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isfjmel-phleg · 9 months

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August 2023 Books

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Vol. 1-6 by Beth Brower

Although I had to fight myself a bit to ignore anachronisms, I did enjoy these! The earlier ones more than the later ones, but I will definitely be continuing this series as more come out.

And I know it's setting us up to ship, but am I horrible for thinking that none of Emma's potential suitors are a good fit

Towers in the Mist by Elizabeth Goudge

I normally like most of Goudge's books, but I regret I had a hard time getting through this one. As ever, the prose was lovely, but I struggled to get invested in the characters.

Deep Secret by Diana Wynne Jones

I liked this one on the whole, but it took me forever to finish for some reason! I've started the sequel and am finding that it's more approachable, or maybe I'm just reading it at a better time.

Father's Arcane Daughter by E. L. Konigsburg (reread)

This is a bizarre book, but I love it and keep coming back to it. The characters may not be easy to like, but what's behind it is evident, and the emotion very poignant. There's also a TV film adaptation (titled Caroline? and it's free to stream in a few places) that's pretty close to the book and well-done.

Beyond Authority and Submission: Women and Men in Marriage, Church, and Society by Rachel Green Miller

I don't read a lot of books like this, but someone around here recommended it, and I've been struggling for a while with this issue, so I picked it up. Miller makes a lot of good points and I really appreciated what she had to say (and wish I could share this perspective with some churches I'm familiar with).

The Aviary by Kathleen O'Dell (reread)

The initial setup and atmosphere of the book are great, but I regret that I didn't enjoy this one as much on the reread and probably won't be visiting it again.

The Edge of In Between by Lorelai Savaryn (reread)

I reread this one as a refresher while researching the TSG paper and was able to put more of a finger on why this one doesn't work for me, either as a story or as a retelling. It's not just that Savaryn completely changes the themes and focus of the story she's retelling, but the result is heavy-handedly allegorical. Reminders that This Is A Metaphor For Grief are everywhere. Characters feel less like living humans than representations of things. They're oddly self-aware of their problems and all their causes and there's a lot of talking like a grief counseling session rather than ordinary people. It feels like A Message that happens to have a story rather than the other way around. Even in a middle-grade book, there should still be room for the reader to independently think about and analyze the themes rather than have everything spelled out, and I didn't get much of that here.

Wintle's Wonders, Circus Shoes, and White Boots by Noel Streatfeild (reread)

I was in a shoes reread mood, and a bit curious if the British editions (as two of these are) differed significantly from the American editions. White Boots seemed pretty similar to Skating Shoes, but Wintle's Wonders has a noticeable amount of material that's cut from Dancing Shoes. Mostly details that flesh out the world and characters a bit more, but there's also a conversation between Rachel and her uncle about her late father (his brother) that furthers their bond and should have been left in.

I love Streatfeild's protagonists. A lot. Even though most of them are unusually talented in the arts or a sport, they feel very real. Rachel Lennox is important to me because she's a very rare thing: a quiet, shy, bookish fictional heroine who isn't also perfectly nice and sweet but angry and frustrated and understandable for it even when she's mistaken and it's relatable. I want to protect poor exploited child-celebrity-in-the-making Lalla, despite her occasional obnoxiousness. And Peter and Santa's weird isolated upbringing that leaves them unequipped to handle the real world...strikes a chord, even if the way Streatfeild plays out their arcs doesn't always work for me.

Also apparently circuses in the late 1930s did have whole families of performers who lived and traveled with the shows, if the portrait that Streatfeild offers of that life is accurate. It lends a bit of surprising plausibility to the background of a certain famous fictional circus child who debuted in 1940.

Speaking of which...I've read a lot of comics in the last few weeks.

Damage (1994)

A rather obscure series that didn't get to live up to its potential because of an early cancellation. It's got its share of clichés (like a girl whose personality is basically "love interest" and who gets fridged) and dated stuff, but Grant is a compelling character who's worth reading the series for.

Various issues of New Titans

I was just here for pre-Alabama Bart and Grant. No idea what's going on with anyone else, but these boys were robbed of a promising friendship.

Titans (1999) #1-19 plus a few others

I was mostly here for a continuation of Grant's story after he got stuck in canceled-book limbo, but I also got sucked into all the Drama with the five original Titans, who are all on the team when the book begins. There's not a lot of Grant, but what's there is well done. Some weird elements in this series, and some plotlines I didn't love, but I appreciate the overall character-focused approach.

Jason's (re)introduction in Batman, A Death in the Family, and Under the Hood

I knew the gist of all this already but actually reading it all...yikes. Sad about this forever.

Superman: Last Son and The Third Kryptonian

I want to be familiar with all the kids in the superfam, which means I need to meet Chris. More of these to come. So far there hasn't been much done with his character. But he meets Tim at one point and they have some cute interactions, which I appreciated.

The stories that focus on the action aren't so much my thing, but I like that sometimes the series slows down to allow the characters to take a breather and bond. There's an issue that's just the family going to a beautiful other world/dimension to have a picnic and chat...and that's basically all that happens, and it's refreshing.

The Life Story of the Flash

Silver Age comics were wild. What even were some of those storylines. But the narrative does its best to ground the mythos's established ridiculousness in the humanity of the characters, which works.

Why don't we have any adaptations that give us this book's characterization of Barry? He's analytical, methodical, scientifically-minded, and a neat freak. He proudly wears bow ties, a crew cut, and a pocket protector. He's a certified Iowa boy and a comics nerd. He doesn't want a reporter to take his picture after he solves a case at his civilian job because he isn't the story. He considers himself boring and when his girlfriend tells him she finds his analytical mind attractive he coughs an entire lemonade through his nose. He's late to everything except the time he shows up five minutes early to a date because he's going to propose (on top of a Ferris wheel, no less). Bless his heart. Very different from the reckless, hyperactive speedsters who would succeed him, and the tension between his temperament and his powers is a fascinating contrast. The recent TV series was sleeping on some excellent material to work with.

#random personal stuff

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a-skykid · 23 days

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A Skykid back in 2020:

✨✨✨

A Skykid in 2021:

Season of Dreams addict

A Skykid in 2022:

Season of Shattering devotee and caused a minor art theft

A Skykid in the end of 2022:

Founded Skykid Inc. (The Skykid Alliance, 2022)

A Skykid's mother being AURORA

A Skykid in 2023:

Season of Remembrance negatively impacted A Skykid

Followed by Season of Passage (because of lack of teamwork)

A Skykid in August 2023:

Visited AURORA's Concert Encore AKA AURORA's Guinness World Records Concert Encore

A Skykid in Season of Revival:

*prepares to settle in Aviary Village, then relocate Skykid Inc. to Aviary Village*

A Skykid in 2024:

Finally I have my own fucking Nest Apartment

Minecraft for life nigga

Welcome to Ammu-Nation we got guns and some other bullshit weapons

Grove Street for life nigga

Stfu nigga I'm watching Steven Universe

#sky children of the light #a skykid #season of dreams #season of shattering #steven universe

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scotianostra · 2 years

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On November 7th 1619 Elizabeth Stuart was crowned Queen of Bohemia.

Elizabeth was the eldest daughter of James VI, and Anne of Denmark. She was thus sister to King Charles I and cousin to King Frederick III of Denmark.

Born in at Falkland Palace, Fife,on 19th August 1596, she was named Elizabeth in honour of the then-ageing English Queen, Elizabeth I, who had remained childless. Her older brothel was Prince Henry, of her other siblings, Charles would however go on to inherit the throne.

To all intents and purposes, Elizabeth had a happy upbringing at Linlithgow Palace, one of the grandest of Scotland’s royal residences, and one of my favourite places to wander around.

In 1603 her father James succeeded Elizabeth I to the English throne. Elizabeth was handed over to the care of Lord and Lady Harrington and took up residence at Coombe Abbey, Warwickshire.

Lord Harrington indulged her passion for nature, and in a secluded wilderness at the end of the park arranged the construction of a number of little wooden buildings in all the different orders of architecture which housed paintings and stuffed animals. He also established an aviary and a miniature menagerie (she continued to collect various animals throughout her life) which was later expanded to include meadows stocked with the smallest breeds of cattle from Jersey, Shetland and the Isle of Man. Elizabeth referred to her miniature world as ‘her Territories’ and ‘her Fairy farm’ and she engaged a pauper family as keeper of her birds and beasts.

Elizabeth idolised her older brother - they shared a love of life which eluded the sickly Charles, four years younger than his sister. Her letters to her brother Henry reveal a deep affection and and mutual respect. In 1605 she writes ‘My noble brother, I rouse you from sleep to remind you that I am your most humble servant, and desire above all that I might have the pleasure of remaining in your good graces and your best loved sister.’

Henry’s sickness and death on November 6, 1612, in the midst of Elizabeth's betrothal celebrations devastated her. It is not mentioned in Elizabeth’s letters of 1612 or 1613, a silence that suggest great mourning however her strength of character can be demonstrated by her attempts to gain access to Henry’s isolated sick room. Disguised as a country girl, she tried several times to gain admittance to Henry but was recognised and turned back. Henry’s last words were his sister’s name.

By the age of 12 Elizabeth’s political value was such that a member of the influential Hapsburg family, King Philip III of Spain, put himself forward as a eligible suitor. While Queen Anne relished the opportunity of a glittering Spanish throne, James’ mind was set on a Protestant:Frederick V, Prince Palatine of the Rhine in the Holy Roman Empire, frequently known as the Palsgrave.

Luckily for Elizabeth, Frederick was her own age, handsome, athletic, of a winning personality and generous. In many ways he resembled her brother Henry, with whom he developed a deep friendship. Frederick could not fail to love Elizabeth although she was initially more reserved.

On Valentine’s Day 1613, a spectacular wedding ceremony took place in the Royal Chapel at Whitehall Palace in London. At the time of their marriage, Elizabeth and her young groom Frederick V were destined to achieve international power and influence. However, by 1621, Elizabeth was in exile, destined to be remembered as the ‘The Winter Queen’, a derogatory epitaph that reflects the short duration of her rule in Bohemia, with her union with Frederick deemed a political failure.For almost two months, the young couple were feted and feasted in London before setting out on their journey to their new home in Heidelberg, in south west Germany. Elizabeth and Frederick eventually reached the Palatinate and its capital in Heidelberg situated on the banks of the river Neckar.

Six years later, in late 1619, Frederick and Elizabeth were crowned King and Queen of Bohemia (today part of the Czech Republic) at the invitation of the Bohemia Confederacy to prevent a Catholic incumbent ascending to the throne. Barely a year after receiving the crown, the couple were defeated at the Battle of the White Mountain, and driven from their court in Prague and deprived of all their Palatine lands by the Hapsburg Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II, events which led to one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in human history:The Thirty Years War.

During their separations whilst Frederick was on campaign, the couple wrote to each other three or four times a week, sometimes even twice in one day. Frederick describes Elizabeth as his ‘only heart’, he ‘kisses her mouth a million times in imagination’.

Frederick died unexpectedly from the plague at Mainz while on perpetual military campaign in 1632. So long as she lived, Elizabeth’s rooms were draped in black, and in memory of Frederick special days were set apart for fasting. She later wrote ‘though I make a good show in company, yet I can never have any more contentment in this world, for God knows I had none but that which I took in his company, and he did the same in mine.’

Elizabeth lived on in the Dutch Republic for a further 30 years, in voluntary exile, returning to England in 1661, a year before her death and a year after the restoration of her nephew, Charles II.

It is through Elizabeth’s daughter, Sophie, the Hanoverians went on to became our monarchs.

#Scotland #scottish #royalty #bohemia #princess #mary queen of scots #history

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brutish-invasion · 1 year

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Who are your partners? 👀

Woo hoo woo, here we go...

Legal Gay Husband

His name is Rex and we've been consistently some flavour of involved since 1957. I got him from the ocean! He just washed up on the beach! For free! He says that sometimes I smell like a dog bed despite never having owned a dog.

The Council

William, August, James #1, Peter, Vaughn, Lalo, James #2, George, Charles, Llewellyn, Simon, and Nicholas: twelve other self-identified mods who convene in various configurations to chatter and screw. It's like an aviary of colourful exotic birds that learned human speech via James Joyce's private letters (you know the ones).

Extracurriculars

An unforgivably sexy man with whom I am so so cozy, but I think he'd wring me out like a fat little chamois if I introduced him as a "boyfriend." I don't know. I might enjoy that. He agrees that sometimes I smell like a dog bed.

(Play your cards right and YOUR name could go HERE, dear reader!)

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xtruss · 9 months

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Illustration by João Fazenda

The Burning of Maui

The governor called the fires Hawaii’s “largest natural disaster” ever. They would more accurately be labelled an “unnatural disaster.”

— By Elizabeth Kolbert | August 20, 2023

The ‘alalā, or Hawaiian crow, is a remarkably clever bird. ‘Alalā fashion tools out of sticks, which they use, a bit like skewers, to get at hard-to-reach food. The birds were once abundant, but by the late nineteen-nineties their population had dropped so low that they were facing extinction. Since 2003, all the world’s remaining ‘alalā have been confined to aviaries. In a last-ditch effort to preserve the species, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has been breeding the crows in captivity. The alliance keeps about a third of the birds—some forty ‘alalā—at a facility outside the town of Volcano, on the Big Island, and the rest outside the town of Makawao, on Maui. Earlier this month, the Maui population was very nearly wiped out. On the morning of August 8th, flames came within a few hundred feet of the birds’ home and would probably have engulfed it were it not for an enterprising alliance employee, one of her neighbors, and a garden hose.

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, “many factors” contributed to the ‘alalā’s decline, including habitat destruction, invasive species, and the effects of agriculture on the landscape. Owing to these developments, Hawaii’s native fauna in general is in crisis; the state has earned an unfortunate title as “the extinction capital of the world.” Of the nearly hundred and fifty bird species that used to be found in Hawaii and nowhere else, two-thirds are gone. Among the islands’ distinctive native snails, the losses have been even more catastrophic.

Last week, as the death toll from the fires in West Maui continued to mount—late on Friday, the number stood at a hundred and eleven—it became clear that the same “factors” that have decimated Hawaii’s wildlife also contributed to the deadliness of the blazes. Roughly a thousand people have been reported as still missing, and some two thousand homes have been destroyed or damaged. The worst-hit locality, the town of Lahaina, which lies in ruins, was built on what was once a wetland. Starting in the mid-nineteenth century, much of the vegetation surrounding the town was cleared to make way for sugar plantations. Then, when these went out of business, in the late twentieth century, the formerly cultivated acres were taken over by introduced grasses. In contrast to Hawaii’s native plants, the imported grasses have evolved to reseed after fires and, in dry times, they become highly flammable.

“The lands around Lahaina were all sugarcane from the eighteen-sixties to the late nineteen-nineties,” Clay Trauernicht, a specialist in fire ecology at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, told the Guardian. “Nothing’s been done since then—hence the problem with invasive grasses and fire risk.”

Also contributing to the devastation was climate change. Since the nineteen-fifties, average temperatures in Hawaii have risen by about two degrees, and there has been a sharp uptick in warming in just the past decade. This has made the state more fire-prone and, at the same time, it has fostered the spread of the sorts of plants that provide wildfires with fuel. Hotter summers help invasive shrubs and grasses “outgrow our native tree species,” the state’s official Climate Change Portal notes.

As Hawaii has warmed, it has also dried out. According, again, to the Climate Change Portal, “rainfall and streamflow have declined significantly over the past 30 years.” In the weeks leading up to the fires in West Maui, parts of the region were classified as suffering from “severe drought.” Meanwhile, climate change is shifting storm tracks in the Pacific farther north. Hurricane Dora, which made history as the longest-lasting Category 4 hurricane on record in the Pacific, passed to the south of Maui and helped produce the gusts that spread the Lahaina fire at a speed that’s been estimated to be a mile per minute.

After visiting the wreckage of Lahaina, Hawaii’s governor, Josh Green, called the Maui fires the “largest natural disaster Hawaii has ever experienced.” In fact, the fires would more accurately be labelled an “unnatural disaster.” As David Beilman, a professor of geography and environment at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, recently pointed out, for most of Hawaii’s history fire simply wasn’t part of the islands’ ecology. “This Maui situation is an Anthropocene phenomenon,” he told USA Today.

A great many more unnatural disasters lie ahead. Last month was, by a large margin, the hottest July on record, and 2023 seems likely to become the warmest year on record. Two days after Lahaina burst into flames, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a revised forecast for the current Atlantic hurricane season, which runs through the end of November. The agency had been predicting a “near-normal” season, with between five and nine hurricanes. But, because of record sea-surface temperatures this summer—last month a buoy in Manatee Bay, south of Miami, registered 101.1 degrees, a reading that, as the Washington Post put it, is “more typical of a hot tub than ocean water”—noaa is now projecting that the season will be “above normal,” with up to eleven hurricanes. Rising sea levels and the loss of coastal wetlands mean that any hurricanes that make landfall will be that much more destructive.

A few days after noaa revised its forecast, officials ordered the evacuation of Yellowknife, the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories. A wildfire burning about ten miles away would, they feared, grow to consume the city. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation called the evacuation order “extraordinary.” This summer has been Canada’s worst wildfire season on record, and, at times, the smoke has spread all the way to Europe. There are currently something like a thousand active fires in the country.

Two days after the Yellowknife evacuation was ordered, another Pacific hurricane—Hilary—intensified into a Category 4 storm. Hilary was being drawn north by a “heat dome” of high pressure over the central Plains, which was expected to bring record temperatures to parts of the Midwest. The storm’s unusual track put some twenty-six million people in four states—California, Utah, Nevada, and Arizona—under flash-flood watches.

How well humanity will fare on the new planet it is busy creating is an open question. Homo sapiens is a remarkably clever species. So, too, was the ‘alalā. ♦

— Published in the Print Edition of the August 28, 2023, New Yorker Issue, with the Headline “Fire Alarm.”

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playturtlebug · 2 years

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Thank you for visiting and viewing our park(ing) day contribution from afar. Please take a moment to let the land speak for itself. Ponder it’s potential. Listen to the birds!

This 13,000 square foot corner forest, vacant lot, potential park, will soon be gone. The proposed development (p. 121) will have 13 (rented) parking spots for 46 units. These spots will replace the 6 mature trees, their shade and aviary abodes.

For more whimsy and ways to support the preservation and cultivation of the 614 S. 13th Street parcels, please sign and share our petition, write letters, and love the land…from afar.

In August, The Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority posted No Trespassing Signs along the pine barring commune and care.

https://www.parkingdayphila.org/map-teams

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morndykeparrotsanctaury · 2 years

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My dear little Geoffrey is having the worst month of his life.

On 12th August he put his head through one of the holes in the weld mesh wire of the integration pen, and brought it out through a different hole- basically hanging himself. His leg was badly bitten too.

On 29th August he had an altercation with a Conure and ended up with a really nasty wound on his face. He nearly lost his eye.

He is currently in our ICU unit in the aviary, feeling very sorry for himself and dosed up to the eyeballs with painkillers and antibiotics.

Does anyone want to be his special friend? Think he could do with one to make himself feel loved by someone else as well as me. He knows I’ll always love him.

Just so you know, he is an absolute angel and wouldn’t hurt a fly. I’m just hoping that there isn’t a third incident…

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petnews2day · 2 years

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The Royal Hotel of Naseby shows the country tavern is alive and well

New Post has been published on https://petnews2day.com/?p=50208

The Royal Hotel of Naseby shows the country tavern is alive and well

Olivia Caldwell/Stuff

Naseby hotel owner Jan Rutherford enjoyed being the watering hole of choice for cast of cowboys involved in making Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog.

To pour a pint for a Hollywood movie star is every tavern owner’s dream, but the Royal Hotel never got so much as a sniff when Benedict Cumberbatch filmed The Power of the Dog just down the road.

Thankfully, the key to success of a country tavern is catering to your loyal audience: the locals, the tourists and the Kiwi holiday “cribbies”, Royal Hotel owner Jan Rutherford says.

In the depths of Central Otago’s Maniototo sits Naseby, a town of 120 people, where the Royal isn’t just surviving, but thriving.

The town has played host to a few film sets in her time: Goodbye Pork Pie, a Japanese movie called The Promise and the latest being Jane Campion’s Oscar-winning success.

READ MORE: * When the movie stars came to town: a Central Otago family’s farm was transformed for Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog * Go out of the ordinary: Under-the-radar winter destinations to try * Beautiful Central Otago offers rich pickings in food, drink and history

But the stars of the film, Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst, had places to be, and they never saw them.

“We were hoping, as it would have been lovely to have them in there, but I think their schedules were tight.”

Rutherford said while Sherlock Holmes did not pay a visit, it was exciting to have some of the cast become regulars.

Kirsty Griffin/Netflix/AP

Benedict Cumberbatch never popped in for a pint at The Royal Hotel despite filming just a few kilometres from Naseby.

“We had the cowboys here, there was quite a gang of those fellas. They were coming in as often as they could, which is great.

“We got to know them all really well, first name basis.

“They mixed it up, they were loving our burgers and buffalo wings, anything with a bit of spice being American boys. They loved the local Emersons beers.”

Other hot picks on the tavern menu are always the Provenence lamb, which is farmed 15 minutes from the Royal, as well as the pork belly and hot chicken wings.

James Jubb

Naseby Forest is popular with mountain bikers and a big draw for tourists to the small town.

Rutherford and partner Adrien Hood have had the hotel for four years, after their other hotel, The Ancient Briton, burned down in a fire while the Power of the Dog was being shot.

The crew became such regulars that one took a garden hose and put out the fire on Rutherford’s bird aviary, saving her “babies”.

The couple had done plenty of renovations since, relining the entire interior but keeping the old-fashioned feel, she said.

Normally the busy season did not start until November/December, but this year bookings were loaded for September with people eager to get travelling again.

“We have just had a really busy summer, Kiwi domestics travelling around and getting to know Central Otago a bit more and then with the borders opening, Australians are starting to book.”

So who are the people keeping this old impressive building humming?

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Rutherford says the pub has lots of bookings already for September as people are eager to get travelling again.

“It is a mixed bag. We have our locals coming in and having their Friday night or Sunday night catchup with everybody and have a good old yarn and a beer.

“We have the Australian curling team coming in to spend winter, we’ve got about 60 of them coming into town in August. They love socialising.”

The pub aimed to cater for “everybody”, including families, events, tourists, and of course the “cribbies” – those lucky enough to own holiday homes, or ‘cribs’, in the Hollywood hotspot.

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ajaviary · 3 years

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Info & Master List

Commissions - Open (Google Doc) | Taglist

Rules | Asks - Open | Requests - Closed (Will open for my Winter Event)|

Hey Everyone,

I’m an anime fan and I enjoy writing. This seemed like a great place to share my writing and chat with others who are just as interested as I am in just about anything and everything anime, movies, books, art and other interests. This also my way of increasing my own talents and getting a general feel of opinions.

Be warned I write for a lot of MHA OC’s in my Blood trilogy series, so you will probably see random Quotes or scenes floating around and maybe they’ll catch your interest.

Anyone can follow me, I don’t mind (Just watch the warnings on some stuff). If you want to chat about OCs, Fanfiction, some of my fics, your own, or anime whether it be episodes, or current characters or characters you like feel free to drop a message or an ask. Sometimes I can be slow to get to them, because of work and my college courses, but I try my best.

I started new blog @hallows-eve-aj It’s where I’ll be reblogging my writing so it isn’t eaten up as much here. I did open a third blog @severedxchain its a blog where I’ll do a lot of reblogging of other art work and writing of other authors on here. I’ll have NSFW mostly reblogged there. If you guys have anything you want me to read, commit on and reblog, just let me know! Happy to help get everyone's work out there!

~ AJ Aviary

Guide:

🌸 - Fluff

❤️ - NSFW

🔪 - Dark Content

💥 - Action

🍁 - Fall in Love Event

———Current Works———

🍁 Fall in Love Event 🍁

(Currently Closed - Will open my Winter Event once I catch up) (4/8 - Completed)

BNHA:

Blood Ties (Active) - 174,748 words (Ch 16) 🔪🌸💥

Blood Bonds (Active) - 99,844(Ch 10) 🔪🌸💥

Blood Orphans (Active - 88,949 (Ch 8) 🔪🌸💥

Blood Lilies (Active) - 15,511 words (Ch 2) 🔪🌸💥

Bloodlines (Active) - 9,978 Words 🔪🌸💥

Vested Interests - (Active) - 14,722 🔪🌸💥 ❤️

My Secrets to Keep (Active) - 23,718 🔪🌸💥 ❤️

Metropolis Showdown - 12,899 🔪🌸💥 Longshot - (Tina x Seph) - 3082 - (Commission) 🔪🌸💥

My Rose Garden Sanctuary (Masaru x Hikari) - 2562 - (Comission) 🔪 🌸💥

Shatter Me (Pt1) - 4400 (Aizawa x Reader) 🔪🌸💥❤️

Hollow’s Eve (Pt1) (Pt2) (Pt 3 18+) (Pt 3 Fluff) - (Aizawa x Reader) 🔪🌸❤️

Silent Reverence - 2000 (Aizawa x Reader) 🔪🌸💥

You and Me - 1128 (M Insert x Reader) ❤️

Midnight Confessions - 7695 - (Shouto x Reader) (Secret Santa) for imaginexmeintheuniverse 🌸

Love Surrendered - 3463 (Dabi x Reader) for Touya’s Peach 🌸🍁

Burning Adventures - 3306 (Dabi x Keigo x Reader) for Sunnyfunerals 🌸 🍁

Tell Me You’re Mine - 3198 (Shinso x Reader) for Henhouse-horrors 🌸🍁

To Dance in a Sea of Stars - 3988 (Natsuo x Reader) for Chronic-claire-universe 🔪 🌸🍁

Our Ever Lasting Love - 1238 (In Progress) (Poly x Reader) for Adminbryantsaki 🌸🍁

Collaboration Events:

Vulnerable (Event) 6426 (BNHA - Aizawa x Fem Reader) 🔪🌸❤️

Drowning in Despair (Event) 3641 (BNHA - Aizawa x Fem Reader) 🔪🌸❤️

In Heat (Pt 1) (Event) 4906 (Alpha Aizawa x Omega Fem Reader) 🔪🌸❤️

Are you Afraid of the Dark? (Event) (BNHA Shigaraki x Fem Reader) 🔪❤️

Feeding The Wolves - (Mythology) 8522 (BNHA Jiro) - BNHarem August Collab 🔪🌸 💥

A Phantom’s Surprise (Event) (BNHA Monoma x fem reader) - 🌸

Come Fly with Me (Event) (BNHA - Hawks x Fem Reader) 🔪🌸💥

I’m Yours 9/24 (Event) (BNHA - Shota Aizawa x Fem Reader) 🔪🌸❤️

??? 11/30 (Song Event) (BNHA - Katsuki Bakugo x Reader)

Trick Me 11/30 (Event) BNHA - Aizawa x Fem Reader) 🔪🌸❤️

Winter Holidays (Event) BNHA - ??? X Reader

Sam’s 800 (Event) MHA - Toga 🔪🌸💥

Assassination Classroom:

Coup De Grace (Active) 52,115 - (Irina x Karasuma) 🔪🌸💥❤️ (Ch 1 Pt 1) (Ch 1 Pt 2) (Ch 2 Pt 1) (Ch2 Pt 2) (Ch 3) (Ch 4) (Ch 5 Pt 1)(Ch 5 Pt 2)(Ch 6 pt 1)(Ch 6 Pt 2)

Let the Ashes Fall

-MHA Roleplay- (Bakugo x Kirishima x Reader) 🔪🌸💥

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Let The Ashes Fall Random Scenes:

(A Dream) 🌸

Jujutsu Kaisen

Eyes on Me (Pt 1) (Active) 3840 - (Satoru Gojo x Utahime Iori)

Asks:

Kirishima/Bakugo (MHA) - 🔪🌸

Mirio/Tamaki (MHA) - 🔪🌸

Midoriya/ Gn Reader (MHA) - 🌸 (in the works)

Tamaki/ Fem Reader (MHA) - 🌸 ❤️ (in the works)

Excerpts:

Blood Orphans Ch 3 Mayhem’s Moment Fight Scenes Shohei (OC) x Mr. Compress (LoV) - 🔪💥

Katsu (OC) x Spinner (LoV)- 🔪💥

Naito (OC) x Muscular (LoV) - 🔪💥

Galahad/Daichi (OC) x Saisho (OC LoV) - (Pt1) 🔪💥

My Secret’s to Keep (Same Universe as Blood Orphans/Ties)

- Alexis (OC) x Shota Aizawa (UA) - (Scene1)(Scene 2)🔪🌸 - Masaru (OC) | Keigo Tamaki (Hawks) - 🔪

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fuckthisshitimin · 2 years

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So today I learnt Aviary August is a thing, and I've been looking for an excuse to try to draw birds so I'll take it! Day 20: Violet-backed starling.

|ID: A digital sketched of a violet-backed starling, over a pale yellow background. It is standing on a branch, its profile sharp. Its head, wings and back are bright, ranging from hot pink to blue, and its belly is white. Its head is surrounded by a sketchy halo. End ID.]

#aviary august #violet backed starling #this little guy is so punk actually #mikhail draws #described

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rabbitcruiser · 3 years

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Aquatic Bird House, Bronx Zoo (No. 3)

The current Aquatic Bird House opened on September 24, 1964, on the foundation of the original house, which was opened on November 8, 1899, with the rest of the zoo. The building features a multitude of mostly open-fronted enclosures mainly focusing on coastal and wetland habitats and the species that rely on them. Scarlet ibises, roseate spoonbills, a Madagascar crested ibis, giant wood rail, pied avocets, Baer's pochards, common terns, African spoonbills, silver teals and Forster's terns are among the residents here. The exhibit also features an outdoor pond home to a flock of American flamingos and Orinoco geese, and a large aviary home to greater and lesser adjutant storks. The zoo is one of only three zoos in North America working with the endangered storks and has bred them several times, including the hatching of two chicks on June 27 and August 15, 2015. The Aquatic Bird House is also home to another endangered stork species: the Storm's stork. The zoo is one of only two in the United States working with this species; the other being the San Diego Zoo. In May 2014, the zoo opened a new nocturnal enclosure for a North Island brown kiwi in the building, and in May 2015, a colony of Australian little blue penguins from the Taronga Zoo were added.

Source: Wikipedia

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skippyv20 · 3 years

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Skip, Julie here. Silver Tree husband is Abe Levy. Interesting article on her start in the movie industry in The Press Democrat 19 August 2005. “airline employee shot “Aviary” with small budget and Lofty aspirations”. I can’t see how many children they have.

Thank you Julie😊❤️❤️❤️❤️

3/05/21

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zyanyaevelina · 3 years

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Huitzilopochtli (pronounced Weetz-ee-loh-POSHT-lee and meaning "Hummingbird on the Left") was one of the most important of the Aztec gods, the god of the sun, warfare, military conquest and sacrifice, who according to tradition, led the Mexica people from Aztlan, their mythical homeland, into Central Mexico. According to some scholars, Huitzilopochtli could have been a historical figure, probably a priest, who was transformed into a god after his death.

Huitzilopochtli is known as "the portentous one", the god who indicated to the Aztecs/Mexica where they should build their great capital city, Tenochtitlan. He appeared in dreams to the priests and told them to settle on an island, in the middle of Lake Texcoco, where they would see an eagle perching on a cactus. This was the divine sign.

Birth of Huitzilopochtli

According to a Mexica legend, Huitzilopochtli was born on Coatepec or Snake Hill. His mother was the goddess Coatlicue, whose name means “She of the Serpent Skirt,” and she was the goddess of Venus, the morning star. Coatlicue was attending the temple on Coatepec and sweeping its floors when a ball of feathers fell on the floor and impregnated her.

According to the origin myth, when Coatlicue's daughter Coyolxauhqui (goddess of the moon) and Coyolxauhqui's four hundred brothers (Centzon Huitznahua, the gods of the stars) discovered she was pregnant, they plotted to kill their mother. As the 400 stars reached Coatlicue, decapitating her, Huitzilopochtli (god of the sun) suddenly emerged fully armed from his mother’s womb and, attended by a fire serpent (xiuhcoatl), killed Coyolxauhqui by dismembering her. Then, he threw her body down the hill and proceeded to kill his 400 siblings.

Thus, the history of the Mexica is replayed every dawn, when the sun rises victoriously over the horizon after conquering the moon and stars.

Huitzilopochtli’s Temple While Huitzilopochtli's first appearance in Mexica legend was as a minor hunting god, he became elevated to a major deity after the Mexica settled in Tenochtitlán and formed the Triple Alliance. The Great Temple of Tenochtitlan (or Templo Mayor) is the most important shrine dedicated to Huitzilopochtli, and its shape symbolized a replica of Coatepec. At the foot of the temple, on the Huitzilopochtli side, lay a massive sculpture portraying the dismembered body of Coyolxauhqui, found during excavations for electric utility works in 1978. The Great Temple was actually a twin shrine dedicated to Huitzilopochtli and the rain god Tlaloc, and it was among the first structures to be built after the founding of the capital. Dedicated to both gods, the temple symbolized the economic basis of the empire: both war/tribute and agriculture. It was also the center of the crossing of the four main causeways that connected the Tenochtitlán to the mainland.

Images of Huitzilopochtli. Huitzilopochtli is typically portrayed with a dark face, fully armed, and holding a snake-shaped scepter and a "smoking mirror", a disc from which emerges one or more wisps of smoke. His face and body are painted in yellow and blue stripes, with a black, star-bordered eye mask and a turquoise nose rod. Hummingbird feathers covered the body of his statue at the great temple, along with cloth and jewels. In painted images, Huitzilopochtli wears the head of a hummingbird attached to the back of his head or as a helmet; and he carries a shield of turquoise mosaic or clusters of white eagle feathers.

As a representative symbol of Huitzilopochtli (and others of the Aztec pantheon), feathers were an important symbol in Mexica culture. Wearing them was the prerogative of the nobility who adorned themselves with brilliant plumes, and went into battle wearing feathered cloaks. Feathered cloaks and feathers were wagered in games of chance and skill and were traded among allied nobles. Aztec rulers kept aviaries and tribute stores for feather-workers, specifically employed to produce ornate objects.

Huitzilopochtli's Festivities

December was the month dedicated to Huitzilopochtli celebrations. During these festivities, called Panquetzalitzli, the Aztec people decorated their homes held ceremonies with dances, processions, and sacrifices. A huge statue of the god was made out of amaranth and a priest impersonated the god for the duration of the ceremonies.

Three other ceremonies during the year were dedicated at least in part to Huitzilopochtli. Between July 23 and August 11, for example, was Tlaxochimaco, the Offering of Flowers, a festival dedicated to war and sacrifice, celestial creativity and divine paternalism, when singing, dancing and human sacrifices honored the dead and Huitzilopochtli.

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latenightsleuth · 3 years

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(Image from: https://disappearedblog.com/disappeared-episode-list/)

The Loxahatchee Horror – Could It Happen to Your Aviary?

If everyone in your household should suddenly disappear, would anyone notice? If they did notice, would they have the initiative or the authority to break into your house to rescue your birds from starvation? In the case of Moses Lall, the well-known bird importer, the answer was no–at least not in time to save the lives of most of the approximately 1,000 birds whose cages lined the open field behind his rented house. On June 15, l994, after the continued urging of several concerned parties, local authorities entered the property. The gruesome sight that they beheld was something that should appear only in ones’ worst nightmare.

What Happened

Moses Lall and his aunt, Lila Buerattan, both natives of Guyana, South America, had lived on a rented 5-acre ranch in Loxahatchee, Florida, since December of 1992. They had moved to the rural community with the idea of starting a large bird-breeding farm. They spoke with no one in the local avicultural community, nor did they interact with anyone at any of the surrounding ranches. They lived extremely private lives, and no one, except their veterinarian, was ever permitted to see their birds. In fact, they even refused to purchase a license that would have allowed them to legally breed and sell birds within the state of Florida. When approached by Florida Fish and Game officers the previous year and urged to purchase a permit and undergo the minimal inspection procedures, they declined. They claimed that the birds were not for sale or breeding, and were being maintained for their personal pleasure. Most of us locals who knew of them never saw them, and were aware of their existence only because we all used the same feed company. In fact, it was the feed company that began sounding the alarm that something was wrong.

On June 9th, the driver for Bird Haven Feed Company arrived to deliver the weekly supply of primate biscuits, sunflower seeds and dried corn to Lall’s farm. No one was there to let him in. Finding no one at the gate to receive the feed was highly unusual. Realizing that they never purchased reserve supplies, and not wanting the birds to go hungry, he piled the feed up in front of the gates. They tried to reach Lall by phone to make sure all was well, but no one answered. Feeling uncomfortable about the situation, they returned the next day. The feed was still piled up outside the gate and had been ruined by the rain. At this point, they called several local aviculturists, as well as Lall’s veterinarian. The questions put to all of them were the same: Do you know where Moses and Lila are? Do you now them well enough to jump the fence, walk through the pack of dogs and go around to the rear of the property to see if someone has been feeding the birds? They all gave the same negative answer.

Between the 11th and the 15th of June, several concerned parties, including the seed company and the veterinarian, began calling the authorities and demanding that action be taken. As birds were starving to death, the concerned parties were sent in a circular motion from one agency to the next. The Palm Beach County Sheriffs’ Department, upon hearing the story, said that animal abuse was the jurisdiction of the Palm Beach County Animal Control. When Animal Control heard the words macaws and parrots, they explained that jurisdiction over exotic birds had been taken way from them and given to Florida Fish and Game. Florida Fish and Game explained that since the facility was not permitted by them, they had no right to enter. They added that if, in fact, birds were starving, a misdemeanor had been committed and that was the jurisdiction of the Sheriffs’ Department.

On June 15th, the feed company contacted Bob and Liz Johnson, who rescue abused, mistreated and crippled birds through a branch of their nonprofit organization, Life Awareness Inc. At that point, Liz contacted me and Dr. Susan Clubb to get a full update on what avenues had been pursued. Upon discovering that pleas for action had been thwarted by “red tape,” she called the Sheriffs’ Office and made demands. After “much insistence,” they reluctantly agreed to send out someone to investigate. The deputy immediately called the Johnsons and reported that our worst fears had been realized. The Johnsons, Dr. Clubb, I and my daughter Stacie raced to the scene to offer assistance in the feeding and care of the birds. By that time, all three of the previously contacted agencies were present.

We were totally unprepared for the sight that we encountered. It was a horror beyond belief: row after row of cages with either dead or dying green-winged and blue-and-gold macaws. Literally every pair of macaws had at least one dead member. Several had succumbed to starvation and dehydration, with their heads in their empty food bowls–a final desperate move with the hope that food would arrive before their last breath was drawn. Although the collection was made up predominately of large macaws, there were also hundreds of smaller parrots and toucans. These included Amazons, hawk heads, African greys, Jardine’s, Pionus and mini macaws. Most of these had succumbed. There were several cages with 25 to 30 birds in them that had either one or no survivors. It was a miracle that any of the birds were alive.

The feed company had told us what the farm’s approximate weekly consumption was. By taking inventory of the feed that was left in the garage, we were able to determine that the birds had not been fed in at least 10 days.

Inside the house awaited another horror. Incubators, still operating, contained dead babies that had hatched but were never fed. Aquarium brooders that were lined up against the wall all had one or two dead baby blue-and-gold macaws. All had starved to death, sitting on clean bedding, while waiting for their next meal. An open bucket of handfeeding formula was on the kitchen counter with a bowl and spoon next to it. It appeared as if someone had changed the bedding in the brooders and was ready to mix up some formula when he or she was interrupted. With our assistance, Dr. Clubb was able to tube-feed those that were too weak to eat or drink. One died in Bob Johnson’s hands while it was waiting to be tube fed. Another 60 birds that were too far gone died the following day. In all, there were only 335 birds left alive from the flock of almost 1,000. The following morning, the birds were taken to the Palm Beach Animal Control facility. Food donations, as well as volunteer labor from all the local bird clubs and organizations, began pouring in. When Lall’s family from Guyana tried to claim the birds as family property, they were presented with a bill for $130,000. The majority of this bill was Animal Control’s standard charge of $10 per animal per day for the care of confiscated animals. Ten dollars per day multiplied by 335 birds adds up very quickly. As the Lalls fought to regain the birds at a more reasonable price, the bill rose to approximately $180,000. On August 22, a judge ordered that the birds be auctioned off individually to the general public in order to raise the most money. Exactly what happened to Moses and Lila is still officially a mystery. Those who knew them said that they truly loved their birds and would never have deserted them. Moses and Lila are now considered dead. The murder investigation cannot proceed any further until their bodies are found. There were also two other people staying at the farm that were originally considered missing. They were Daljeet “Harry” Gobin, a fellow Guyanese, and Felix Eyuom, a reptile dealer from Africa. Harry Gobin is being sought for questioning.

The purpose of this article is not to try to solve an unsolved crime. It is to make everyone aware that such things can and do happen. Although this situation may be unique due to its magnitude, it is not unheard of on a smaller scale. It is not uncommon to read about animals dying from lack of care due to the undiscovered death or incapacitation of those responsible for their care.

What You Can Do

To prevent such a calamity from happening again, each and every one of you should have a plan. This plan should ensure that, should anything happen to you, it will be discovered without delay and your animals will be cared for. This can be as simple as a regularly expected phone call to a friend, a relative or someone’s answering machine. A simple statement like “I’m okay” is all that is necessary. The receiver of the regular call must be ready to notify someone who has been given written authority by you to break into your house and aviaries to care for your birds if you cannot be located. It must also be specifically stated, in a notarized document, who will hold and care for your birds until your whereabouts are discovered, or until your estate is settled. Your birds must never be allowed to be considered legally abandoned.

Lall’s birds were considered abandoned. They suffered the ultimate fate of being sold to the highest bidder without regard to the bidder’s expertise. Two thousand people converged at the auction on September 10th. Most were there to buy a cheap bird for their kids. Most bought bronco wild breeder macaws with the intention of turning them into pets.

Luckily, due to some generous monetary donations, the Johnsons were able to purchase the birds that were blind or crippled. These were purchased to be retired to the parrot sanctuary that they maintain.

All the birds were sold in small temporary holding cages with no doors and with two tiny metal cups. The idea behind no doors was to keep the public from opening the cages at the auction site after the purchase. It was explained to the buyers that the birds should be transferred to suitable housing after they were removed. Unfortunately, two weeks later buyers were still showing up at local vets with their purchases still in the temporary cages with no doors and nothing but the two tiny cups for food and water. As time went on, a large percentage of the birds were diagnosed with papilloma infections.

All proceeds from the publication of this article will go to support the parrot sanctuary run by the Johnsons. Private donations are also appreciated. Their address is Life Awareness Bird Sanctuary, P.O. Box 641032, Miami, FL 33164.

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