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Found in a campus bathroom

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Image 1 shows blossoms that had opened only moments before the picture was taken. Notice how smooth the anthers are. Image 2 is of a flower a few hours after opening. These anthers have "unzipped" and are now presenting pollen! Also visible in images 1 and 2 is the stigma and style. Notice the change in color from white to purple. The flower on the right is nearing the end of its life and soon the reproductive organs will wither and the petals will senesce!

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Living the dream :)

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Close up of Camassia angusta

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Peppermint tea in Glasgow 🌿🌱☕️

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For Maggie, who might not notice.

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True patience is not having a problem with something until it bites you.

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Bee mimic orchid!

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I don't feel the love...

Sometimes I don't feel the love. It's not like you don't try. You know all my favorite things and hold me when I cry. Maybe it's depression, anxiety or fate; but I can't feel the love and tonight is not so great.

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Powerful words

I’m really tired of seeing people broken up into labels of absolutes.

People are not just “good” or “bad”.

People are not a list of labels. 

People are complex, situations are complex.

I know, that makes it a lot harder when you want to just write off everything someone’s ever done as bad – but that’s not how people actually are, and it would do everyone good to stop pretending they are.

I am tired of hearing about the fear people have in putting themselves out there. And it is a scary thing! Putting yourself out there means subjecting yourself to people who want a really good reason to tear you down, who will jump at the first chance to feel “good” by labeling someone else as “bad”.

I reject this. I reject the idea that there should be fear in speaking up and talking about experiences and trying to reach an understanding of a situation.

I’m unhappy to see people spitefully urging others to cut off ties with their friends under the guise of “well, that person’s just inherently bad, so if you talk to them you’re bad too.” That is fucked up. You definitely have the right to let the friend know you don’t want to hear about whoever troubles you, but you do not at all have the right to decide who their friends should be. This includes guilt trips.

Anyway, just try to be more aware of others. Everyone else is a person like you. They might not have the same experiences as you. They might not understand how their words are harmful, or how what they’re doing is wrong. They certainly won’t if you never tell them.

Most people are trying to be good, but they’re going to mess it up sometimes. Try to keep that in mind. Even when people do really fucked up shit, sometimes they are trying to do good. “The road to hell is paved with good intentions” and all that.

Nothing gets solved, no growth happens when you put people into a box from which you’ll never let them escape.

Yes, you absolutely must be careful about people who have tendencies and patterns that are harmful to you. Sometimes people try to overcome those patterns and they fail, and you have to distance yourself from them: that is the sad reality of life. Sometimes though, they can overcome it. But they certainly won’t if the first thing you do is write them off after a fuck up. 

Be sincere. Use your best judgment.

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Recent work done by me. Copper earrings and a silver and Copper pendant with finger print etching, unfinished.

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The magnificent Paphiopedilum. spatgler 'Doodlebug' X Duncan York. Number 2008051419 of the Joe and Alice Rinard orchid greenhouse.

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the garden collection // colors organized neatly emily blincoe (prints here) august 2013

Love the Assortment!

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Pulled from a flyer on Purdue campus.