#in the shell

[snakedemonstories]

Their moments in the shell are the most beautiful so far (for me at least). He is finally able to lower his walls and show her tenderness and care, while she can observe him undisturbed. But what amazes me and drives me crazy is the softness in his gaze, a softness he can never reveal under other circumstances. It kills me that he can't show her how much he loves her.

[grand-theft-carbohydrates]

stop using chatgpt!!!! take a bronze pin and carve your questions onto an ox scapula, then toss it into the fire!!!! use the cracks to divine the gods answer!!!!

[ffigtree]

[snailspng]

Snail shell PNGs.

[letmeinimafairy]

Carved this small gallery after filling the shell with resin first, to try and make smaller windows (so it won't break).

[omg-rodents]

It's not common, but every so often I run across a baby mouse that has crawled into a discarded peanut shell. It's usually body armor but sometimes it can be headgear also.

I call them Peanut Knights. This fuzzy has a quite stylish open-face helmet!

Here she is without her helmet:

[pastabracket]

[bluastro-yellow]

gamer

(source: squidpastry on iNaturalist)

[v-dump]

y'all missing the whole point of stardew valley. it's supposed to be slow paced. you're a farmer. crops do not grow instantly and you wont be making millions in a season. enjoy the fucking game, take your fucking time. take days off to just forage and talk to people. aren't yall tired of the grind from real life??? do you want to experience burnout in a farming game too??????

[kedreeva]

There's some dude (derogatory) on FB who is PISSED people are pricing their farm fresh eggs at $2 and $3 a dozen instead of $4+, saying it's "disrespectful" and "undignified" and "I'm trying to feed my kids" like Sir, you are on a Facebook group page bitching about your neighbors egg prices because your pet chickens aren't earning you a living wage and you think it's your neighbors' fault, you do not have a leg to stand on here wrt dignity.

Also half the answers are like "I give them to friends and family free" or "I donate them to food banks" or "I'm making them affordable to folks who might not otherwise be able to get them now that they're so expensive in the store" and "if you think you're going to turn a profit keeping backyard chickens you have been wildly misled" and so on, and so forth, and I'm so living for it.

and I can tell you right now, he did NOT like my answer of "if you're trying to feed your kids, I hear eggs are edible."

[fmd-art]

Biblically accurate Rise turtles, with Raf who is basically Gamera and I died a little inside drawing Donnie...

[snakedemonstories]

I seriously can't with these two. He sees her frowning and he is like "why are you upset? Let me create some snow to cheer you up."

And Xiao Yao likes the snow, but she is worried about him, because he uses his spirit power to heal her for years and doing tricks to make her happy might lead to him overusing his power. Translation: she cares for him

He sees her body frowning again, so Xiao Yao's spirit relaxes her face and smiles. So that he doesn't worry anymore.

And then, Xiao Yao's face relaxes as well. Xiang Liu is so happy *melting* and seeing him happy, her spirit smiles too. Look at them!

[happycrabitat]

Take the memory, leave the shell! Watch what happens when we return seashells to the beach & marine hermit crabs!

Seashells are so important to beaches for a whole host of reasons.

🐚Over-shelling can affect hermit crabs because it reduces the availability of suitable shells for them to inhabit. Hermit crabs rely on empty shells of other creatures for protection and shelter. When there are too few shells available, hermit crabs may be forced to inhabit inadequate shells & pollution as homes, which can hinder their growth and make them more vulnerable to predators and environmental stressors. This can ultimately impact their survival and reproductive success.

🐚Shells provide homes or attachment surfaces for algae, sea grass, sponges, coral and a host of other microorganisms.

🐚Animals such as decorator crabs and octopus use shells as camouflage and many fish use shells as hiding places to avoid predators.

🐚Shells help to stabilize beaches and anchor seagrass.

🐚Shells are used by shorebirds to build nests.

🐚When shells break down, they provide nutrients for the organisms living in the sand or for those that build their own shells. (Shells are a major source of calcium.) I’m a firm believer in when we know better, we do better. I once shelled, and then when I learned all of this, I returned all shells that were not sprayed with a clear varnish to the beach & watched the marine hermit crabs go wild changing shells that were so needed!

[such-a-daydreamer]

Based on a real thing that happened to me and my sister (me as Stan and my sis as Ford)

She had held my foot up for a while trying really hard to pull me up thinking it was my arm, we laughed about it almost instantly after but it was still scary.

Be beach careful people! Waves can easily pin you against the sand if you don't dive at the right time.

[qqchurch]

it is imperative that the full body prosthetic has visible ball joints