Cicada Sketches

Welcome to my art/photography/creative writing blog! My main blog is swagalicioussquids

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Rise and Shine by Crowspeaker

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Set the World on Fire by Crowspeaker

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A red-eyed tree frog for fucking-dykey-hipster's arm!

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Entr'acte by Crowspeaker

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Zee by CaseyDecker

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no better way to ignore the world by fanface

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Pulse by Nix-Sil

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Flying at sunset by Zoba22

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Fallin' on Deaf Ears of Corn by Crowspeaker

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park boys by fanface

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Mariposa by Crowspeaker

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Head in the Stars by Crowspeaker

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Laomedea flexuosa (Colonial Hydroid)

I swear to butts this is an animal, not a plant. Actually, it's several animals. I never want to ID another hydroid again!

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Pinnixa sp. (Pea Crab)

I found some of these little buddies living in association with the Diopatra (Junk Worms) I just posted. I’m still working on IDing them down to the species level, because pea crabs in New England don’t usually live in association with Junk Worms?? But wow, what a precious little crustacean.

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Diopatra cuprea (Junk Worm)

These precious little frilly friends build their tubes out of random junk from their surroundings!

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Coming here this weekend was a mistake,” they say, suddenly, catching me off guard.

“What’s wrong?” I ask, “You know if you needed to work on your thesis at my house, I wouldn’t mind. I hope that’s not what you’ve been stressed out about all weekend.”

“No, I just… I feel like you’re more invested in this friendship than I am. I can’t keep up. I can’t breathe. I can’t…” they take a deep breath, deepening their eye contact with my bedroom carpet, “What I’m saying is we can’t talk anymore.”

I let their words sink in, pushing down the urge to reach out and hold my best friend’s hand in comfort. What was I going to comfort them about? Myself? My own selfishness? I settle for smoothing out my skirt, instead. For a moment, I let myself get lost in how big my hands seem against the green and white paisley…

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Long-bodied Cellar Spider (Pholcus phalangioides)

I decided to test out my new camera by photographing my spidery housemates! …in my basement apartment… in the middle of the night. Not exactly representative of my (admittedly rusty) photography skills, but I figured I’d share a few pictures of my spider friends beforeI move out in a week!

I haven’t been outside in days (arthritis is kicking my butt), so maybe the new camera will motivate me to crawl out of my dungeon and get some fresh air in order to get some less-crappy critter photos?

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Eventually I will get the hang of posting to the correct blog?