From our stacks; Illustrations and poem from A Child's Primer of Natural History By Oliver Herford with Pictures by the Author. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899.

Touch grass? No. Lie in grass.

do you think killer has dyed his hair before? if so what color would you think?? :0 i think he wouldve put blue streaks or ombre :D

yes I do

Happy first anniversary to my Dazai Goosamu AU! It has been one year since I made the edits that officially kickstarted this madness!!

I finally finished this tiny needle-felted guy and took him outside for a small photoshoot as celebration! 🦢

In case someone out there has never encountered a goose, and is wondering if they really are that terrible, well…

…Yes. Yes they are.

night walk with my guys

wow wow wow wow i just scrolled through like 6 years of stuff and the headcanon that popped into my head is: stan's always cold. even in summer, because his scar is usually purple, and (from my experience) scars usually only do that when they're cold. obviously it could always be something else (maybe if it got infected or something), but this was just a thought that i wanted to share right now

Oh that's super interesting. I think I read something about that a while ago. That would be a reason it looks the way it does. Chances are, Stan didn't really bother taking care of that burn as a reminder of sorts (it's a miracle it didn't fester into something worse).

But I also like they dynamic of one of them being warmer than the other or colder than the other as some sort of balance for each other.

(disclaimer: I am not saying this from a place of hostility to geese)

how did 3-year old you survive feeding geese :( when I was 4 I was feeding ducks and geese (which I was about the same height as at the time) at a local pond and they chased me and tried to bite me until my parents picked me up and ran. I didn't try to scare them and I was a generally quiet child, do I just have Bad Vibes to them or something? or is it something to do with their past experiences/socialization as Pond Ducks/Geese? nowadays whenever a goose or swan so much as starts staring at me I'm like "ok time to go :)"

Without knowing more about the situation, I can't say what particular thing you did, but I can say that geese don't chase people for no reason at all. It's possible you got too close rather than letting them come to you, it's possible you were just plain too close to their nesting site, it's possible you performed a movement that (in goose) suggested your desire to start a dispute. It's possible you were feeding them from your hands and they associated your hands with food, and were simply looking for more food, or attempting to chase you away from the food.

And to be clear, I'm definitely not advocating for people letting small children feed geese, honestly no one should be feeding wild animals, mostly because it familiarizes wildlife with humans and that can be bad, but also because it opens too many opportunities for humans to do the wrong things and end up hurt or scared. As a 4yo, it wasn't your responsibility to know how to interact with geese- it was your parents' job to monitor your actions, the actions and reactions of the geese, and remove you from the situation before it became a problem (or not put you in that position in the first place). The geese are blameless for acting like geese and you are blameless by reason of being 4 years old.

I ALSO want to be clear that being SCARED of something DOES NOT equal HATING something. Hate can stem from fear, and fear can stem from hate, but they are not the same thing. There are PLENTY of people, for example, who are terrified of spiders but who will either remove them from a place with a cup and paper, or fetch someone to do so, to prevent a spider from dying for the crime of being small. You (general) can be afraid of something and still treat it with respect. You do not have to hate the things you are afraid of.

brainstorm getting chased by a canadian goose

first, cybergoose:

then, canadian goose:

Met some gorgeous fellas yesterday,, hoping this video will make someone smile:)

cleaned up the sketch, slapped some colors, and made it a party!

(also, thank you to everybody who have been enjoying and reblogging my obscure dwj book posts lately! It's always a treat to read your tags and comments and know that you're just as insane about her books as I am haha)

Ended up drawing the geese as a break from other stuff + duck y/n!

Hope you're still up for some waterfowl DA content @oobbbear vsjdvsndvsj

i know its a joke but my autistic brain is going wild at that raccoon vs goose post. why would u ever take a raccoon in a fight over a goose. geese are mean sure but theyre FINE like theyre not really gonna do much damage. the most you’ll get from a goose attack is like a bruise and MAYBE a small cut if it claws you on a spot with no clothes covering skin. the most you’ll get from a raccoon attack is rabies and die

I went to IKEA to buy a Blahaj but apparently that one person from the math problems bought ALL of them that morning. I’m so sad :(

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