Aria's Adventures

(she/they)~Lesbian~Come follow the strange life of a disabled girl who doesn't leave the house!

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Hi everyone!!!!

I honestly don't even know what i'm doing here but I thought it would be fun to blog into the echo chamber. Anyways I'm Aria! My life isn't too exciting honestly but I'll go over the basics.

-I'm in school (not giving my age bc Internet safety and all that)

-I don't really have friends so I'm trying taking to the Internet void

-I've got some health issues so I don't really leave the house outside of appointments bleh

-I love flowers I always have fresh ones in my room and grow them in the garden currently I have hyacinths but my favorites are peonies

-I'm a lesbian... no girlfriend unfortunately though but here's hoping!

Anyways that's me!

Come back soon for more adventures with Aria!

THIS IS AN ARG I AM NOT REAL

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Did you know that there's a forest that spans over 100 acres where all the trees are connected by a single root system? It's called Pando and it's in Utah, made of Aspen trees, so let's talk about them. It's an Aria speciality... A plant rant!

So Aspen as usual is a common term as opposed to the scientific term, it refers to the genus Populus or as it's most commonly known poplar. In older English it's also been referred to as Asp.

Their colonies grow ridiculously fast, spreading around three feet per year which quickly leads to exponential growth.

They grow in colder regions of the northern hemisphere, growing best in areas already heavily dominated by coniferous trees. Though they do need a fair bit of sun to grow so they can thrive after a fire since it clears the area and allows for the most sun to get to them. They are also extremely resistant to said fires since their roots are far deeper under the ground from the point heat could get to them after that they simply regrow their saplings and produce new trees.

They are vital to their ecosystems especially for butterflies as unlike many trees their bark is base-rich and provides a host for their larvae.

I mean don't get me wrong, trees aren't real, but these guys are cool.

Aria

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Anyone ever think about like ghosts and other supernatural beings existing? Honestly with all the weirdness that is my life I kinda think it might be true. All the little annoyances and lies could be blamed for it. I dunno, short post because now I'm paranoid about being haunted.

Aria

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Okay so I've been doing more people watching and I have a bunch of stuff to report!

That really pretty cat I mentioned before seems to be getting a friend and might be getting adopted!

There's this kid/teen maybe who's been coming to the park and sitting there doing what I assume is writing under a tree with their laptop for like two hours in the late afternoon/evening.

Squirrel war, just squirrel war. I've mentioned it before but squirrel war.

The unhoused group who asked me for a song request played it again multiple times.

That's all for today. Not a ton of interesting stuff to report on recently.

Aria

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I tried again at the word search thingy. Hopefully this works better! I used a different program and made it harder.

Aria

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The flowers on your chair are beautiful darling.

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Awww thanks! I got annoyed with the default designs and painted them myself!

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My garden smelled weird today if that makes any sense, like not strongly but kinda like someone waved a bunch of plants I don't have around? And like normally smells are concentrated around my garden because it's got all the things that make big smells but this time it seemed stronger around my window it was weird. Anyways I feel like I'm going crazy but what else is new?

Aria

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Plant rant!!!

I'd like to introduce you to the genus Schlumbergera from the tribe Spectansdeae, a beautiful cactus native to South-East Brazil's costal mountains. They're also sometimes known as crab cactus, Christmas cactus, Thanksgiving cactus, and holiday cactus. Though in Brazil the genus is often called Flor de Maio or May flower.

It thrives in a variety of temperatures and the flowers can change color dependent on the temperatures they're grown in. For instance typically yellow or white varietals grown in temperatures below 57 °F can instead become pink or even red. Many have also theorised their color may be dependant on how iron rich the soil is. They grow best in hummus rich, slightly acidic, free draining soils. That often means if you just buy commercial slightly acidic soil with some kind of inert mix in like sharp sand you should be alright. They're not as drought resistant as most cacti but they're still much more than most house plants, try to keep their soil just moist for optimum growing. However they do not like much sun, they need to spend the majority of time away from the sun and should be removed from it immediately if their stems to get red/brown as it's a sign of overexposure to sunlight. And generally thrives best in temperatures of around 70-80°F.

If you're looking for a bit of an easier plant and don't like leaving the dark of your room I'd consider growing one!

A little adventure in an easier plant to grow!

Aria

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I hate creeps, like what the fuck is wrong with people?

Like seriously, being a girl on the Internet sucks. These were sent at like 3 am.

Aria

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I pulled an all nighter, I couldn't sleep, paranoia. I'm just so tired of feeling watched.

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Peony appreciation time!

If you don't like the peony get off my page. Peony supremacy!

Aria

(the peony girl)

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So like I was saying yesterday vegetables aren't real, they're not an actual classification botanically it's just a culinary term. Cauliflower and broccoli are just flowers, celery and asparagus are stalks, lettuce and spinach are leaves, carrots are roots, we all know tomatoes are fruits but so are peppers, potatoes are tubers, depending on the stage of growth corn can be a grain or a fruit!

In other words vegetables aren't real in the world of Botany.

Aria

Also this is not a vegetable but bananas are berries botanically.

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Fun fact, vegetables also not real.

No I will not be elaborating today, come back tomorrow if you want the truth about vegetables...

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Are you doing ok? You haven't posted in quite a few days

Yeah sorry flare ups suck, I've been in a ton of pain and just exhausted the last few days.

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Since April showers bring May flowers I thought I'd show off some garden photos!

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Okay I'm getting really pissed, once again my mum is claiming she's not the one who keeps leaving footprints in my garden. But there's literally just nobody else it could be. We live alone and I don't walk, it's not hard to figure it out. I just wish I could catch her, I could basically stick my head out the window to go to the garden. #groundfloorliving am I right?

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Because plants are cool let's do another plant rant! But a mini one this time!

Let's meet Eriodictyon parryi from the Eriodictyon genus, better known as poodle-dog bush. Now it's what we in the business of plants call a pyrophite, or a fire chaser, the seeds lay dormant for years until the heat essentially wakes it up and causes it to grow. Cool right? Not to mention it's flowers are absolutely gorgeous.

It's endemic to regions of California and can be a skin irritant so treat with care!