Mindy Young

Looking for the beauty in everything. Houseplant enthusiast. Baker. Crochet maker. Potter.

[Mindy Young @_MindyMae]

I finished the toe beans project! 😆
Ever since I saw the viral spinning berry washing bowl, I've had this idea in my head. A cat, cleaning it's leg with the leg being the water spout. This was an absolute blast to make. I couldn't stop giggling as I sculpted it.

[Mindy Young @_MindyMae]

I made toe beans. 😆

[Mindy Young @_MindyMae]

This one hurts. 🥺
At least I get to reclaim it and try again. The two Adansonii leaves made it through bisque firing too.

[Mindy Young @_MindyMae]

It was a good weekend. I finally made some more Monstera leaves out of clay.

[geni - Nia day!!! @rainylavndr]

ideas for what to do with jewelry that makes decisions for you:

[Mindy Young @_MindyMae]

Yes, I was disciplined in school and had to learn my times tables too. Math didn't come easy to me in elementary school, but I still learned it and it ended up one of my favorite subjects by high school. It was difficult, but humans have the capacity to do difficult things. No one is immediately good at anything. Learning new skills takes effort. I also could not cook in my early 20s, but I learned how using recipes and videos. The task being difficult, doesn't mean you are incapable of learning the skill. People are trying to convince you, you can do more than you think you can. I'm not putting you down or trying to harass. I'm trying to convince you, you're smarter than this. Don't write yourself off because you've failed before, try again. Learn from your mistakes.

[Mindy Young @_MindyMae]

Don't write off the skill because it's hard. I didn't learn how to cook growing up, but I learned how to be a great cook from youtube recipes. I assure you that caring for plants and becoming a skilled painter takes far more than intuition. I couldn't keep a cactus alive in my 20s, but I learned about plants in my 30s and now practically keep a jungle in my apartment. My husband practices his art every single day to improve. No one is good at anything without practice. Learning how to cook will save you money and you'll feel accomplished from learning something you thought you couldn't do.

[Mindy Young @_MindyMae]

@Kayan_N01 @Bonusiie Is that mama cat at the back of the second photo? I was trying to match their little white patches on their faces, but I can't find the match for the adult one in the back. They're all so cute! Such a lovely story.

[Mindy Young @_MindyMae]

@NostalgiaFolder It's because we gradually stopped owning homes. When most homes are temporarily rented, they stop painting them colors with personality because you have to paint it white again before you move.

[Mindy Young @_MindyMae]

@sometherapist What a beautiful dress! I love that floral style! I live in this type of dress all summer. They keep me cool and look so flattering.

[Mindy Young @_MindyMae]

@sufyanmaan I can't stand the smell or taste of grocery store ground beef. It put me off tacos for years before we bought local beef. I can't buy fruit from the store anymore either. Especially peaches and strawberries. They have no taste unless I find them from a local farm.

[goma @soigomaa]

we live on a planet where trees warn each other of danger through underground networks. where octopuses dream. where elephants return to the bones of their dead and stand over them in silence. where bees communicate through dance, showing each other where to fly. where flowers bloom...where crows remember human faces -especially those who were cruel to them - and pass that memory on to their young. where ants build entire cities. where cats purr at a frequency that can help heal bones. where forests, after fires, grow flowers first.

[NASA @NASA]

Sky full of stars.

Following a successful lunar flyby, the Artemis II astronauts captured this breathtaking photo of our galaxy, the Milky Way, on April 7, 2026.

[Mindy Young @_MindyMae]

What a photo. Our beautiful moon eclipsing the sun with Saturn, Mars and Mercury to the bottom right. I'm grateful to have been alive for this moment.

[John Kraus @johnkrausphotos]

There it is! That’s us — that’s home!

As the Artemis II crew swings around the Moon, they will soon experience an “Earth set” before our home planet reappears about 40 minutes later.

This view was captured from one of Orion’s solar array cameras. I can’t wait to see the views captured by the crew with their onboard cameras once they are downlinked!

[Alex Svan @AlexSvanArt]

This thought just hit me hard…
Left photo, my father is somewhere there and I’m not.
Right photo - I’m there but he isn’t.
Time moves forward slowly and quietly replacing us - temporary passengers on this beautiful spaceship

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

Gregory is standing by to watch the Artemis II crew flyby, and has been strongly advised not to bat at them

[Albert Dros @albertdrosphoto]

I spent 3 full days trying to photograph bees around the cherry blossoms. They are fast and aren't easy to catch. This is one of my favourites.

[Mindy Young @_MindyMae]

The movie was pretty spot on actually. They were under a beech tree, James magically bound him and hung him upside down. He was never literally hung from a tree, but the optics are still awful. Here's the book version of what went down that I transcribed from my own copy.

Chapter 28 - Snape's Worst Memory.
"when James and his three friends strode off down the lawn toward the lake. Snape followed"...
"They stopped in the shade of the very same beech tree on the edge of the lake where Harry, Ron, and Hermione had spent a Sunday"...
"James shouted, "Expelliarmus!"
Snape's wand flew"...
"Impedimenta!" he said, pointing his wand at Snape, who was knocked off his feet, halfway through a dive toward his own fallen wand."...
"Snape was trying to get up, but the jinx was still operating on him; he was struggling, as though bound by invisible ropes."...
"James whirled about; a second flash of light later, Snape was hanging upside down in the air, his robes falling over his head to reveal his skinny, palliative legs and a pair of grading underpants."

[RYAN RΞSATKA @RyanResatka]

“Is the Super Bloom happening again this year?” Not sure, but if it does, don’t take it for granted 🌸 For those that will ask, I shot this photo in 2019 during the previous Super Bloom. It was a crazy sight to behold