#just documenting

[quicklyandrogynousfox-blog]

iac 2025 day twelve dear

[copycatgirl36]

*typing message in mutuals inbox* i swear youve infected me with ur spores-

*backspaces quickly*

*types this post on own blog*

[lovelybarnes]

august

[trashlord-007]

POV;; it’s 11pm, you have a toothache, and your dentist wants to kill help you

[lappophotography]

Surfin’ U.S.A.

1968 GMC Suburban

[4mytravels]

Some day back in 2013 I absentmindedly doodled a plane on a piece of parchment. Recognizing thoughts of travel were spilling over from my subconscious, I jotted down different cities I'd visited. In the middle of the page I listed countries I'd visited along with the cities, and marked through each of them. Lastly I would then add four more locations I wanted to mark off my list.

If you're familiar with this blog you might know that that list featured in my header image, and you've likely seen that since adding those four locations I have visited and posted about my time in two of them: Peru and Spain.

Now, ten years later, I can mark a third off that list ~~ Portugal!

I got a quiet place in Sintra, tucked into a hill, surrounded by green space, and overlooking the city of Lisbon. Below are shots taken just after I arrived and got settled in.

I've long enjoyed the aesthetic of a terracotta roof, and now I sleep under one.

Look behind me, and you'll see, Lisbon, and a lemon tree.

Looking at Lisbon through its reflection in a window.

[quagmatastic]

Dart frogs laid eggs a few days ago, and yesterday or the other day, they started developing little heads and stubby tails. I took these pictures through a jewelers loupe with a light on it.

And here's a bonus bug I found swimming on top of one. Don't worry, it is harmless. I took these ones via microscope which was a lot harder to focus and to take pictures through than the loupe.

And today, they started to develop gills! They're these weird branch like structures on the sides of their head, and it appears that they have two on each side, one much smaller than the other. Represents a weird time in amphibian and frog development and evolution, but super cool nonetheless. I have no idea what the gills turn into later.

The tadpoles are squirming around now, their tails longer and pointier, their nutrient belly bags noticeably smaller now. Their development is speeding up as they grow bigger! It is such a cool process to watch and document.