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saw some probably priceless glass sculptures and more importantly a very cool bug

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Astronauts are so funny man. Here's just a couple of things I've found hilarious from this past week of space stuff:

It's probably already been spread around here enough already, but in case anyone's missed it; 7 hours after launch, commander Reid Wiseman, dealing with tech issues, uttered the generational quote "I have two Microsoft Outlooks and neither one of those are working."

After fixing the issues that were afflicting the onboard toilet, mission specialist Christina Koch (who has quickly become my favourite of the four) laughingly said “I’m the space plumber, I’m proud to call myself the space plumber.”

On Easter Sunday, the Artemis II crew hosted a makeshift egg hunt, by hiding packets of dehydrated scrambled eggs around their Orion capsule.

The way the crew always makes sure to make it very clear they're in space when doing interviews. From stuff like Wiseman just hanging out floating sideways on screen or Koch letting her hair loose so it can freely span out flowing around her.

While in transit, the crew decided to record a parody of those bad 80s sitcom intros where everyone turns and smiles at the camera.

When the crew reached the furthest point from Earth in the mission, they jokingly clambored over each other in an effort to get to the far side of the capsule, so that they could individually claim to be the furthest person from earth.

At the same time, on the ISS which was at the time on the other side of earth, the 7 astronauts onboard had a light-hearted race to the far side of the station, making jokes about being the furthest humans from Artemis.

On the way back to earth, NASA actually managed to establish an audio call between the crews of the ISS and Artemis II (where they shared the above info), and Koch called one member of the ISS crew, Jessica Meir, her "astro-sister" as the two of them previously spacewalker together in 2019. Meir then responded I'm so happy that we are back in space together, even if we are a few miles apart" (a few here being 230,000).

While Jeremy Hansen was doing an interview, Wiseman and Koch were just in the background swatting the mission mascot (a little moon plush toy named Rise) back and forth between each other.

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daygecko plushies!

their feets? magnetised

made of super soft mochi minky

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Tumblr is like our elderly dog and when she makes an especially scary cough we apparently think "oh god it's the big one"

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busy day at the bird feeder

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Thistle, 1886 Fidelia Bridges

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I got this gorgeous, giant ponytail palm on end of season clearance, mostly to serve as a decoy for my terrible little kitten who loves plant mischief. Its supposed to look so appealing to silly little kitten brains.

And he's definitely interested in the pony tail palm, but he still wants to hang out in my monstera

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we met some turkeys yesterday

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I moved this plant out of my bedroom for a few weeks and Birdy cat ignored it the whole time but now that it's back in my bedroom he can't stay out of it

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Requisite Yearly We Do Not Buy from Baker Creek post

It's seed catalog time! One of my favorite times of year, honestly. While my garden mostly sleeps, full of dry leaves and fluffed-up birds and cold breezes, I'm indoors contemplating tomato varieties and telling myself that *this* will at last be the year I get the peas in on time.

As it is that appointed time, my usual yearly reminder: don't buy from Baker Creek!

Baker Creek are racist, fascist assholes! They intended to platform Cliven Bundy at their yearly conference, and Native seedkeepers have said that Baker Creek stole from them (and sell the product of that theft). They did a For Ukraine fundraiser that actually went to a far-right Ukrainian organization invested in obliterating LGBT rights.

Baker Creek might have some fun varieties of seed, but I can very nearly guarantee that if you see something there you want, I can find it or an analogue for you somewhere else.

Here's a selection of seed companies I personally have bought from, or people I trust have recommended; there will be a secondary and possibly tertiary reblog, since Tumblr only allows me to do ten links at once. If there's a company you've bought from and liked, please leave a review for them in the comments! What did you get, what did you like, how was the germination? Native Seed Companies: (please, please feel free to add more in comments to this post)

Alliance of Native Seedkeepers - Heirloom Seeds & Heritage

Discover unique heirloom and non-GMO seeds at Alliance of Native Seedkeepers. As a Native American-led store, we specialize in over 1,500 va

native seeds search arid-adapted heirloom seeds from the southwest

Native Seeds Search is a non-profit that conserves and sells heirloom seeds, foods and Native American art and jewelry from the Southwest. W

Companies Specializing in Native Pollinator Plants and Seed:

Butterfly Plants, Seeds, Photos & Tips For Your Butterfly Garden

Butterfly Plants and Seeds for your garden by Joyful Butterfly, native, always safe for all pollinators! Attract butterflies. Shop Now!

New to me last year, but HIGHLY RECOMMENDED seed preservation company (they have an incredible selection! My 2023 germination of their seed was like 98%! But they only accept paper order forms):

Heirloom seeds, organic sweet potato slips and heritage poultry. Sandhill Preservation Center has over 2500 varities to choose from.

Cool weird nightshades, I got a bunch of dwarf tomato seeds from them last year and THEY didn't suffer from peppergate because they're a small company that does a lot of their own seed:

Heirloom Vegetable Seeds | HRSeeds

Many new Heirloom Vegetable Seeds are available: Tomatoes, Peppers, Kohlrabi, Pumpkin, Lettuce, Cabbage, Corn, Beet, Herbs, Carrot, Onion, B

A list of ten more companies or so, which I buy from every year, will follow in a reblog in about two minutes; please share that one instead of this one.

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Seed Companies From Whom I Buy Seeds Every Year:

Home - SeedSavers

Since 1975, Seed Savers Exchange has worked to keep heirloom seeds where they belong, in our gardens and on our tables.

Johnny's helps growers and gardeners succeed with superior seeds, tools and service. Quality vegetable, herb and flower seeds including cert

Want to try just a few of something? Seedsnow is *really cheap*.

Where to find rare high-quality organic Non-GMO heirloom garden seeds

Shop unique and rare seeds for organic gardening. All NON-GMO heirloom Non-Hybridized OP seed varieties! Buy seeds online and get FAST Shipp

Harris Seeds: Vegetable Seeds, Flower Seeds, Plants & Growing Supplies

Harris Seeds has been a leading supplier of the finest quality vegetable seeds, flower seeds, plants, and supplies for growers across the co

Pinetree Garden Seeds - Superseeds.com

Year Round Source For Home Gardeners! Huge selection of Vegetable Seeds including Heirlooms & Organics, as well as Flower and Herb seeds, an

I got my first real year of tomato seeds from Totally Tomatoes, and a full decade on I'm still getting germination from packets I bought that season:

Totally Tomatoes is family owned & operated. We are a leading supplier of non-GMO, heirloom, vegetable plants & seeds, herbs, fruit, and sup

HUGE selection of most every kind of bean you might want to grow:

Garden seeds, plants, accessories including vegetable seeds, perennials, annuals, fruits, bulbs, roses and trees, Learn miniature and contai

Uprising Seeds 100% Certified Organic Seed Farm

Uprising Seeds is a small family run certified organic seed farm and the culmination of years of fresh market farming, variety trialing, see

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It's not a bad idea to get in on Autumn and Winter seed sales--things are pretty rough right now, planning a garden can give you the feeling of a bit more stability and control--so I'm reposting this a bit early, this year!

Look through the notes for other people's reblogs with comments for other seed companies, too! Some great stuff in there.

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Hello, this is my new kitten Birdy. Birdy likes to climb trees. Even little lemon trees