my garden will grow so high

👁️👁️👁️ teth | xie/him/his | 29 some sort of disabled butch thing art, birds, fish, occasional fandoms. 👁️👁️👁️

[glassgrayve]

crystal cats

[hagiharatakuya]

萩原 卓哉／Hagihara Takuya

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[pokimoko]

'Tis the week of aces, my friends, and therefore my time-honoured duty to share with you all some silly little critters to celebrate the occasion. ✨Stay cool, you marvellous aces✨

(If you'd like, you can also check out these critters' friends from 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.)

[awkwardbirdsdreaming]

Me if I was a duck with my beautiful duck wife, and fish swimming in the sky for some reason.

Wishing everyone a lovely June :>

[julykings]

in my delicate nature

[kelpforestdwellers]

Ok this is a long shot but, crafts minded people, can anyone think of any crafts that fit this absurdly stringent list of requirements?

Can be done in low light.

Can be done lying down flat.

No mess, ie paint or small beads that could get lost in a bed.

Can be done in intervals of 5-10 minutes - easy to put down and pick back up without messing it up.

Does not require a lot of arm movement - can be done with just hands, with upper arms and elbows at rest.

All necessary items can fit in a fairly small pouch, like a pencil case or toiletry bag, to remain self contained and take up minimal space.

Setup and takedown takes a couple minutes max.

Learning curve is cognitively gentle, ie no complex knitting math type thing.

Please feel free to reblog and appreciate any suggestions. It's difficult finding fulfilling activities compatible with my disabilities!

[kelpforestdwellers]

Ahhh I didn't expect so many responses! 😭 Thank you all so much! I can't wait to start looking into them in more detail.

For now I'll just clarify - lying flat on back or side. If I could lie on my stomach that would open up a lot of options because it would be much easier to look down at something I'm doing in front of me with my hands.

And I'd be able to lay the activity down on a surface and use both my hands to engage with it. As it stands, I need to be able to both hold up the activity where I can see it (if it's vision dependent) and do the activity at the same time.

[kelpforestdwellers]

Bonus points if it involves music or sound! Maybe I should learn to play the ocarina.

[kelpforestdwellers]

I can't convey how touched and grateful I am that so many people offered so many applicable ideas. I feel like my life could open up in ways that I didn't think were possible.

I've picked just one to start with. I want to try everything! But I am now too old and sensible to indulge that impulse. I'll start with one, and if that becomes habit or doesn't work out I'll try something else.

Not gonna say which one yet, because I think there's some truth in the concept that talking about something you're gonna do in advance can sap the motivation to actually do it, by prematurely triggering the internal reward signals.

I would also take it as a personal kindness if you would consider reblogging this. You all have created a treasure trove in the comments that can be life changing for people in situations like mine, and I would love for them to get the chance to see it. I have very specific requirements but I'm sure many of these ideas would be helpful for people in a variety of circumstances.

[starrynet]

that’s his little guy!!

[littleguysdaily]

I wish I had what they have...

[cunked]

touch water (touch grass for people who like swimming)

[hagofbolding]

Studies from a trip to Alaska earlier this week. I could have stayed forever

[fellweather]

some of the seals in the seal hospital zeehondencentrum (from reference)

[saffronbaklava]

that coffee and pastry will save your life btw

[urgetocreate]

Yuri Kugach (Russian 1917–2013), Apple Blossom Twig, 1971, Oil on canvas

[rearte2]

by Wojciech Fangor

[finalgirldigital]

People love natives in such a superficial way. People wanna stand with natives when we’re talking about the trees, and the land. People wanna stand with natives when we talk about philosophies of love and togetherness. But as soon as it’s time to talk about political side of being native. About dismantling a system built on the genocide of our people. About how we need a new system that isn’t built upon capital gain and benefitting white bodies. About putting up a fight. About how the colonial state we reside in is a disgusting imperial plague on this land. Suddenly y’all don’t wanna talk native.

[neechees]

"They spent hundreds of years trying to assimilate my ancestors, trying to create indians like me, who could blend in, but now they don’t want me either. They can’t make up their minds.

They want buckskin and face paint, drumming, songs in languages they can’t understand recorded for them but with English subtitles, of course. They want educated, well spoken, but not too smart. Christian, well behaved, never question. They want to learn the history of the people, but not the ones that are here now, waving signs in their faces, asking them for clean drinking water, asking them why their women are going missing, asking them why their land is being ruined.

They want fantastical stories of Indians that used to roam this land. They want my culture behind glass in a museum.

But they don’t want me." -Shelby Lisk

[nemuiro]

みんな寝起き

Everyone Just Woke Up

[hagiharatakuya]

萩原 卓哉／Hagihara Takuya

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[jareckiworld]

Vanessa Smith — Motel Part 1 (oil and acrylic on board, 2014)