dearwhittacker

Things I draw and sometimes other things as well.

[bogleech]

The velvet worm Austroperipatus eridelos photographed by Gil Wizen!

[dearwhittacker]

I'm just a worm.

[sapphling]

nobody lures you into the fog anymore

[dearwhittacker]

floating along the foggy river

[hedgehog-moss]

I chainsaw'd in two the old stairs that were in the barn, and placed one half between my house and the greenhouse, where the steps I carved into the slope every year kept disappearing - but my new stairs got claimed by Nature in record time.

I decided to let nature (and snails) have this half, and placed the other half next to it so there could be stairs for humans.

...

The second half was immediately claimed by cats. I find a cat on a step every time I try to get to the greenhouse—you'd think this could be a multi-user space, but the cats insist on lounging across the whole step or else it’s not worth it—and if I bother them they make it abundantly clear whose stairs these are.

[neenarchive]

maidens if you are going to flee dramatically from my castle in the middle of the night once i reveal my true nature to you please leave your candelabra on the little ledge by the portcullis we are running out of them

[neenarchive]

starting to think these maidens are stumbling in soaked through from the rain just to steal my beautiful gowns and homewear are any of you actually lost

[elektrashocktherapy]

At the checkout in Home Goods loading the belt with nothing but candelabras in all shapes & sizes while the cashier watches sympathetically and asks if it’s the maidens again

[dearwhittacker]

found an old sketch whose filename is sweetboy.jpg and yes he is

[smithsonianlibrariesarchives]

“This is madness” thought The Collector “being up all night, trying to catch bugs. Why don’t I collect stamps or bottlecaps like a normal person…”

From: Taschenberg, Ernst Ludwig et al. - Die Insekten, Tausendfüssler und Spinnen (1877)

[personsonable-deactivated201908]

me holding a gun to a mushroom: tell me the name of god you fungal piece of shit

mushroom: can you feel your heart burning? can you feel the struggle within? the fear within me is beyond anything your soul can make. you cannot kill me in a way that matters

me cocking the gun, tears streaming down my face: I’M NOT FUCKING SCARED OF YOU

[miaislying]

Hey OP? What the FUCK does this mean?

[personsonable-deactivated201908]

decay exists as an extant form of life

[miaislying]

That’s a terrifying answer, have a nice day

[dearwhittacker]

A nice warm-up drawing.

[everydaylouie]

princes with a thousand enemies

[annavonsyfert]

no nerds

[dearwhittacker]

Oh hey what's goin' on

[stars-bean]

Kiki's Delivery Service | 魔女の宅急便 (1989) dir. Hayao Miyazaki

[enchantedbook]

“Torn Between Good and Evil” or “The Trapped”

Illustration by J. J. Grandville, from Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux (“Scenes from the Private and Public Lives of Animals”), 1841–1842

[kimyoonmiauthor]

US Book ban on LGBTQIA books

The Nationwide Book Ban Bill Moves to the House: How to Take Action Now

The nationwide book ban bill, HR 7661, has progressed out of committee and into the House. Here's what you need to know to take action.

At least hit the shiny repost button if you're going to do nothing else. This should not stand.

Stop the bill dead in its tracks. LGBTQIA people have a right to be represented in books.

[dearwhittacker]

Plant shopping 🌸

[dearwhittacker]

Every time the McElroys talk about food i very much crave whatever it is, like I'm listening to the Totinos special episode and i want NOTHING MORE than to be eating totino pizza rolls right now