#I should not have picked purple

[plastidgremlin]

Why is Zanuka Hunter's spawn rate so low

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Flower Empowered.

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[moe-broey]

Quick and rough Plumeria redesign, mostly just cause...... I gotta do what comes naturally to me, man. Give me some Shapes. Simplify that design or so help me.

I don't have a lot of complex thoughts about it, actually! Just the idea of having a "sexy" outfit that draws the eyes to certain parts of the body -- while simultaneously being modest and Sharp. Having an edge to it. Also!!!! The luna moth inspired wings!!! I wanted to stay within her og color palette, but I've also always thought luna moth wings would suit her... the top wing is vaguely heart shaped, too!

[pearl-kite]

Want to see some neat things about how irises grow?

Remember when I dug up and divided ALL of my irises at my parents' place a few years back? And how I ended up with 50 rhizomes, and I had bought 9 more just a bit before that?

Well, my mom wants to try to amend the soil because it's not great. Most of the irises have just been surviving, but not well enough to bloom, and everything else planted in the area struggles similarly. In order to amend the soil, though, I needed to dig them all up.

Again.

I dug up 44 rhizomes this time, which is honestly a bit better than I expected. I knew that not all of the ones I put in were going to survive, but I was still surprised by how many I just dug up today.

Anyway, the learning bit!

So irises aren't bulbs, they're rhizomes. Each year they put up leaves at one end, and over time they kind of end up migrating in that direction. If they do really well at gathering and storing energy, instead of just continuing forward, they'll fork, putting up leaves on two sides and a stalk with blooms in the center. The following year, the pattern continues, going forward from each side of that fork. If a rhizome does REALLY well, you'll end up with a bunch of forks spreading out.

The one on the left has survived, but not gone very far, and the white at the end shows that I accidentally broke some of the old rhizome off when I was digging it back up. It also happens to be a dwarf variety, so the rhizome is smaller to begin with; all my other photos are of intermediate and tall bearded irises with much larger rhizomes.

The one on the right has done well enough to grow forward for a few years, with the oldest of the rhizome at the bottom (still healthy and full of stored energy!) and the newest year's growth at the top. Looking at the rhizome itself, I'd guess that one is about 4 years (which makes sense, 'cause I think I did the splitting back in 2020).

The one on the left bloomed this year; you can see the flower stalk dried out in the center, and the new fork in the rhizome to the sides. Next year, they'll continue in those two directions, and it won't go forward from the stalk any longer.

The one on the right bloomed a few years back, and though it kept growing forward from there, it hasn't bloomed since. The other side of the fork also died off, and it's now only growing in one direction again.

Last but most certainly not least we have THIS beast. This one has bloomed the last two or three years in a row. I honestly can't tell if the guy at the bottom right is part of the same rhizome or another one I planted too close that got subsumed by this monster, because it took ten minutes to get most of the clay off and there was still more. I'll need to actually rinse it off with the hose to really see if it's all one plant or two.

But I'm 95% sure that this guy is going to bloom again next year because of those nubs down along the bottom. They were below the soil, and they're too thick to be new roots, so I'm guessing that's what future growth looks like. Honestly, this guy should probably be divided, but I also don't want to ruin the chance of it blooming next year, so I'm going to put him back in the dirt as is and maybe divide next year after blooming season.

Anyway, irises are my favorite, and I think it's intriguing how they work. I'm hoping that we can get the soil a bit more balanced and that they'll do better after replanting them, because even though I just dug up 44, we only had 4 or 5 bloom this year. They aren't thriving in the soil as-is, because for as long as they've been established we should have had more blooming than that. It was still the best year since dividing them, though.

I've brought a bunch of them over to my apartment and I'm going to try them out in containers, mostly the dwarf varieties I had. ONE of the dwarfs bloomed this year and it was gorgeous, but I'm hoping the rest will do better in new soil with some extra attention.

[ratwars]

I am still getting a luedor cake btw like last year tho I ran into a snag. I want a fancier one but the other place was the only one that had the option to customize and order online to pick up. So to do so I would have to go someplace and actually talk to a human to do a custom cake order. And even thinking about asking someone in person to write this on the cake has hit me with a bout of uncommon shyness I have yet to talk myself out of. If they ask questions I'll have to lie about my friends Lue and Fyodor. Not so strange maybe when my current legal name is something else and that is what is on the card I would pay the deposit with. But still. Like what if they know...do I still have one last fuck in me to give? Maybe so 😔

[garden-of-flags]

[color] sapphillean flag compilation

[color] sapphillean: "a flag for sapphilleans who like the color [color] or just wanted a [color] flag"

sapphillean: “an orientation that encompasses wlw, nblw, wlnb, mlm, mlnb, and nblm but not wlm or mlw” or “a combination of sapphic and achillean” alternative spellings: sachillean, sapphichillean, sapphic-achillean, saphilean, sapphilean, saphillean, sapphicchillean, sappho-achillean, achillean sapphic earliest mention: june 29, 2018 by @/sapphicchillean (link here) (archived link here)

jan 5, 2023: pink sapphillean flag by @/MilkyWayMimikyu on twitter (link here)

[ ID: a flag with nine horizontal stripes, with the center stripe being twice as tall. in order they are: deep magenta, medium purple, medium pink, muted bubblegum pink, light pink, very light red, light red, red, and dark red. in the center of the flag is a pink lily flower with a white border. /End ID ]

[ ID: a flag with nine even horizontal stripes, in order they are: deep magenta, medium purple, medium pink, muted bubblegum pink, light pink, very light red, light red, red, and dark red. in the center of the flag is a pink lily flower with a white border. /End ID ]

aug 9, 2023: blue sapphillean flags by @puriette (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with four even horizontal stripes, in order they are: dark blue, navy blue, iris blue, and light blue. in the center of the flag is a blue sapphillean symbol. /End ID ]

[ ID: a flag with four even horizontal stripes, in order they are: dark blue, navy blue, iris blue, and light blue. /End ID ]

aug 10, 2023: purple sapphillean flags by @puriette (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with four even horizontal stripes, in order they are: dark purple, purple, medium lilac, and light purple. in the center of the flag is a purple sapphillean symbol. /End ID ]

[ ID: a flag with four even horizontal stripes, in order they are: dark purple, purple, medium lilac, and light purple. /End ID ]

[bittwitchy]

in a thousand languages a word for this desire

for loving you for loving you loving you (insp.)

[shima-draws]

There’s RAINBOW checkmarks now??? Might just have to indulge myself boys

[undeadlobster]

[oh-gh0st]

[voidimp]

back on my bjd bullshit

[its-captain-sir]

I bought a fluorite bracelet when I was at this rock shop and I literally feel so dumb now cause fluorite's only got a 4.0 hardness (and I SHOULD have remembered that cause this is literally what I take classes on) like this thing is probably gonna shatter into a bunch of little octahedra on me 😭😭

[viiridiangreen]

not to be obnoxiously materialistic as part of the capitalist apparatus' winter psyop but………………. First Goffick Platform Boots I've Had Ever Just Dropped lol

got these as a slightly early xmas yule present

i was literally JUST bitching at a beloved mutual the other day abt being sad that i don't really dress alt anymore?? these don't have 2kgs of spikes and buckles so idk if they're even considered Proper Goth by whatever arbitrary standard but they're a nice solid base to build on :)

[lucifer-kane]

honestly might not re-dye my hair bc i forgot how much i loved the blonde and it looks sooo fucking good rn

[ghostprinceiii]

"You're going to need a compelling reason to gain entry to Inazuma..."

My compelling reason is I need wood from there to make a purple bed for my teapot house.