I was browsing and came across an independent jeweler who has been handmaking jewelry for 60+ years.
What a joy and a miracle it must be to have found your calling so early and continue to enjoy it (and the good health to continue doing it) for so long.
There are moments, many moments throughout life, that simply cannot be rushed through. Each step, each look, each clasp of hands, is something to be fully experienced and savored.
They knew this.
Twilight Romance art print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/twilight-romance-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print
The happiest people in the fediverse are the ones who are watching their seeds sprout. Following #gardening has been a blessing to my timeline.
#springtime #joy #hope
Despite everything, I hope we celebrate our trans #joy today.
If you're cis, educate yourself!! Don't be complacent. No TERFs. No deadnames. Be bold. Listen to trans, #non-binary and #gender-nonconforming folks. Be prepared to defend us.
While there is a long road ahead to liberation for all beings, #intersectional change is what is needed to bring it about. #Solidarity is how we win.
I just also have to highlight this quote from that article: "The people in power want us to feel hopeless. They want us to believe we’re too broken, too tired, too beaten down to push back. But #joy is an act of #resistance. Laughing with friends, dancing, reading a book, watching dumb movies—this is not escapism. It’s fuel. We cannot fight for a better world if we forget what makes the world worth fighting for."
And, I leave you with this article: "How do we keep going when the world is crumbling?" https://ladylibertie.substack.com/p/how-do-we-keep-going-when-the-world
I've noted before that tyrants don't understand #joy and #love. Those people at the #TeslaTakedown sure looked like they were having FUN, didn't they? The tens of thousands at the Bernie and AOC rallies did too.
Take care of yourself. Find joy in your life. Find joy in the fight, and fight when you can.
Hope persists!
"Get out there and do it!" - John Lewis
/end
Summer Soulmates inspired by the hot weather that has engulfed Florida and all of the beautiful flowers popping up!
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/summer-soulmates-sunflower-art-sharon-cummings.html
#sunflower #sunflowers #flower #flowers #floral #floralart #yellow #soulmates #love #romance #romantic #romanticgift #fedigiftshop #spring #springtime #summer #summertime #handmade #handmadeart #painting #paintings #garden #gardens #gardening #gardener #buyintoart by #SharonCummingsArt #joy #happiness #creative #creativity
A mother and her little daughter walk through the sand dunes to the beach for a day of seaside fun.
Together walking through the sand dunes handmade acrylic painting
--> https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/together-walking-through-the-sand-dunes-karen-kaspar.html
Let's learn from the #activism that peaked at the height of the #aids epidemic. This post is from @theaidsmemorial on Instagram. #joy as #resistance. Keep on putting your oxygen mask on to help others.
Oh, of course there are lots of things to be serious about, and not everything is a laughing matter, but neither is everything a matter of gloom, anger, anxiety, or angst.
And though the situation was a little out of her control, her attitude about it wasn't.
And she chose to laugh.
Brimming Over framed print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/brimming-over-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print
The coup wants you terrified. It wants you brittle and compliant. So laugh in its face. Gather in parks, sing, dance, make art that mocks the strongman and his fragile grip on power. Remember that joy is not a distraction. It is a weapon.
#joy #disobedience #coup #dance #art #resistance
In the winter, there aren't a lot of flowers blooming, at least in the Pacific Northwest of the USA. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that there are NO flowers blooming.
Which makes an interior display of roses all the more delightful . . .
Rhapsody of Roses metal print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/rhapsody-of-roses-steve-henderson.html?product=metal-print
Wait for it!! 31 seconds of absolute joy from these New Holland Honeyeaters 
#birds #photography #video #bath #funny #fun #joy #birdsOfOz #birdsofmasodon #nature #birdwatching #australia
#ThreeGoodThings Today is a good day
I will take #joy in subversive#resistance by painting a new #protest sign. #planting vegetable seeds & having a birthday #party for my HoneyBear with my #family 
#love & #peace to all #mastodon & beyond #Bloomscrolling
This Joy—
Resistance Revival Chorus
“This Joy that I have, the world didn’t give it to me… this Joy that I have, the world didn’t give it to me… this Joy that I have, the world didn’t give it to me…The world didn’t give it and the world can’t take it away.”
I have a podcast because of course I do and if you haven't listened to it before there's never been a better time to start.
https://prettygrouse.com/podcast/fissure-quest-part-1
thank you
I know the world is crazy right now — and here's what you can do about it
I send thanks to the buyer from Illinois who purchased a canvas print of of
The Kingdom Belongs to These -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/the-kingdom-belongs-to-these-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print
May the artwork take you to a place of thought and contemplation, hope, peace, and joy.
I saw a post on IG (referencing a post on TikTok) asking what people do to be more #whimsical. The responses are lovely and I’m linking to the posts in case they make other people smile like they did me.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DGRxsmuAxBL/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DGUBz54Subn/
I’d like to pose the same question to the wonderful world of Mastodon:
What are some things you do to bring #whimsy and #joy into your life?
Please share. We could all use even the tiniest of smiles right now.
