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Cutiefly, Gen VII

I give you the bee fly

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im sorry if this is a silly question, but

WHY THE FUCK HAVE YOU NOT BITCH SLAPPED THAT HORRID CREATURE OUT OF EXISTENCE?!

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Hello again! I got a mild question!

Why might this lovely little lady have chosen to perch on my Tea Tree oil, when I have lavender and eucalyptus oil right nearby?

PS. She was very patient while I took my pictures xD

Lol I have no idea, especially because tea tree oil is supposed to be a natural mosquito repellent. Maybe this mosquito is just a rebel ;) Or it was just a handy place to land. I sure don’t now enough about mosquitoes and essential oils to say.

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Captain! If this is the same plant as the spider was on, the smoke could kill it, which would result in your travel to Arachne's Hell upon your passing.

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Teeny weeny snail friend my mum found whilst potting plants! 🐌 He was a very curious lil dude, and so very handsome c:

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Samarinth's Advice

1. It is angry

2. It is scared

3. Offer it a cup of Bronber brand Gnat Tea

4. You now have a new friend

Freaky but cute jumping spider on one my succulents~ I like to think he’s waving at me in the second gif, but he’s probably telling me to piss off ♥

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Samarinth's Advice

1. It is cursed

2. Banish it from your life, lest ye be cursed with a plagued rain upon your crops for 81 years and three days

Beetle & Flower Amulet in the shop now🖤

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After harvesting, you can clean and prepare the mushrooms right away or let them sit pore-side up in the sun for a day to boost their vitamin D content.

Remove the dirt off with a mushroom brush or vegetable scrubber and then slice the polypore into thin strips. At this point, you can use the mushrooms right away or dry them for later use.

If weather permits, continue to dry the mushrooms in the sun until they lose their pliability and snap easily when bent.

Another option is to dehydrate the slivers of mushrooms. Use the lowest setting and dry until they break when bent. After letting them air out a bit to remove any possibility for condensation build-up, store the dehydrated mushroom slivers in glass jars or another airtight container. Dehydrated mushrooms can be stored almost indefinitely.

HOT WATER EXTRACTION:

Making mushroom tea is a good way to extract the flavour and nutrients from tough, woody or rubbery mushrooms like birch polypore, turkey tail, chaga and other fungi that are too tough or leathery to eat.

Once the mushrooms have been cleaned and prepared, you’ll want to simmer them in hot water to release the medicinal properties. Bring water to a boil and then reduce head to a simmer before adding your birch polypore.

While many advise letting the mushroom simmer for at least an hour, I recommend a maximum of 15 to 20 minutes to avoid having the tea become too bitter. Drink your birch polypore tea right away or save it for later use.

Birch polypore tea can be kept in the fridge for a few days or frozen into ice cubes.  Add the liquid or ice cubes to soup or stews to enhance the medicinal value of your meals while masking the bitter flavour.

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Fomitopsis betulina | the Birch Polypore.

As the name suggests, it grows on dead or dying Birch trees. It’s a parasite to living trees slowly killing them. If you see a polypore growing on a living birch, consider the tree doomed.

It is a potentially edible mushroom, although only when the fruit body is young. Older, it becomes too dry and hard.

However, you can use these polypores to make tea. Birch Polypore is known to have medicinal uses (as a tonic for the immune system, as an antiseptic and probably was used by Bronze Age man to get rid of parasitic worms, and is said to have anticancer properties, too).

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Lesbians

The Kiss of the oceans - postcard from 1923

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A Gathering of Forest Elves, disguised as Moss

mossy tree stump - a really close look

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A Gnome's Dwelling, held up by a Mushroom

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Postal envelope art

Honey Agaric. Artist: S. Kupriyanov (С. Куприянов) |  USSR, 1975

Champignons/ Agaricus bisporus. Artist: N. Ignatiev (Н. Игнатьев ) | USSR, 1980

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*takes fashion advice from 80’s music videos*

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and Good Morrow to ye as well.

Good Morning!

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