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トラツグミ。 Scaly Thrush.

The soft eyes! The forward facing ears! The question mark tail! Not to mention the poise and control! This little dude is having a blast and is SO good at it!!

ihaveashrinkray

birdmemorandum

ウソ。 Eurasian bullfinch.

michaelnordeman

Red fox/Vulpes vulpes/rödräv. Värmland, Sweden (23 July 2021).

jewish-joy

Last year, I befriended a Catholic seminarian. We've gotten to be pretty decent friends. Seeing as he was staying in town for the summer and I wasn't, I entrusted him with caring for my plant.

He did a wonderful job, but as he was returning my plant to my custody, he explained "I watered her every other day, I gave her new dirt, moved her into the sunshine, prayed the rosary-"

"What?"

He looked at me, confused. "Isn't she a plant you pray with?"

"No," I said slowly. "She's a prayer plant. That's the... colloquial name of the plant."

Upon seeing his stricken face, I realized something went wrong. Turns out, this entire time, he's been including my plant in on his prayers and leaving her near icons.

Listen, totally cool. My plant becoming Catholic is a great deal for her not dying over the summer. But now I must navigate this interfaith household. Keep me in your thoughts.

michaelnordeman

Eurasian beaver/Castor fiber/bäver, and Song thrush/Turdus philomelus/taltrast. Värmland, Sweden (23 July 2021).

guiltywisdom

The forgetting of wrongs is a sign of true repentance. But he who dwells on wrongs and thinks he is repenting is like a man who thinks he is running while he is really asleep.

Saint John Climacus of Syria, The Ladder of Divine Ascent