Strawberrybel

* Isabel * author * bee enthusiast * there's just a lot of cats here *

[gaytanic-panic]

[thoodleoo]

i could not survive in ancient greece i would be spending all my money on red figure kraters or whatever. my husband would come home like where did all of the funds for influencing votes go and i'd be like honey look this amphora's got achilles and ajax playing dice on it

[thoodleoo]

my wealthy husband: i thought i had some drachmas stashed away over here

the pottery i just bought with my husband's drachmas featuring an owl dressed up like a soldier:

[argumate]

[sashayed]

Stone

Go inside a stone That would be my way. Let somebody else become a dove Or gnash with a tiger’s tooth. I am happy to be a stone. From the outside the stone is a riddle: No one knows how to answer it. Yet within, it must be cool and quiet Even though a cow steps on it full weight, Even though a child throws it in a river, The stone sinks, slow, unperturbed To the river bottom Where the fishes come to knock on it And listen. I have seen sparks fly out When two stones are rubbed. So perhaps it is not dark inside after all; Perhaps there is a moon shining From somewhere, as though behind a hill — Just enough light to make out The strange writings, the star charts On the inner walls.

Charles Simic (1938-2023) New and Selected Poems 1962-2012, 2013

[botherbug]

moss balls in da jellyfish tank. source

[bat-demon]

o to be a mossball in the worshin machine

[bob-artist]

My brain: You have so many tight deadlines. So many things on your weekly schedule. So many important jobs. You have to get important work done!!!

My hands:

[bob-artist]

It's a

Canada Griffin

[aroaceauri]

@elodieunderglass for multiple collections 😆

[elodieunderglass]

So expressive!

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[dailycatsblog]

[bruno-has-definitely-deactivate]

[littlehen]

[deathcomequickly]

The Drowned Halls

[enki2]

[anasabdin]

Turquoise Current

[citruscubes]

nobody asked but its very funny that this is the top post of all time in the adhd women subreddit

[spoopdeedoop]

petition to bring back saying "huzzah!" when something goes your way and "alas." when it doesn't

[spoopdeedoop]

in hindsight, pitching something that would be deemed a fair bit strange by some standards to a site teeming with already incredibly strange people was a mistake. apologies tumblr users i’d forgotten where i was

[blignick]

[muntzerism-diggerism]

[rounni]

[peatbogpirate]

this one's from last year but I just started my rotk reread and this scene makes me giggle every time