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sneezewort yarrow and silver ragwort

A second pet portrait for the great Romney! Thank you so much again for letting me draw your wonderful kitties <3 This time feat. a really neat flower I discovered this year, sneezewort (I can't get over how hilarious it's name is in both English and Polish, in which it's called krwawnik kichawiec) and one I've had in my garden for years now and have huge fondness for <3

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I’m scrolling through various Zeus tags because it’s Father’s Day and doing that brings me at least some sort of comfort, but it’s just depressing to see so many people (a lot of them saying they’re Hellenists) showing such little respect for him

Don’t get me wrong, I can understand why some people wouldn’t want to pray to him often or struggle with a lot of his mythology. I’m not discounting that. But… you can at least be respectful when discussing him. He’s still King of the Gods

How can we expect our faith to be taken seriously when we ourselves are disrespectful to our own gods? And a key god at that

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Portrait of Zeus WIP 🌩

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I found this camera on the subway and look what was inside...

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Letting bbgurl have his revenge 😌

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A little snippet of what I’ve been up to lately ✨ always thankful to my beautiful forest and all the gifts it provides for me ❤️

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Greek Mythology: Zeus

Disney Hercules (1997)

Blood of Zeus

Fantasia (1945)

Gods school

Record of ragnarok

mythic warriors

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Greek Mythology: Hades

Disney Hercules (1997)

Blood of Zeus

saint seiyan

Gods school

kamigami no asobi

mythic warriors

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Greek Mythology: Poseidon

Disney Hercules (1997)

Blood of Zeus

Record of Ragnarok

Gods school

Saint Seiya

mythic warriors

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Santa is on strike due to global warming.  All presents this year will be delivered by Sasha the Christmas Tiger.  Milk and cookies may not be sufficient.

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Writing Notes: Honey

Honey

Sweet, viscous liquid food, dark golden in colour, produced in the honey sacs of various bees from the nectar of flowers.

Flavour and colour are determined by the flowers from which the nectar is gathered.

Some of the most commercially desirable honeys are produced from clover by the domestic honeybee.

The nectar is ripened into honey by inversion of the major portion of its sucrose sugar into the sugars levulose (fructose) and dextrose (glucose) and by the removal of excess moisture.

Honey is marketed in several different forms: liquid honey, comb honey, and creamed honey. Sometimes the predominant floral type from which the honey was collected is indicated.

Liquid Honey

If liquid (strained, extracted) honey is desired, additional supers are added directly above the brood nest.

When one is largely filled, it is raised and another is placed underneath.

This may continue until several have been filled, each holding from 30 to 50 pounds (14 to 23 kilograms), or until the nectar flow has ended.

After the bees have evaporated the water until the honey is of the desired consistency and sealed in the cells, the combs are removed, the cells uncapped with the uncapping knife, and the honey extracted.

The removed honey is immediately heated to about 140 °F (60 °C), which thins it and destroys yeasts that can cause fermentation.

It is then strained of wax particles and pollen grains, cooled rapidly, and packaged for market.

Comb Honey

In production of honey in the comb, or comb honey, extreme care is necessary to prevent the bees’ swarming. The colony must be strong, and the bees must be crowded into the smallest space they will tolerate without swarming.

New frames or sections of a frame with extra-thin foundation wax, added at exactly the right time for the bees to fill without destroying them, are placed directly above the brood nest. The bees must fill and seal the new comb to permit removal within a few days, or it will be of inferior quality.

As rapidly as sections are removed, new sections are added, until the nectar flow subsides. Then these are removed and the colony given combs to store its honey for the winter.

Creamed Honey

Almost all honey will granulate or turn to sugar.

Such honey can be liquefied without materially affecting its quality by placing the container in water heated to about 150 °F (66 °C).

Liquid and granulated honey is sometimes blended, homogenized, and held at a cool temperature, which speeds uniformly fine granulation.

If properly processed, the granules will be extremely fine; the honey, which has a smooth, creamy appearance, is referred to as creamed honey.

Floral Types

Some honeys are sold by floral type; that is, they are given the name of the predominant flowers visited by the bees when they accumulated the honey.

The beekeeper has no way to direct the bees to a particular source of food but through experience learns which plants are the major sources of honey.

Different flowers produce different colours and flavours of honey. It may be heavy-bodied or thin-bodied, dark or light, mild-flavoured or strong-flavoured.

Most honey has been blended by the beekeeper to a standard grade that can be supplied and marketed year after year.

Different regions in California produce distinctive honeys:

Orange Blossom Honey: Sourced mainly from Southern California's vast citrus orchards.

Sage Honey: Harvested in the coastal areas and foothills.

Buckwheat Honey: Found in Northern California, with a robust, molasses-like flavor.

Sources: 1 2 3 ⚜ More: References ⚜ On Beekeeping ⚜ Writing Resources PDFs

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unfortunately, i don’t care

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Tagging @dearserenityy because this shit is wild 💀

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK WAS DISNEY ON BACK THEN 💀💀💀

I literally forced my friend to watch the series with me they’re so unironically freaky it’s not even funny (FREAKULES: THE ANIMATED SERIES💀)

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doritlav.foods

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Can't argue with you, Pinterest

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THIS IS YOUR FINAL WARNING TO GET YOUR MEDS BEFORE THE PHARMACIES CLOSE

they are going to be CLOSED OVER THE HOLIDAYS and so will the DOCTORS WHO SIGN YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS.

if you don't have enough meds to last the next THREE WEEKS, put in for your repeats and refills tomorrow! that's Wednesday! do it! don't go to hospital at New Year because you ran out of stuff!

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HADES ➤ Random Gifs [7/∞]