#fanciful

[azukilynn]

let the night hold you

let moon and stars unfold you

string of paper hearts

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azuki lynn

[liquidlightandrunningtrees]

The Chinese considered the moon to be yin, feminine and full of negative energy, as opposed to the sun that was yang and exemplified masculinity. I liked the moon, with its soft silver beams. It was at once elusive and filled with trickery, so that lost objects that had rolled into the crevices of a room were rarely found, and books read in its light seemed to contain all sorts of fanciful stories that were never there the next morning.

Yangsze Choo, The Ghost Bride

[wtf-tfw]

FRASIER: THE RECKONING

Frasier: Father have you seen my opera glasses I simply have not seen them anywhere

Dad from Frasier (coughing); Don't you work at the dang radio station what the hell do ya need glasses for.

Daphne" he's not going to work Dad from Frasier he's going to Opera with Niles.

Frasier: come to think of it, have either of you seen Niles?

Niles: STAND BACK EVERYONE I'VE DONE IT I'VE SLICED MY BUTTHOLL OPEN WITH FRASIERS OPERA GOGGLES

[periodicinspiration]

Fanciful Foliage

Fanciful foliage Color popping scenery which seems other worldly is the reason leaf peepers travel hundreds of miles to dispel the disbelief and witness for themselves the miracle of nearly mythical proportions that have been described to them.

[nyctibiius]

she has been pickled for her crimes

[franmadaraki]

Dewey's politely telling you that it's his seat now and you can sit on the floor if you want

[smallestbubs]

like whack a mole

[azukilynn]

poetry stands still

hobbled by molasses air

gazing at the moon

~

azuki lynn

[corpsebod]

Trevor looks like he's begging and pleading for me to not blow a raspberry on his huge white tummy again

[renee-writer]

February Prompts Day 5 Fanciful

AO3

“Doing?”

 

“Speaking so fanciful.”

 

He shakes his head. “This isn’t usually how I speak.”

 

“You weren’t  raised in luxury with fancy tutors?”

 

He laughs. “No,” lowering his voice when he gets dirty looks from the others studying near by, “a farm, well better qualified as a ranch. Lallybroch. We raise horses and cows. You?”  He wants to know the secret to her exotic accent.

 

“All over the world. My uncle and guardian is an archaeologist. From the age of five on, he took me to every dig.”

[poetassignment]

What the Signs Are Made Of

[mr-3rr0r]

[reasonsforhope]

If you're feeling anxious or depressed about the climate and want to do something to help right now, from your bed, for free...

Start helping with citizen science projects

What's a citizen science project? Basically, it's crowdsourced science. In this case, crowdsourced climate science, that you can help with!

You don't need qualifications or any training besides the slideshow at the start of a project. There are a lot of things that humans can do way better than machines can, even with only minimal training, that are vital to science - especially digitizing records and building searchable databases

Like labeling trees in aerial photos so that scientists have better datasets to use for restoration.

Or counting cells in fossilized plants to track the impacts of climate change.

Or digitizing old atmospheric data to help scientists track the warming effects of El Niño.

Or counting penguins to help scientists better protect them.

Those are all on one of the most prominent citizen science platforms, called Zooniverse, but there are a ton of others, too.

Oh, and btw, you don't have to worry about messing up, because several people see each image. Studies show that if you pool the opinions of however many regular people (different by field), it matches the accuracy rate of a trained scientist in the field.

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I spent a lot of time doing this when I was really badly injured and housebound, and it was so good for me to be able to HELP and DO SOMETHING, even when I was in too much pain to leave my bed. So if you are chronically ill/disabled/for whatever reason can't participate or volunteer for things in person, I highly highly recommend.

Next time you wish you could do something - anything - to help

Remember that actually, you can. And help with some science.

[artofmyart]

Sketchaday #teapot

A quick sketch of a whimsical teapot! 🫖

[gothicseverance]

Relations between real and fantastic, sacred and profane, supernatural and natural, past and present, civilised and barbaric, rational and fanciful, remain crucial to the Gothic dynamic of limit and transgression.

—Gothic