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I'm very proud of my little pollinator garden which I've built up over the years mostly from free plants my neighbours were digging up or splitting (and once liberating some seed heads from a flower bed at work). The last two summers especially, it has been visited by an increasingly diverse population: little busy honey bees and fat doofy bumblers and so many different butterflies like this exquisite swallowtail.
I think it's a black swallowtail? Not very good at identification. I've also seen spicebush swallowtail, a red spotted purple and so many monarchs.
Our summers are very dry so most of my garden is drought tolerant native plants, but this lavender was here when we moved in. It was in a very shady spot, all choked with invasive vines but since moving to the sun it has thrived. The bees love it and it pairs beautifully with my masses of pink echinacea (which self seeds with abandon).
I think of my little garden as symbolic in my life. I have been in many places where I have struggled to thrive, because of a bad environment. But with the right amount of sun and water, and with a little care and help, I do pretty well. I get enormous satisfaction from my garden which thanks to neighbourhood generosity and my own time and effort, blooms and grows. I hope when people walk by, it gives them a little joy too.
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The (Real) Stardew Valley Farm
So a year and a half ago we bought a house, AKA the real life habitat ring. I swear the yard came with every single non-aquatic invasive plant we’ve got. Slowly but surely we’ve been murdering all the Japanese honeysuckle and poison hemlock, tearing up a truly inhumane amount of weed barrier and pea gravel, and adding truckloads of wood chips and other organic matter to start to repair the soil. Our goal is to replace everything with mostly native plants with an emphasis on food production.
But of course I needed more of a challenge. I love playing Stardew Valley. It’s really the only video game I play. And somewhere I got the idea, “Hey, wouldn’t it be cool to grow everything in Stardew Valley in our yard?” So here we are. Obviously I don’t live on some magical land with perfect weather, a giant greenhouse, and a second farm on a tropical island, so I have to make plenty of substitutions. I’m also trying to grow native plants whenever possible. Any suggestions are welcome!
2021
Amaranth - Native white amaranth (the birds love it!)
Grape - Native riverbank grapes (so many grapes) and some green cultivated variety from the neighbors
Dandelion - Obviously
Maple Tree - Native silver, red, and sugar maples (also an invasive Norway maple but we chopped it down)
Pine Tree - Not sure what kind of pines they are
Apple Tree - Not in great shape. I’d love an Enterprise apple tree at some point
Coffee Bean - Chicory (maybe that’s cheating, but it’s a naturalized plant commonly used as a coffee substitute)
Salmonberry - Not native to the Midwest, so we’re sticking with native black raspberries. We’ll likely add some pink/yellow raspberries later though
2022
Kale
Rhubarb
Strawberry - Both cultivated and native
Tulip
Radish
Tomato
Beet
Eggplant
Fairy Rose - Not a real thing so I substituted the native prairie rose
Cranberries - Native cranberry viburnum
Orange Tree -Native persimmons, which produce orange fruit
Daffodil
Spring Onion - Native nodding onions and also green onions indoors
Spice Berry - Native spicebushes
Wild Plum - Native
Hazelnut - Native
Crocus
Cherry Tree - Native black cherries and nonnative bush cherries
Tea Leaves - Native New Jersey Tea bush
Banana Tree - Native pawpaws, which are also known as Indiana bananas
Mango Tree - One of the pawpaws is a named variety called mango so I think that counts
Ginger - Attempted native wild ginger, which I don’t think survived, but am also growing ginger indoors
Green Bean
Sweet Gem Berry - Native Juneberry (Downy Serviceberry) which are a redish color
Planned for 2023
Blue Jazz - Not real so I went with the native Ozark Bluestar, which seems similar enough
Garlic
Parsnip
Apricot Tree - Native passionflower vine. Not a tree, but it is known as wild apricot
Blueberry
Sunflower - Both native and non-native sunflowers
Pineapple - Neither my spouse nor I like pineapples, so we’re going with white strawberries known as pineberries that are said to have a tropical taste
Pumpkin
Melon
Wild Horseradish - Except I’ll be growing it in a pot because it tends to get a little too wild for my tastes
Holly - Native winterberry holly
Oak Tree - Native dwarf chinquapin oak
Sweet Pea
Hot Pepper
Palm Tree - Obviosuly not going to work here but there is a native palm sedge that I’ll plant instead
Planned for 2024
Potato
Corn
Hops - Hoping to get a cutting from a native hops vine (if the local beer people don’t kill me)
Winter Root - I’m gonna go with native ground nuts because you can dig up the roots in winter
Poppy - Hopefully native wood poppy
Red Cabbage
Artichoke - Native Jerusalem artichokes
Cactus Fruit - Native prickly pear cactus
Yam
Bok Choy
Leek
Fiddlehead Fern
Blackberry
Crystal Fruit - I’m gonna go with honey berries, which produce fruit earlier than anything else
Ancient Fruit - Native Aronia berries are the only thing I can think of for this one. They’re blue(ish) and have lots of antioxidants so you live to be ancient
Figuring Out Substitutes
Rice
Wheat
Starfruit - Not really sure how to swing this one, so suggestions are welcome
Summer Spangle - Not real, so I’m open to suggestions of native plants. Possibly prairie lily? It has a similar-ish shape, is orange, and blooms in summer
Qi Fruit - Creepy little man
Taro Root - I would have to plant it in pots
Morel - I wish I could grow this
All the other mushrooms - I think I’ll just ignore any varieties and just try plugs or similar
Snow Yam
Cave Carrot - Trying to find a native carrot substitute
Coconut - I shouldn’t count this separately from palm trees, right?
Mahogany Tree
Peach Tree
Pomegranate Tree - There are Russian pomegranates that are hardy to zone 6, which just might work with climate change
#I make bad decisions but at least the wildlife love me#don’t be a petaq grow native plants#gardening#stardew valley#sdv#the habitat ring#the (real) stardew valley farm
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🐝Send in a number + Character and I'll draw them in an outfit or as a creature based on that insect🦋
Allotopus Beetle
Apollo Butterfly
Assassin Bug
Atlas Moth
Bald-Faced Hornet
Banded Darter
Banded Demoiselle
Beautiful Demoiselle
Bhutan Glory Swallowtail
Black Swallowtail Butterfly
Bullet Ant
Bumblebee
Butterfly Dragonfly
Cabbage Butterfly
Cattlehearts Swallowtail
Common Batwing
Common Bluebottle Butterfly
Common Brimstone
Common Rose Swallowtail
Conehead Mantis
Cream-Spot Tiger Moth
Creobroter
Cuckoo Wasp
Death's-Head Hawkmoth
Devil's Flower Mantis
Differential Grasshopper
Drain Fly
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Eighteen-Spotted Ladybird
Elephant Hawkmoth
Elephant Mosquito
Emerald Bee
Emperor Dragonfly
European Hornet
European Mantis
Eyed Ladybug
Fire Ant
Five-Spotted Hawkmoth
Fork-Horned Stag Beetle
Fourteen-Spotted Ladybird
Ghost Mantis
Giant Leopard Moth
Giant Long-Legged Katydid
Giant Malaysian Leaf Insect
Glasswing Butterfly
Goliath Beetle
Golden-Ringed Dragonfly
Great Black Wasp
Green Grasshopper
Green June Beetle
Green Snaketail
Green Stag Beetle
Halyzia Sedecimguttata (aka orange ladybird)
Hercules Beetle
Honey Bee
Housefly
Hummingbird Clearwing
Hummingbird Hawkmoth
Impatiens Hawkmoth
Jerusalem Cricket
Jewel Beetle
Lime Hawkmoth
Long-Legged Fly
Luna Moth
Monarch Butterfly
Mosaic Darner
Mud Dauber
Oleander Hawkmoth
Orchid Mantis
Painted Lady Butterfly
Paper Wasp
Peacock Butterfly
Pharaoh Ant
Picasso Bug
Pipevine Swallowtail
Poplar Hawkmoth
Queen Alexandra's Birdwing
Question Mark Butterfly
Red Admiral
Rosy Maple Moth
Ruddy Darter
Scorpion Fly
Silverfish
Small Tortoiseshell
Snakefly
Southern Hawker
Southern Flannel Moth
Spicebush Swallowtail
Spiny Leaf Insect
Sunset Moth
Tailed Jay Butterfly
Tarantula Hawk
Thorn Bug
Tiger Mosquito
Twentytwo-Spot Ladybird
Ulysses Butterfly
White-Lined Sphinx
White Witch Moth
Yellow Jacket
Zebra Swallowtail
#drawing prompt#art prompt#oc prompt#creature prompt#monster prompt#clothing prompt#bug#art challenge#insect
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If you’re concerned with pollinator conservation at home, you’ve likely taken steps to eliminate insecticide use in your yard. But many gardeners may be surprised to learn that herbicides (chemicals designed to kill plants) can also pose a risk to pollinators and other invertebrates. Luckily, there are a number of solutions that home gardeners can use to manage yards and gardens without herbicides.
How herbicides hurt pollinators
Herbicides take away pollinator food sources. A major impact herbicides have on pollinators is simply killing flowering plants that they rely on for food. In urban areas, some important pollinator plants like milkweeds and native thistles are seen as weeds and are sometimes sprayed with herbicides. For example, a nationwide monitoring project in France found that herbicide use could reduce the availability of host plants for many butterflies and decrease the number of butterflies found in yards. Additionally, herbicides used in our communities can move off-site and end up on plants other than the target weeds. Some are prone to drift. Others can wash off hard surfaces, like roads and compacted lawns, and end up contaminating nearby soil and water. Even if herbicide doesn’t kill non-target plants outright, it can reduce plant health, delay flowering, and decrease nectar and pollen production.
Herbicides can make it hard for bees to find food. Some herbicides have been shown to cause direct harm to pollinators. For example, the most commonly used herbicide, glyphosate, can impact honey bees’ abilities to navigate and prevent the bees from learning the signals associated with food sources. This could interfere with bees’ abilities to find food for their offspring.
Herbicides can reduce the number of butterfly offspring. One study found that giant swallowtail, spicebush swallowtail, black swallowtail, and monarch butterfly eggs exposed to glyphosate were much less likely to hatch than unexposed eggs.
Herbicides can weaken insect adults and juveniles. The herbicide 2,4-D can kill or weaken many types of insects, including honey bee larvae.
We should note that there has been relatively little research investigating the direct impacts of herbicides on pollinators, so there is a lot we don’t know! This is one of the reasons we recommend caution, especially when there are other solutions to weed and pest problems at home.
Protect Pollinators At Home: Alternatives To Herbicides
By Aaron Anderson on 22. February 2024
How herbicides hurt pollinators
Herbicides take away pollinator food sources. A major impact herbicides have on pollinators is simply killing flowering plants that they rely on for food. In urban areas, some important pollinator plants like milkweeds and native thistles are seen as weeds and are sometimes sprayed with herbicides. For example, a nationwide monitoring project in France found that herbicide use could reduce the availability of host plants for many butterflies and decrease the number of butterflies found in yards. Additionally, herbicides used in our communities can move off-site and end up on plants other than the target weeds. Some are prone to drift. Others can wash off hard surfaces, like roads and compacted lawns, and end up contaminating nearby soil and water. Even if herbicide doesn’t kill non-target plants outright, it can reduce plant health, delay flowering, and decrease nectar and pollen production.
Herbicides can make it hard for bees to find food. Some herbicides have been shown to cause direct harm to pollinators. For example, the most commonly used herbicide, glyphosate, can impact honey bees’ abilities to navigate and prevent the bees from learning the signals associated with food sources. This could interfere with bees’ abilities to find food for their offspring.
Herbicides can reduce the number of butterfly offspring. One study found that giant swallowtail, spicebush swallowtail, black swallowtail, and monarch butterfly eggs exposed to glyphosate were much less likely to hatch than unexposed eggs.
Herbicides can weaken insect adults and juveniles. The herbicide 2,4-D can kill or weaken many types of insects, including honey bee larvae.
Safe alternatives to herbicides
Luckily there are a variety of strategies you can use to ensure you don’t need herbicides to manage weeds at home.
Right plant, right place. Create a resilient yard by selecting appropriate plants for your site and learning your soil properties so your garden plants can thrive. Check your soil pH; different plants have different pH needs, so be aware when choosing soil amendments and garden plants. Irrigate your garden with drip hoses so that only desired plants are watered and entire beds aren’t saturated. This will create conditions that will promote the growth of desired plants and help them outcompete weeds.
Hand weed while plants are still small. The smaller size of home gardens makes weeding a practical method. What’s more, this is the perfect time of year to get on top of weed control when the plants are small and the soil is moist! A variety of ergonomic tools are available that make hand weeding much easier, like hoes and claw weeders. Use dense plantings to outcompete weeds after you remove them, and consider mulch for weed suppression in garden beds.
View your yard as habitat and embrace ecological beauty. Allow some level of “wildness”, including some flowering weeds, in all or parts of your yard. This will provide protected habitat for all sorts of beneficial invertebrates, including pollinators.
Learn more
Our new Xerces fact sheet, Protecting Pollinators from Herbicides: Rethinking Weed Management at Home shares additional solutions, as well as more about the impacts herbicides can have on pollinators.
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Remember those swallowtail caterpillars I was raising?
They all grew up!
Two different butterflies each for two different species! Spicebush swallowtails, Papilio troilus, and eastern tiger swallowtails, Papilio glaucus. For P. troilus the first to emerge was female and the second male, for P. glaucus both were female.
Got to learn a lot about these butterflies in the time I kept them!
Eastern tigers are noticeably bigger than spicebush swallowtails. Their wings are huge, reaching and possibly even surpassing the wings of the saturniid moths I’ve raised. Spicebush swallowtail wings are a little more modest, but they’re still quite big too, and both butterflies are incredibly beautiful.
I kept both species around for a few days and in that time tried to feed them! I used a mixture of natural honey and water. Interestingly, the tiger swallowtails completely refused to eat at all for several days, yet when I released them, they didn’t seem fatigued at all. It might be because they’re larger but for there to be this much of a difference strikes me as odd.
The spicebush swallowtails on the other hand did feed. Despite this, they also seemed a little weaker when I released the male. (The female was unfortunately immobilized and passed away before I could release her). I had to carry them to make them feed. Shown is the generally proper way to pick up a butterfly’s wings (NEVER pick them up by the legs or only one wing).
I also got to learn about the tiger swallowtails’ threat display! Whenever I got close to these butterflies they’d suddenly flash their wings out on full display, in a much more striking and deliberate manner than any other lepidopteran I’d raised. The spicebush swallowtails also never did this.
It’s likely to do with their bright yellow colors and stripes; it serves as an effective threat display with the combination of colors and movements. I even got to see this in action when one tiger swallowtail I released scared off a bird that was approaching.
I also noticed gender differences in the dorsal view of the spicebush swallowtail wings! Pictured first is the female followed by the male. Note the cloud pattern on the latter.
That’s about all I’ve got for now. It was really fun to watch these four caterpillars successfully hatch from their eggs and complete their life cycles, especially because this is the first year I’ve gottent to work with tiger swallowtails. I may share more photos or videos I have left over but I hope you enjoyed reading as always! I’ll leave with a tiger swallowtail sideview.
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Hey! Guess what I learned about pie filling to crust ratio!
Absolutely nothing! Thanks for playing!
I now have four pies.
It’s all my aunt’s fault for having me look after her garden while she was away and encouraging me to take any and all ripe raspberries. It’s also my mom’s fault for giving me all those rhubarb stalks. And because I had wanted it to feature foraged fruits, I had to grab all those mulberries, that wood sorrel, and those milkweed flowers. And I wanted it to be a proper summer pie, so it obviously needed those daylily flowers. But it smells really really good. Going to resist the temptation to eat any tonight, though, because last time I did that it was good but runny. The next morning after spending the night in the fridge, however, then it was fantastic and not runny at all. So I have learned at least one lesson from the last pie I made.
I can’t wait for fall when my spicebush berries ripen, because I’m going to make crabapple/Bradford pear/sea buckthorn/false Solomon’s seal/rosehip pie and use the spicebush berries as you would allspice.
Before that, though, I definitely want to make a late summer pie featuring my northeastern black cherry tomatoes plus my common elderberries plus the purple-flowered raspberries in the ravine. Might add honey locust and Kentucky coffee tree pod pulp too.
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Is it already elderflower season where you are? This year I want to try to make elderflower liqueur! Do you have any good recipes, besides elderflower syrup?
Ooh, I'm not sure but I'm planning to go somewhere later today where I might find out. Although Friday I'm going to a more elder-rich environment, it's one that's less far along season-wise.
Elderflower syrup is classic; I made elderflower eclairs that I loved but that recipe did use elderflower syrup, so maybe not really "besides elderflower syrup." I think I found a lot of recipes from syrup because there are places where the syrup is commercially available.
I've also used dried elderflower in teas, and I've done elderflower fritters. I haven't personally done an ice cream, but I bet you could infuse cream well for something like that. I'm trying to think if I actually did things or just considered them, like an elderflower curd or a jelly in combination with fruit or herbs... I think probably I didn't but there are definitely recipes on my pinterest. I definitely also considered doing an elderflower infused honey, but I think I ultimately went with spicebush instead.
Let me know what you make and how it turns out!
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Mississippi State Facts
1884 mississippi university for women
1st public college for women
750 civil war battles
825 cotton farms
1.75 million white tail deer
alice in wonderland base of a real life alice
state capital jackson
largest city jackson
statehood 12-10-1817
highest point woodall mountain
lowest point gulf of mexico
length 340 miles
width 170 miles
state motto by valor and arms
state nickname magonlia state
noble prize winner 1
famous people 5
state bird mockingbird
state butterfly spicebush swallowtail
state fish largemouth bass
state flower magonlia
state fossil prehistoric whales
state insect honey bee
state land mammal white tailed deer
state marine mammal battlenose dolphin
state reptile american alligator
state shell eastern oster
state stone petrified wood
state tree magnolia
state waterfoul wood duck
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For the record, this is a strongly-scented, intense native spice that survived (somehow) all those North American glaciers. Imagine allspice and a handful of ripe cloves on steroids. The flowers bloom during spring floods and smell like baskets of ripe lemons.
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TMA Entity Genshin Impact Alignments Still Pending, But Here Is How Every Currently Playable Character (and Paimon and La Signora)’s (English) Voice Looks, Feels, Smells, And Tastes, Because Magnused Archives Is Hard, But Synesthesia Is Just Kind Of A Thing That I Have.
Aether: Closest to hex code #967510, feels like the way a silicone spatula does on the bottom of a saucepan just as well-stirred milk is about to start boiling in earnest, smells like new sawdust, tastes like the bagel chips in commercial Chex Mix.
Albedo: Closest to #e5d5a6, feels like how I’d imagine being bodily dragged smoothly but at a fair pace across a floor made of whatever’s in those green chalkboards would feel, smells like sandalwood and black pepper, tastes like black tea with half-and-half and sugar steeped for 5 minutes in water that’s not quite hot enough.
Amber: Closest to #0f2bff, feels like the surface of new Thinking Putty (the kind without bits in it), smells like black coffee, tastes like the aftertaste of some kinds of strong ginger ale, almost reminiscent of cherry tomatoes.
Barbara: Closest to #fff48b, feels like a cold, rather heavy metal ball resting on the upturned fingers of one’s left hand resting on a thoroughly sanded but unvarnished wooden table, smells like sour cream, tastes like one of those containers of plain Greek yogurt with blueberry compote at the bottom before you’ve mixed the blueberries into the rest of the yogurt.
Beidou: #8b51ab, feels like pressing down on both sides of your lower jawbone with my thumbs almost until it starts to hurt, smells like old but still unrusted metal, tastes like thyme and lavender.
Bennett: Closest to #ba825e, feels like pine knot smoke in the back of your throat, smells like rust and carrots, tastes like a soy sauce-flavored Top Ramen seasoning packet dissolved in potato soup.
Chongyun: Closest to #8bd2c9, feels like being pushed gently forwards with a flat hand between your shoulderblades, smells like brined straw mushrooms, tastes like cardboard.
Diluc: Closest to #7e5900, feels like the crook of a long-handle umbrella rested against the beginnings of your forehead, the bridge of your nose, and the apple of your cheek, smells like canned iced tea, tastes like stick cinnamon.
Diona: Closest to #dbb5e5, feels like being smacked across the nose with a length of bubble tape, smells like sweetened condensed milk and honeysuckle, tastes like black cherry ice cream.
Eula: #9586c3, feels like a length of exceptionally fine chainmaille being draped around the entirety of your neck, from the top of your spine downwards, smells like raspberry lemonade, tastes like lightly chilled vanilla coffee creamer.
Fischl: Closest to #ff78f3, feels like the split second after sticking a wooden coffee stirrer down your throat as far as it will go before your body realizes just how much the coffee stirrer should not be where it is, smells like Bath & Body Works’ A Thousand Wishes body mist, tastes like canned pears.
Ganyu: Closest to #b8a4ba, feels like a cotton-gloved hand being placed over the center of your face, not particularly lightly but not pressing down either, smells like turmeric and privet flowers, tastes like rose tea.
Hu Tao: #a1c6e7, feels like a wing feather swiped in a shallow V across the back of your neck, smells like mango and almost-evaporated acetone, tastes like raspberry Yakult.
Jean: Closest to #45e12d, feels like a pitcher of room-temperature water being poured onto your collarbone, smells like pear jellybeans and clover, tastes like Mini Wheats.
Kaeya: Closest to #1a8981, feels like pulling a slightly oversized shirt on with just a little too much force, smells like cinnamon orange black tea, tastes like a formerly blue raspberry popsicle stick.
Keqing: Closest to #c3a6d4, feels like dragging your feet in rubber boots through the fastest part of a stream, smells like echinacea and chalk, tastes like pink homemade wedding mints.
Klee: Closest to #dbb46a, feels like a paint-soaked cotton ball thrown at the side of your face, smells like silt loam early morning in mid-May, tastes like Cheerios.
La Signora: Closest to #5b767c, feels like a wooden spoon dragged across the backs of your fingernails, smells like scratched river rock, tastes like cold chlorinated water.
Lisa: #dfdfdf, feels like a silk scarf tied around you at your upper arms just tightly enough to make moving freely difficult, smells like warm silver, tastes like raspberries.
Lumine: Closest to hex code #aed6cf, feels like when you first apply particularly slippery hand sanitizer, smells like light blue Gatorade, tastes like cashews.
Mona: #c5e391, feels like a sprig of catchweed brushed over the most calloused part of your hands, smells like cherries, tastes like orange honey.
Ningguang: Closest to #7a063b, feels like rolled-up tinfoil between your teeth, smells like dust, tastes like nutmeg.
Noelle: Closest to #dbb27f, feels like a cordial but decisive handshake, the sentiments behind which would have been better suited to a high-five, smells like strawberries, tastes like sunflower seed butter.
Paimon: Closest to hex code #fbcce8, feels like a particularly plush fleece blanket tossed against the left half of your face, smells like strawberry ice cream, tastes like an almost-ripe peach.
Qiqi: #ffffff, feels like the way mile-a-minute leaves prick the backs of your hands, smells like rye flour, tastes like ice and coconut water.
Razor: Closest to hex code #747857, feels like a dishrag, meant more for scrubbing than for comfort, to the forehead, smells like ballpoint pen ink and spicebush leaves, tastes like toasted pumpernickel bread crust.
Rosaria: Closest to #a99aae, feels like putting on a fluffy coat whose sleeves don’t quite cover your hands, smells like cardamom, tastes like chamomile tea.
Sucrose: Closest to hex code #ddeca6, feels like washing your hands, smells like plain buttercream frosting, tastes like avocado.
Tartaglia: #7197d8, feels like the wood grain on a well-aged but well-maintained support column in a hotel lobby, smells like eggshells, tastes like mashed barley and cold iron.
Venti: Closest to #f40a5d, feels like the way your clothes cling to you after the first proper downpour in living memory, smells like violets and Play-Dough, tastes like cherry Kool Aid.
Xiangling: #ecc008, feels like the inside of a corrugated cardboard coffee cup sleeve, smells like honey mustard, tastes like orangeade.
Xiao: Closest to hex code #a9a591, feels like the paper backing to a sheet of sandpaper, smells like mint and ozone, tastes like paper towels.
Xingqiu: #00a9db, feels like a feather shaft splintering between your teeth, smells like Vicks Vapo-Rub and watercolor paints, tastes like glass and nettles.
Xinyan: Closest to #ce5503, feels like riding a bike over a stretch of rounded uneven stones at such a pace that you’re not unsteady, but not quite fast enough to achieve any sort of airtime, smells like tomatoes, tastes like seasoned dry block ramen.
Yanfei: Closest to #eec4a8, feels like someone braiding your hair, gently but faster than one would expect, smells like lemon, tastes like thin cotton yarn.
Zhongli: Closest to hex code #576954, feels like having a large glass ball rolled across the back of your hands through a fleece blanket, smells like new potting soil, honey, and thyme, tastes like Earl Grey tea with milk and sugar, steeped for an appropriately long time and somehow kept at the right temperature for the entirety thereof.
#yeet#it's done#it took 5 hours#intermittently#but still#genshin impact#gi#synesthesia#aether#the traveler#the traveller#albedo#amber#barbara#bennett#beidou#chongyun#diluc#diluc ragnvindr#diona#eula lawrence#fischl prinzessin der verurteilung#ganyu#hu tao#jean gunnhildr#klee#kaeya alberich#keqing#lisa minci#la signora
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Honey, it's the Tiny Wings that Create Big Storms
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by Adeadlymusician
Papilio troilus. Family: Papilionidae. Common Name: Spicebush Butterfly. Found mostly in tropical regions, this type of butterfly is said to exist on every continent except Antarctica.
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A story in which Richard (RK 900 #313 248 317 - 87) learns the hard way that you should always trust your intuition.
Words: 1106, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Series: Part 2 of Fly Hence, Thy Butterfly
Fandoms: Detroit: Become Human (Video Game)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Categories: F/M
Characters: Markus (Detroit: Become Human), Upgraded Connor | RK900, North (Detroit: Become Human), Simon (Detroit: Become Human), Connor (Detroit: Become Human)
Relationships: Markus/North (Detroit: Become Human), one sided Simon/Markus, One-Sided Upgraded Connor | RK900/Simon
Additional Tags: Unrequited Love, Symbolism, Purple Prose, Major Purple Prose, Heavy Angst, Angst, Religious Imagery, The RK900/Simon is minimal at best, The final installment will clear up any confusion
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All I want to do on these sticky sweet late spring days is be whisked away to someplace warm , breezy and wet, where I could kick back with a Kafir lime gin fizz and waste the day away in a beach hammock with a wonderful bit of Hemingway and perhaps a bite or two of crumbly butter cake, dragging my toes through some very hot sands. Covid- 19 being the ultimate buzz kill, the closest I’ve gotten is my back yard and my perfume closet..( yes, I did say closet😂) and nestled in the back corner was a forgotten bottle... and one whiff of the scent within just made me grin with memories and tingle with pleasure. Some perfumes , just like some men, are made for specific moments in time... Creed's Tubereuse Indiana is unusual in that it’s laced with petals of cool sweet bergamot and the exotic Indian tuberose itself is different than any of the usual suspects. It’s rich, creamy and laced with a piquant note that reminds me of the beautiful Carolina spicebush that bloomed in my father’s garden. Tubereuse Indiana is filled with vanilla and a rare ambergris infusion that lends this scent a honeyed musky sweetness and I can imagine wearing this forever. It’s not cloying nor is it overtly sexual. Instead, Tubereuse Indiana is unabashedly colorful, like a silk sari or a sarong on a sunny beach or a henna tattoo. Now about that lime fizz? Well it must be 5:00 o’clock somewhere😘 #perfume #fragrance #perfumerotica #gin @officialcreedpage #creedperfume #bethschreibmangehring (at The Herban Inn) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBlJNcEJ6MY/?igshid=f9g1gu6hsiq3
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This or That?
cacti or succulents
...Cacti... are succulents? But I've kept aloe before (I loved it! I still would, if it hadn't died when I moved :c), and frankly I wouldn't trust my birds or chinchillas around cacti, so I suppose it’s succulents by default.
butterflies or honeybees
Ooh, I love honeybees because I have a literally-spiritual connection to honey (Mielikki is one of my matron goddesses, and honey seems to be her favorite offering!) But butterflies are more my aesthetic, especially black swallowtails~ (I keep finding spicebush swallowtails at work, and they're an aesthetic delight for my romantigoth heart.)
typewritten or handwritten letters
Handwritten, please? (Handwritten penpaling with friends, I discovered, is so wonderful.)
flower crowns or oversized sun hats
Truth be told, I'm more of a "hooded cloak or sweater" headgear person. Hats feel weird, and flower crowns require picking flowers, but I'd much rather enjoy hats on my girlfriend, and flowers, you know, alive.
polaroids or film
Polaroids, I suppose. (ADHD attention span and all. Film requires... A Lot of time awareness. also chemicals that probably aren't safe around the pets....)
road tripping in a VW bus down the coast or camping in the woods on summer nights
Oh, camping in the woods by far! (As long as it's not too hot outside.)
cozy beanbags or breezy hammocks
Hammocks, I suppose? (As long as it's a solid bottom, and not the rope ones. And again: If it’s hot outside, then beanbags for sure because air conditioning.)
oversized jumpers or fluffy bathrobes
Fluffy bathrobes for sure!
banana bread or pumpkin spiced loaf
(sobs in Gluten Intolerant) ((but i do love both))
the smell of old books or the smell of petrichor
Gods, don't make me choose just ONE. They're both so lovely.... But if I had to choose one: It'd be the books. Rain in an old forest is a deeply satisfying, revitalizing, soothing thing to inhale... but I can make my home among the pages of old books, and lose myself in their presence alone, find a special sort of peace in the old pages, then feel more myself than ever.
chapstick or matte lipstick
Matte lipstick, but ONLY for special occasions.~ (fun fact: the chapstick I use is actually by the same brand that makes the only lipstick I've ever been comfortable wearing!)
macarons or eclairs
Oh éclairs, absolutely éclairs!~ (Give me a smooth cool consistency any day.) though macaroons are usually made with ALMOND flour, which is a lot kinder to my system...
a candlelit bath or a naturally lit reading room
Why not a candlelit reading room?~ (I'd take both, honestly.)
a matinee at a musical or a evening at the art gallery
Either would be lovely, but an evening at the art gallery gives you more freedom, and a chance to Get Fancy.
creamy hot cocoa with marshmallows or dippable hot chocolate with churros
Ooh, I've never had hot chocolate with churros, but again: Fried and Wheat are on my body's blacklist. T~T But that sounds amazing.
poetry or prose
I'd rather write prose long-term, about my OCs or my fandoms, but I'd rather read poetry, and write poetry if it’s autobiographically, especially Emotional Moments.
vinyl or cassettes
Vinyl, for sound quality~ (But only if they're mint. Otherwise, I can't handle the skips/scratches and would rather hear cassettes.)
antique shops or second hand stores
In practice, it’s second-hand stores, because it’s much cheaper... but given the finances and space to Put Things, I’d love to go antiquing!
a heavy, rich chocolate cake with ganache and caramel or a light, summer sponge cake with cream and fruit
(cake is... Wheat....) But assuming we have non-wheat flour: I'm thinking ganache. I do love some sweet cream and fruit so, so much! But I’m not much of a fan of sponge cake.
purikuras or photo booths
I thought... purikuras ARE photo booths?
cozy scarfs or warm beanies
A scarfs, but mostly because it's the only Nightwish merch I have. =w=
rose gold or copper
Copper for magic (energy conduit), rose gold for jewelry (copper turns my skin colors).
watching the sky at sunset from the beach or watching the city below from an airplane at night
Definitely the sky at sunset form the beach (as long as, again, it's not too warm).
mason jars or coffee mugs
Coffee mugs, but for tea please.
puffy clouds and blue skies or thunder and lighting on rainy days
Thunder and lightning, for absolutely sure!
a cup of hot tea or a bowl of warm soup
Hot tea, please.~
picnic on a grassy hill or tea in a flower garden
Ooh, both would be so lovely... but I've never had tea in a flower garden. That just sounds so... soothing?
silk or lace
Silk. (Lace can be... itchy.)
sketching in a museum or journaling in a café
Journaling in a café. I'd rather write, and take in the museum's wonders while I'm there. (Those things aren't cheap, you know!)
converse high tops or beaded summer sandals
...Neither?? Bare-footed beats them both. (I don't like feeling shoes against my ankles, or the texture of anything besides foam on my sandals.)
sweet crêpes or fluffy pancakes
(w..h..eat...) You know, I've only ever had crepes once, and I did enjoy them, but I think maybe they were too sweet for me as anything but a dessert. Pancakes for breakfast, crepes for dessert!
galaxies or nebulae
Galaxies. (I have so many reasons, that belong on The Other Blog... but basically: Galaxies have the entire solar system.)
cuff-chain earrings or full finger rings
Funny enough, I've never tried either. But my fingers are Super Sensitive, so probably the cuff earrings.
knee socks or leggings
Leggings! (But only on Certain Days, otherwise please keep all things off my ankles.)
in bed or out in the rain
.......This one is depressing. Because I would rather be out in the rain... but it's raining right now, and I'm so exhausted I don't want to stand up and go outside. I'd rather be resting on my bed... but someday, Someday, I'll be back to enjoying the rain.
the muted colors of winter or the vibrant colors of summer
Muted winter, for sure. (Photosensitive. Summer sunshine makes things painfullybright.)
autumn leaves or spring flowers
Autumn leaves!~ (Autumn leaves in a forest especially, it's one of the few things that can trigger my Playful Side even when I'm this exhausted.)
summer fruits: peaches, berries, cherries, and apricots or tropical fruits: pineapples, mangos, papaya, and grapefruit.
...Oooh, that's hard! ;; Mangoes and berries, cherries and papaya, are all amongst my favorite fruit! In combinations, I prefer tropical combos over summer combos. But I typically buy more summer fruit because they're much, much cheaper.
malt shakes or ice cream floats
Ice cream floats, malts are usually too heavy for me. :c (even the floats, i can only have on good digestive system days.)
smooth jazz or lo-fi
...ooh, that's tricky. But I think, lo-fi. There's only so much jazz I can take, though my ADHD brain will eventually just tune out lo-fi and I'll stop hearing/enjoying it.
waves lapping at the shore or wind rolling over wheat fields
(whEAt) I do love the wind, but I think I'm much more powerfully connected to the water than the wind...
sunflowers or lavender
Lavender, certainly. (Though a field of sunflowers is a great place to go to lose yourself for a little while.)
enamel pins or embroidered patches
...Ooh, that's tricky! Enamel pins tend to be cheaper, so that's my tendency In Practice, but on other people, I prefer the embroidered patches look.
fresh cheeses and cured meats or fresh bread and homemade jams
I can't... eat ANY of that! ;;; But if my stomach wasn't a factor, it'd be bread and jam~ Especially if I got to make it, without being exhausted, because kneading bread is very therapeutic, and it smells *amazing* when it's baking. And I love the process of boiling down and canning jam, love to actually try it someday.
fireworks or sparklers
Oh, both have their ups and downs! Fireworks get ash in my eyes, but they're much more visually stimulating. But sparklers are kinetically stimulating, and I love "drawing" with them-- but I don't love the little prick-burn when it burns far enough down to spark on your hands.
bath bombs or scented candles
For myself, I really love scented candles~ But I do have birds. So for their safety, I'd have to choose bath bombs. (I know how to make them myself, even!)
library borrower cards or vintage postcards
Library cards, for sure~ (I have a collection. Three cards on my keychain as I type this now.)
singing and playing the ukulele while walking or singing in the car with the windows down
Well, considering I'm terrified of kinetosis, which I'm liable to get any time I'm in a car, no matter how briefly;;-- and I've also gotten motion-sick just from walking and writing at the same time, I.... have absolutely no idea. I'd like to learn to sing and play an instrument at the same time someday, though!
filling your passport with stamps from each place you travel to or collecting souvenirs from every place you’ve traveled to
Well, right now I can only collect souvenirs because I don't leave the country yet... and I suppose it will stay that way even when I start traveling to other countries, because, you know: Touch Dominant. I like having things I can hold and touch, feel the Texture associated with that memory.
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Paw paw friends! The most abundant riverside plant. A 20 minute survey of plants I recognized by the Meherrian river left me with this abbreviated list: Paw paw Muscadine grape River birch ** big ones Box elder Sycamore American elm **** big ones Spicebush Hickory - species? X2 Greenbrier Ash Ironwood/hop hornbeam Sweet ciciley May apple Lady's thumbprint Elderberry Solomon's seal Poison ivy Virginia creeper Tulip Poplar Sweet gum Bidens Redbud Yellow dock? "narrower leaf" Butternut? Or walnut Dutchmens pipe? Red maple Honey suckle Ground ivy Wisteria Jack in the pulpit #sova #southernsummer #riverecology #southernplants #piedmontplants #botany #plantobsessed #beautifulplants #southernvirginia #virginiaplants #plants https://www.instagram.com/p/3iD6QnqUWu/?igshid=he0f1to7ipke
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Smoothie Ideas
Today’s smoothie idea no one asked for. And in honour of not today, creepy man on the hill, not to-fucking-day. If I had access to all of these and a good amount space to work with as well as room in a freezer, and a good blender/food processor, this is what I would do. All plant parts in equal amounts. Plus plain yogurt and silky tofu for texture. And maple syrup, honey, and cane sugar for added sweetness.
Green smoothie
honey: spring
Aloe vera
amla
apples:
grannysmith
mutsu
avocado
basil
beans:
garden of Eden pole
green mung
lima
breadnut
cabbage heart
cardamom
caribou lichen
cattail heart
cedar tip
celery
chayote
Chinese Mesona
cilantro
citrus:
bitter orange
calamondin
key lime
lime
xoconostle
cow parsnip leaf stalk
cresses
cucumbers:
cucumelon
English
field
lemon
feijoa
fir tip and young cone
Ginkgo biloba
gooseberries
granadilla passionfruit
grapes:
cotton candy
white
green bell pepper
green fig
hemlock tree tip
hemp
honey locust pod pulp
hop
Japanese knotweed shoots
jujubes:
ber
honey jujube
red jujube
juniper berries
kale
Kentucky coffee tree pod pulp
kiwano melon
kiwifruits:
golden
kiwi
kiwiberry
larch tip
lavender leaves
lemongrass
matcha
melons:
canary
galia
honey
honeydew
lemondrop
melonade
snake
summer kiss
winter
milkweed pods:
common
swamp
mints:
Canada
peppermint
spearmint
wild
naranjilla
nettle top
pandan
parsley
parval
pears:
anjou
comice
peas:
snow
sugar snap
pine tip and young cone
pineappleweed
pistachio
pumpkin seed
red Osier dogwood berry
Romaine lettuce
rosemary
sorrel
spicebush leaf
spinach
spirulina
spruce tip and young cone
starfruit
stevia leaf
sweet fern leaf
sweet gale leaf
sweet onion
tarragon
tindora
tomatillo
turkeyberry
wintergreen leaf
yellow wood sorrel leaf and fruit
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