Dr Yechiel

@elisdream.bsky.social

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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.

A glass prism stands on a steel table near a glass window. Outside the window is a woven screen and then green leaves, brightly lit. One face of the prism shows a variety of colors.
A pink Curcuma flower is arranged as multiple cups, each holding some rain.
Leaves with 8 leaflets each show 2 shades of green, a stronger green that normally faces the Sun & a pale green that normally faces the Earth.
A brown cardboard pizza box is decorated in red. The center of the box contains, in large text, "If pizza isn't the answer ask better questions" Smaller text says "Made just for you" and "We make pizzas to make you smile". It also identifies the source of the pizza, "South FLO Fresh Pizza", from an H-E-B grocery store, because the chain was started in FLOresville TX.
A garden snail, extended from its shell, travels along a garden trellis. The trellis is grey. The snail, it seems, is yellow. I used to think they were essentially colorless, but this one is mostly yellow.
Red knobs control a water softener's bypass setting. A silver-colored Allen wrench inserted into the center of the knob provides a better grip, making the knob easier to turn.
Copper & plastic pipes go into a hole in the wall.
One glass dragonfly, mostly blue, stands on a silver stick before a mirror. The other dragonfly is its twin inside the mirror.
In the foreground, vertical silver streaks of falling rain. In the background, trees.
A bench made of well-polished brown wood is decorated with a winged creature in the center of its back. The creature's wings are raised up and spread open. It's head might be missing.
A red Hibiscus coccinea flower is fully open, showing its 5 widely-spaced red petals supported by a green calyx, creating the appearance of an internal star.
An orange truck is parked beside a Caesalpinia bush with many orange flowers. The flowers and leaves are reflected in the body and window of the truck.
In a low basin partially filled with stones, a globe shines green. Other specks of light, also green, are visible on or under plants.
On a narrow strip of wallpaper between 2 doorframes, 2 hooks are attached. The hooks are made of dark metal with green glass centers. One hook holds a pair of eyeglasses with a colorful strap. Behind the hooks, the wallpaper shows a pattern of green leaves on a white background.
A cicada's brown shell is attached to a blue recycling cart.
In a dusty black trashbag, yellow & red gadgets used for leveling tiles await disposal after the project is finished.
Abandoned on asphalt after a rainy night: an unknown woman's left-hand glove, yellow, elbow-high. From September 2013.
A yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia) waits in the center of its web. The web is attached to green leaves of Malvaviscus, growing in shade. Some pink Lagerstroemia flowers have fallen into the web.
A red Texas Star hibiscus flower is open on a sunny day; green buds surround it, promising future flowers.
This is a photo of 1 orange toothbrush + 1 reflection of that toothbrush in a mirror. The toothbrush stands in a ceramic toothbrush holder, green ceramic with white decorations.
Looking closely at a watermelon rind shows a complex pattern of many shades of green.
Many times larger than life size, a blue portable-style radio labeled National Panasonic stands on grass beside a paved walkway. The giant radio is larger than the nearby park bench and smaller than the nearby tree.
A small white box with a peaked roof and an open glass door stands on bare ground in the shade of a liveoak tree.
On a grey tabletop tile, rusty outlines of crescent wrenches remain after washing.
A small building (public restrooms in River Road Park, Boerne TX) is partly built of stone and partly of wood. The upper, wooden portion is painted blue and decorated with flowers and insects. The nearby door is red, with part of the wall's floral decoration continued onto it.
A small blue box on a metal post has a glass door. A brass-colored sign at the top of the door reads "Little Free Fishing Library / Take a Hook, Share a Hook / Please feel free to use, borrow, or add to this fishing library"
Pink flowers of Catharanthus roseus grow in an orange pot where a green glass humminbird is staked. One of the flowers has fallen to the brown table that holds the pot. A puddle of water on the table reflects trees and sky overhead.
Some water droplets drip down the column of a black metal gazebo; other droplets are caught in a spiderweb and show some of its structure. Pink flowers are also caught in the spiderweb.
An orange ribbon is crumpled on a grey grating.
A canna leaf, broad and green, is perforated by a complex design of perfectly aligned repeating holes.
4 ducks in the shade of a cypress tree in River Road Park, Boerne TX, June 17 2026.
2 coffeecups contain office supplies. One is mostly white, decorated with the mission patch of STS-41-C listing its astronauts (Crippen, Scobee, Hart, Van Hoften, Nelson) and showing its major assignments (deployment of the Long Duration Exposure Facility, repair of the Solar Max). One is mostly black, decorated with a scene of original Star Trek (1966-1969) crew members (McCoy, Chekov, Kirk, Uhura, Spock, Sulu, Scott) in the transporter room.
A large plastic game stands on artificial grass next to a picnic table. Two blue side pieces hold it off the ground. The body of the game is red, with 42 circular holes. 15 of the holes contain green discs, each with a central round hold. 17 of the holes contain yellow discs, each with a central round hole. 10 of the holes are empty.
A green box marked Free Little Library has a beveled-glass door. A purple birdcage sits on top of the box; inside the birdcage are 2 artificial pink birds.
A statue of a large bright green frog has blue eyes and yellow feet, mouth, and stomach.
A wooden wall, painted blue, is decorated with green leaves, a red flower, and a red & black ladybug.
Exterior walls of a public restroom in Boerne TX are painted bright blue. Near two drinking fountains, the walls are also decorated with yellow butterflies and pink flowers. June 17 2026.
The lid of a cedar storage chest is open. On the lid, CAUTION FOR PROTECTION KEEP CHEST LOCKED AT ALL TIMES is stamped. The chest contains green, blue, and white blankets. On top of the blankets is a book: GILGAMESH, a New Verse Translation by Simon Armitage. The book's cover is black with golden branches, entangled.
An orange caterpillar with black spines eats a green leaf.
A mezuzah case, carved of brown olive wood and decorated with painted ceramic, is attached to a white-painted wooden doorframe next to a brown-stained wooden door.
Wooden chairs stand on either side of a wooden table. Two building are visible behind them. The smaller building has wooden walls and a rusted metal roof. The larger building has metal walls and a stone chimney. In Boerne TX, June 16 2026, near A Little Nature Store.
An old tree stump is being covered by a new grape vine. Wooden mulch covers the ground around the stump. Boerne TX, June 16 2026, outside A Little Nature Store.
Wooden benches surround a wooden table where what seems to be a fallen Jenga tower's wooden bricks are partially stacked, partially scattered. On a brick floor in the shade outside Boerne Bookshop, June 16 2026.
A round table is created by a round glass top resting on a whiskey barrel. In the barrel, under the glass, concentric circles are formed by corks. A brown paper shopping bag sits on a chair beside the table.
A petunia with purple flowers & green leaves grows under a green lamppost, partly on white concrete & partly on red brick. Beyond the red brick, the curb is covered in yellow paint; beyond the curb, the street is grey.
On a brick wall, a white bandstand is painted, surrounded by flowers, trees, and a yellow sky.
An old blue ceramic yogurt pot contains cuttings of white abelia flowers.
In a parking lot, a grey mockingbird sits on the base of a black lamppost. The post sits on a round concrete pillar, painted yellow. Behind it, at the edge of the parking lot, yellow justicia (Tecoma stans) flowers.
A teak cabinet with a glass door stands before a wall covered in cloud-design wallpaper. Blue glass bottles are reflected in the glass. Blue ceramic cups are behind the glass.
An oak bookcase stands before a window and a blue-painted wall.
Looking down at a yellowish pine coffeetable standing on a bluish tile floor. 5 pieces of wood are visible. The grain pattern in each piece is unique.
New green seedlings, one still wearing its seed coat, push up through dirt in orange clay pots.
A glass dish holds nachos made of blue corn tortilla chips, provolone & parmigiana cheeses, and chopped tomatoes.
Two historical markers, with silver-colored text on black backgrounds, stand on metal posts in grass at the edge of a road. Behind them, trees grow at a fenceline. One is titled WILLIAM WARE. One is titled OLD WARESVILLE.
In a rectangular frame, text the color of polished brass is on a background the color of dull brass. The frame is on a white stand. Behind it, green scrubland and cloudy sky are visible. FORT LINCOLN When the War with Mexico ended in 1848, the U.S. established a series of forts along the Rio Grande to secure the border. Simultaneously, a "first line of frontier forts" were built from Fort Worth southward through this area to defend settlers against Indian attacks. West from this point, across Seco Creek on a high bluff, is the site of old Fort Lincoln, one of the "first line" forts. Established on July 7, 1849, it was named for Capt. George Lincoln who died in the War with Mexico. By 1851, there were barracks for two companies, a hospital and warehouse all constructed of wood. The company commander, Capt. James Longstreet (later a Civil War general) and his men built the fort. In July 1852, the fort was closed because "the frontier had moved west." For 25 years after the fort closed, settlers fought Indians over possession of this land. At times, a small force of Texas Rangers was here to help defend the settlers. Medina County Historical Commission 1995
Attached to a granite marker: a golden 5-pointed star surrounded by a leafy green wreath, one side made of rounded olive leaves, the other side made of pointed laurel leaves, bound together in the center Carved into the marker: IN THIS VICINITY
Feathery leaves of a groundcover (based on the white flowers outside the photo, maybe white-ball acacia, Acacia angustissima) intermingle with large yellow aster-like flowers on long stems, leaning over from a taller plant nearby.
Long blades of grass, some solid red, some solid green, some a mixture of colors, cast shade on a feather-leaved groundcover, maybe white-ball acacia.
Javelina or peccary.