Books and Flowers

what is your LEAST favorite stitch?

I don't like counted work at fucking all. So: the cross stitch.

rabbitindisguise

reading this as someone who does cross stitch but is scared of the other kinds of embroidery is like overhearing an incredibly tall and buff person say they have beef with Mr. Tom, the kitten that chills at the bookstore

FUCK Mr. Tom and his stupid little fluffy tail ok. And his little charted designs.

the-dragongirl

Okay, but this neglects the true villain of embroidery stitches: the French knot

Don't you dare malign my girl again

im-a-dream-wizard

Ok the french knot is very useful but it is a BITCH to do it consistently

ao3-anonymous

We talk about how this website’s hate mail game is insane, but this might just be a new level

talbatross

"skill issue" made entirely from French knots is a next level roast. no coming back from that one. damn

alientitty

💀

spazzbot

I don’t say this often, but you really should unmute and listen to the song

onenicebugperday

Puerto Rican velvet worm, Peripatus juanensis, Peripatidae

Photographed in Puerto Rico by wesgapp

rupertbbare

Now available in Blue Raspberry!

Indigo Velvet Worm aka Ngaokeoke (Peripatus indigo)

wertfi-penguin

Maybe the most damming thing about Nolans odyssey is i haven’t seen a single gifset from it

geekyhistoriansunite

Because everyone keeps asking about it.

These Bastards are available as prints, cards and postcards over on RedBubble.

I’ve had a go at making stickers out of these and it’s bloody horrendous. So I hope you all can suffice with prints for now.

Please also have a look over on my INPRNT store for more artwork x

Rude Raven ‘Fuck off’ has been retired and replaced with Rude Raven no. 16 aka AHHHHHHHHHHHH

With Parliament of Rooks a thing now, these are more relevant than ever :D

bird-gifs-collection-agency

Just a reminder I still have this saucy lil guys in my Redbubble shop x

While its eyes are not as big as its mummy's, this baby tawny frogmouth is still using its beady peepers to see the best it can

expressions-of-nature

Golica, Slovenia by Pika Žvan

kafkasapartment

Rare figural lamp screen. Created by Tiffany Studios, c.1905.Leaded glass, gilt bronze

scheidungsgrund

from twitter user deejaygeejaygee

galecstatic

it just gets better

and better

goingonanadventuremaybe

funnyfroge

xener-aol

whats ur fav file type!

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.other (say in the tags!)

Remaining time: 2 days 5 hours

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decompose1

dude i don't normally like to dig at peoples fun i generally think people having fun is good but it is slightly disheartening when there's a really really good story about a strong platonic relationship and then the only thing the fans can do is ship the characters or worse make a crack ship with an unrelated character from another media because it's like they can't STAND a lack of romance in media like they absolutely must try to insert romance where it is absolutely not needed or relevant and honestly sours the story/media a lot more for me or they'll Die because they can't just be happy with a really good platonic relationship. it makes me very sad as a demiromantic girlie.

crabussy

Why do kiwis have such massive fucking eggs “it’s because they are related to ostriches and-“ yeah ok but like why didn’t they evolve smaller eggs if I was in charge I would do that shit pronto. Thoughts?

their big eggs are actually that size for a similar reason to human babies having massive heads!! being bigger at birth can be important.

kiwi are trying SO HARD to become mammals. fur-like feathers, whisker-like feathers, little beady eyes, nocturnal, great sense of smell.... that's basically a mammal!! they're well suited for life on the forest floor.

their big eggs work alongside these adaptations to give them a leg up in the bird world. their young hatch already feathered! they're precocial, which means they're born with the ability to open their eyes and move around. like foals.

big egg = more powerful offspring from the get-go. babies don't need to spend precious time vulnerable while they develop on the ground when they've already done all that in the egg!

(unfortunately, with the introduction of mammals to aotearoa, these adaptations are a little less useful...)

nothingimportantanywhere

Important addition: baby kiwi come out of the egg looking like they've come out of a shower with a hangover

assortedinsanities

They look like one of the downsides of emerging from an egg fully formed is how aware you are off just having come out on egg. First minute alive, already dealing with some fucking experience.

yardsards

but i stay silly! *←said in the most world-weary voice you ever did hear*

fizzlepop-frog

“but I stay silly!”

sensiblereblogifposts

Reblog you stay silly

weaselle

on it boss

The thing I think we forget about the ghost stories dub is that it is the most early 2000s piece of media ever made

Like it is so deeply connected to the bush years in terms of the humor used

Like the casual homophobia, ableism and racism that is played for laughs because it's bigoted and therefore inappropriate is just something you only see to such a degree during the bush years