#indentification

[bluebees8-blog]

So, I was taking my dog for a walk, and I saw this fella chillin on my window. It looked pretty cool, so I took some pictures. I tried looking up what it was, and I’ve had no luck?

I was wondering if any moth enthusiasts would be willing to help me, because I’m super curious. If it helps any, I live about in the very center of the state of Maine. It’s been sitting outside on the window for the past half hour and is still there, so I don’t want to try and catch it and bring them inside.

If anyone knows what kind of moth this dude is, please let me know! Please and thanks!

[gamosepalous-5lobed]

Asclepias viridis, Green Milkweed

Range and Variability.

If you live in the range of southeastern Canada or in an area with historic dry prairie communities in range within’ the United States, you may have stumbled upon green milkweed at some point. It’s a uncommon species in the northern area’s of the United States. It’s uncommon status, and even sometimes rare status, is attributed to the removal of the large prairie habitats that may have had pockets of wind connectivity and replaced with area’s devoted to agricultural needs; with this said, in the southeastern states it may be one of the most common and noticeable species. 

Variation in size and leaf morphology of this plant can be noticeable if you are visiting separate populations found in different relative climates. In some southern states such as Texas or Oklahoma the plants can appear dwarfed with their leaves curled up in an undulated fashion, with this they may also be smaller in stature or dwarfed when compared to their northern counterparts. 

Pollinator’s and Insect Interactions.

This plant is known to form large, wide-spread, populations in the southern United States. These larger populations have been noted to attract many species of insects known for biological control, (l. E.) predatory wasps, and become an incredibly important nectar source for many native bee species. Where this milkweed species is the most important is with the Monarch’s in the southern United States.

Distinguishing Features

Since this species can have variance in leaf structure, to the point where they look like A. incarnata not in bloom, and can have similar flowers to another Asclepias member in the area, A. aspurela, it is good to know specific details that can easily allow you to find an I.D. 

Asclepias viridis 

>has an inflorescence with a larger cluster comparatively to A. aspurela.

>has truncated lobes that tend to be a true green instead of cream colored pointed or reflexed lobes.

> individual flowers are larger with no horn on the hood.

>when compared to A. incarnata’s leaves it can be quickly distinguished by truncated vs. rounded base. 

Photographed by: John Potter

[thequeertea]

Ewa Partum, Self-Identification 08 (1980)

[wisdomfish]

Human and nonhuman creation: a shared destiny

When our biblical authors tell us that creation is good, they mean that it is a wonderful place, created in such a way as to be exactly the right place - a good and beautiful place - for the flourishing of God’s creatures.

They do not mean that... creation has already arrived at its final destination To the contrary, they tell us in Genesis 1-2 that change is built into the very fabric of creation from the beginning, as its human creatures set out on their quest to multiply, to rule and to subdue, and to keep and to serve. Along with these divine image bearers, nonhuman creation also sets out on a journey; its destiny ins bound up with theirs. It is not yet explicitly clear where the great journey will end for all these creatures.

However, it is reasonable to assume... that for the image bearers it is intended to end in the eating of the fruit of the tree of life; this is the human destiny. Given the close identification of human with nonhuman creation, it is further reasonable to assume that nonhuman creation will share in this glorious destiny.

Seriously Dangerous Religion: What the Old Testament Really Says and Why It Matters  by Iain W. Provan

[elhadjlirwane]

Guinée: ce qu'il faut savoir de l'audience inaugurale des évènements du 28 septembre

Guinée: ce qu’il faut savoir de l’audience inaugurale des évènements du 28 septembre

Les onze accusés d’avoir participé aux massacres du 28 septembre 2009, ont été présentés devant le tribunal de ad hoc de Dixinn ce mercredi 28 septembre 2022. La Cour a procédé au cours de cette première audience, à l’identification des prévenus et à la lecture des chefs d’accusation. Cécé Haba, Claude Pivi, Moussa Thiégboro Camara, Ibrahima Sory dit Kalonzo, Aboubacar Sidiki Diakité dit Toumba,…

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Guinée: ce qu'il faut savoir de l'audience inaugurale des évènements du 28 septembre

Guinée: ce qu’il faut savoir de l’audience inaugurale des évènements du 28 septembre

Les onze accusés d’avoir participé aux massacres du 28 septembre 2009, ont été présentés devant le tribunal de ad hoc de Dixinn ce mercredi 28 septembre 2022. La Cour a procédé au cours de cette première audience, à l’identification des prévenus et à la lecture des chefs d’accusation. Cécé Haba, Claude Pivi, Moussa Thiégboro Camara, Ibrahima Sory dit Kalonzo, Aboubacar Sidiki Diakité dit Toumba,…

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[lady-josie]

Character’s that radiate my energy

I am so sorry that it took me a while to do this... But I had to think some of it, and i am still not fully happy with 4th choice, and it took forever to even decide on a 4th choice and which one might be a possibility... and it is no where near as good as the first 3 ones... 

I was tagged by @zekelandon​  for the four characters that radiate my energy. Here we go.

1st. ) Anna from Frozen This is not a pick I would have done if I was asked a few months back, but the more I think of it the more it actually does make sense in some way... I pick Anna because she is also the character I am at my work, where each of the permanent workers have a Disney character name. And I decided on Anna after a lot of thinking. And I do identify with Anna a lot, even if I am not a little sister or a sister at all. 

In the first movie Anna starts of lonely and very naive and thinking love is just easy and all and that she needs a man to feel whole and love her. This is something I have myself gone through, when younger, i had a very idealized view on love... She also learns to accept she has love alone in her heart to give, and that is something I have gone through myself too... She is also very brave and willing to give her life to protect someone she loves, i am very loyal to those I love and there is hardly anything i wont do for them. I love very deeply when I love, also to the point where it can almost hurt myself.  However I even more indentify with Anna in the Second movie. The Anna who is confident in herself and her feelings, and loves her home a whole lot. The Anna who then gets to go through a terrible loss and then still has to get up and do the next right thing, because she knows it is the right thing to do, even if it will hurt her own standing and all... It is something I believe in a lot. The Next right thing, and getting up through the pain. So yeah there we go Anna. 

2nd.) Hermione Granger from Harry Potter

This was never a question, Hermione was always gonna be on this list from day one when I first encountered her back before Harry Potter became popular, before anyone knew who I was even talking about when I said Hermione Granger. I read the first book before Harry Potter was known, I didn’t even want to read it, but my class teacher was also one of the workers in the school library and i got along really well with the other school librarian, so well she had even gone and brought a book for the school library they didnt own just for me as i really wanted to read it. That one had arrived with Harry Potter one, so when she asked me to read the fantasy novel and make a book review of it so others might also read it, I felt i couldn’t say no... the first 100 pages were a drag to me the first time. And then I met Hermione, she was everything to me from the second I met her. I identified so much with her it hurt. The girl who was bullied for being smart, the girl who was bullied for not looking as good as other girls, the girl who liked to be in her books as they gave her comfort from the world, the girl who came off as a know it all to others. But also the girl who was brave as a lion, and loyal to the end and would do anything for those she loves even take their memories away of her if it meant protecting them. The girl who could get cruel to those she loves if they don’t do as she thinks they should, the girl who can obese something so much that it can drain her out. The girl who wants to fight for those who she felt is done wrong, the girl who fights for social justice issues and feel so badly when she sees it go wrong. Hermione radiate a lot of energy i have as well, so yeah my second pick is Hermione Granger!

Now comes the two hard ones.  3rd) Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter.

This is tricky, because how can I say both Hermione and Luna when they are light night and day. Because Luna has another side of me that is also present, and I have learned to appreciate more and love more.  Luna shows the dreamer in me, the one who do believe there is more between earth and sky, than we see. Luna express the spirituel side of me. I have very vivid dreams, I have always had those, I suffer from night terrors and sleep paralysis, but I also have encountered an ability to control many of my dreams the more I learned to accept them. And many of my dreams actually feel so real that I often are left wondering if they are memories of a parallel universe me. I have memories i know are from dreams but i could swear have taken place in real life, but they cant have, so they must be memories i have from dreams. I have a tendency to dejavu that is crazy, and again I am left wondering if I have actually been there before. I know Luna doesn’t exactly have those things, but they are part of why I identify with her, the williow girl who believes in spirits and strange voices, and people would find crazy if she told them all she experinces. I am sure most of you are shaking your head after hearing what I told about my dreams. But yeah Luna is my 3rd choice. 

4th Amy Santiago From Brooklyn 9-9 

Amy is a nerd, and with nerdy tendencies, she gets sloopy looking, and stressed when she is studying for some text, which I do too... and she loves books, and adore reading Harry Potter books and quotes from them, which i do too (look at my 2nd and 3rd pick). She also has a huge heart and is willing to go far for those she loves. Which is me as well... I do connect a lot with Amy so yeah, she is in the end my 4th pick. 

Anyway I have no clue who to tag here... but i would love to see @lauranoncrede​ picks if she is willing to do it... 

[glasratz]

Posting my painting again, since I thought maybe the namen on the back could be the artist. There are a lot of Berniers that were into painting. Any ideas who it was?