Ivona Maris

I read, illustrate, write, travel, photograph. Not necessarily in this order. NH&Scientific Illustration in watercolor, ink, graphite #sciart #scicomm

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Play. Do something with your hands. Most of times, that's the best way to learn how to think.

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212 recommended authors & book titles from the Home Encyclopedia, published in 1975, during the somewhat more open years of communism in Romania. Approach it with curiosity!
https://t.co/iEpQvPBZLr

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Tracing Lost Countries Through Stamps, Books, Music, and Film. Free to read on Substack. https://t.co/Xzkg9EB6LC?

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Fortresses were not just military structures; they shaped the development of cities, trade, and statehood itself.
Free to read: https://t.co/GKhs5C5Jig

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Next time you look at the salt shaker on your table, remember that in the past, only kings had such luxuries. Salt cellars were works of art, often shaped like ships with secret, locked compartments.
Salt. A World History by Mark Kurlansky https://t.co/yUlQUU9NAV

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Whoever said weeds are ugly doesn't know what they're talking about! ☺️ Some buttercup (Ranunculus acris, I think) shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) and some oxalis (Oxalis stricta) freshly picked from the garden before mowing the lawn. 💛💚

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The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad is a finalist in the 2025 Orwell Prize. Delighted to be nominated alongside such a wonderful clutch of books. Thank you to my editors at @SceptreBooks and @ScribnerBooks.

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We would have needed him a little longer in these troubled times, but God knows better. For me, he will remain the image of a bright man from all points of view. May his path and memory be in light!

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Through everything he did and said, for me, Pope Francis was everything I expect a Pope to be.
Deeply empathetic, spiritual, jovial, gentle, close to people regardless of their ethnicity, status or faith.

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He remained deeply human, deeply Christian, he did not judge, with an open mind and heart he remained a light for all those who were lost in their country, faith or body or who were looking for peace in its various forms.

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Petasites hybridus

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Sunday walks for flower spotting in Romania. Fritillaria meleagris. 💜

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Chrysosplenium alternifolium

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Caltha palustris

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Primula vulgaris

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Pulmonaria officinalis

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Hepatica nobilis

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Tussilago farfara

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Crocus sp.