#Vous Etes

[hedgehog-moss]

Good news! I managed to find the last dandelions of the season :) I really thought I'd missed the window to harvest them this year; it's usually a late-April activity for me but it rained so much in the past couple of months, it just ruined my flower-harvest schedule.

The only dandelions left where I live are all in their wish-granting puffball phase, but I thought I'd try my luck at higher elevations—yesterday I called a neighbour who lives 150 metres higher, it went something like "Hello I would like to inquire about your dandelions and what stage of their life cycle they have reached." Neighbour told me if I hadn't introduced myself first she would have assumed I was a salesperson cold-calling to pitch a product ("You sounded so professional.") But she confirmed that she saw a few still-yellow dandelions during her last walk! Pandolf and I were immediately on our way.

Neighbour also told me that the cows were out in one of the pastures I was about to cross, but I didn't tell Pan, it was a surprise. He was so happy! Look at him bouncing his way towards them:

I was ready to call him back if the cows looked nervous, but instead more cows arrived to meet this visitor, to Pandolf's extreme delight (I had to call him twice before he deigned to stop greeting cows and join me on my dandelion search.)

Usually I just sit in a pasture covered with thousands of dandelions and I barely have to move to fill my basket, but in late May the harvestable dandelions are few and far between, so I had to walk long distances to find a couple here, a couple there—and I had to really inspect the tall grass, where they are much better-hidden than in April grass.

And guess what else I found in the tall grass?

A lion!

Worse! it's Texas :) I guess he is officially a recurring character. (Here's Texas' memorable introduction, for those who missed it.)

He makes Pandolf look small and scrawny!

I went to say hello to his owner but she wasn't home, so we returned to our dandelion field, followed closely by a suspicious Texas.

Sure, I'd scritched his ears and it was nice, but he's a diligent guard dog and unlike Pandolf he doesn't think friendly ear-scratching and malicious intent are two circles that can't overlap. But once I showed him my harvest he lost interest in us. Catching dandelion thieves is not in his job description.

Another animal I had to negotiate with were pollinators, who were clinging to the last few dandelions even though there were other wildflowers for them to feed from. They probably thought I was being similarly unreasonable with my single-minded focus.

I also found an adorable tiny spider in my harvest—she was dandelion-yellow and perfectly camouflaged to hunt insects in there! Here she is giving me a tiny spider high-five (or maybe angrily shaking her fist at me as I deprived her of this ideal hunting ground)

I let the llamas out to eat the weeds in my (still not planted) vegetable garden, like last week, as I started the long and meticulous process of destemming 400 dandelion flowers one by one. It started raining at some point but I had to stay outside to keep an eye on Pampe—it wasn't cold at all, and after the initial "oh no! rain" reaction, it started feeling pretty nice and meditative, sitting outside in the soft spring rain with the animals while preparing flowers.

I proudly told my mother that despite being one month late I managed to make 5 jars of dandelion honey just like last year, and she complained about shrinkflation seeing as I used significantly smaller jars than last year. I'm sorry but that's just called making clever use of packaging to meet unreasonable customer expectations in difficult times. Plus, I used 1 more lemon than usual in my recipe, so what this product lost in quantity it gained in quality. ("That's what they all say," she tutted)

(If my hen looks grumpy it's because she was sheltering from the rain under the table and I unceremoniously caught her and dropped her on top of it to enliven my photo. Not only did she get wet but she felt used, like a mere prop. She's back in her sheltered spot and it's been over 10min but you can still hear muffled resentful clucks when you walk past the table.)

[tasha-lemon]

@oloreandil et moi étions sur la même longueur d'onde, @sometimes-gloriousstudent a confirmé, j'étais donc obligée :

[soeurdelune]

avatars (400 x 640): enzo vogrincic, signés lune/soeurdelune

faceclaim proposé pour un scénario que j'attend fort impatiemment sur concrete jungle (clique pour la lecture) 👀

[fidjiefidjie]

Françoise Hardy 🎶 Tous les Garçons et les Filles

Hommage à l'icône de la pop française Françoise Hardy 🌹❤️🎈 R.I.P 🙏🕊

Photo de "What's New Pussycat" film de Clive Donner 1965

Françoise Hardy 🎶 Rendez-vous dans une autre vie

Bonne journée ☕️

[sol-thorne]

Some more Wakfu OC stuff, featuring Nox, @travers-de-comic 's osamodas Agemo and @sassycyborgninja 's sacrieur Zrith.

[another-clive-blog]

HOW HAVE I NEVER NOTICED THIS

LAYTON USES TU FOR FUTURE LUKE BUT SWITCHES TO VOUS THE SECOND CLIVE'S IDENTITY IS REVEALED.

Tu and vous both mean you but Tu implies closeness : in the entirety of Unwound Future, Layton only ever uses Tu with Flora, the Lukes and Claire

[vanyaliful]

this is very niche out there but this is for you Starmania (1979) lovers

[decrescxndo]

On apprend que JK Rowling offre 70 000 euros à l'association anti-trans "For Women Scotland" afin de l’aider a pousser la Cour Suprême à définir le mot "femme" selon le sexe biologique uniquement, donc encore une preuve tangible qu’elle finance des politiques transphobes, mais vous allez encore nous expliquer que vous vous « desolidarisez » d’elle et que vous « ne soutenez pas » cette femme.

Alors que vous faites tjrs la promotion de son univers en le maintenant en vie via vos forums et maintenant cette espece de hype décomplexée qui survit depuis qu’on sait que c’est une énorme connasse.

Ca me deg.

[girafeduvexin]

Envie de faire une compilation des paroles antisémites par parti pour avoir quelque chose à répondre quand les gens disent que le Nouveau front populaire est antisémite.

[chuviscado]

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ Je crois à l'absurde

[tomoleary]

Ted Benoît “L'Étrange Rendez-vous” Blake et Mortimer #15 (2001) Source, source

[soeurdelune]

petit pack de 6 colorings légers ♡ (pour photoshop) (aperçu)

en cliquant ici par là hop, vous pourrez télécharger un psd regroupant 6 colorings légers et adaptés à tous les faceclaims, avec le moins de risque de whitewashing possible* – ils fonctionnent très bien pour des avatars/autres moins texturés, en restant proches des couleurs initiales tout en uniformisant l'ensemble.

pas la peine de me créditer si vous utilisez ces colos tant que vous les employez avec soin et respect à mon égard (je vous serais donc gréée de ne pas les redistribuer ou vous faire passer pour les créateurices de ces psd)

⚠️ *attention, une colo n'est pas une potion magique, si vous la placez sur une image déjà whitewashée/éclaircie et ou très désaturée/saturée (les extrêmes, en fin de compte), il sera nécessaire de procéder à quelques ajustements des couleurs et de la luminosité pour un rendu optimal (ces calques sont indiqués sur le psd).

en espérant qu'ils vous plaisent ♡

[rollinginthedeep-swan]

KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Je tente un retour progressif et maladroit vers la couleur.

[fidjiefidjie]

Ça swingue au château de Versailles ! 🏰 😁 👑

Source :🖼🗣 Culturez-vous

Bel après-midi 👋

[unfocused-overwriter]

Oui, oui, je sais, personne n'aime lire du smut en français, mais essayez quand même pour la science

[nietp]

Les vidéos de Corbières qui ressortent où il dit "moi l'été je suis plus bronzé que quelqu'un né de l'autre côté de la Méditerranée donc ça sert à rien de mettre des gens dans des cases!!!" et pour justifier son cas il se permet de préciser "non mais j'ai dit ça dans le cadre d'une discussion où je m'opposais aux réunions en non-mixité" gros............. Tu réalises que c'est pire genre........ Tu réalises bien que c'est pire?

EDIT: Non-mixité. Pas mixité sinon mon post n'a aucun sens mdr