#woodsheds

[hedgehog-moss]

I'm happy to announce that this month I was finally able to buy Pirlouit a proper packsaddle! Doesn't he look very professional? And handsome. He receives a lot of compliments every time a visitor sees him all dressed up.

If he looks a bit wary in this photo it's because it was the first time I added the baskets, and as he'd never seen such large baskets before he wasn't sure they weren't about to eat him. His nervousness only took the form of twitchy ears though, there was no drama. (And he can be very melodramatic, so really he's been very stoical and self-possessed in the process of getting used to the packsaddle.)

He can also sulk for days if I make him do something he doesn't like (e.g. hoof care, which he seems to interpret as pointless torture), so I find it gratifying that every time we've used the packsaddle so far, he didn't try to avoid me the next day but came to greet me—he makes it very obvious when he is offended by an activity, and I'm glad that he seems to enjoy being asked to help carry things :).

When I bought the packsaddle I was a bit concerned about the girth being too small, because Pirou refused to let me measure his circumference beforehand (and I was pretty sure having to resort to some sort of girth extender would embarrass him) (but he does have a very round belly...)

But no; I was able to fasten all the straps—though I spared him the crupper strap at first.

I had to have two tall trees felled in the pasture (because of a project I will talk about in another post), and I also cut a couple of storm-damaged trees in my woods, so I spent a lot of time this year cutting & splitting logs. I now have several stacks quite far from my house, in places that can't be reached with a wheelbarrow, and my donkey's help is very appreciated to carry everything to the woodshed. Plus, the people who visit me are usually more into doing stuff with the llamas, so this allows me to give attention to Pirlouit too, while doing something useful.

Aren't you proud to be now in my Top 3 Most Useful Animals, Pirou?

... wait he's still grumbling about that one comment.

[blueberry-boyfriends]

Hmmmm

[you-can-call-me-my-lady]

When a boy doesn't do his chores properly, he earns himself a trip to the woodshed for a severe and corrective belting

[cheebuss]

Sniper studies bc hes got a lot going on idk how to draw him lol

[fishfilletinacan]

Oh Liu Mingyan would have been cancelled like THAT writing Regret of Chunshan if they had the internet. Someone catch this woman

[mother-lee]

[catzgam3rz]

God I love thunder SO MUCH

[sun-and-moon-mushroom]

AU where something goes very wrong a few months before the Immortal Alliance Conference (maybe Airplane picks up an artefact he thinks will be helpful?), and the SVSSS versions of SQQ and LBH swap bodies with their PIDW counterparts. The twist? They also all have amnesia.

O!SQQ and O!LBH wake up to people telling them how close they are and how happy everyone is to see that they’re alright, and accurately determine that Something is Up — and as much as they seem to dislike each other, if they’re going to figure out what’s going on behind the scenes, they’re going to have to grudgingly work together.

Meanwhile, in the PIDW timeline, LBH has quickly become convinced that the reason everyone seems to think they hate each other is because they’ve been hiding a secret forbidden romance. SQQ isn’t as convinced, but he’s bringing up some good arguments…

[zykamiliah]

corporal punishment=/=abuse

corporal punishment=/=deliberately allowing a child to use a manual that would kill him in the long run

corporal punishment=/=allowing and enabling bullying in your own peak

corporal punishment=/=putting a child to sleep in a woodshed

corporal punishment=/=sending a child to fight against a demon elder

corporal punishment=/=pushing a child into literal hell

hope that helps ♥

[three-red-horns]

Not your typical woodshed 😎 or where #3RHnaughty meets #FILF

[givemearmstopraywith]

crowdfunding a deprogramming retreat for fans of taylor swift we are all going to the unabomber cabin and i am forcing you to listen to music by black people until you start acting normal

[monstroso]

drawing is so fun. have you heard about this?

[jokeanddaggerdept]

[lazaruspiss]

[qqueenofhades]

Also, just as an overall observation, I really can't help but wonder how much better things might be if we actually tried to teach kids about the complexities of the world, rather than "Protecting Them."

(But that's the one thing the right wing literally can't stand, so god forbid we do that.)

[dirty-xenobladeconfessions]

I think my favorite part (besides the Fiora thing) of the xc3 art book interviews is, where Takahashi straight up admits that they made the villains in xc3 boring as hell on purpose. Not only did they make a mid game in general, no, they consciously made the decision to grace it with one-dimensional villains too.

They couldn't have waterboarded that out of me

ok you Have to be lying. no fucking shot they made 3 boring on purpose