Thorns & Roses @thornsandroses1 - Tumblr Blog

nimble, a border collie-papillon mix, wins the 12” class in the 2024 masters agility championship. the first time a mixed breed has won at westminster ever.

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When the announcer has to explicitly say that they didn't speed up the video, that's actually how fast the critter was moving... you KNOW there's some serious nyoom going on.

knitmeapony

God I love watching agility runs because I have never seen more dogs having more fun, even when they make mistakes they are just so excited to do all the tricks! And run around all Zoomy! And then get hugs from their human!

hometoursandotherstuff

Corvid Christmas tree. Simple, but beautiful.

thebeautifulsoup

loish

Don’t mind me, just painting the kind of place I’d like to be right now 🍂

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The mechanics behind it are pretty simple too:

The white-hot liquid glass is hot enough to light the branch on fire.

While the branch is catching on fire, the liquid glass coats it completely, trapping the plant matter away from oxygen, and it can't continue burning without oxygen.

That's how you catch the branch in the state of "plant catching on fire", without advancing to the "plant burnt" state.

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The physics and artistry of this are fascinating but I love how they have to cut the molten glass with shears like it’s unruly fondue

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things that made me stop wanting to die that require no effort whatsoever

change the color used to highlight text on your laptop

move the pictures on your wall

stack whatever clutter is in your room into piles even if you don’t have time to clean it all

slightly vary your commute, even just by one street

change where you sit and scroll aimlessly on your phone even if it’s only to the chair in your room instead of your bed

drink water or juice out of a wine glass in the morning because nothing is real

shower with the lights off, without music

buy $3 flowers at trader joe’s—they look bad next to the more expensive ones but they look so good in your room

start typing things you don’t post into your notes. your thoughts can be worth documenting even if you don’t deem them worth sharing

wake up super early just once. you don’t have to make it a habit it’s just extra satisfying to go to bed that night

listen to the entirety of your favorite album from 2015

sandersstudies

Almost all of these are about variety. Humans need stimulation! We need enrichment! We literally cannot do the same thing every day!

The other day I was feeling miserable, so I hopped on a bus and rode it all the way back to where I’d started, and my brain, which had finally had some proper stimulation via new environments, was suddenly ready to go again!

This is why taking walks/drives and trying new hobbies are good for you! Don’t turn yourself into a sad zoo animal! You need some pumpkins to roll around in your enclosure!

yippeeepenid

ITS BACK!!!!!

god i fucking love the quote “dont turn yourself into a sad zoo animal” it has really inspired me!

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paperjoshi

did this morherfucker just make apples out of apples??

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Migration.

A bit hard to photograph but this was my final painting for my color for illustrators class this past semester! Excited to keep doing more gouache paintings in the future though.

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Now that finals are over, I can start posting again!

Here's another beast, and my first attempt at painting one of my sculptures. I also tried to put more details than I usually do, and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out!