Sun-kissed Winter

30 something, she/her pronouns. Asexual and damn comfortable with it. Working as an Assistant Language Teacher in Japan's Aomori prefecture. I reblog anything that I consider important, interesting, or funny mostly.

[disgracedmilfman]

I love when people take their plushes places and take pictures it's my favorite shit YES girl take Snoopy to those seaside cliffs YES take your handsewn frog to a waterfall

[catasters]

[bigandretired-deactivated202501]

[aegisofthegods]

[blairwitchh]

[kleefkruid]

Tumblr already has a personalization algorithm it's called my beloved mutuals who have great taste and only wish to psychologically damage me sometimes

[depsidase]

[indelicateink]

painfully true

[fruityyamenrunner]

[anonymouscomrade]

Imagine saying "where sweets are baked, not bought" about the decade that invented blue raspberry

[todayintokyo]

Takagi Shrine in Oshiage, Tokyo. Firstly, it's purple instead of the usual red. Secondly, onigiri (rice balls) everywhere, thanks to a pun. The shrine is dedicated to musubi, a Shinto concept that refers to creation and the link between all living things. However, omusubi happens to be another word for onigiri, and that's how you end up with a lovely quirky shrine.

[tiredofsatansbullshit]

WHAT DO I DO NOW??

[mama-green]

important PSA about when your car is smoking

like literally smoking from the engine

white and you smell pancakes? it’s the coolant. panic and pull over, but you’ll live

a slight blue tinge? it’s the oil. panic and pull over, but you’ll live

grey, looks like fire smoke? gasoline; the most combustable and dangerous. pull over and leave the vehicle, pray.

sharing because i didn’t know this when my car started smoking white yesterday and i was so afraid for my life.

[alicatchrist-deactivated2019031]

Reblogging because a dear friend of my Moms with mechanic experience told me the same thing when I got my license.

[backlitrabbit]

White or blue, you’ll pull through. But if it’s gray, get away.

[ao3org]

July 10, 2023 - (18:00 UTC)

The Archive is experiencing some issues (as many of you have noticed).

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[ao3org]

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Date: 22:43 UTC July 10, 2023

[ao3org]

We've changed our approach slightly, so you might now see error messages other than "Retry later," such as 429 (too many requests), 400 (bad request), or 503 (service unavailable).

Please do continue to access the site if it's up for you, and feel free to download some works for offline reading in case of further downtime!

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Date: 02:16 UTC July 11, 2023

[amilkyway]

fireflies lighting up a rural Pennsylvania field at dusk

[spaghettinatural]

As a european i sometimes forget furefkied are actually real and not american folklore/cryptids. Like you’ve got friendly little bugs that glow in the dark….. b r uh

[honeyymistt]

i’ve heard a lot of people say “don’t reach out to your friends first and see how many people will remain in your life. those are your true friends” and i get it. it sucks and it’s tiring constantly being the one to message first, to initiate hang outs but don’t take this so literally. some friendships require initiation. i have lost touch with so many people who genuinely cared about me and wanted me in their life because i stopped reaching out. it’s a hard pill to swallow but honestly some people just suck at it and it doesn’t mean they don’t love and value you. i’ve reconnected with some people over the past few months and it’s crazy how genuinely happy they are to see me and how engaged they are in the conversation. i just think sometimes we’re too harsh on each other & too quick to emphasize other peoples flaws and remove them from our lives but then we’ll all be alone and what’s the point of life then!!!!

[beardedmrbean]

There's a lesson here

[theunusualchameleon]

@is-the-snake-video-cute

What the hell? Is this normal? Is the snake ok?

[is-the-snake-video-cute]

Thanks for tagging me!

So, this isn't good, and it's not normal, but this is something that can happen in even healthy snakes, with a few big qualifiers. This only really happens on ophiophagus (snake-eating) snakes, like this kingsnake, and it happens because they think they smell food and wind up biting themselves. This snake happened to bite at just the right angle to swallow their tail, and as they kept going, any pain they felt was dismissed as being from their "prey" biting them.

This snake is probably okay. As you can see in the video, they let go as soon as some hand sanitizer got in their mouth - snakes hate the smell and taste of the stuff.

Situations like this are very rare. This snake's keeper did the right thing - it looks like they brought them to to the vet based on the table, and some hand sanitizer got them to let go with no issues.

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

[lestatfag]

STAY SAFE!! [ID: the Gilbert Baker pride flag with the words “Happy pride to all those who are unable to celebrate openly and safely. You are loved and seen!” in all-caps black text over it. /end ID]

[knifefightscene]

[expressions-of-nature]

Sumba Island, Indonesia by Anastasia Saul

[expressions-of-nature]

Sumba Island, Indonesia by Anastasia Saul