Ann Allen

Adventurer, explorer, naturalist, sketch artist

[Ann Allen @JenniferMa5d]

Love that

[Earth @earthcurated]

The Moon doesn’t wait for night. Sometimes you just have to remember to look up.

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

10 VITAMINS YOU NEED AFTER 40

1. Vitamin D → Bone strength

2. Vitamin B12 → Nerve & brain health

3. Vitamin C → Immunity + collagen

4. Vitamin E → Skin & heart support

5. Vitamin A → Eyes + immunity

6. Vitamin K2 → Bones + heart protection

7. Folate (B9) → Cell repair & energy

8. Magnesium → Muscles, nerves, sleep

9. Calcium → Prevents bone loss

10. Zinc → Healing + immunity

[Outside Magazine @outsidemagazine]

JJ Yosh and his cat Simon have climbed Colorado's highest mountains and traveled to more than 15 countries and four continents together. Now the "Backpacking Kitty" duo is taking on the Seven Summits. https://t.co/T1nxGdx8CV

[Tamir & Tadilat @TamirveTadilat]

İlginç bir bahçe kapısı tasarımı.

[Ann Allen @JenniferMa5d]

This is such beautiful country...

[Grand Canyon NPS @GrandCanyonNPS]

Grand Canyon is open. And it's still grand.

For generations, people have come here for something remarkably simple: a view unlike anywhere else on Earth.

That hasn't changed.

As we recover from last week's flash flood and work to restore the Transcanyon Waterline, we're asking visitors to experience Grand Canyon a little differently. Bring drinking water from outside the South Rim system, conserve water during your stay and enjoy everything that makes this place extraordinary.

Watch the sunrise. Walk the Rim Trail. Explore Desert View. Earn a Junior Ranger badge. Stay for the sunset. Look up at the stars.

You don't need much to experience something this big.

Come see Grand Canyon. Help us conserve while you're here.

Keep it Grand. Every Drop Counts.

NPS photo/M. Quinn

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Waterfalls at the Grand Canyon caused by heavy rain

[Ann Allen @JenniferMa5d]

A word about Conservation...this week's blog is out! https://t.co/8uOBbYFWDe #conservation #huntingseason #fishing #hike #camping

[Mechanical Knowledge @mechanical_4u]

Porsche Just Invented a 6-Stroke Engine?!

How does Porsche's 6-stroke engine work? It adds an extra compression and stroke sequence to squeeze maximum efficiency out of every drop of fuel. Check out the internal planetary gear movement in motion! Brilliant engineering or too many moving parts?

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

A gorgeous monitor lizard spotted in Cape Range National Park, Australia.

More adorable animals: https://t.co/BATEhuC4lU

[Smart Builds @Do_its_yourself]

Airplane launcher 👍🏻

[Survival Skill @Survival__skill]

Building a Shelter, Catching Fish & Living Off the Land

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

The horses of Iceland are the original Viking horses and one of the purest horse breeds in the world. Breed has been isolated on the rugged island in North-Atlantic since the settlement, or over 1000 years ago, without any genetic input from other breeds. 🇮🇸🐎

As the first settlers came to Iceland they could only bring a limited number of livestock with them, and most probably chose their very best animals. Thus, the Icelandic horse has its origin in a herd of preselected, high quality individuals who had to survive the rough trip on a Viking longship across the Atlantic, before taking on their role as “the most indispensable servant” for the first Icelanders in this vast, wild, and entirely unknown country.

Due to the geographical isolation of Iceland, very few horse diseases occur here, and no vaccinations are needed. However, this also means that no horse can enter the country at all. Once a horse leaves Iceland it can never return. Anybody travelling to Iceland is also kindly requested not to bring any used leather equipment such as gloves, chaps or riding boots, and to disinfect all gear.

The Icelandic horse is an extremely versatile breed. These strong, intelligent and smooth horses are successful in endurance racing and are also well-suited for therapeutic riding. Some are excellent jumpers and many are trained to quite a high level in dressage. Carriage pulling, polo and barrel racing are also activities where the horses of Iceland do well. Today, the most common use for the Icelandic horse is as a general riding horse. A horse that the whole family can enjoy as a trustworthy and loved companion, while also being able to ride it on long or short rides through the woods of Germany, along the beaches of Denmark or in the mountains of Iceland.

Icelandic horses can be found all over the world. Over 250,000 Icelandic horses are registered around the world, thereof approximately 40% in Iceland. They have amazing adaptation skills and do well in the ice-cold climates of Greenland and Alaska, but also down under in Australia and New Zealand. They can even be found in Hawaii.

It can surely be said that the horses of Iceland are the best ambassadors for the little island in the north. They represent the country and culture well and encourage their human friends to visit Iceland at least once, if not regularly.

🎥© linaimages (IG)

#archaeohistories

[Localize - Farmers Market @Localizefoodapp]

Two retired men hunt abandoned homesteads for apple trees science declared extinct and they have brought 29 varieties back from the dead

The Lost Apple Project tracks old land records to orchards planted by homesteaders and forgotten for a century.

The trees kept making apples the whole time with nobody left to pick them.

Every rediscovered variety gets grafted and returned to nurseries so it can never go extinct again.

Find heritage orchards near you on Localize

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Junpeng is a food artist who transforms everyday ingredients into elegant visual compositions.

[Ann Allen @JenniferMa5d]

Winter camping...hands down. I love to snuggle in a warm sleeping bag in my all weather space and read while the snow is falling outside. Snow makes a pretty good insulation.

[Mountain Cabins @cabinsmountain]

For me, camping isn’t just about the season. it’s about escaping the noise, slowing down, reconnecting with nature, and making memories that stay with you long after the trip is over.

So, if you had to choose just one…
Winter camping or Summer camping?

[Quantum Tech ⚛ @QuantumTech_X]

This is how they made real ice in the middle of the dessert, 2,400 years ago, without electricity 🤔👇

[Localize - Farmers Market @Localizefoodapp]

Wyoming legalized selling homemade food and raw milk neighbor to neighbor a decade ago and the outbreak regulators warned about never came

The Wyoming Food Freedom Act lets producers sell homemade and farm foods directly to consumers with no license and no inspection and no middleman.

The law has been expanded multiple times since 2015 because legislators found no outbreak trail to point to.

Most states allow a far narrower list from home kitchens.

Find homemade goods near you on Localize

[Ann Allen @JenniferMa5d]

My favorite time of year is coming up! #winter2026 #wintercamping

[Ann Allen @JenniferMa5d]

Pretty awesome...

[Mountain Cabins @cabinsmountain]

Tom and Nancy Oar have spent more than five decades together. In the 1970s, they left their life in Illinois and moved to Montana’s remote Yaak Valley, where they built a new life together from the ground up. 👴👵

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

Eltz Castle sits deep in the hills above the Moselle River, hidden in a forested valley that kept it safe through centuries of conflict. First recorded in the 12th century, it began as a small Romanesque fortress guarding a trade route. Over time, as Germany fractured into dozens of principalities, the castle grew into a fortified residence, not a royal palace, but a noble family stronghold built to withstand medieval feuds, regional wars, and shifting borders. Its location, tucked away rather than perched on a cliff, is precisely why it survived when so many others fell to cannons, fires, or political collapse.

What makes Eltz extraordinary is its uninterrupted lineage. Since the 1200s, the same family, the Eltz family, has owned and lived in the castle for 33 generations, an unbroken chain stretching across more than 800 years. During the Middle Ages, the castle was divided among three branches of the family, each building its own section like a vertical townhouse within the same fortress. These wings still stand today, creating the castle’s distinctive, almost storybook silhouette. Even during the Thirty Years’ War, when armies ravaged central Europe, Eltz Castle negotiated neutrality and avoided destruction, a rare feat in one of history’s most devastating conflicts.

By the 19th century, as Germany unified and medieval fortresses lost their military purpose, Eltz Castle transformed from a defensive residence into a cultural treasure. The family restored it carefully, preserving its timbered upper floors, Gothic halls, and armory. Today, it remains partly private and partly open to visitors, one of the best-preserved castles in Europe and a symbol of continuity in a region shaped by upheaval. Its survival, its architecture, and its family history make it a living time capsule of the German Middle Ages.

Deep beneath Eltz Castle lies a network of medieval storage vaults and hidden passageways that once protected the family’s most valuable possessions during times of war. Among the artifacts kept there is the Eltz Treasury, a collection of rare goldwork, ceremonial weapons, and intricately carved ivory pieces that survived centuries of conflict because they were sealed away in these underground chambers. Some items date back to the Crusades, carried home by early Eltz ancestors, and a few pieces are so unique that historians still debate their origins. These vaults, rarely mentioned in popular accounts, are part of what makes Eltz not just a preserved castle, but a living archive of European craftsmanship and noble life.

#archaeohistories