“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.” ― Kurt VonnegutTumblr (3.0; @cityowl)http://cityowl.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b8b97df645778ea6d839a4b8c4492346/tumblr_mkqymnIanW1qc6j5yo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5d63906bd89c5727d5910a5bcf734c1f/tumblr_mkqymnIanW1qc6j5yo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d872749c1c59ce18ff7ce54ad350d083/tumblr_mkqymnIanW1qc6j5yo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7ed3e2fef59fe9b085c8ca16731b68fb/tumblr_mkqymnIanW1qc6j5yo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://rhamphotheca.tumblr.com/post/47128739363/floridas-burrowning-owls-keep-it-undergound-by" class="tumblr_blog">rhamphotheca</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><strong>Florida’s Burrowning Owls Keep it Undergound</strong></p> <p><em>by Amanda Williams</em></p> <p>With coyotes lurking, stray dogs sniffing and raptors soaring above, you could forgive these wide-eyed burrowing owls for looking slightly nervous.</p> <p>Using a camera hidden in a traffic cone photographer Mac Stone captured the magnificent birds, which nest in underground holes rather than in trees, in 20 attempts over six months.</p> <p>The charming results show the wise creatures curiously gazing out over the grassland from their tunnelled habitat in Southern Florida…</p> <p>(read more: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2303809/The-underground-owls-Florida-make-burrows-instead-living-trees.html">The Daily Mail</a>)    (photos: Caters News Agency)</p></blockquote>http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51071087806http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51071087806Wed, 22 May 2013 10:38:08 -0400friends<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/20cb06c41249e78fadaef2f0462e7ce6/tumblr_mmzqm7h7rG1sqd41vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jojo-cherub.tumblr.com/post/50720430662">jojo-cherub</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dwrubleski/8726140595/" title="Moon Bear sitting pretty. Sniffing flowers.">Moon Bear sitting pretty. Sniffing flowers.</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dwrubleski/">Dean Ruben.</a> on Flickr.</p> </blockquote>http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51068716258http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51068716258Wed, 22 May 2013 09:45:01 -0400rodents<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4520ce0a653985f3ad1ca25879aa4e50/tumblr_mm3ln26KZv1rq7d5fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tinypuffer.tumblr.com/post/49328310553/baby-porcupine-puffer-before-puffing">tinypuffer</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>baby porcupine puffer before puffing</p> <p>(<a href="http://blog.livedoor.jp/nikkai/archives/3374827.html">ふぐちゃん　ベビーの大集合。 : くまぱぱのブログ</a>から)</p> </blockquote>http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51068691634http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51068691634Wed, 22 May 2013 09:44:26 -0400water<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1674d3964e4d34cd35b9aa150a6adaeb/tumblr_mn22wnlqYH1qcu3ieo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><small><span>For a existential longing for the stars and the unknown, observing the night sky in all it’s hypnotic incandescence. Now we only dream as the age of exploration comes to a brief pause, reaching our hands out into the gaseous, cloudy void and the incessant cries of light-years passing us by. For dreaming of the stars</span><em>. <a href="http://8tracks.com/annie-wyatt/stargazed-a-mix-for-dreaming-which-will-never-be-grasped">x</a></em></small></p> <p><em><span><br/></span></em><strong><small><em>Track Listing</em></small></strong></p> <p><small><span><strong>1</strong> <em>Speed of Sound | Coldplay</em> <strong>2</strong> <em>Super 8 Suite | Michael Giacchino</em> <strong>3</strong> <em>Night of the Meteor | Joe Hisaishi</em> <strong>4</strong> <em>All My Stars Aligned | St. Vincent</em><strong> 5</strong> <em>Clair de Lune | Debussy</em><strong> 6 </strong></span></small><em>The Fountain Scene | John Williams</em><span> </span><strong>7 </strong><span></span><small><em>So long, Lonesome | Explosions in the Sky </em></small><strong>8</strong><span> </span><small><em>End Credits (Star Trek 2009) | Michael Giacchino</em></small></p> </blockquote>http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51061539269http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51061539269Wed, 22 May 2013 06:30:03 -0400fanmix<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a9c800789ea0d8f5260bd49fa5e4a019/tumblr_mn4whyCGL11rmul9bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51060737915http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51060737915Wed, 22 May 2013 06:01:53 -0400friends<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a5b0735c65ef098e1b40ae91aab6acf4/tumblr_mhtiyfCjZU1r1w416o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f03adfc13afa5fb20211270c8ff5fb30/tumblr_mhtiyfCjZU1r1w416o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bb5d927e3dc1418f3c3c803cf0c58961/tumblr_mhtiyfCjZU1r1w416o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b2b284b2080edade029ef4577df1017a/tumblr_mhtiyfCjZU1r1w416o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a0a2c4ee4bf463a597bbeecafafd23b0/tumblr_mhtiyfCjZU1r1w416o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d1f8dfd08215a7f33ea928bef59117f9/tumblr_mhtiyfCjZU1r1w416o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://staceythinx.tumblr.com/post/42796292481/these-photos-of-camouflaged-animals-by-art-wolfe">staceythinx</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>These photos of camouflaged animals by <a href="http://www.artwolfe.com" title="Wolfe">Art Wolfe</a> are like the “Where’s Waldo” of the animal kingdom. You can see more <a href="http://twentytwowords.com/2012/12/28/can-you-find-the-hidden-animals-in-these-20-wildlife-photos/" title="Hidden animals">here</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51060032773http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51060032773Wed, 22 May 2013 05:35:41 -0400favfriends<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7bb3a750f24024e7b5f7074b357b400e/tumblr_mn621jdyFf1qfb2vso1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1bde0340016c6d93f48ea73035ee45e5/tumblr_mn621jdyFf1qfb2vso2_500.png"/><br/> <br/>http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51058614956http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51058614956Wed, 22 May 2013 04:40:25 -0400humanflora<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d13f85452dfd7e40de534159881b7241/tumblr_mm4vgjhbcd1rze52wo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://trakehner.tumblr.com/post/49375742490/ahhh-perfection">trakehner</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>ahhh perfection</p> </blockquote>http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51056801089http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51056801089Wed, 22 May 2013 03:34:57 -0400horsesfav<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/04bbea1658fa70eb7506dec6aaa1d57c/tumblr_mih8wcKcX81qfxrv6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51029553897http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51029553897Tue, 21 May 2013 20:22:49 -0400water<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7ba725d1916b4d76589a03006187b9a7/tumblr_mn55gvm3YO1qajnfno1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://itsfurrytime.tumblr.com/post/51027831003/by-scramcannon" class="tumblr_blog">itsfurrytime</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>by <a href="http://www.furaffinity.net/user/scramcannon/">Scramcannon</a></p></blockquote>http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51028321405http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51028321405Tue, 21 May 2013 20:06:51 -0400art<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7c3ce221262ae98ca048f98172f3c195/tumblr_mn50c0vGFA1rn5nofo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51027949813http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51027949813Tue, 21 May 2013 20:02:00 -0400friends<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7f1xuYp9h1qfglbco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ev0lutionary.tumblr.com/post/30364925284/pronghorn-portrait-by-doug-dance-nature">ev0lutionary</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Pronghorn Portrait (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ddnp/7600957452/in/contacts/">Doug Dance Nature Photography</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51026059985http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51026059985Tue, 21 May 2013 19:37:31 -0400deer friends<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/96353c73e31a55cde211d8e76b0b4f16/tumblr_mn4lhiwDI41soyzg6o2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/346bb9567c15d7a75bd64bdf83e1a138/tumblr_mn4lhiwDI41soyzg6o3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/987a25124feab0fb65fd14c4f8a4b124/tumblr_mn4lhiwDI41soyzg6o1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p>Claude Monet <small><small>»</small> <strong>Water Lilies </strong></small></p> </blockquote>http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51022591367http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51022591367Tue, 21 May 2013 18:52:41 -0400art<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/08aebcd69d785399a31dc77d6e2192db/tumblr_mn4ia1O3RK1qbn5m1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><small><strong>NGC3584 (narrowband) in Carina.</strong> — <em><a href="http://www.deserthollowobservatory.com/">Desert Hollow Observatory</a></em></small></p> </blockquote>http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51022179146http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51022179146Tue, 21 May 2013 18:47:25 -0400space<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3f799bd51b41df4e306088784ee3b8be/tumblr_mhqjzpAMQZ1r3lb7ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51013859227http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51013859227Tue, 21 May 2013 17:00:12 -0400human<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/75076ae82fed12050f7cccc3a414c3e3/tumblr_mlry0kYmXi1rqab6go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51013387773http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51013387773Tue, 21 May 2013 16:54:07 -0400deer friends<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ae9fa3963e2331cbadef4380bc5f969c/tumblr_mmqyhaYzTp1qasbyxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51012860765http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51012860765Tue, 21 May 2013 16:47:17 -0400fashionhuman<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6e8fc1b2a22e307ed1c733a612c5bbf1/tumblr_mn60bqVSuR1s4q4nco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://theraptorcage.tumblr.com/post/51010504975/greater-spotted-eagle" class="tumblr_blog">theraptorcage</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.tatzpit.com/site/en/pages/inPage.asp?catID=9&subID=12&subsubID=287">Greater Spotted Eagle</a></p></blockquote>http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51010527194http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51010527194Tue, 21 May 2013 16:16:57 -0400flightfriends<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4b3c02803dba5c5e31d5621c3b170eba/tumblr_mn4zlsQV4y1rn5nofo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51009968099http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51009968099Tue, 21 May 2013 16:09:28 -0400friendsfav<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1a3b86157ec9530057d61495a25c2430/tumblr_mn4zhen6A31rn5nofo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51001605662http://cityowl.tumblr.com/post/51001605662Tue, 21 May 2013 14:03:26 -0400friends