just pippin

just a simple hobbit wishing for peace in a chaotic world.

[nervoussquidward]

[i-draws-dinosaurs]

I made a gif version!!!! for all your frogress bar needs

[emmabirb8]

@cookinguptales

[nonebinary-leftbeef]

NO WAY

[wizard-council-bureaucrat]

I’ve been doxxed 😨

[thetetra]

I once worked on a phone campaign to disallow the trees around your crater from being cut down...

[wizard-council-bureaucrat]

I am deeply deeply in love with you 💙 Thanks so much for your conservation effort!

It’s the small things we all do together that can make a big difference! 💙💙💙💙 And you’ve done it!!!

[pacificnorthwesterngothic]

People just gotta know what Crater Lake and Wizard Island looks like

[silent-calling]

What in the Skyrim

[jenroses]

been there several times. And yeah, Skyrim feels super duper Oregon in a lot of ways.

[fitzreiley]

We gonna talk about Crater Lake, and Wizard Island and not mention the Old Man of the Lake?

The Old Man of the Lake is a log that floats around the lake. It is somewhat strange in that it floats vertically. It's roughly 30 feet tall, with only about 5 or so feet sticking out above the surface of the water. It was first 'offically' recorded in the early 20th century, though there are oral reports of it as far back as 1896 (and likely earlier still given the cultural importance of Crater Lake to the Klamath tribe of that area.

The Old Man should have rotted away long ago or at the very least become waterlogged and sank into the water fully, but nope. Over a hundred years, and there is this log still in the water just floating.

So y'know how I said the fact that it floats vertically was 'somewhat strange'? Let's get into some actual strange territory regarding the Old Man. It moves. Against the wind. It has been recorded moving in paths that do not make sense, never getting stuck on the shore of Wizard Island, nor the area of shore around the lake. Now that's strange.

So now let's get freaky: The free-floating Old Man posed a hazard to boats since it moves, and only a small portion of it was above water. (though personal boats are no longer allowed on the lake) Anyway, in 1988 a team was using a small submersible to explore the lake. The scientist figured it'd be a good idea to moor the Old Man near the coast of Wizard Island out of their way, for safety. So they tied some rope to it, to move the Old Man. As soon as they did so, the clear blue skies of a warm August day turned dark. The wind kicked up, bad, and it started to rain, then hail, then snow in the span of a few minutes...again in August. Now snow in that area is common, but not in the summer months. It gets super warm in that area in summer (like 70 to 90 degrees on average) So the scientists decided to nope the fuck out of the water, because of this freak storm. They unmoored the Old Man, preparing to get the fuck out of dodge of this summer snowstorm. As soon as the rope loosened and was in the water, as quickly as the storm had come on them, the darkened skies cleared and it was once more a fine sunny summer day.

As a kid, I spent my summers with my family who lives like... 40 some odd miles from Crater Lake National Park so I had this knowledge just kinda buried in my head somewhere.

[bogleech]

I excitedly added a thing about the old man before I checked the notes so now I'm gonna reblog this great story instead but here is the old man!!!

"The Old Man floats vertically through the lake on a calm day"

"THE OLD MAN FLOATS. VERTICALLY. THROUGH THE LAKE ON A CALM DAY"

!!!!!!!!!!

[headspace-hotel]

Finally

Cryptobotany

[trochaic-mutant-ninja-tetrameter]

🎶Old Man of the Lake floats! On a calm day!🎵

[pacificnorthwesterngothic]

This post really has everything. But, most importantly, it’s got Crater Lake and Wizard Island appreciation.

[pippin-paddles]

i'd be curious to see research comparing the old man's movements & the currents in the lake, but i'd also be really disappointed if the currents did explain the old man's movements. maybe i just don't actually want to know.

like, science is cool, but some mysteries deserve to remain mysterious. especially in the pnw.

[april]

ⓘ Tip If you feel unfulfilled by how you spent your time today, you can stay up late to try to combat the sense of dissatisfaction. This will ensure that you feel even worse tomorrow.

[thetinyadventurer]

damn it tumblr why’d you have to call me out like that?! lmao!

[pippin-paddles]

i mean, you're not wrong but also, i did not need to be attacked like this.

[prettycolors]

[readerwriterft]

These are the same picture

[amethystsoda]

[amethystsoda]

good work in the tags everyone

[lastvalyrian]

revivaldi

[ingridverse]

Is he a composer or a decomposer

[spicymochi]

your month, your duo

[pippin-paddles]

i'll be honest, as the slave valued employee of a heeler mix, i'm a little jealous of march.

but somehow, my own month does seem right. i would die for my darling pastel fairy herps.

[fullcravings]

Strawberry Chocolate Cake

[pippin-paddles]

can i make this for somebody's birthday that doesn't hate their birthday?

it has been a LONG, long time since i made anyone a birthday cake, but i used to enjoy doing that.

[redlipstickresurrected]

Luis Xertu (Mexican, b. 1985, Mexico City, Mexico, based Rotterdam, Netherlands) - Two Men on a Branch, 2024, Paintings: Plants, Acrylics on Canvas

[briargeese]

A hibiscus flower under ultraviolet light, shining for the polinators.

[pippin-paddles]

it's so sparkly and magical!

[xenon1962]

[pippin-paddles]

i can't believe you made me read this with my own four eyes.

[mountainbaby25-deactivated20260]

On top of rocky cliffs looking across at Rainier.

[pippin-paddles]

the mountain is out

[pippin-paddles]

how rude would it be to ditch my own birthday party & just study?

i'm grateful to have a family that loves me and wishes to celebrate my existence. truly, i understand that that is a blessing many people do not have.

and i mean, i guess somebody has to be happy that i exist, and it sure as fuck ain't gonna be me.

but also, like...i asked repeatedly to make less of a thing about it, and it has instead become more thing.

i first asked not to have a birthday party, and the answer to that was no. so then i asked that it just be cake and make it shorter, and instead, it is going to be earlier & be an all-afternoon affair.

which means that not only will i not have the time i need to study tomorrow, but i have even more hours that i have to fake smile for everybody and pretend that i'm happy to exist.

and i can't *tell* people that the greatest gift they could give me is to leave me alone on my birthday, because that's rude and ungrateful. and i can't *tell* them that the best thing they could do is not force me to fake being excited about life, because i'm not the only person in the family who feels this way, and the other was hospitalized earlier this year because of it.

but...honestly all i want is peace and quiet and time to study. i don't want guests. i don't want dry-ass "healthier" cake. i don't want gifts, or singing. if they want to celebrate, they can celebrate their own lives, and i will gladly celebrate literally anyone and everyone else's birthday. but i just want to think about literally anything else on mine. i'm not ready to smile about it.

happy birthday to me

[facts-i-just-made-up]

[maureen2musings]

Unexpected dream shot, Boundary Bay

yurichoufour

[pippin-paddles]

disrespectfully, levi's, what the actual fuck

[polyphemusthecylcops]

I know you have a bit of trauma about people in your cave, so I just wanted to tell you, Nobody's in your cave with you!

YOU FUCKING WHAT!?

I'M GONNA GET THAT LITTLE BITCH-

[pippin-paddles]

Honestly, Polyphemus, stop worrying so much. Nobody wants your stupid sheep, anyways.