Just Earthy

This is my place for utter randomness, whatever blows through my mind that I'd like to share with you. Quite often this will be Earth related, geology, history, nature types of things, but I refuse to restrict myself :)

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#tbt When I was volunteering for a local animal rescue organization they had a fundraiser at a Reno casino and had these guys perform. Pretty cool and done with thrown-away dogs rescued from the animal shelter. #throwbackthursday #rescuedpetsarethebestpets #rescuedpets #dogs #performingdogs #performance #silly #lol #circuscircus #reno #jrjohns #doggonesilly #jrjohnsandhishilarioushounds https://www.instagram.com/p/CDkcyY9sAW4/?igshid=86wjjdib2plb

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That better be for me... Barbara eyes a tin of butter cookies and decides it should belong to her (no, of course she didn't get any). #beardeddragon #beardeddragonsofinstagram #beardeddragonlife #food #cookies #feedme #feedmeseymour #lizard #reptile #pets #petsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CA2V563Ai3Z/?igshid=sbctvk0o0wbm

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Hammie 🐹 decided to help himself to the jar of treats by crawling right inside. Fake red food coloring is so much better than healthy pellets obviously 🙄 Brat. #hamster #hamstersofinstagram #winterwhite #winterwhitehamster #treats #sneaky #piggy https://www.instagram.com/p/B_2N7M9AUyx/?igshid=aurmu44jvtic

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Azi loves his humid hide cave. He really likes to sit with his head out so he can see what's going on. Ball pythons shed better when given a humid hide, but finding a good cave can be difficult. Azi is a male, so he stays a bit smaller and he fits perfectly in a large Exo-Tera Snake Cave https://amzn.to/2wMUOdo #snake #ballpython #cave #humidhide https://www.instagram.com/p/B_CQAihAl-Q/?igshid=1s59j6ke9kihg

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We’re celebrating National Get Outdoors Day with this beautiful photo of Spray Park Trail, which winds through meadows and forests at Mount Rainier National Park in Washington. This 6-mile trail offers spectacular views of fields of wildflowers alongside va waterfall and Mowich Glacier. Even if you can’t make it to the park, get inspired and find public lands near you to make the most of this special day! Need more inspiration? Check out some of our favorite public lands photos at: http://on.doi.gov/1PkhGOq Photo by Sam Braverman (www.sharetheexperience.org). 

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Avalanche Lake at Glacier National Park in Montana is your perfect summer escape. Surrounded by old growth cedar and hemlock forests, the cool water of the lake takes the edge off the warmth of the sun. Marvel at the reflections in the lake and listen as the wind plays its symphony in the trees of this natural amphitheater. Photo by Tim Rains, National Park Service.

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Sunset ignites the clouds around Mount Rainier’s summit in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington. To see this, hike up to Glacier Overlook and enjoy wonderful views of forests, meadows, streams, mountains and wildlife. There’s so much to experience, you might even miss the marmots. Can you spot the one in this picture? Photo by Howard Snyder (www.sharetheexperience.org).

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In the shadow of Wheeler Peak at Great Basin National Park in Nevada, ancient bristlecone pine trees grow on rocky glacial moraines – creating a surreal and beautiful landscape. Bristlecone pines are the world’s longest living tree. At Great Basin, a 4,900+ year old tree was removed from the Wheeler Peak grove in 1964. Photo of Bristlecone Pine at sunset by Kelly Carroll, National Park Service.

[alishav]

Diatomaceous Earth is a material composed of tiny diatoms and mined to be used as a safe pest control, food additive, and for numerous other uses. Chemically-altered DE is also used in pool filters.

Even something that just looks like white dirt is full of tiny life. Diatomaceous Earth is made of fossilized microscopic creatures called diatoms. Life is all around us.

Click the link to read more about DE.

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Looks like the left one’s wearing socks. [video]

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And...1...2...3...attack!

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Just Earthy turned 3 today!

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Orbing at Humpty Doo by Charles Strebor on EyeEm

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“Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon.”

Oscar Wilde

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The Earth rests in our hands.

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Our task must be to free ourselves... by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.

Albert Einstein

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Everything we are is from Earth. You should love her as you love yourself since she is where you came from and where you will return.

Alisha Vargas