting an afternoon-long shadow, shining through the wings, highlighting the edges.
December 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
#FlyDay
This is a very old photo, from December 1998.
I like the bright light here, casting an afternoon-long shadow, shining through the wings, highlighting the edges.
This is a very old photo, from December 1998.
I like the bright light here, casting an afternoon-long shadow, shining through the wings, highlighting the edges.
#YellowThu
I've liked having yellow flowers in this garden on the east side of my house, so I painted a few extras on a spare fence picket to hold onto some bright color while the flowers rest for winter. December 11 & the flowers are still going strong. I'm not about to tell them to quit.
I've liked having yellow flowers in this garden on the east side of my house, so I painted a few extras on a spare fence picket to hold onto some bright color while the flowers rest for winter. December 11 & the flowers are still going strong. I'm not about to tell them to quit.
December 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#YellowThu
I've liked having yellow flowers in this garden on the east side of my house, so I painted a few extras on a spare fence picket to hold onto some bright color while the flowers rest for winter. December 11 & the flowers are still going strong. I'm not about to tell them to quit.
I've liked having yellow flowers in this garden on the east side of my house, so I painted a few extras on a spare fence picket to hold onto some bright color while the flowers rest for winter. December 11 & the flowers are still going strong. I'm not about to tell them to quit.
#AnimalArtTuesday This ceramic fish has a hole in its base as if it could contain a candle. Seems dangerous; I've never tried. When I worked in a glass-walled office, coworkers called my place "aquarium" and sent a few aquatic-shaped creatures to live in there with me; that's when this fish arrived.
December 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
#AnimalArtTuesday This ceramic fish has a hole in its base as if it could contain a candle. Seems dangerous; I've never tried. When I worked in a glass-walled office, coworkers called my place "aquarium" and sent a few aquatic-shaped creatures to live in there with me; that's when this fish arrived.
#OrangeSun This colorful leaf blew in from somewhere else. It's a nice surprise.
December 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
#OrangeSun This colorful leaf blew in from somewhere else. It's a nice surprise.
#WeekWforWindows #AlphabetChallenge
Cactus from around the world are protected inside this 100-year-old greenhouse at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum. Many others live outside the greenhouse. Superior AZ, April 2025.
Cactus from around the world are protected inside this 100-year-old greenhouse at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum. Many others live outside the greenhouse. Superior AZ, April 2025.
December 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
#WeekWforWindows #AlphabetChallenge
Cactus from around the world are protected inside this 100-year-old greenhouse at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum. Many others live outside the greenhouse. Superior AZ, April 2025.
Cactus from around the world are protected inside this 100-year-old greenhouse at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum. Many others live outside the greenhouse. Superior AZ, April 2025.
#WeekWforWindows #AlphabetChallenge
Two exterior views of backstage (non-exhibit) greenhouses at the back of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin TX, April 2012.
Two exterior views of backstage (non-exhibit) greenhouses at the back of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin TX, April 2012.
December 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
#WeekWforWindows #AlphabetChallenge
Two exterior views of backstage (non-exhibit) greenhouses at the back of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin TX, April 2012.
Two exterior views of backstage (non-exhibit) greenhouses at the back of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin TX, April 2012.
#WeekWforWindows #AlphabetChallenge
Indoor & outdoor views of the Palm and Cycad Pavilion at the San Antonio Botanical Garden. The dragons generally stay outdoors. September 2024.
Indoor & outdoor views of the Palm and Cycad Pavilion at the San Antonio Botanical Garden. The dragons generally stay outdoors. September 2024.
December 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
#WeekWforWindows #AlphabetChallenge
Indoor & outdoor views of the Palm and Cycad Pavilion at the San Antonio Botanical Garden. The dragons generally stay outdoors. September 2024.
Indoor & outdoor views of the Palm and Cycad Pavilion at the San Antonio Botanical Garden. The dragons generally stay outdoors. September 2024.
#AnimalArtTuesday
This yellow bird once perched on a swing, the pendulum of a brown clock with golden numbers. The clock cracked and disappeared long ago. The bird's tail broke off from its body but both parts of the bird live in this glass box now. A glass box is safe storage for a broken bird.
This yellow bird once perched on a swing, the pendulum of a brown clock with golden numbers. The clock cracked and disappeared long ago. The bird's tail broke off from its body but both parts of the bird live in this glass box now. A glass box is safe storage for a broken bird.
December 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
#AnimalArtTuesday
This yellow bird once perched on a swing, the pendulum of a brown clock with golden numbers. The clock cracked and disappeared long ago. The bird's tail broke off from its body but both parts of the bird live in this glass box now. A glass box is safe storage for a broken bird.
This yellow bird once perched on a swing, the pendulum of a brown clock with golden numbers. The clock cracked and disappeared long ago. The bird's tail broke off from its body but both parts of the bird live in this glass box now. A glass box is safe storage for a broken bird.
Midafternoon today, something about this sunbeam persuaded me not to step off the main path to see what the beam was shining on. Whatever was over there seemed like a question to leave unanswered.
December 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Midafternoon today, something about this sunbeam persuaded me not to step off the main path to see what the beam was shining on. Whatever was over there seemed like a question to leave unanswered.
#PinkMon
Dianthus, also called "pinks", flower in many colors & patterns in the red+white=pink family.
"Pinking shears" have zig-zag edges like the flowers, designed to prevent fabric from unraveling when cut.
I don't know how the flowers use their edges; I do know they like December weather.
Dianthus, also called "pinks", flower in many colors & patterns in the red+white=pink family.
"Pinking shears" have zig-zag edges like the flowers, designed to prevent fabric from unraveling when cut.
I don't know how the flowers use their edges; I do know they like December weather.
December 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
#PinkMon
Dianthus, also called "pinks", flower in many colors & patterns in the red+white=pink family.
"Pinking shears" have zig-zag edges like the flowers, designed to prevent fabric from unraveling when cut.
I don't know how the flowers use their edges; I do know they like December weather.
Dianthus, also called "pinks", flower in many colors & patterns in the red+white=pink family.
"Pinking shears" have zig-zag edges like the flowers, designed to prevent fabric from unraveling when cut.
I don't know how the flowers use their edges; I do know they like December weather.
#MinimalMonday This was packing material. It succeeded at a tough job, making sure fragile items reached me safely. As a reward, I promoted it to art supplies.
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
#MinimalMonday This was packing material. It succeeded at a tough job, making sure fragile items reached me safely. As a reward, I promoted it to art supplies.
#OrangeSun Mustang Island TX, where everything flies when the wind blows and the wind always blows. November 2021.
November 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
#OrangeSun Mustang Island TX, where everything flies when the wind blows and the wind always blows. November 2021.
#GreenSat
3 Passiflora vines volunteered in my garden this summer; I've watched them ever since, wondering what their project might be.
1 vine found a sunny spot, climbed an old tomato cage, created 4 flowers this month, each open for 1 day.
2 remain, drinking rain now, growing green pods.
3 Passiflora vines volunteered in my garden this summer; I've watched them ever since, wondering what their project might be.
1 vine found a sunny spot, climbed an old tomato cage, created 4 flowers this month, each open for 1 day.
2 remain, drinking rain now, growing green pods.
November 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
#GreenSat
3 Passiflora vines volunteered in my garden this summer; I've watched them ever since, wondering what their project might be.
1 vine found a sunny spot, climbed an old tomato cage, created 4 flowers this month, each open for 1 day.
2 remain, drinking rain now, growing green pods.
3 Passiflora vines volunteered in my garden this summer; I've watched them ever since, wondering what their project might be.
1 vine found a sunny spot, climbed an old tomato cage, created 4 flowers this month, each open for 1 day.
2 remain, drinking rain now, growing green pods.
#FoodOnFriday Green beans are happy to climb almost anything and I'm happy to eat them with almost anything. I collected these today and I'll slice them up & mix them with rice tonight. They make the rice taste green.
November 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
#FoodOnFriday Green beans are happy to climb almost anything and I'm happy to eat them with almost anything. I collected these today and I'll slice them up & mix them with rice tonight. They make the rice taste green.