#moss the skunk

[braingutzz]

i made a skunk

mossssss

theyre 15 dolla

if you want an icon with it itll be 20 if you want a full drawing itll be 25-30 depending on complexity

cashapp only

[ourfag]

conversation topic: dogs in the city. tiny dogs that scamper and gallop bc their legs are so short. big dogs that can't possibly fit in an apartment. purse dogs. dogs in outfits. also babies in hats. actually just what's the convo when they r browsing a lovely farmers market. 💐 happy sunday hope the weather's nice where u r

ed: oh fuck me, look at that one

stede: which

ed: there. that. i’m—pointing with my fucking elbow, look—

stede: d’you want me to take something? i can carry—

ed: just—shut up and look at that fat little baby, look

stede: oh. oh my lord

ed: with the pom poms

stede: i see what you mean

ed: little fuckin—

stede: on his booties

ed, a full octave up: on his little booties look

stede: i love when they’ve got the hats that make them look like starfish

ed: is he supposed to look like a starfish?

stede: little points on his hat. starfish arms

ed: that doesn’t look like a starfish, it looks like a jester

stede: what? no it doesn’t. the points are sticking straight up, that’s a starfish

ed: how many starfish have you seen whose arms end in jingle bells

stede: i—

stede: the world is vast, edward.

ed: see i just think—

stede: must i be accountable for every species of starfish?

ed: —if there’s a starfish with jingle bells then you’re the kind of person who’s gonna know it off the top of your head

stede: i’m sure there’s one out there

edward: ok. is this like when i floated the idea of horse with wheels

stede: ……well, not—

ed: it’s practical, save the horse a lot of effort

stede: —it’s unlikely. it’s unlikely

ed: see that’s a useful feature. what’s a starfish gonna do with a jingle bell

stede: i don’t know! celebrate??

ed: doesn’t even work underwater

stede: maybe it just wants to feel fancy once in a while, you don’t think a starfish ever wants to feel fancy?

ed: spaghetti dog

stede: that’s—now you’re just hybridising

ed, pointing in an altogether different direction: no, look, there’s one of those spaghetti dogs, look

stede, following ed’s elbow to an italian greyhound: ooh spaghetti dog

ed: spaghetti dog

stede: that one’s got a jacket on. stylish

ed: didn’t you say starfish were carnivores?

stede: it’s houndstooth though. is that a bit too on the nose? sorry—

ed: no you have a point

stede: —what about starfish and carnivores?

ed: oh, just—if the starfish’s got bells, won’t its prey hear it sneaking up

stede: well you said it yourself, bells don’t really work underwater

ed: huh

ed: now you think about it that’s actually—that’s kind of depressing

stede: oh no

ed: sorry i didn’t mean to—

stede: no, starfish baby dropped one of his little pom pom booties, look

ed: oh shit—aw look at his little toes he’s gonna get cold

stede: should we go over? is that—would that be weird?

ed: i dunno, maybe, but like, also kind of badass?

stede: …badass?

ed: yeah like we’re starfish baby’s bodyguards or something. like we’re not gonna smother him but we’re just—

stede: on the outskirts, right? to make sure he won’t be mobbed for autographs

ed: right cuz he’s a celebrity baby

stede: but then when he needs assistance, we’re—

ed: “you dropped this, sir”

stede: and then he takes it, very businesslike, because he’s a professional

ed: and he understands what we’re saying because he’s a genius baby as well

stede: yes

stede: well—normal babies can do that too

ed: what, understand you?

stede: yeah. i believe so

stede: what? what’s wrong?

ed, in quiet horror: i have said so much stupid shit in front of other people’s babies

[its-stimsca]

Gremlincore stimboard please? Love your blog!

Awww thank you im glad you like it :]]

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[fourbrickstall]

Family tree

I'm not a huge fan of costumed minifigs but I make an exception for the tree suit. I think I have maybe 7 of these to create a small forest. It's been a plan for a while to shoot all 7 in one photo but it's really tough to get them close together.

This part came in a couple of LEGO CITY sets and now there's a medium nougat one out in the Friends theater set.

[vulpy-pixel]

Skrunk the Skunk, exploring the outdoors!

He really liked this stump, the moss was quite soft :]

Im not very good at taking pictures of him, but I try my best :3

[venusaurphobia]

ONE ROOM FOR RENT

Ambient air

No utilities

Large yard with log

Open floor plan bathroom

Pets allowed. We currently have one cat, three rabbits, five toads, 23 squirrels, four deer, some snakes, six skunks, and bats

Moss friendly

Fern friendly

[gogmstuff]

More images of 1913 fashion -

1913 Ethel Mary, née Bell-Irving, later 15th Countess of Lauderdale by Samuel Henry William Llewellyn (Thirlestane Castle - Lauder, Berwickshire, UK) From centuriespast.tumblr.com/post/148847411164/ethel-mary-18911970-15th-countess-of 815X1200.

Left 1913 Gazette du Bon Ton "Le Conseiller des Dames Robe et Manteau pour le Theatre" by Barbier 643X844.

Right 1913 Gazette du Bon Ton "Tais-Toi Mon Coeur!… Robe de lingerie de Doeuillet 1913 Gazette du Bon Ton "Le Marriage au Chateau" by Brissaud artophile.com 750X1011.

1913 Gazette du Bon Ton "Le Marriage au Chateau" by Brissaud. From artophile.com 1797X1125.

Left 1913 Journal des Dames et des Modes "Manteau de velours frappe citron. Col velours blance et Renard blanc" by Dammy. From artophile.com 750X1189.

Center 1913 Journal des Dames et des Modes "Mantelet de taffetas a la vieille garni de chenille verte - Manchon brode de perles". From artophile.com 757X1200.

Right 1913 Journal des Dames et des Modes "Parure d'Hermine et Putois". From artophile.com 701X1200.

1913 Lady, traditionally identified as Rosa Lewis by Frank Moss Bennett (auctioned by Christie's). From their Web site 906X1904.

Left 1913 Journal des Dames et des Modes "Robe de charmeuse blance a tunique de mousseline de soie violette brodee de perl et bordee de skunks. Manteau de velours etrusque" by Pichenot artophile.com 750X1197.

Right 1913 Journal des Dames et des Modes "Robe de charmeuse nore avec corsage et panier formes d'un obi drape" by Barbier artophile.com 734X1200.

1913 Madame Jean Maillard-Norbert by Léon François Comerre (location ?). From tumblr.com/eirene; fixed most obvious spots w Pshop 1332X3072.

1913 Lina Bilitis with Two Pekinese by Giovanni Boldini (location ?). From Amber Tree's photostream on flickr 1510X2872.

1913 Madame Michelham by Giovanni Boldini (location ?). From wikiart.org-en-giovanni-boldini-madame-michelham-1913 1589X2356 @72.

1913 María Teresa González del Valle by Nicanor Piñole (Fundación Banco Santander - Madrid, Spain). From artsandculture.google.com; fixed spots w Pshop 2036X2698.

1913 Señora, amiga de Mr. Ryan by Joaquín Sorolla y Bástida (Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes - La Habana, Cuba). From joaquin-sorolla.blogspot.com/search/label/Retrato%20de%20Señora 1191X1600.

1913 Evening dress of Vera Karakhan by House of Paul Poiret (Hermitage). From tumblr.com/antiquebee/731802632464875520?.

Left 1913 (June issue) La Gazette du Bon Ton, "Je Suis Perdue Robe d'été de Chéruit" tumblr.com/mote-historie/729728522325753856/pierre-brissaud-je-suis-perdue-robe-d%C3%A9t%C3%A9-de?source=share&.

Center 1913 La Mode cover art La Mode par Boué Soeurs by George Barbier. From tumblr.com/mote-historie/731263453639196672/george-barbier-la-mode-par-bou%C3%A9-soeurs-french?source=share&.

Right 1913 Les Modes Dinner Dresses by Gustave Beer. From tumblr.com/mote-historie/731172312816254976/dinner-dresses-by-beer-1913?source=share& 1975X2861

Left 1913 Tanzerin by Julie Wolfthorn (location ?). From tumblr.com/random-brushstrokes 727X1024.

Right 1913 Anastasia Mikhailovna de Torby, Philip de László (location ?). From tumblr.com/la-belle-histoire/745161897381445633/portrait-of-anastasia-mikhailovna-de-torby-philip? 608X960.

Left ca. 1913 Dame in een zwarte strompeljapon met kant by anonymous (Rijksmuseum). From their Web site; fixed flaws & spots w Pshop 3542X5395.

Right ca. 1913 Dame in een geel/groen geruite strompeljapon by anonymous (Rijksmuseum). From their Web site; fixed flaws & spots Pshop 3476X5328; fixed flaws & spots w Pshop 3645X5328

[eldritchbean-shapeshifter]

Meet the Bean

(I will be updating this post as I discover and draw my forms)

Name: Genna Brooks

Pronouns: She/Her & Shay/Ter

LGBT Status: Genderqueer, PanDemic (panromantic & demiromantic), Asexual (repulsed)

Nonhuman (NOT therian or otherkin)

Eldritch Shapeshifter

No True Form. Always more than meets the eye.

My forms/sonas:

Human

Toon Ink Demon (based on Bendy and the Ink Machine) - 3 variations

"Shapeshifter" (based on the Shapeshifter from A Hat In Time)

Pokémalgam - 2 variations

Luna Moth - 5 variations

Water - 5 variations

Ghost

Animatronic/Robot (based on Five Nights at Freddy's)

TV Head

Shadow

Plushie - 2 variations

Puppet (based on Welcome Home)

Glitch

Disassembly Drone (based on Murder Drones)

Golden Crowned Flying Fox (fruit bat) - 2 variations

Echo

AS (U avatar | based on Belle)

Maned Wolf - 2 variations

Eel mer - 2 variations (1) (2)

Howler (based on Ghosts Among The Wildflowers) - 2 variations

Yellow-headed Box Turtle (based on Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) - 2 variations

Space/Nebula

Fae

Black American Shorthair Cat - 2 variations

Spring-Limbed Jester thing (I don't really have a good name for this one yet) (based on The Amazing Digital Circus)

Skeleton

Fluffy Skull Faced Creechur

Cryptid Canine

Striped Owl - 2 variations

Dragon

Slime

Reptilian Centaur

Ink Cap Mushroom

Bold Jumping Spider - 2 variations

Striped Skunk - 2 variations

Common Raccoon- 2 variations

Opossum- 2 variations

Bee - 2 variations

Void (based on Minecraft, lol)

Chocolate Ferret - 2 variations

Brown Rat - 2 variations

Otter - 2 variations

Purple Skimmer Dragonfly - 2 variations

Squirrel - 2 variations

Japanese Giant Flying Squirrel (yes, this one is different) - 2 variations

Raven - 2 variations

Anna's Hummingbird- 2 variations

Axolotl - 2 variations

Backrooms Entity

Snowflake Obsidian

Lava/Magma

Lightning Bug (Firefly) - 2 variations

Potato Bug

Moss

Cordyceps

Sunflower

To Be Named Poppy Playtime themed thingie

Fern

Acorn

Fire

Fox (specific kind currently unknown)

Scorpion (specific kind currently unknown)

Dog (Shiba Inu/Golden Retriever/Husky mix)

Wolf/Werewolf

Chromian (Prism World)

African Wild Dog

Jackrabbit

Personified Railroad Crossing

Dandelion

Sea bunny

Selkie

Pumpkin head

Snapdragon

Sakura

Cherry

Vampire

Candy Corn

Strawberry

Blue Raspberry

Phoenix

Pony (MLP FiM)

Pulsar Star

Blanket Critter

Worm OFF the String (with legs :3)

Music box

Wind

Geode

Eyeball head

Pigeon

Seagull

Griffin

Gargoyle

Frog

Gingerbread cookie

Soot sprite

Boombox

"Witch"

Squishy silicone cat lamp

Clock

Jellyfish

Flamingo

[cpunkbubby]

MORE FRIEND FURSONAS ^_^! !!!!

@sankiichip as a jackalope, @rauberrauber as a fruit bat, & my friend moss as a duck & sydney as a skunk.

[greekstar]

Warrior cat name Ideas Prefixes - A-Z A Acorn Adder Amber Ant Apple Arch Arrow Aspen Ash Asher Alder Amber B Badger Bark Beech Bellow Birch Berry Bird Black Blizzard Brave Breeze Bright Brown Bell Bug Beetle Bluebell Blue Bounce Brindle Brush Bush Buzzard Buzz Bee Bumble Bass Basil Bubble Brine Beaver Bison (I feel like this only goes good with ‘horn’ or Bisonpelt/fur.) Bat Bone Butterfly Burdock Broken Bramble Bracken Bay Brisk Blossom Briar Boil Branch Bud C Cloud Cloudy Crystal Cold Cricket Cliff Cardinal Crying Cougar Coyote Cobweb Chick Cow Cave Cheetah Carrot Coral Cactus Claw Cedar Cherry Cinder Clover Copper Creek Crooked Crouch Crow D Dew Dewy Duck Dusty Dust Dune Down Dagger Dodge Dolphin Daisy Doe Dapple Dappled Dark Dawn Dead Dove Drift Dusk E Eagle Ebony Echo Egg Eel Ember F Fallen Fallow Fawn Feather Fennel Fern Ferret Finch Fire Flame Fleet Flint Flower Flow Fly Fox Freckle Frog Frost Furze Fuzzy Foal Falling Fall G Gale Gust Golden Gold Goose Gorse Gorge Grass Gray Green Grass Goldfish Guppy Ghost H Hail Half Hare Hawk Hay Hoot Hazel Heather Heavy Hollow Holly Honey Honeycomb Hummingbird Horse Happy Hornet Hound Heron I Ice Ivy J Jagged Jay Joy Jaguar Jackdaw Jump Juniper K Kestrel Kink Koi L Lake Larch Leaf Lark Leopard Lichen Lightning Lily Lion Little Lizard Log Long Lost Loud Low Lynx M Maggot Mallow Maple Marsh Meadow Milk Minnow Mint Mist Misty Mole Moon Morning Moss Mossy Moth Mottle Mouse Mouth Mud Mumble Mink Muddy Moonlight Mountain Mushroom Monkey N Nettle Needle Nut Newt Night Nimble O Oak Oat Odd Olive One Otter Owl Orange Ocean Orca Opal P Pale Perch Pool Pike Peak Prickle Pounce Pine Petal Petal Pebble Pear Patch Pirate(kittypet or loner) Polar Peach Panda Pond Pigeon Plum Q Quail Quick R Rabbit Rain Ragged Rat Rattle Root Raspberry Reed Red Robin Rock Rose Rowan Rubble Running Rushing Rush Russet Rust Rye Raven Raccoon Rustle Rattlesnake Ravine Rapid S Sage Short Sheep Sedge Shrew Slate Slow Snail Sneeze Sorrel Soot Spider Spruce Sun Sunny Swallow Shallow Shade Sharp Scorch Sand Sandy Sky Silver Smoke Snake Soft Snow Sparrow Speckle Splash Spotted Squirrel Stalking Stalk Stalker Starling Stone Storm Stumpy Stump Sweet Swift Shred Sloe Shell Seed Shimmer Shimmering Skunk Spirit Squid Shy Sound Summer Sapphire Spiraling Spiral Shark Saturn T Tall Talon Tooth Timber Tiger Twig Tumble Thorn Thistle Thrush Tawny Tangle Ting Trout Torn Toad Tiny V Vine Vixen Void Vole W Wasp Weasel Web Weed Wet Whisker White Whale Wild Willow Wind Wolf Winter Wisteria Whisper Whispering Water Wave Waver Whisper Watermelon Whistle Wood Y Yellow

Yew

Yarrow- suggested

You guys DONT WANNA KNOW how LONG this took. I’m crying. And I might’ve missed some so feel free to send me messages in chat to request me editing it and putting it in some (not like messaging but the. Chat in this post lol.)

@cryptidclaw I also did this for our Au to help us with renaming.

I will get to suffixes soon I promise.

[purplesoulsapphire]

I Think Red Pandas Are absolutely Adorable 🥰

Here's are Some Fun Facts!

• The red panda’s adorable appearance steals the spotlight, but there’s more to these tree-dwelling fluff balls than meets the eye. For one, even though they’re known as ‘the lesser panda’ – the red panda isn’t actually related to the giant panda, although they were once thought to be kin. 

• To be fair, they’ve also been called ‘fire foxes’ and ‘red cat-bears,’ and they are neither foxes, cats, nor bears!

• Giant pandas and red pandas both live in bamboo forests in Asia.

• DNA analysis shows that the red panda’s closest relatives are raccoons, weasels and skunks.

• Both the red panda and the giant panda possess a “false thumb,” which is an extra bone sticking out of the side of their paw. This gives them a better grip when chewing on bamboo.

• Red panda mothers give birth to litters of up to four cubs, which they keep warm and snug in a hollowed-out tree or rock crevice. The babies are born covered in fur, but their eyes stay closed for the first month of life. 

• Although red pandas do have quite a specialized diet of bamboo, they will snack on fruits and blossoms, or any eggs they come across. They will even munch on small rodents or birds now and then.  • Despite their glamorous coats of red and white fur, red pandas camouflage quite well in their habitats, blending in with patches of red moss and white lichen.

The earliest known relatives of the red panda date back about 25 million years. About five million years ago, before the last Ice Age, you might have seen a super-sized version of the red panda (with a similar “false thumb”) measuring roughly the size of a puma.

Red pandas spend most of the day sleeping in high branches, but when the sun starts to set, they get ready to prowl (with a few more naps scattered throughout the night for good measure.)

Resharing picture & information of red pandas from the internet.

[path-of-grass-and-leaves]

Creating a Backyard Land Spirit Profile

Working with land spirits can help connect you with your local ecosystem, and for some practitioners is a crucial aspect of bioregional magic. Some folks, like myself, consider themselves to be initiated by one or more land spirits.

When I use the term land spirits, I am referring to a few different things. First are the collective spirits of various plants, animals, and insects present in a specific bioregion. An example of collective, in this context, means that if I'm petitioning help from the spirit of violets, I am working with the spirit of all violets present in that area rather than a singe flower that grows in my yard.

The next is the land guardian, which in my practice is a more powerful spirit with claim over a specific territory, like a forest, river, or neighborhood.

Sometimes these two concepts are separate and sometimes they're interchangeable. It all depends on personal practice, culture, local folklore, etc.

One thing that has been extremely beneficial to my practice has been creating a backyard land spirit profile. This method has been useful for spirit work and "green" magic, but more importantly, it's helped me immerse myself in my local ecosystem and I get to meet a lot of cool animals and plants.

Here is an over-simplfied example of my backyard land profile:

Ecosystem: Central Interior and Appalachian: Mixed woodlands, close to possible floodplains

Soil Type: Clay in garden bed, Loamy near/beneath shrubs, Sandy in sunny areas of the lawn

Flora:

Cultivated- Paradise Apple, Highbush Blueberry, Rose of Sharon, Dog Rose, Black-Eyed Susan, Sundial Lupine

Native - Bloodroot, Wild Strawberry, Common Violet, Wrinkle-Leaf Goldenrod, Blue Wood-Aster, Horseweed, Fireweed, Deer-Tongue Witchgrass, Common Milkweed

Invasive - Round-Leaved Bittersweet, Yellow Toadflax, Creeping Bellflower, Common Mugwort

Naturalized - Dandelion, Broad-Leaf Plantain, Deadly Nightshade

Notes - Various mosses, unidentified mushrooms growing on lawn and lichens found on some trees/shrubs.

Fauna:

Mammals - Raccoon, Opossum, Striped Skunk, Grey Squirrel, Chipmunk, Feral Cats, Deer mouse, House Mouse

Birds - Cardinals, Chickadees, Catbirds, American Robin, Downy Woodpecker, Turkey Vulture, Crow

Reptiles and Amphibians - N/A

Fish - N/A

Invertebrates - Dotted Wolf Spider, Leopard Slug, Tiger Bee Fly, Monarch Caterpillars, Peach Root Weevile, Narrow-Winged Mantis, Fireflies

Ecoregion and Soil Type

The first thing I did was determine what type of ecosystem my yard used to be. In an urban/suburban area this was a bit challenging.

I started by identifying a few wild plants and finding out where they usually grow. Most of them seemed to prefer shady woodlands and rich soil. There were also a couple of pioneer species present in the sunnier and more disturbed areas of the yard.

Next, I took a look at surrounding wild areas. We are close to a mountain and a large river. There are woodlands near and within the city made up of mostly hardwood and conifer trees. I knew from memory that certain areas close to my home are likely floodlands.

After that, I found a bioregion map of my country which showed that my state fell under the category of Central Interior and Appalachian. I searched this region on landscope.org and was able to determine my specific ecoregion (not shared here for privacy reasons).

From there I started making educated guesses. I determined that my backyard was likely a mixed hardwood and conifer woodland sitting very close to what might have been a floodplain.

For my soil type, I took samples from different areas of my yard and used an online guide to determine what kind of soil I had. Most of it was sandy or loamy, but my flower beds seemed to have some clay.

Using all this information, I had a general idea of what kind of plants and wildlife would be present without human intervention. It also helped with deciding which native plants to start growing.

Plants

Throughout the year, I went out to the yard with a wildlife field guide and a couple identification apps and identified every plant and insect I found. I grouped the plants into four categories: native, invasive, naturalized, and cultivated. This isn't shown in the example, but I also grouped them by season and the time of year they appear.

Naturalized refers to plants that have integrated themselves into the environment without inflicting damage to the local ecosystem.

You'll notice that under the cultivated section I included a few native plants. This is because those plants were introduced by me and would not be present without my intervention and I wanted to make that distinction.

The importance of native and naturalized plants is obvious, but what about cultivated and invasive? Keeping a profile of invasive plants helped me keep a record of which noxious weeds I need to remove. From an ecological perspective, their removal is crucial to the survival of my native plants and garden crops. From a spiritual perspective, this can be an offering or act of service to the local land spirits. Some of these plants, like Common Mugwort, are both valuable for workings and fine to harvest in large quantities since they are invasive.

Cultivated plants are also important. Many of these plants, like my Blueberries, Apples, and Rose of Sharon, were here before me. The importance of plants introduced by humans is greater than you'd think. First, they are usually crops and flowering plants and provide food for both humans and the local wildlife. Secondly, I live in an urban area, and my land spirits are likely very closely associated with people.

I researched all of my plants and took note of growth patterns, toxicity, medicinal uses, ediblity, native region/habitat, ecological significance/impact, etc. Then I moved onto folklore and symbolism and started working with the spirits of a few plants, performing divination, leaving offerings, harvesting them and including them in rituals and spellwork. I did this in groups to avoid feeling overwhelmed.

Please note that you should always properly identify plants and be aware of potential toxicity before harvesting, especially if you plan on burning or consuming said plant. Also steer clear of protected or threatened plants and keep harvest to a minimum even for abundant native species.

Wildlife

My next project was writing down every species of animal and insect that I had encountered in my yard. I grouped them into several categories: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates. In real life my invertebrates section is separated into several subcategories (orb weavers, beetles, etc.).

Next, I used basically the same system I did for plants, researching their native range, preferred habitat, behavior, diet, ecological importance. Then I started looking into folklore.

Finally, I started integrating them into my practice and working with their collective spirits. This involved using animal symbolism in rituals, leaving offerings, and performing a lot of divination.

Remember to never interact with or directly feed wildlife. If I'm making offerings outdoors it is usually fresh water, scattered birdseed, and acts of service like creating habitats and growing plants that a specific species enjoys. If scattering birdseed, do so in the morning to keep too many animals, like raccoons, from entering your yard at night.

Side note: Keep a record of what appears in your yard each year! For example one year we had several chipmunks and one year I saw none. One year we had no fireflies and the next our backyard was covered in them.

Tying It All Together

Once I had my backyard profile completed, I started working with the collective spirits of select species. I have an offering schedule, perform communication, and petition these spirits regularly in spellwork. I use certain plants that I harvest for offerings and use for tinctures, infusions, cooking, and crafts. I use symbols of local animals in crafts and spellwork.

After working with the "smaller" spirits, you can start seeking out specific land guardians by using a combination of divination and research of local history and folklore.

On a mundane level, I am now able to cultivate an appropriate ecosystem for the local wildlife and start projects to support it. Examples of this are pollinator gardens, stick and brush piles for fireflies and small animals, growing seed-rich and fruiting plants for birds and mammals, winter shelters and TNR plans for feral cats, and more.

I also like to take notes on plants and wildlife that I encounter in my general area that don't usually make it into my backyard. For example there have been coyotes, foxes, bobcats, and black bears spotted in my neighborhood.

I want to stress that I live in a semi-urban and relatively populated neighborhood and I have a small yard. The brief example of of my land profile doesn't cover even a fraction of the wildlife I have encountered in my backyard. There is so much life in urban and suburban areas in need of our support.

[headspace-hotel]

heeey, could i ask you for some advice? we're going back to nature with our lawns, but we have an old dog with a bunch of health issues who we need to be able to supervise outside at all times, and we also live close to the mountains (for reference, the colorado rocky mountains) and have skunks, badgers, raccoons and possums that roam our neighborhood, and we'd rather not encourage them to set up permanently in our back yard—is there a way to have a yard where a less-hardy, more frail dog can safely play, that also is not attractive as a habitat for the bigger wildlife critters, and also not have a godforsaken grass lawn? or is it just.. shitty lawn/dirt vs full wildscape? and do you have any recommendations?

A trimmed lawn that never sees any pesticides or herbicides is already WAY better than the standard, so don't worry too much about it. Violets, mosses, and yarrow form decent ground cover that isn't just plain grass, but you probably already have a good variety if you don't spray anything. Mowing less often, not raking leaves, etc. all help.

Having some "lawn" is fine. My family has "lawn," it's incredibly lush and full of dozens of plant species, we're just steadily chipping away at it with trees, shrubs and flower beds. My suggestion would be to research the types of plants that belong in your biome, and section off part of your yard for a bed that can be a little wilder, maybe with a fence so the dog doesn't get into it.

Even a relatively "tidy" wildflower garden with native species that are host plants for important pollinators is way, way better than doing nothing.

For critters, you'd probably need brush, thickets, rotting logs and hollow trees. If you wanted to turn a section of yard into a woody grove, you could plant trees relatively densely and cut/clear unwanted undergrowth and it'll be good for wildlife, and you can have flowers and stuff, but bigger mammals aren't likely to build a house there.

I can't give too much specific advice about a habitat I'm not super familiar with, but basically, do what you can while keeping your yard safe for family and pets. Any little bit of native wildflowers, trees and plants helps. The problem isn't that lawns exist, it's that they're maintained even where there's no reason to have a lawn, and with destructive methods like pesticides and herbicides.

[jaz-zmatazz]

I was tagged by @psychamore to shuffle my playlists and share them on here! Thanks so much <3

Monthly

S.O.F.T.- Elastica

500 (Shake Baby Shake)- Lush

Roadkill- Pulp

I Got By In Time- The Jam

Angel In The Snow- Elliott Smith

Firestarter- The Prodigy

We Love You- Menswear

Sleep- Marion

Twisted - Everybody Hurts- Skunk Anansie

Trouble- Shampoo

On Repeat

Killing Of A Flash Boy- Suede

This Hollywood Life- Suede

Love Spreads- The Stone Roses

In Your Eyes- Kylie Minogue

Babooshka- Kate Bush

I’m A Man- Pulp

Suspended In Gaffa- Kate Bush

Begin Again- Space

Isolation- Joy Division

So Many Bridges- FFS

I tag @turnertable @tautittology @libertineangel @bich-the-moss @lyeekha @mildredpierce8 @spruffle @ddearpercocet @jeffament and anyone else who wants to do it :))

[ukfrislandembassy]

Preliminary observations on Arapaho pitch-accent

So in my final-year madness I've decided to attempt to work out what's going on with the development Arapaho's pitch-accent system, because nobody quite seems to have a clue. Ives Goddard noted back in the seventies that a glottal stop (from whatever source) in a cluster left a long vowel with a falling pitch but beyond that nobody seems to have tried to do more so far. So, based on the two most recent sources that are best on accent marking (Cowell & Moss's 2008 grammar and Ives Goddard's paper on historical morphology from 2015) and trying to triangulate between them (because there's sometimes inconsistencies).

Here's some things that stand out to me that seem like routes forward (I'm thinking on writing paper on this soon). I'll mostly be talking about nouns for now as verbs doubtless have more complex behaviour due to being both longer and also frequently being

Outside of the aforementioned falling tone, an accent generally seems to be located on either the Proto-Algonquian penult or antepenult; *ameθkwa → hébes 'beaver', *mo:sočyi → biihí3 'dung'

The factors determining accent placement are as yet unclear to me, but syllable weight seems to be involved. I'm trying to work out which of the two is the 'default' position, currently I'm leaning towards the penult.

This is corroborated by the addition of any inflectional suffix (plural, obviative, locative etc.) results in rightward shifts in some nouns, e.g. *neska:či → nó‘oo3 'my foot' vs. *neska:tari → no‘óótoh 'my feet'.

When vowels are contracted, an accent on the first vowel results in a falling accent, e.g. *netehkwema → netéi 'my louse', *werake:θkwi → hinóoox 'tree bark'. The lack of a corresponding rising accent implies that in vowel contraction an accent on the second vowel spread leftwards. *šeka:kwa → xóó 'skunk' seems to be an example of this?

Another key seems to be a set of nouns which Cowell & Moss note which have a long vowel with a high tone when unsuffixed that shifts to a fall tone with a suffix with the suffix taking an accent; thus *wasyeʔθwani → nokúúh 'nest' vs. *wasyeʔθwanari → nokúuhó‘ 'nests'. Cowell and Moss seem to think that the latter is an innovative dissimilation from the former, but the proto-form implies the opposite, as we would expect a falling accent from the lost glottal stop. This implies that the accent on the suffix of the plural was original and shifted leftward when that syllable was deleted in the plural.

This implies that for instance *aθemwa → hé3 'dog' could have had accent on the penult that was shifted onto the antepenult in the singular (and then extended through the paradigm), which might suggest that at least for nouns with consistently light syllables the accent might have fallen on the penult.

Secondary accents seem to have been possible in preceding syllables of the word, hence e.g. *erenyiwaki → hinénnó‘ 'men', where in addition to an accent on the penultimate, i.e. the suffix, there is also an accent on the post-initial, with vowel syncope putting the accents together. *wa:poswaki → nóokhó‘ 'hares' shows an accentual dissimilation on the long vowel as a result.

I'll note also an issue with even trying to do this word, which is the issues with differing sources on this one. For instance, Goddard gives 'my hand' as néecet with a low tone on the second syllable, while Cowell & Moss give néecét with a high tone instead. In this case I think Cowell & Moss is probably right here, as Goddard does note that a second high tone in this position would be downstepped anyway and so could have been missed by Goddard. (also half of the sources don't even write down the accent which doesn't help).

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Angel Meets Demon - Act 1

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A young ten year old boy was foraging for mushrooms in the forest near his home. He was looking for certain types of mushrooms. Morals and chanterelle mushrooms. These were his favorites to eat.

On his journey, crunching through the fall leaves, he came across a fiery circle. It was covered in moss and was quite beautiful. But he was aware of the danger of the formation and kept his distance. The animals talked about fairy rings often.. Specifically the foxes and opossoms. His creature friend, Hana, who is a skunk, tells him every now and again about how some of her fellow skunks tell stories about fairy rings. So, he has full caution when approaching. He remembered something Hana had told him; That if you left an offering, the fearies would thank you and not harm you. Therefore, he left a rock, a quite beautiful rock he had found on his travels foraging. He bowed to the circle and wandered a couple of inches away. Not too far, but far enough to not accidentally step in.

He heard the birds screech and caw. “What on Earth?” He thought. The noises they were making translated through him, “Run! Demon in the forest! Demon in the forest!” They yelled. He tilted his head curiously. "What are they going on about?" It’s not dark… nothing comes out of the day time…. He brushed it off as the birds being dramatic as per usual and continued foraging for his dinner.

An hour past, and he had collected enough mushrooms for his and Hana’s supper. He headed back through the trees and tall greenery. He made it back toward the fairy ring and saw what looked like a black hole… floating? He peaked into the hole and didn’t see anything. He just put it off as another forest mystery and started to walk back to his little cabin… until.. He heard screaming and crying....

To have light… there will always have to be darkness.

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Thanks for ready travelers! I hope you enjoyed it!