The Secret Garden 🗝

she fought with the wind, and it made her strong.

[lottafuckingshit]

Ok I read all the books and this is my contribution to the fandom. I’m sorry.

[chicanery-dubious]

remembered this gem just now

[my-dailydreams]

working so hard so my cat can have this

[drdaanvondutch]

in law school, my mom took me to this stress retreat because my family was vaguely aware i was a suicide risk. and they didnt allow phones, so i brought this huge bag of books. and one of the options for "destressing" was this fake cave grotto thing, where they'd decorated a room to make it look exactly like an underground cave and the air was like -10 degrees, but there was a like 4ft deep pool in the middle that was kept super super hot, so you would just switch between the hot and cold. and they would bring you an endless supply of this weird syrupy drink thing that was like super caffeinated and tasted like sugar and mint. and so i spent multiple days sitting half submerged in this fake grotto drinking mystery liquid and reading. and i have to be honest i really did feel less stressed

[batsandbutch]

[depsidase]

[trapny]

This is more inspirational than I think it was originally intended to be

[great-and-small]

Saddest thing ever is reading an academic paper about a threatened or declining species where you can tell the author is really trying to come up with ways the animal could hypothetically be useful to humans in a desperate attempt to get someone to care. Nobody gives a shit about the animals that “don’t affect” us and it seriously breaks my heart

[great-and-small]

“No I can’t come out tonight I’m sobbing about this entomologist’s heartfelt plea for someone to care about an endangered moth”

[bogleech]

This is how I learn there's a moth whose tiny caterpillars live exclusively off the old shells of dead tortoises.

[thepastisaroadmap]

[Image description: text from a section titled On Being Endangered: An Afterthought that says:

Realizing that a species is imperiled has broad connotations, given that it tells us something about the plight of nature itself. It reminds us of the need to implement conservation measures and to protect the region of which the species is a part. But aside form the broader picture, species have intrinsic worth and are deserving of preservation. Surely an oddity such as C. vicinella cannot simply be allowed to vanish.

We should speak up on behalf of this little moth, not only because by so doing we would bolster conservation efforts now underway in Florida, [highlighting begins] but because we would be calling attention to the existence of a species that is so infinitely worth knowing. [end highlighting]

But is quaintness all that can be said on behalf of this moth? Does this insect not have hidden value beyond its overt appeal? Does not its silk and glue add, potentially, to its worth? Could these products not be unique in ways that could ultimately prove applicable?

End image description]

[headspace-hotel]

because we would be calling attention to the existence of a species that is so infinitely worth knowing

[rackiera]

I was so inspired by this I made it into a piece of art for a final in one of my courses for storytelling in conservation

[a-book-of-creatures]

[lleyksie]

more ancient horse mamaposting

[dakeus-art]

I've always loved drawing swamps and water lillies

And ladies covered in blood

[witchinatower]

Executive dysfunctioning Mabel, because she totally has ADHD (Also could be read as Sleepy College Mabel if you want)

Ref under the cut!

[timefortigers]

problem i have is whenever i read write say or hear "sugar baby" my brain is like oh yeah, i know what that is! pretty sure we can reliably derive meaning for this term based on other definitions that precede it in our internal lexicon, like "sugar glider" and "bush baby". we are definitely talking about some kind of small arboreal marsupial with large eyes. it's probably not ethical for this wealthy patron to be keeping one as a pet

[casarole76]

[ibrithir-was-here]

In honor of The Professor’s bday today, I redrew on of my first and favorite bits of Silmarillion Silliness xD

old version here, crazy improvement in 5 years

[morningsaidthemoon]

I am on the library waiting list for book two

[becomeanunconsciousman-deactiva]

if karl marx was born today he would be a baby. and it would be his birthday

[aciidwire]

[bace-jeleren]

It is your sworn duty, when you're in your 30's, to do something every day that would have gotten you viciously bullied in high school.

[bace-jeleren]

Getting a lot of comments and tags on this that are like "they bullied me for just existing:/" SO EXIST!!!! GET OUT THERE AND LIVE AND KEEP LIVING!!!!!!! KEEP ON BEING YOU!!!!!!!!!

[persianmom-deactivated20260602]

I Will Get The Light Back In My Eyes in 2026

[apjvff]

If you don’t let go of your prejudices and past grudges, your heart won’t blossom. 2013 is coming, let’s make a change. We only have one planet so let’s show each other some kindness.

[a-french-guardsman]

Incredibly niche discourse in the group Discord