#police tape

[aeztheticzfortmuzes]

[redfagdiver]

Solitude

[robthepensioner]

"Police line do not cross" tape, presumably stolen, draped across an uncrossable fence in Fleetwood.

Fleetwood's contribution to preserving our oil and gas is in the background.

[hedgehog-moss]

In my neverending quest to keep Pampérigouste from achieving her dreams, I have launched a formal investigation into her last escape, which I had no explanations for at the time.

I figured it out! At the far far end of her pasture, near the road, a few fence posts have become more or less horizontal (the ground is quite wet / muddy there so they've never been very stable, especially with Pirlouit using them to scratch his forehead)—so instead of a high jump + long jump combo to get to the road, Pampe just had to clear the long jump over the ditch. Which is still impressive.

I also suspect that she chose to escape from this place near the road on a snowy morning as a deliberate strategy, knowing the snow plough would erase any traces of her jump, thus preventing me from discovering where the weak spot in the fence was. Well done.

You need 2 people to fix these fence posts so in the meantime I decided to kill two birds with one stone: cut all the broom and thorny bushes in this corner of the pasture and use them to form a discouraging barrier. I set to work earlier this week, and here's the same place as above, mid-process:

When I texted my mum to tell her about my new thorn-based anti-Pampe plan of action, she said "Like the Maasai who make fences with thorny acacia branches to keep out lions!" and it made me feel even more confident. I mean, I have neither acacia nor Maasai fencing techniques but my thorny shrubs are pretty aggressive, they pricked my fingers even through my thick work gloves—which felt satisfying in an anticipatory way. Excellent! prick Pampe's nose exactly like this. How could a llama not be deterred by a fence material that deters apex predators?

Vexingly enough, she seemed quite supportive of my efforts. At one point she breathed some warm air against my shoulder in a gentle, patronising way.

We were engaged in psychological warfare all afternoon—every time I stepped away from my vegetal fence, feeling like it was now good enough, Pampe would immediately come to inspect it, cheerful and impatient, which sapped my confidence so I would go and add a few more shrubs. (Note that I sort of plaited the first / biggest shrubs with the pre-existing fence so they don't go flying on the road, and so Pampe can't just push them aside.)

On the right: Poldine, looking for little fresh leaves to eat amidst the chaos. On the left: Pampérigouste, thinking.

(At this point the barrier was only 20% thorns, and 80% broom—the fact that she waded through it without a care and didn't prick her belly made me go and add more thorny shrubs, and pack them more densely)

It's kind of fun watching Pampe think, honestly. Can I jump over this? Do I have enough visibility? Can I eat my way to freedom (again)? But these shrubs are disgusting. Am I above exploiting my daughter's lack of culinary discernment to achieve my goals? Maybe I should go back to my calculations re: probability of wild boar destruction. I may have pincushions for hands after handling prickly bushes for two hours but I'm helping stimulate my llama's intellect and creativity and that's so important.

I tried to alternate broom and thorny branches so that the non-thorny broom became tangled up with thorns and brambles to form an impenetrable and incomprehensible wall. I will call it this method the salmagundi-fence.

Poldine is in awe of my vegetal installation.

Can I just say, compared to Pampérigouste who constantly has a devilish glint in her eye, Pampelune's face exudes wholesome politeness and moral goodness. It's still hard to believe they're mother and daughter.

I went home once my fence started looking like Maleficent's forest of thorns and Pampe had long stopped trying to wade through it, but I still felt antsy and ended up coming back one hour later to have my apéritif with the llamas so I could keep an eye on Pampe until nightfall.

... where is Pampe?

Oh. Here. No worries!

Still staring at the road. Still thinking.

...

With all that said, please admire my beautifully delirious Forest of Thorns-fence and let me know what you think.

[s2z]

Tottenham, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 2020-12-23 14:34:12 by stuart murdoch Via Flickr: Westside! Bitches!

[senassky]

Kawachi Maya in XGs MV MASCARA | GIF

× the mall scene with the barricade tape

like/reblog if u save/use... thank u ♥ and please don't repost or claim it as yours (give credit)

[wilburs1mp]

I just saw a house with caution tape on it and a Amazon package was behind it somehow and all I’m imagining now is the police at the house putting caution tape up and the Amazon driver just pops up and is like “Wtf-“

[kugisakiss]

better work it out quick keibu, before conan steals your job

[comfortfoodcontent]

1991 U.S Renditions Anime VHS Magazine Ad and Order Form

[fangomusic]

Brilliant '80s albums on cassette.

[magnus-rhymes-with-swagness]

my university has officially set up an encampment too

[myvinylplaylist]

The Police: Every Breath You Take The Videos (1986)

A&M Video

[mgmk-daily]

so let's break the COPS, that casually

CURRENT SONG: F.T.W.W.W

Word: 19/314

Day: 19/??

Location: a document that didnt print properly bc my printer ran out of ink

[teslacoils-and-hubris]

Finally got around to tossing a bunch of old sketch books. Man I was WAY edgier than I thought as a little 12 year old who dressed exclusively in very cute hyper colourful clothes

[darcyolsson]

seeing someone on my dash who i know i used to follow but dont anymore and now I have to try and remember what crime they committed for me to unfollow them or just refollow and inevitably find out again in 2-3 business months

[s2z]

Woodstock-on-Loddon, Victoria, Australia. 2019-01-08 12:00:57 by stuart murdoch Via Flickr: One of my last road trips before the pandemic hit.