#seedball

[uk3d]

Original seedball sketch | Limited edition fine art print from an original drawing. My sketches start life as hand-drawn graphite images made on cartridge paper. I often work on these with charcoal, oil pastel or Caran d'Ache to create the look I'm after. The artwork is then scanned and finessed digitally ready for fine art printing. This process often referred to as Giclée printing uses the highest standard of printing methods to give gallery quality results that maintain all the details of the original sketch. The graphite pencils I use are Faber-Castel, the oil pastels are Sennelier and the china-graph is Caran d’Ache. The inks are pigment based archive quality (100years+). The heavyweight specialist papers I use are of the best professional quality having a wonderful surface designed specifically for fine art drawings and illustrations. Very limited editions with only ten per size printed. All artwork is signed and includes a certificate of authenticity. The A5 are 5.8" x 8.25" (14.8cm x 21cm) The A4 are 8.25" x 11.7" (21cm x 29.8cm) The A3 are 11.7" x 16.5" (29.8 cm x 42cm) The A2 are 16.5" x 23.4" (42 cm x 59.4cm) Originals are A3 11.7" x 16.5" (29.8 cm x 42cm) Frames not included in price. Free shipping on artwork to all destinations.

[associationraven]

De la tomate, au cochon, pour redonner une tomate. Le Cycle de la Vie. 😊 Ou comment faire des seedballs naturellement. 🤣 #RAVEN #association #sanctuaryoftheraven #associationraven #animaux #vimartinsurorthe #nature #mayenne #sarthe #orne #biodiversite #biodiversité #refuge #seedballs #seedball #balledegraines #balledegraine #tomate #tomatoes #tomato #seed #graine #circleoflife #cycledevie (à Raven’s Sanctuary) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiDh6YJrXWd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[urbansoulfarmer]

We partnered with Justice For My Sister a non profit that teaches BIPOC youth filmmaking and acting. We made seed balls and they told me about their projects. The future looks bright for these future filmmakers and actors!

[iscifoundation]

2 in 1 Activity Sustainable Health with Sustainable Forests Today, ISCI Foundation in partnership with @jodoindiasocialfoundation had an #interactive session with Girls of Govt Girls Senior Sec. School, Bada Haider Sahab, Dholpur where girls were given #awareness on #Menstrual #Hygiene by Dr. Renu Agarwal Mam with Distribution of #reusable #SanitaryPads and Making of 7500 #SeedBalls by the girls. Overall 250 girls benefited from the program. Coordinator @_siddharth.modi_ with volunteer Neeraj wonderfully managed the whole program. https://www.instagram.com/p/CmWvVJ_oUCV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[nyancrimew]

maia there’s an empty lot near my house that’s owned by the city but it’s all just grass. when the weather warms up, should I chuck some native wildflower seedballs along the perimeter and watch them grow?

yes absolutely !!!! guerilla gardening goes hard

[bonefall]

Okay, name time-

Top five prefixes you want to see used, top five you want to see used again, top three you never want to see again and top three you never want to see used ever

Well for one I have a MASSIVE soft spot for prefixes that are ecologically valid, but remind you of something totally different in English.

Dragon, from Dragonfly

Jelly, from Jelly-ear mushrooms

Fry and Chip, from baby fish and a piece of stone

Clock, from the seedball stage of a dandelion

Nymph, from a young dragonfly

Copper, the color not the metal

So I wish that WC did it more. I LOVE Bayshine, how people think it refers to a body of water and not the bay willow!

I wish there were more verb names, too, but not adverbs. Just as a matter of style, but I wish there were more prefixes along the lines of;

Cut

Crush

Smash

Rip

Hover

Float

Dive

Pop

Shout

Twirl

Dance

Jump

Grapple

I just think they're neat. Jumpfire was a fantastic name, but something bothers me about "Running" for no reason.

So for names I don't like seeing... honestly, adverb names for NO reason. Runningwind, Runningnose, Runningbrook. Don't like em.

And ecologically inaccurate ones. Obviously the Erins don't research like I do, but I DO SO I GET TO CARE. No more Hickory. No more Cypress. No more Olive. NO. I like weird justifications for these names though, see above, or odd "translations."

Like Myrtle for example, in Clanmew her name is "Wayfairingtree-Bloomed," but translated as Myrtle because it's a shorter name and more widely known. I like the idea of that, though, obviously canon doesn't do that lmao.

[believerindaydreams]

Thursday again: viddy game London edition. Still.

I would have had this out yesterday except for this and that and the apartment building being evacuated for a fire alarm. No harm done that I am aware of, happily.

Listening

It's the Sunless Sea theme song. It makes me happy.

And since I do not have the three hundred sixty five dollars with which to bribe KUNV into letting me play guest DJ with the Casey Kasem soundalike, I'll just have to inflict this on you guys instead :)

Reading

Every so often I check in on the debris from former hyperfixations, such as The Best Beekeeping Blog on the web. Here's an interesting write up of why seedballs are A. Cool and punk, and B. sadly don't work that well

Visiting

Fallow. I'm about to spend a bucketload at one of the fanciest restaurants in Vegas, after all.

Eating

A half dozen eggs are three dollars at my Trader Joe's, so I made meatloaf with oatmeal and diced swiss. Forgot the ketchup but added it just before the end.

Writing

It stuck.

Tasted all right tho.

Did some work on the original novel thing. Go me.

Playing

Fallen London Fallen London Fallen London no I can't shut up about it. sorry.

I've got to do forty lab experiments before I start laying railway track. You have to have board meetings in realtime once a week. Long term commitment ahead. We're talking months here.

And since I am, like, pathologically terrible at setting long term goals (my impulse is always to Do The Thing ASAP), this is...well. Different.

Kind of nice.

[wheres-timmy]

God made you bruvmissive and seedbale

[ozonelasher]

❥

Send "❥" and I will share a ship I have a bias for with my muse!

gonna try to talk about some others before i talk about my Main main ship for kaki, so. lmao

first one would have to be yamcha/kaki. they're my designated sweet & fluffy ship that i have that's technically not canon and aside from all the canon story stuff going on with kaki because sometimes. i think she should be happy and chill out a little

i havent rly explored it too much on my own recently but at a baseline i feel like they would be the perfect antithesis to bulma & vegeta, in the sense they'd probably actually be able to function as a healthy loving couple that like each other as people 💀 yeah kaki's got her things, but she isn't evil at all & just needs some patience and understanding, things i think yamcha would readily give her once he gets past the initial distrust he may have with her, considering she's very similar to vegeta in the sense she worked for freeza (and was high in the ranks, at that)

also they should bond over cultural similarities of baseball and seedball, which is a sport very similar in premise to baseball the brench have :3

[naturecoaster]

Celebrate National Gardening Month in Citrus County

In observance of National Gardening Month, Citrus County Community Services will present Steven Davis, Florida Friendly Landscape Program Coordinator, leading a discussion of “9 Principles for Creating a Florida-Friendly Landscape,” on Wednesday April 3, 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Old Courthouse Heritage Museum in downtown Inverness. Celebrate National Gardening Month in Citrus County The “9 Principles” include: - Right Plant, Right Place  - Water Efficiently  - Fertilize Appropriately  - Maximize Mulch  - Attract Wildlife  - Control Yard Pests Responsibly  - Recycle  - Reduce Stormwater Runoff  - Protect the Waterfront  Following the presentation Alice (Citrus County Parks & Rec) and Andrea (Old Courthouse Heritage Museum) will lead a session on how to design your own garden landscape, including creating a mixedFlorida Native Wildflower Seedball. Finally, attendees will have an opportunity to “unleash their innerartist” and paint some stunning wildflowers with Andrea. Registration or RSVP is appreciated to ensure adequate supplies are on-hand.  Register here: Activitydetail | CC Parks and Rec (activecommunities.com) or RSVP by calling Parks and Recreation at 352-527-7540 Read the full article

[entomoblog]

Résultats du grand comptage de papillons 2023 au Royaume-Uni : le nombre de papillons a augmenté cet été

Butterfly numbers INCREASED this summer Results of this year’s Big Butterfly Count revealed Wetter summer was good for butterflies, with average number of butterflies spotted highest for four years

  Wild News – British Naturalists' Association

PRESS RELEASE – Embargoed to 00:01 15 September 2023

"However, new 13-year trend figures show a worrying long-term decline Habitat loss biggest driver of decline; people urged to take action by creating a Wild Space"

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Traduction

L'été plus humide a été bénéfique pour les papillons, le nombre moyen de papillons observés étant le plus élevé depuis quatre ans.

Toutefois, les nouvelles tendances sur 13 ans révèlent un inquiétant déclin à long terme.

La perte d'habitat est le principal facteur de déclin ; les gens sont invités à agir en créant un espace sauvage.

  Les résultats du Big Butterfly Count 2023 de Butterfly Conservation ont été publiés aujourd'hui, révélant une situation plus favorable pour les papillons que ce que l'on craignait.

Dans l'ensemble, les participants au Grand comptage des papillons ont pu observer plus de papillons cette année qu'au cours des quatre étés précédents. Au total, plus de 1,5 million de papillons de jour et de nuit ont été recensés entre le 14 juillet et le 6 août. Après avoir atteint un niveau historiquement bas en 2022 avec seulement neuf papillons individuels observés par comptage, cette année a vu une augmentation à 12 papillons enregistrés en moyenne par comptage.

  Cependant, ces bonnes nouvelles contrastent avec les tendances à long terme. Publiées pour la première fois cette année, elles montrent que depuis le début du Grand comptage des papillons, il y a 13 ans, de nombreuses espèces ont diminué de manière significative.

  Les papillons, qui constituent un maillon essentiel de la chaîne alimentaire, sont considérés comme des indicateurs significatifs de la santé de l'environnement.

  À la suite de la canicule et de la sécheresse de l'été dernier, les scientifiques de Butterfly Conservation ont appelé le public à les aider à comprendre l'effet de l'extrême sécheresse sur les papillons.

  [Image] Marbled White by Bob Eade © Butterfly Conservation.

  via The Big Butterfly Count 2023 - Seedball https://seedball.co.uk/the-big-butterfly-count-for-conservation/

[urbansoulfarmer]

Urban Soul Farmer workshop series at Joshua Tree Music Festival May 18-21, 2023.

[ikeahackers]

IKEA serves new Swedish Seedball just for insects

[blogynews]

"Unconventional Aerial Mission: Navy Helicopters Disperse 'Seedballs' to Transform Rameswaram Reserve Forest"

MADURAI: On Saturday, helicopters from the Indian Navy’s INS Parundu dispersed seedballs in the degraded forest areas of Rameswaram reserve forest on Pamban Island. Over the next few months, approximately five lakh seedballs of native trees will be spread aerially across 3,700 hectares of degraded forest areas in the Ramanathapuram district. This collaborative effort involves the Tamil Nadu…

[blogynewz]

"Unconventional Aerial Mission: Navy Helicopters Disperse 'Seedballs' to Transform Rameswaram Reserve Forest"

MADURAI: On Saturday, helicopters from the Indian Navy’s INS Parundu dispersed seedballs in the degraded forest areas of Rameswaram reserve forest on Pamban Island. Over the next few months, approximately five lakh seedballs of native trees will be spread aerially across 3,700 hectares of degraded forest areas in the Ramanathapuram district. This collaborative effort involves the Tamil Nadu…