Leslie Marmon Silko, from Gardens in the Dunes

Instagram story by mikeyway

[Oct 31, 2023]

Plein Airpril days 10-12 Ref from top to bottom (highmowingseeds.com, ‘Pam’ Windowswap’, mapcrunch)

Frank Iero of L.S. Dunes at Garden Amphitheatre (Garden Grove, CA) on August 11, 2023 | 📸: Cam Feuerstein for Punkaganda Press

From bettiebloodshed's twitter:

Ls dunes covering wrapped around your finger. Franks side. Sorry it’s so much Anthony was facing away most of the time (part 1)

Part one of L.S. Dunes covering The Police's "Wrapped Around Your Finger" at Garden Amphitheatre in Garden Grove, California on August 11th, 2023

(part 2 here)

petty nepo boy

Lithuania 2004 - Nida, Curonian Spit (2) (3) by Achim

Via Flickr:

(1) Parnidis sand dune. (2) Thomas Mann house. (3) Cottage garden and old fisherman's house.    

Girl you are literally a dune strawberry. I surrounded you with the perfect soil for you so you could put out as many runners as you like. Why are you bothering your neighbors.

Age of Machine is about Paul Atreides and you can’t change my mind

Delyth Ophelia objects to Aizen’s idea of kidnapping Orihime, because it’s so obvious to them that this child is not a threat to the Espada (or Arrancar), and it would just come and bite them in the ass because quote: “This Kurosaki boy will come after us. He and his friends would tear down the world if it meant finding her. It will be your arrogance that gets us all killed, and paradise will never be attained. Is abducting a human girl, let alone one of Kurosaki’s friends really worth such a risk?”

Aizen just, waves away Delyth’s concerns because from his perspective the Espada have the greater advantage over the Soul Society AND Ichigo’s tag tag group of friends.

Delyth unamusedly says: “Go ahead Aizen. Do what you will, my opinion as your bodyguard will always be obsolete. But don’t come crying to me with crocodile tears when the Cavalry stampedes on our doorstep.”

They’re not exactly looking out for Orihime, rather they are more concerned with the lives of their fellow Espada and Fraccion, and fears what will happen to all of them if they lose this fight against the Soul Society. They already have built up so much respect for their fellow associates, even if this is a temporary ally ship, it means a lot to them to know that they aren’t alone.

To them abducting Orihime is a waste of time and resources, and while this opinion does soften when they see Orihime’s abilities in person, they do still believe that abducting her is going to be their undoing for all the things they’ve achieved so far. That’s what they ultimately fear, their comrades lives and losing ground on the progress of their goals.

Ani Reviews: A Step-by-Step Guide to a Florida Native Yard

I promised you guys a review and here it is. I've never really done a book review before but I'm doing my best to make this Coherent and Helpful.

[Photo ID: a book, titled A Step-by-Step Guide to a Florida Native Yard by Ginny Stibolt and Marjorie Shropshire.]

Out of all the books I checked out from the library this round, I started with this one because it was the shortest out of all of them--if we don't count the appendix and index, its 101 pages long. You can read where I sort of live blogged a portion of this read here.

I think its a pretty good read! It's definitely a lot more relevant if you are the home owner and most directly in charge of landscaping decisions and such. It gives a bit of advice on how to handle making similar changes in an HOA neighborhood, and provides pointers and resources to other books that can also be helpful in the journey to make your landscape a wildlife-friendly habitat. It focuses on Florida specifically, as denoted by the title, and will frequently remind the reader that gardening in Florida is vastly different from gardening anywhere else. So whether you've been a Florida resident all your life, or are planning on making a move on down here, this book can be a helpful resource if you want to transform some or even all of your yard into a habitat.

After the introduction, the book is separated into seven major sections referred to as Steps. There's Assess Your Property, Plan for Drainage and Stormwater Sequestration, Install Trees, Plant Shrubs, Working with Herbaceous Plants, Build a Wild or Natural Area, and Create Spaces for Human Use. If you're more interested in one part than the others, you can definitely skip around to find what you're looking for. I will say, the Drainage and Stormwater section made my head spin a bit.

I will say this: I don't know if the writers ever fully decided if they wanted this book to be targeted towards those who are already gung-ho about native plants and itching to transform their landscape, or to people who are just beginning to dip their toe into the idea. Overall though, it was a nice and informative read, and the illustrations inside are lovely.

Instagram story by byrneinel

[Aug 12, 2023]

The dunes show was so good it was amazing!!!! Even Mikey way came to support the boys 🧡🧡

L.S. Dunes at Garden Amphitheatre (Garden Grove, CA) on November 12, 2022 | 📸: Tim Markel

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