Neri The Nature Girl

Idk i just be having fun 20 | choccy milk connoisseur

[nerium-delirium]

About me!

Hi! I’m Neri

I’m a 20yo from Alabama.

My Tagging System:

Neri OC - my original posts

Neri adds - posts I added onto

Neri pets - pictures/stories of past or current pets

Neri eq - equestrian things

Neri k9 - dog stuff

Neri txt - original text posts

Neri pix - original photos

Neri music - music things

HWF Honkers - posts featuring the geese that live on the lake by my house

Other things

I am not interested in politics or discourse, so please do not involve or engage me in that.

My blog is a friendly place for most people regardless of beliefs. However, there are exceptions to this.

Do not interact:

Pedophiles/MAPs

Racists

Homophobes

Misogynists

fetish/bdsm blogs

[bunjywunjy]

I just went to a local sit down restaurant with mother. It was a Mexican restaurant.

For 35 dollars we got a pair of drinks (free refills) six enchiladas between us plus two sides a piece, plus I ordered dessert (flan). And two things of chips and salsa.

My average order from taco bell for just me is about 20 dollars at the minimum.

My mom has decided we are going back at least once a week if we can... and never going to taco bell ever again.

FUCK FAST FOOD SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL MEXICAN JOINT

[nerium-delirium]

Getting obsessed with Marble Hornets again was apparently the catalyst to making me start learning how to draw people.

And so I drew these two.

And sent it to my friends.

And my friends are now saying they look gay.

One of them said I drew them like a twink and a bear.

I hate that they’re right lmao

I didn’t mean to do that lol

[nerium-delirium]

Just read some of the comics and. Yeah no. My friends were Lowkey right. I get it now. Comic Brian is very gay coded for Tim. Which is very based so good for them.

[nerium-delirium]

Getting obsessed with Marble Hornets again was apparently the catalyst to making me start learning how to draw people.

And so I drew these two.

And sent it to my friends.

And my friends are now saying they look gay.

One of them said I drew them like a twink and a bear.

I hate that they’re right lmao

I didn’t mean to do that lol

[teapotify]

Zahleh, Palestine c. 1890-1900

[nerium-delirium]

Uh.... Zahlé is in Lebanon, not Palestine. It’s never been in Palestine.

[bo-an-aro]

“sex/romance/empathy makes us human,” they say. awful. pathetic. what makes us human is the urge to set things on fire

[sullina]

you’re actually correct!

Cooking is the one thing that only humans do and can be directly linked to the increase in our brain size

[detrout]

Burning the mammoth flank just a lirtle instead of eating it raw gives grug more calorie to think. Grug thinking about color symbolism in silence of the lambs

[kleefkruid]

My cats have this meow that means "please come with me to fix this" after which they'll lead me to the problem in question, usually a empty (or 'empty') food bowl or a closed door they want open. They look at the 'problem', they look back at me, clear message.

What fascinates me is how this illustrates what they percieve as being in the realm of my 'power.' I control the food, I control the door, sure, but my cats love to sit on the balcony in the sun, and it has happened plenty of times that on a rainy day they come get me, go to the balcony and show me... the rain. "Please fix this" they say. "Please get rid of the wet"

"Silly kitty," I say, "I can't control the rain." I then walk into the shower and turn on the rain.

[signpetitions]

In a time where we should urgently switch away from unnecessary animal abuse, a company in Spain aims to start an octopus farm, which would force millions of octopuses caged and killed. Sign the petition below to prevent this from becoming the reality, and stand up for our fellow animals!

The world's first octopus farm is about to open

Stop it before it's too late!

[knighterrand]

Hello hi if you can see this please give me a Creature to draw I am suffering from Art Block

EDIT I'm good now! Working on these :)

[knighterrand]

@nerium-delirium I think I can safely say that this is the only octopus I've ever drawn lmao

[nerium-delirium]

It’s adorable and I would die for them thank you so much for drawing it

[unclefather]

he took a bath 3 times

[todaysbird]

his name is Organic Spinach

[pigcatapult]

the cleanest frog in Michigan

[todaysbird]

if i had some kind of deal as a kid where a frog was at the bottom of bags of spinach i would have easily eaten five times as much spinach

[despazito]

I understand the stereotype of rich horse people but it's kind of gotten insane that anyone with a horse is now automatically seen as a landed gentry bourgeois so much so that people are straight up calling horses bourgeois creatures and calling for their ABOLISHMENT and even extinction like wtf is wrong with you. Don't let the era of the automobile erase the horses history as a beast of burden for the working class and farmers. Horses belong to the proletariat just as much if not more than the role of rich person's plaything.

[despazito]

People calling my bluff, I've seen it on twitter in the wild and it is quite weird

Most of the pro-extinction people are PETA aligned ARAs against horseracing but there's also people who are simply horse haters because of the rich person connotations

[robot-horde]

Have you guys never actually driven through rural America? 'Cus growing up in the South, there's places where people just have their horses and chickens in their yard with a tiny house back in the corner. And from my experience, those people love their horses and make sure their horse is cared for even if they themselves have to go without.

People use horses for things that they're the best at, there's just nothing quite as good to replace them with. They use them to round up livestock, they're used in agriculture, used to travel in places that were originally designed to be navigated by horse, not car.

There's horse racing, but I'm not talking about the "fancy" kind, I'm talking about kids barrel racing and competing against their friends, building community across small towns. Better than that, horses can be great therapy animals and working with them can be nice for kids and adults with a variety of disabilities. I remember my little brother riding horses as a kid to help build muscle and balance he didn't have because of a metabolic disorder.

Some people will really see something adopted or made to look more exclusive by the rich and label it evil without having the slightest clue what impact it has on "regular" people. They'll see a working dog or horse do anything other than be pet by a human and think it's animal abuse.

[despazito]

Yep. The same people will think a husky living in the texan suburbs left alone for 6 hours a day is living the dream life while denouncing working sled dogs as abused and neglected.

Ffs these people are so alienated from working DOGS that they see a lean one and immediately yell neglect just because it isn't obese. That's how disconnected they are from working animals.

There will always be bad people who work their animals to the point of abuse, or exploit them purely for profit in inhumane conditions (there are horror stories of tourist dogsledding companies, and of course the gambling empire built around horseracing where the animals are viewed as nonliving assets), but working animals actually enjoy working! It's what they were bred for, we selected those traits, and soo many pets go stir crazy when denied fulfillment of said instincts. But imo the first world has internalized the concept of work as miserable drudgery thanks to capitalism, and I think we project those feelings onto the animals we keep. that they must love this easy life in our living rooms and would actually find misery in work.

There's been studies measuring blood cortisol levels in horses before and after working and guess what, when done correctly they aren't distressed by pulling carriages, even in NYC!!

At worst this attitude can be downright harmful to vulnerable populations. For example, animal rights groups successfully petitioned to have horse carts banned from cities under the banner of welfare.

But these animal drawn carts are vital to Palestinians who have EXTREMELY restricted access to cars and certain roads by the apartheid government. This guise of humane animal rights can so often be weaponized against minorities. From the demeaning paternalistic attitude that these folk must not know what's best for them to actively sabotaging their culture by uprooting and destabilizing their way of life in an effort to assimilate them.

These people who say "just left machines do it" think it is by default the more humane option. Would you also goad on the systemic culling of Inuit sled dogs and replacement with snowmobiles that was pushed by the Canadian government in the mid 20th century? Do we really need more gas guzzling machines to replace something an animal can do better and also brings a sense of cultural fulfillment and connection to the world around us?

I'm sick of leftists who haven't left sheltered urban or suburban areas speaking on animal welfare and the relationships humans have with their animals when it's anything beyond a pet cat or dog. Wtf constitutes a useless animal!?? Shouldn't you be in Yellowstone larping as a Disney princess and harassing the bison? They are so disconnected from the rich history and culture humans share with our domestic animals.

[headspace-hotel]

I...tried to make a meme and got carried away and made A Thing that is like partially unfinished because i spent like 3 hours on it and then got tired.

I think this is mostly scientifically accurate but truth be told, there seems to be relatively little research on succession in regards to lawns specifically (as opposed to like, pastures). I am not exaggerating how bad they are for biodiversity though—recent research has referred to them as "ecological deserts."

Feel free to repost, no need for credit

[teacup-labrador]

To be a dog’s favorite person really is so special. To feel that kind of love has changed me in a lot of ways for the good

[happytaffeta]

I strive to be half as good as the animals that love me seem to think I am.

If I can manage that, I am doing very well at being good.

[happytaffeta]

Been thinking about this for a few days now.

If there is any spark of divinity in me, it is in the specific version of me that exists in my cat’s mind. It is in the version of me that my mother’s dog sees when I visit for a weekend.

It is not in my physical body and it is not in my personal, internal mind.

It is in the perception of me as someone beloved and good, who gives snacks and comfort, forehead kissies and chin scritches, who tosses a ball or makes the plush bird on a string do a little dance so we may play together.

There is no god reflected in my form, or in my thoughts. These are mine, and only mine, and I cannot credit them to, nor blame them on, any force but nature and myself.

But in between the borders of myself and the animals that love me, something happens. I do something, perhaps something as simple as extending a hand, palm up. And they do something. Perhaps they sniff my fingertips. And in that space between us, in that shared moment of trust and love, there is divinity.

[todaysbird]

it irritates me to no end when people say north american birds are dull in comparison to other countries’ birds

blue jay

american kestrel

painted bunting

yellow-throated vireo

cerulean warbler

baltimore oriole

american goldfinch

northern cardinal

x

[mind-if-i-scream]

You’re forgetting the red wing black bird and the great and snowy egret. Best birds of the marsh!

[crewdlydrawn-deactivated2022072]

I love how they’re all looking into the camera like they’re modeling.

[brunhiddensmusings]

other beautiful featherbeasts include orb bird

stylish accessory bird

loud and delicious bird

bird that will kung fu your face while you are grilling in your backyard

overly dramatic fishwizard bird

demonic creepy noise duck

assorted sky-cats

screaming inflatable doofus bird

stump

not technically native but it poops on my lawn

toasted marshmallow friend

[imyrdungeonmaster]

How.. could you forget… MEEP… MEEP

[rannulfr]

One of my favorite North American birds is the Californian Mountain Chickadee.

This pudgy little bastard has a call that sounds like “Cheeseburger”.

[Listen]

[elodieunderglass]

some nice kids, thanks @fozmeadows

[thememedaddy]

[raymusterio]

Last year, I was talking with my mom about parenting and she said "well at least I never made you feel like I didn't love you"

I proceeded to tell her about a time when I was a kid and she was yelling, screaming, and throwing things, and I said "I love you" in that small timid kid voice and she said

"well I don't love you right now"

Our relationship was never the same after that and she didn't even remember that it happened.

[benpaddon]

The axe never remembers, but the tree never forgets.

[ur-daily-inspiration]

[merosmenagerie]

What do you mean you hatched an egg you bought at the SUPER MARKET

Ohohoho

So there’s this company in the UK, right. They brand themselves on producing fancy free range eggs and as part of that they have breed information written on the carton.

I did some snooping and found that every miracle news story of a supermarket egg hatching in the UK traced back to duck eggs, specifically the Braddock White duck eggs produced by this one company for the supermarket Waitrose.

And one day my mum brings them home and says “I bought these to eat but aren’t they the ones that hatch?”

And it’s spring and I’m hatching a ton this year so in they went.

On candling we had three fertile eggs! That’s a fertility of 50% - the same as shipped eggs from a breeder!

Hatch day comes and we get 2 ducklings, Curie and Becquerel. Sadly, Curie contracts duck septicaemia from an infected navel and doesn’t make it, but Becquerel is a healthy bird and growing like a weed.

I had put 4 breeder eggs in a week after them in case just one hatched, so Becque now has two Khaki Campbell cross friends called Tsuki and Hoshi so she isn’t lonely.

And as of today’s 7am Quacking - Becque is a female! Which means she’s capable of laying eggs and therefore I have pirated a duck.

[steprhia]

You wouldn’t download a duck