The Bain of My Existence

She/her. 40s. Wife, Mother, Knitter, Follower of Various Fandoms, Animal Lover (especially kitties), Music Connoisseur, Leftist.

[vigilantsycamore]

Every "online autism test" is like

Question n: Do you struggle with answering ambiguous or unclear questions?

Yes

No

Question n+1: Are sounds good?

Yes

No

[monkeymick]

[jackkdaniels]

look at me. listen to me. this is directed at americans for the record. the reason you think North American animals are boring is because you live here. there are so many cool and beautiful animals here. we have beavers. we have wolves. we have moose. we have sea lions. we have armadillos. we have mountain lions. we have alligators. we have foxes. we have bighorn sheep. we have manatees. we have bears. we have ocelots. we have BISON. and that’s not even touching on the birds! or the turtles! or the snakes! we have amazing beautiful and diverse wildlife right here and it deserves to be appreciated and protected

[matt-the-blind-cinnamon-roll]

Possums are the only North American marsupial, they eat ticks and keep down cases of Lyme, and they can't carry rabies! We only have two native boa constrictors; the rubber boa and the rosy boa! Bison and the American Alligator are LITERAL MEGAFAUNA LEFT OVER FROM PREHISTORY!

[scifigrl47]

When I was a teenager, I was hiking with my family on Cape Cod. I was not a willing participant to these hikes; I would've preferred to be back at our rental cabin with a book.

But my parents were birders, so hiking we did go.

And about a mile up the trail, a woman came rushing up to us, clutching her binoculars to her chest. "Come quickly," she said, with a British accent. "You have to see this!"

This is what birders are like. They are as excited about a life bird as any fan would be spotting their favorite celebrity. You have to see, you have to.

So my parents rushed off with her, and I plodded along behind them.

To find a cluster of Brits huddled in a bird blind, staring at..

A blue jay.

A goddamn blue jay.

And I was a teenager, but I knew better then to mouth off in front of my mom. So I nodded, and smiled, and bit my tongue, until an elderly man looked at me with tears in his eyes, and said, "Isn't it BEAUTIFUL?"

And I stopped. And looked at it. The way they were. As if it were new. And damned if they weren't right.

I think of that, to this day. That sometimes, you need to step back, and see the world as if it were new. Strange, and haunting, and beautiful, so beautiful.

[falconratesbirds]

Isn't it BEAUTIFUL?

[tikkunolamresistance]

— via The Slow Factory on Instagram !

[alphauke]

idk what ur talking about this is raw as hell

[terpsikeraunos]

neolithic people were like these rocks need spirals. and they were right.

[maybeescapingideas-deactivated2]

Kilmarten Glen, Scotland

Algeria, Sahara, North Africa

Nine Mile Canyon, Utah, USA

South Goa, India

[iosonomer-blog]

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

Get cocooned

[thecrochetcrab]

I'm so excited to introduce you to Crab Pouch

I made it for holding all my crochet hooks. Not only does it hold all of them, it holds the roll I made for steel hooks (or micro hooks) and has room for more!

Nov 11 22

[lasttarrasque-deactivated202411]

Your [insert consumer good here] is now 3.5% more expensive? Oh you poor baby.

Most people in Gaza don’t have food.

[memewhore]

[memeartisan]

[aflo]

[yuumei-art]

Space Shroom for getting so high, you’d be out of the exosphere ⭐🌟✨

[memoryslandscape-deactivated202]

“It is not enough to weep for our lost landscapes; we have to put our hands in the earth to make ourselves whole again. Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift.”

— Robin Wall Kimmerer, from Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (Milkweed Editions, 2020)

[blueaubrey]

First time posting my knitting to tumblr. Look at my Bug Son

[bainofmyexistence]

I finished knitting my Prairie Fire Sweater by TinCanKnits. I started this over 4 years ago. I just have to be in the right mind frame to do lace, because it’s so mentally taxing to me to concentrate on lace charts. Hopefully I’ll get to wear it at least once before it gets too warm again.

[demilypyro]

Guys

[demilypyro]

I have to go to Japan right fucking now. she's waiting for me

[certifiedgirlthing]

It's about €25, maybe a bit less.

[zmpl]

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