The Owl's Bridge

Mainly yarn crafts with smatterings of my sculpture, jewelry, and sewing for good measure, with a happy handful of things that inspire me all mixed up. Feel free to talk to me about anything for any reason. Be well!

[cricketandlace]

Orchid Thief is finally finished! Check out the latest blog post for the details on why this shawl was a nightmare for me. Link in bio!

#knit #knitting #knitter #knittersofinstagram #yarn #yarnaddict #yarnporn #shawls #lace #happiness #blackgoatknitting #FrabjousFibers #Malabrigo

[hatandsandalsguy]

😍😍😍😍😍

[cordeliagrimm]

Hell's bells, that's gorgeous.

[coolthingoftheday]

This is a plant from the genus Trachyandra, specifically known as a Crassula succulent. They are mostly found throughout southern Africa and Madagascar. 

[geekghoulsmash]

I am reblogging so I can look into this more closely. Because 1. That looks kind of like polymer clay; and 2. Crassula is a genus of succulent, containing over 1400 species of plant, and I’m on mobile.

[madsciences]

I can never tell if succulents I haven’t seen are real or not because all succulents look fake in the first place

[avariea]

Here to tell you HAPPILY cause i love these plants that they are in fact real BUT the actual name of the plant is Trachyandra tortilis! They also come in a flat leaf version with curled or wavy leaves!!

[strawberrygiorno]

@cryptidkarkat

[awwww-cute]

Once in a lifetime shot. (Source: http://ift.tt/2kJ6bby)

[oceanimaging]

#octopus #underwatervideo

[dirtyhippieproductions]

[trapdoorlair]

Canada Lynx (x) 

The enormous paws *grabby hands*

[cordeliagrimm]

LOOKIT THEM PAWSIES ♡♡♡♡♡

[reyloismyendgame]

So can anyone translate this pattern for me? I’d really love to learn to make these cuties! It looks like it’s in Russian…?

[amazingamigurumi]

Someone translate it pleaseeeee >.<

[stitchedlovecrochet]

Head:

1: 6 sc in ring. (6)

2: INC around (12)

3: *sc, INC* around (18)

4: *INC, 2 sc* around (24)

5-8: sc around. (24)

9: *DEC, 2 sc* around (18) Stuff.

10: *sc, DEC* around (12)

11: DEC until closed.

BODY:

1: 6 sc in ring. (6)

2: INC around (12)

3: *sc, INC* around (18)

4-8: sc around (18)

fasten off, leave tail for attaching.

*One user suggest a button in the base for stability.

ARMS

1. 6 sc in ring. (6)

2: INC, sc 5. (7)

3-5: sc around. (7)

FEET:

1: 6 sc in ring. (6)

2: INC around (12)

3: sc around (12)

4:  *DEC, sc 2* around

TAIL:

1: 6 sc in ring. (6) 2: INC, sc 5 (7) 3: INC, sc 6 (8) 4: INC, sc 7 (9) 5: INC, sc 8 (10) 6: INC, sc 9 (11)

The spikes, google has no idea how to translate but they are commonly made with  5 DC in a stitch. You can either chain the length of the dino and attach after or do surface sc along the body if you are familiar with that. Then 5 DC in one, skip one, sl st, skip, repeat. 

[alexandratheterrible]

The bumblebee was officially added to the endangered species list.

 Please:

Go plant an organic flower native to wherever you are

Leave your “weeds” alone they probably aren’t hurting anything

Stop using/buying Roundup and all other insecticides, herbicides, pesticides. 

If you have a bee problem (which almost never happens) call a local beekeeper! They will remove them safely free of charge

Bumblebees usually nest underground and just wanna be left alone! They won’t hurt you. To prevent destroying their habit during hibernation, avoid mowing yards until April or May. If you do mow, raise the blades to the highest setting

Please save my fat clumsy fuzzy friends I love them and they’re very good pollinators.

[giantleopardmoth]

The specific species that was added was the rusty patched bumblebee, Bombus affinis, the first of any bumblebee species to be classed as endangered in the US.

However, bees as a whole remain threatened, especially native bees and bumblebees, and these are the ones we really need to be worrying about. Please, please, please stop using pesticides. The link between the decline of bees and the use of pesticides such as neonicotinoids has been firmly established. Every use of them brings us that tiny bit closer to the complete collapse of the ecosystem WE ARE A PART OF. It’s not a standalone. It all adds up.

Save the bees!

[mantaradio]

Remember that while yes, “support your local beekeeper” is excellent advice and very helpful, that really only applies to honeybees! Bumblebees do not make honey BUT they are very very very important pollinators, so it’s really important to be aware of your garden and the world around you. Pesticide and herbicide use are a huge problem, and there are a lot of great flowers and weeds that are great for bees. (Don’t know what those are? Google it, there’s a ton of websites with pages dedicated to this exact thing!) This is especially important for people living in the Midwest as that is where the rusty patched bumblebee lives!

[asgardian--angels]

If you’d like to learn more about native bees and what you can do to help (like make a rad BEE HOTEL!!) you can check out my lab’s public outreach site HERE :D It’s specific to New England USA but provides a lot of useful information that is widely applicable. 

I know there’s been a big push to care about honeybees - and don’t get me wrong, it’s great and it’s gotten so many people more aware of bee conservation - but native bees are in far more trouble, as they are not managed by people and thus when their numbers decline, no one’s ‘replacing’ them. We still don’t even know the life histories of a whole lot of native bees, or the complex interplay of different factors like climate change, neonicotinoids, habitat loss/conversion, introduced parasites (see Nosema bombi), genetic bottlenecks, and even competition with honeybees for resources that are contributing to their declines. And if we don’t know those things, even simple things like historic vs current ranges, abundances, and biodiversity of native bees, we can’t save them effectively! Bombus affinis is suffering severe and rapid population losses, but it’s not the only one. Bombus franklini is presumed extinct, and a whole handful of others - B. pensylvanicus, occidentalis, terricola, fervidus, ashtoni, the list goes on - are also showing big dropoffs, in just the last 30 years. 

We need bees - not just honeybees, but native bees too - to make most of our food (nearly anything that isn’t a cereal crop, aka a wind-pollinated grass) and they also have vital roles in their ecosystems by specializing on various plants. It’s crucial that we get information out about the importance of native bees before they really disappear. Help save our black, yellow, green, blue, red, fuzzy, shiny, friendly native bees! 

[scorpionflowery-blog]

[misuzu-is-life]

[cordeliagrimm]

I wasn't prepared for that, haha

[lookyarn]

my sock drawer (after four years of sock knitting), in a rainbow of flavors from bacon to lime.

[nick-avallone]

me: *sees a 150lb dog*

me: awww da little puppyyy

[animalrates]

This is Balto. He’s a very content doggo. He has a legendary tongue slippage. 10/10 would definitely pet forever and ever.

animal rates?

[animalrates]

Here’s a doggo realising you can stand in a pool. 13/10 enlightened af (vid by Tina Conrad)

more animals rated here

[ivar-the-real-wolfdog]

Ivar takes a trip to the coast to enjoy the beaches at Cape Kiwanda and Proposal Rock. You can learn about wolfdogs like Ivar at www.packwestwolfdogrescue.org, or by following our page on Facebook at www.facebook.com/PackWestWolfdogRescue 

[thestrigiform]

Eastern Screech-owl (Megascops asio) by Bryan Batley

[thoughts-memories]

[cordeliagrimm]

FLUFFY TUM