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WORD POLL

You CAN say:

"The trees will FRUIT" 🍎

"The seeds will ROOT" 🌱

"The daffodils will FLOWER" 🌼

"The seedlings will LEAF" 🌿

BUT can you say…

If you like judging weird English sentences like this and have 12 minutes to spare on a fun multiple-choice questionnaire, you would be doing me an enormous help if you fill in this questionnaire for my final year linguistics undergrad dissertation!! You get to be at the cutting edge of linguistics research by assigning funny little scores to funny little sentences, and there are no wrong answers :)

Thanks Tumblr!

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An update of Watermelon's 11 fry just 10 days after birth - they've about doubled in size, with each one measuring about 1cm now! Their tank isn't the most glamorous and just has a simple sponge filter and some plant trimmings, but they're fed Hikari first bites 3-4 times a day so they can grow up quickly. They're just vibing!

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This is Watermelon! She came with Galax in a pair, heavily pregnant, so I put her in this breeding box to give her some space from the other guppies. Watermelon has just given birth to 11 healthy fry!

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Say hi to Otis and Oreo, the oto catfish busy polishing off every last rock in the tank! Ft. Lenn the OG yellow guppy who decided to swim by.

Otis is a slightly brown colour while Oreo is more grayish. They're good friends and like to swim together :)

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Galax the red lace guppy, the newest addition to the aquarium!

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Hi!! It's been a long time since my last update. Thanks for sticking around even though it's so quiet around here!

I'm thinking of sharing content from my new nano aquarium over here on this blog, ft. guppies! Many many guppies! Here's the first video :)

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Euphorbia quadrangularis in bloom!

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! Have some succulents in festive colours!

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My aunt made some cement planters with different moulds and I did what I do best - fill them!

This motley assortment of pots all contain dragon fruit seedlings (dragon fruit come from a particular species of cactus- bet you didn't know that, huh?) They're inexpensive, really easy to care for, and great as gifts! They seedlings stay relatively small as long as they remain pot bound, so they'll look cute and fresh for a long time to come. Seashells and matching gravel polish the look and give the planters a nice finish!

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Haven't updated in a long long time! But here's a little something from my recent visit to the nursery - I split a big pot of string of pearls into 6 little pots + an adromischus of some kind!

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It's been a while since the last post, but here is a bunch of cacti and Euphorbia for your viewing pleasure!

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One of the biggest plant troves in a long time + a bit of the view from the balcony! 😀

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It's been a while since the last update- but here's an arrangement! Neutral tones in an old pot I decorated with mom when I was kid...

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Biggest plant haul yet! Lots of cacti in this one :)

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A recent haul of Euphorbias and cacti :)

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Here's a close-up shot of my Echinocereus rigidissimus, otherwise known as the Rainbow Hedgehog Cactus. Hopefully I'll get to use this new macro lens I got even more!

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The newest additions to my collection!