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But I’m a Cheerleader (Jamie Babbit, 1999)

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me when someone abruptly asks me if i want to go and do something fun together but the fun thing wasn't part of my daily plan:

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had a dream that Armand had a pet giant gourd named Raymond that went with him everywhere...

kind of like this

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life sized needlefelted mouse :)

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“On The Hunt” ~ by Jef Bourgeau

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Putting your dromaeosaur in a Snood is a great way to keep them warm in winter AND keep calm during firework displays or thunderstorms!!***

*** we take no responsibility for any injuries sustained while trying to put a dromaeosaur in a Snood

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sign 4 & sign 14 by denis sarazhin, 2019 & 2020, oil on canvas

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Blue-throated Piping Guan (Pipile cumanensis), family Cracidae, order Galliformes, Poços de Caldas, Brazil

The wattle on the neck can be blue, black, purple, or gray.

photograph by Luis Claudio Nadal

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This is my primary ds9 takeaway

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I spent all of January making this 2ftx2ft diorama for a show! I'm so glad I finally made something like this, but also SO glad to be done - everything took a lot longer than anticipated, and I ended up doing some looong hours on this in the final week to get it done in time. Everything except for the cast iron pot, glass jars, and natural objects is handmade. The mice are needle felted with polymer clay parts, I threw actual miniature ceramic dishes and cups for them, I built their home out of so much styrofoam trash and newspaper and air dry clay, I built and upholstered their furniture...

Big shoutout to @prawnlegs and @sheydgarden not only for tolerating the huge mess I made while making this, but also contributing little items: Jey made the brooms, fireplace poker, candle, and spinning supplies, and Ezra made the table and extremely majestic grub!

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reminder that I have stickers for chicken fans in my shop

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Uni.

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I have been working steadily all month on a diorama for a show in February, and despite putting in hours almost every single day of January, I STILL ended up scrambling to get everything done this past week. I've been going so hard lately I gave myself a headache today. Just one more day to finish everything up and then I'm freeee

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its just one of those days

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“midnight blue” sand wash basin stallion 🌪️

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Moss-and-Lichen Katydid: these katydids are covered in cryptic markings and textures that allow them to blend in with their mossy, lichen-covered habitat, and their wings even mimic the appearance of a twig

The katydids of this genus (Anaphidna) can be found in the rainforests of Central and South America. They have cryptic features that mimic the mossy, lichen-covered environments in which they live -- their bodies are covered in green, brown, and white markings that are accented by bumpy, moss-like features, and their long, slender wings are usually held upward at a 45-degree angle in order to mimic the shape of a twig.

As this article notes:

These katydids fly well and probably live in the canopy, perhaps on trunks and mossy branches, where the camouflage should be particularly effective.

The moss-and-lichen mimic katydids of the group treated here are easily recognized by their long and slender wings held upward at an almost 45-degree angle. They live in rainforests of central and northern South America, with one species ranging southward to subtropical forest in NE Argentina.

Sources & More Info:

Journal of Orthoptera Research: The Group Paraphidniae, with Three New Species from Guatemala and Ecuador

iNaturalist: Genus Anaphidna

Zoosystematica Rossica: Review of the Neotropical Genus Paraphidnia

Orthoptera Species File: Anaphidna