#*(not Farmer's Market™️ but a market for farmers)

[knightofleo]

[calilili]

[dottie-n-stripes]

Stripes getting his first job in retail and eventually having moments where he catches himself slipping into 'Linus Mode™️' during holidays/overtime.

so mrs bandson being a gardener who sells at farmer's markets i imagine stripes' first forays into this world would be helping out at her stand...

[artemis-moonsilver]

Opinions No One Asked For™️: Palia NPC Edition

Auni: I love this kid. I want him to think of me as a cool older sister or cool aunt. I bring him bugs every chance I get

Ashura: I want him to be my dad. Genuinely love him. Serious contender to be my Shepp

Badruu: He really turned the puns up to 11. I love him. Also want him to be my dad. And possibly my Shepp

Caleri: I wasn't too sure about her, but after getting to know her, I feel like we have quite a few similarities. Definitely want to be her friend. Could she be my Shepp? 👀

Chayne: I find him so calming. He also feels dad-like to me. 100% want him as a support figure/father figure regardless of who I choose as my Shepp

Delaila: Love talking to her. Really want to get to know her better at this point (but 100% want her to win all the prizes at farmers markets/festivals)

Einar: Absolutely adorable and I love him. Only platonically tho. I will give him as many Gils and shiny rocks as he wants

Elouisa: I wasn't sure at first, but I LOVE her unhinged theories. I want to be her best friend. I will investigate all the paranormal things with her. Contender for my Shepp. Girl let's go ghost hunting

Eshe: So snobby. So bougie. So bitchy. I wish she could be my Shepp 😫 (if only because it would be entertaining)

Hassian: First impressions? What an asshole. After some time, I am...intrigued. I want to figure him out. I want to know why he is the way he is. Also fucking love Tau, the gooodest boi

Hekla: Honestly... she freaked me out a little for a long time. I'm slowly coming around though

Hodari: Listen, I get it. I see where you all are coming from. But man's just not my type 🤷🏻‍♀️

Jel: Oh Jel, my beloved. I'm not exactly subtle about it. This man is my husband. Sad, skinny, pathetic, dramatic, goth guys are My Type™️. Would marry him like, yesterday 🥀😫🪡🖤😍

Jina: At first I wasn't sure, but the more I talk to her, I'm like, "Jina, my bestie." I'm a PhD student. I feel you. Also, WOMEN IN STEM, HELL YEAH!!!! I have a feeling we're gonna be great friends

Kenji: Not a fan of your extremely privileged life ("Have you tried inheriting property?" 😐😐😐) or the invasive chapaa situation... but I also don't dislike him as much as I thought. I feel like he's playing a role he doesn't really want to, but still enjoying/expecting the high life for little to no effort

Kenyatta: She should be my best friend. I was put off at first, but she is the coolest. I see quite a few aspects of myself in her

Nai'O: I feel like he's the sweetest boi ever. I'm both like, "He deserves better than Kenyatta" and "Kenyatta is good for him." Perhaps the most wholesome NPC

Najuma: I also want to be the cool older sister and/or cool aunt that she never had. This kid is a badass and smart as hell. I wish my friendship with her was better already

Reth: This man. I love him. I'm not sure if it's platonic or romantic yet. All I know is he's one of my favourite NPCs to talk to. He's funny, he's flirty, he's got a Tragic Backstory™️. I'm here for this soup boi whether he wants it or not

Sifuu: Two words: Bad. Ass. It's a crime that we can't romance her. I really want to ask her to be my Shepp, but I'm not sure it's a good fit

Tamala: I'm sorry, Tamala besties, but I just don't like her 😭 I really wanted to like her so bad, but her aggressive flirting paired with her unwillingness to consider me a friend/equal just rubs me the wrong way

Tish: Absolutely beautiful person. I want to be her bffl. That is all

Zeki: Crime Cat, my beloved. He is the most entertaining Shepp option (imo). He's got an eye patch, a gold tooth, and shady practices. I find him amusing. I want him to like me. Share his (dubiously acquired) riches with me. Please accept me into the black market. I won't tell, but I can't promise I'll participate (I probably will 👀)

[writingsbychlo]

the urge to write a very modern reader into an ACOTAR setting just for the laughs.

“okay mr shadow daddy, with the socially awkward silent brooding rizz, I see you.”

“what????”

and

“beefcake.”

“where?”

“you cass. you’re the beefcake. I want to take a BITE.”

“…I have a mate.”

“bet she bites too. I’d bite her back. snap snap.”

or

“it’s giving… desperate.”

“it’s the story of how me and feyre got together?!”

“it’s still giving desperate, but proceed.”

and the way az would be so exasperated all the time, and when he gives up he just grabs her by her jaw and tugs her into a kiss. “you’re so weird. I love it.” mumbled onto her lips as she giggles.

but it would totally catch on too. to the younger ones. the archeron sisters. I can see elain really saying “the mother has forsaken us all, and now we must suffer.” so deadly silent that all the old faes faces pale while her, nesta and and feyre all nod solemnly bc they get it™️, just for elain to turn and say “y’all didn’t hear that the farmers market stopped making those lavendar lemon muffins? we really are alone as a species now.”

and feyre obsessively saying “slay”.

“that’s so slay, rhys.”

“shadow slay.”

“cass slayed today.”

“it’s such a slay for me that rhys is hung like a fucking horse. I really won this life, huh?” (rhys going red in the face but also smirking but also ??? he’s so lost)

“go out and slay the day everyone, love you.”

and nesta just having the fatalistic humour.

“if I don’t make this shot I’m gonna kill myself… well, guess it’s a sign, balcony or stairs?”

and cassian (and everyone) is like WHAT

also “damn, I should’ve drank more in my alcoholic era.”

[cartermagazine]

Today In History

Dr. George Washington Carver was an agricultural scientist and inventor who developed hundreds of products using peanuts, sweet potatoes and soybeans. He is believed to have been born the month of January in 1864.

Dr. Carver discovered over 300 products from peanuts, soybeans and sweet potatoes, which aided nutrition for farm families.

Dr. Carver wanted to improve the lot of “the man farthest down,” the poor, one-horse farmer at the mercy of the market and chained to land exhausted by cotton.

Unlike other agricultural researchers of his time, Dr. Carver saw the need to devise practical farming methods for this kind of farmer. He wanted to coax them away from cotton to such soil-enhancing, protein-rich crops as soybeans and peanuts and to teach them self-sufficiency and conservation.

He achieved this through an innovative series of free, simply-written brochures that included information on crops, cultivation techniques, and recipes for nutritious meals. He also urged the farmers to submit samples of their soil and water for analysis and taught them livestock care and food preservation techniques.

Dr. Carver took a holistic approach to knowledge, which embraced faith and inquiry in a unified quest for truth. Carver also believed that commitment to a larger reality is necessary if science and technology are to serve human needs rather than the egos of the powerful.

His belief in service was a direct outgrowth and expression of his wedding of inquiry and commitment.

One of his favorite sayings was:

“It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success.”

CARTER™️ Magazine

[siren-darkocean]

Flufftober 2024

Prompt 4 of 31

Prompt - Market Day

Fandom - Gen 1 Bionicle

Ship - Mata Nui/Ackar

Rating - Teen and Up

Extra - Post Journey's End, Pre Established Relationship, Headcanons, Click gets one bit of screentime sorry man, Nixie is also here, gift giving, the prompt is possibly supposed to be Farmers Market but I've never been to one so have a market grocery trip instead folks plus idk how a farmers market would work for GSR Inhabitants and Agori and Glatorian

Ackar’s ears twitched (while the fire tribe didn’t have as incredible hearing as the air tribe the fire tribe's own ears were quite incredible as well) at the sound of footsteps approaching. “Speak of him and he shall appear.” Ackar joked making Nixie glance up briefly and giggle while Mata Nui rolled his eyes in amusement.

“Hello Nixie.” The Great Spirit greeted the Ga-Matoran. “Greetings Great Spirit.” She greeted him back with a smile as she continued her task. “May I ask what you had to run off for my angel?” Ackar asked Mata Nui with a ginger brow raised.

Ignore the fact I'm very late to publishing this for @flufftober , ofc the one I procrastinate on is with my favorite Old Man Yaoi that is Sweet Summer Child Robot God™️ and his Mortal Organic War Vet Husband

In other news-

ACKAR/MATA NUI SHIP TAG HAS FINALLY BEEN REGISTERED AS A TAG BY AO3 LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOO! VICTORY ABOUT FUCKING TIME AO3!

[vindieselsfacebook-blog]

lol was once again having the “who on Gilmore Girls would be a Swiftie?” convo with friends and this just kinda spilled out:

The year is 2023.

Much to Lorelai's chagrin and mocking, The Stars Hollow Blonde Mommy Brigade™️ spend the summer embroidering denim jackets and planning expensive caravans to shuttle their matching blonde children to multiple Eras tour stops. Luke happily has Lorelai's back on this one because he keeps finding those fucking little friendship bracelet beads in every nook and cranny of the diner. Jess thinks they should lighten up and let the kids have their fun. Lorelai knew she could never trust him.

Kirk won't stop selling the bracelets under the table at the diner. "Lulu has found her calling, Luke. The woman is a savant with plastic embellishments." Once Liz gets wind of it, she shows up with cases of her own to compete. Luke contemplates burning the whole building down.

There's a town meeting where Taylor proposes they have an Eras themed night in the square where they project the concert film and sell copious amounts of memorabilia. Think of the tourism! Lorelai and Luke show up to protest and are dismayed as one by one, each and every townie admits they love Taylor's music and support the event.

"Lane? Even you?" Lorelai gapes across the aisle.

"Hey, she's got some solid songs, Lorelai. Don't be a hater." Zach says. Brian shyly reveals his 1989 tattoo.

"I like her work with Bon Iver." Lane meekly admits.

"Et tu, brute?" Lorelai goes on to mock Bon Iver's singing voice, calling him the soy latte Brooklyn farmers market Michael McDonald. Her extended impression falls on deaf ears. Luke pats her on the knee for a noble effort.

Michel returns to work on Monday after a mysteriously vague long weekend wearing an Eras t-shirt underneath his suit jacket. Lorelai sticks her head in the sink.

She is a woman possessed. The final straw comes one fateful day in late November as Lorelai is lazily swiping through her instagram stories and sees folklore shamefully make Rory's Spotify Wrapped. Traitor! She complains so much that Rory relegates her venting to a designated Swiftie segment at the end of their nightly phone calls.

Rory doesn't take it all too seriously until she gets doxxed after writing a thinkpiece on her Substack entitled "Taylor Swift and the Capitalist industrial Complex".

Maybe her mom is onto something.

[wolffyluna]

I'm going to be Well Behaved™️ and not write an Omelas response, even if I'm rotating one in my head.

So, you know how Omelas probably wasn't intended to be a ~sincere thought experiment, it was more a 'how come you can't suspend your disbelief for a nice place unless there's a horror lurking underneath?'

And the thing is, I do think a good response is: because for the vast, vast majority of human history, that's been true.

Subsistence farmers are impoverished to fund orchestras, and then the elites go "lol, look at this guy who doesn't like music. "

You have soaring cities, known to be the centre of arts and culture and wealth… and they have slave markets

(I am referring to true historical incidents above. Heck, I can think of several examples of that second one.)

A deep suspicion of Omelas, if you are treating it as a setting meant to be ~realistic and not communicate an idea, is correct

[kyshiwarrior]

some modern headcanons i have for jet

- farmer’s son!!! farmers market but also hosts the annual haunted cornmaze

- copy/paste of his mom

- he drives his moms’ minivan that has a whole bumper stickers dedicated to social activism, anarchy, anti cops, but also:

(he drives it with a lot of pride btw)

- skateboard cliche™️ though, so he doesnt actually use the van a lot

- has foster siblings ! including the duke who he walks to school every day

- has taught all his siblings how to fight in the basement and its like a mini fight club down there istg

- is the go-to person for when his siblings need someone to help them with a video game. jet’s a natural and lets the duke take the headset while he destroys everyone.

- 5-in-1 shampoo 😔

- no social media presence and will never get an online reference. he barely gets tv references. everything he learns is against his will.

- mostly watches kid movies cuz of his foster siblings. silent crier during sad scenes.

- i dont know if jet passed his driving test or not but i do know the small talk he had with the instructor made them hesitant on passing him

- punk patch jacket. lots of anarchy and pride pins on it too.

- no ‘devil’s advocate’ is safe around him

- jet will put his feet on the chair in front of him if absent and on the legs if taken. if you nicely ask him to stop, he will. if you’re a shit person, he’ll kick your chair forward or steal shit out of your bag little by little.

- he excels in team work and public speaking so he’d be nice to have for group presentations. in theory.

- pencil chewer…. pen chewer… 🫠🫠🫠draws on desks… writes answers on desks for the person after him😏😏… sticks gum under desks 😰😰😰

- candy cane season is the best time of the year cuz oral fixation + makeshift weapon

- matcha latte enjoyer, black coffee budget

- has a rich vocabulary

- cant pay him enough to understand microsoft excel

- t-ps houses of people he doesnt like

- takes the fall for anything that his friends would get in trouble for

- once made something blow up in chemistry on purpose because “I thought you were bluffing 🤷‍♂️”

- food shelter volunteer on the weekends

- walkman and vinyl record elitist

- technically has a phone but uses it hardly ever, only curfew and walkie talkies because its more fun. big fan of never saying hes coming over he just shows up.

- calls authority figures by their first name or the wrong name

- mom will take his side no matter what and often times the reason he got in detention shes proud of him

- “too many cops out today” if he sees a single cop

- walmart thief who winks at cameras

- skateboarder cliche™️

- possible sports: lacrosse and soccer

- 100% down to teach little league and is amazing at it

- fun camp counselor who establishes core memories all of which involve pranks and breaking camp rules for the sake of fun and chaos

- teachers hate to love and hate to love him

[real-total-drama-takes]

More little snippets of my-total drama-rewrite-that-only-is-in-my-head-because-I’m-too-burnout-to-write-it

Tw: Implied toxic masculinity and abuse

Ezekiel is like that™️ because he’s the second elder child, and second son in his family. And his dad is a piece of shit. So toxic house + not a lot of social interaction = Ezekiel kind of has bad takes….BUT since Ezekiel family are like, farmers or Amish or whatever the hell prairie dog means in Canada..he and his family regularly go to farmers markets and meet Beth family.

Beth and Ezekiel meet, hang out, and become pen pals, and Beth is a family friend. She also tries to make Ezekiel, like, a better person. Stuff happens and Ezekiel and Beth loose touch. Soon total drama happens and they remeet and become friends again. :)

Ezekiel has an older brother name David, and little twin sisters, and a baby brother. His mom is stressed, so Ezekiel help around the house. (Invert that Ezekiel clip of shooting a bow and arrow and that tidbit of him speaking 8 languages)

-🦑

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[nice-bright-colors]

Warning: Rant Dead Ahead

Move along if you don’t wish to read me complain. You’ve been warned.

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So we went out to brunch today at our regular place, the all-vegan/ 80’s decor/ arcade/ bar in Olde Towne Arvada. So Radish is the name of the place.

1. Olde Towne was having a “Today Only” Farmer’s Market. So there were people, and families, and kids, and dogs, and kids on bikes. You get the picture.

2. So Radish had a DJ, which turns out only happens once a month…lucky us. DJ White Mike looked like he was part-time security at Target. The music was way too loud, and quite hypnotic. I was a sport, I could muscle through it…until…

3. How in the ever loving fuck does a place known for brunch, all plant based, makes everything from scratch…not have any Bloody Mary mix? Instead, somebody thought they could make it with tomatillos and cilantro.

4. The guy asked how it was, I didn’t lie. I told him I wasn’t a fan. He made me different drink, then proceeded to taste the green non-bloody mix from Hell. It was bad. The look on his face, and when the aftertaste hit him…he wasn’t happy.

5. His words: that is awful, we aren’t serving that. Then grabbed all the bottles of this stuff and brought them into the kitchen to be dumped.

6. Then the Wife™️ just had to go to the German bakery next door.

7. Then the Wife™️ asked if we could go to Penzy’s because she needed ground ginger.

8. Then of course we needed to stop at Natural Grocers…because of course we did.

9. Then she informed me the bananas were green at NG…so she was going to need to go to Target…for bananas and whole wheat wraps.

All I fucking wanted was some fucking brunch, with a fucking Bloody Mary.

And now half of the day is gone.

[anxietywithasideofexplosions]

alright tumblr, I haven't been able to stop thinking about The Hobbit for the past two weeks and now I'm having Thoughts™️ so ima post them

most of this is under the cut bc it's probably gonna be long but

The Hobbit Bar AU

HEAR ME OUT OKAY

Thorin's family (The Durins) owned a well known bar called The King's Jewel that got bought out by a corporation (Smaug Enterprises, run by a dragon-like man only known as Mr. Smaug who cares more about money than actually running decent bars) after Thror goes bankrupt enjoying his own wares a little too much.

The dwarves all worked at The Kings Jewel before it was bought out, most quit after Smaug took over because they didn't like the way he was running things. Dwalin, Nori, Bombur, and Bifur were security. Bofur, Dori, and Oin were bartenders. Fili and Kili are Thorin's nephews, so they really just hung around the bar for fun. Ori was a cleaner after hours. Balin did things behind the scenes (managing money, etc).

Gandalf is the local town weird old person who really liked a drink you could only get at The King's Jewel that they no longer serve, so he wants Thorin to take back the bar and offers to hire someone to help break into the back room of the bar to try and find evidence that will let them get the bar back.

Bilbo, unfortunately for him, is who Gandalf hires- by that I mean he finds Bilbo at his farmer's market booth and tells him he has a job for him. Bilbo has a... reputation, since lots of people are fairly certain he worked as an undercover thief with the police to get evidence but never actually got caught, and he certainly wouldn't talk about it if it were true.

The Orcs are a competing family that want Smaug to keep The King's Jewel because otherwise they'll go out of business. Their bar is called The Defiler's Hand (named bc the owner lost his hand and they think it sounds badass).

that's kinda all the thoughts I have for now, and some of it i definitely think other people could come up with better ideas for (like the orc’s bar's name or how Gandalf and bilbo get involved) so I am very open to suggestions. also if you think certain dwarves would be more suited to different jobs, I was just kinda spitballing

if people are interested, I might work to make this an actual fic (maybe still written like it's a memoir from bilbo? I'd have to figure out how to throw in the big war (gang fight or smth?) and the ring, which might prove a challenge)

[suguwu]

this feels very bee™️ core so i figured i'd share :)

today is a rainy gross day and i have entirely too much to do so instead of doing any of that i've been crocheting a new bag to use at the farmers markets this summer

plot twist, i'm not using yarn, i'm actually using strips of plastic bags that i've been saving and and cutting up for the past few months

also i'm too lazy to find a pattern so i'm winging it based off of what i know about making stuffed animals :)

bag-ception

anon i'm absolutely obsessed with this for so many reasons and i am delighted that you consider this as feeling very bee™️ core!! bag-ception!! there is so much here and i am enamored with all of it. i fully believe in winging such things and i am fully confident in your ability to do so.

godspeed on your bag endeavors this is so fun

[churchgravel]

Merry Christmas everyone! Thanks to our diverse team, we have plenty of staff who chose to work today in favor of taking their preferred holiday off at another date. It is never too late to get a little last minute Church Gravel from us for your loved one(s)! Find us at our usual farmers market stall or in front of the Church of Right Here Right Now to get your cruelty-free gravel™️.

[losfacedevil]

Your ™️ is farmers market Sam ❤️

Farmers Market Sam 😂 yeah that’s valid I suppose lol