#Merky Water

[lshedra-blog]

Feeding Her Baby Chick by Lutfi Shedraway Via Flickr: A sweet intimate moment between a duck and her baby chick. Just luck being there at the right time, right place.

[metamorphmigus]

Attack number 6! This is Bunyip, a swampy Cryptid owned by EyesoreLabs who is over on Deviant art. What a cute lad.

[zoklaperzys]

"The   North   welcomes   you   and   harbour   you   as   much   as   you   desire.   It   is   rare   that   someone   finds   solace   in   the   cold."   Only   northern   folk   seem   to   enjoy   the   cold,   Jon   himself   had   never   felt   it   that   much,   and   rebirth   had   offered   him   a   small   fire   that   kept   him   inside.   Be   it   a   literal   one   from   the   red   priestess   or   the   rage   he   felt   at   the   betrayal   of   his   brothers   in   black,   it   was   of   no   mind.   Jon   was   of   the   North   and   of   Winterfell   now.   "I   hope   you   find   no   disrespect   in   being   received   by   a   bastard,   Your   Grace."   His   brother   was   busy   and   Jon   was   respected   enough   in   the   North.   He   keeps   Ghost   by   his   side,   who   looks   at   the   woman's   dragon   with   his   always   curious   red   eyes.   He   can   sense   the   curiousity,   one   he   shares.  

"The   castle   is   built   over   hot   springs   so   you   won't   feel   the   cold   inside.   And   I   believe   your   dragon   is   big   enough   to   find   solance   here   or   in   the   caves   near   Bear   Island,   as   long   as   not   too   much   stock   is   eaten."   Winter   reserves   needed   to   be   kept,   including   animals   and   wools   and   he   doesn't   know   what   dragons   eat   but   he   is   aware   that   sheep   might   be   the   best   bet.   Or   bears.   But   no   Lady   Mormont   would   be   pelased   with   that.   He   offers   a   gloved   hand   for   the   woman   to   dismount   of   the   dragon. ⋆˖⁺‧₊☽𓃦☾₊‧⁺˖⋆ heart this post for a starter from jon. @dreamtfyres

[datgreenmonstah]

Theropod Facial structure theory

I have been trying to write this paper out so many times and the lack of funds to hire an editor/publish as well as getting this organized in a fashion that's considered proper for a scientific paper has caused me to hit so many walls, not including the learning disabilities that have made this worse to get this out. So i'm doing this to get what information i've been gathering since 2018.

looking at young corvid images of their open mouth, they had a lip area in their mouth that the upper beak would overlap and lay in perfectly, this is what started me down the road along with noticing the formina on the sides of theropod faces matched that of goose skulls I saw online. As I had no access to actual specimens in person.

feeling as though waterfowl specimens were the easiest to obtain(they were actually more difficult than thought) as well as being closer to dinosaurs on the evolutionary tree next to ratites, and even living along dinosaurs during the late cretaceous ie presbyornis, they seemed to be the best to study for this.

After obtaining a pair of peking duck and an african goose, from some local farmers that donated them, they were dissected and preserved using techniques learned from taxidermy for study. The specimens had one side of their bills removed while leaving the skin intact on the otherside. One of the peking ducks kept the tissue on both sides, while only one side had the top layer of the epidermis removed, exposing the harder dermis underneath. A noticeable attribute was that before preservation the bills were plump and didn't show any texturing, except for the goose around the back nearest to the corner of the mouth. Once preserved however, the skin on the bills shrank, revealing grooves and texturing where nerves and blood vessels would run.

The sensory organs and nerves that ran in the bills were observed using a candlelight method/ie holding them up to the light.

Tyrannosaurus Juvenile Jane specimen for comparison

The deep grooves and formina on the bill, as well as the formina and grooves that are seen in T.Rex have many similarities, which was the main focus of this study as they're are numerous studies pertaining to their sensory organs. Also something to compare is that there is a distinct row of formina that's more prominent on older crocodiles and alligators along the dentiary similar to that of T.Rex, on both the top and bottom row of the mandibles.

saltwater crocodile head from crocodiledarwin.com and alligator from encyclopediaofarkansas.net

komodo dragon profile view(comparing formina)

Though waterfowl having lamillae cannot be used to compare enamel ware. While crocodiles and alligators have teeth, but are known for not having lips, have ware and tare on their teeth than animals like monitor lizards that have lips as shown in this study using a relative of Tyrannosaurus rex to prove they had some form of lip to protect their tooth enamel.

Another observation is that in alligators the bottom row of dentary is tucked under the upper mandible and covered more than in crocodilians. It would be interesting to see the tooth study done with other teeth on both animals, as some of the posterior dentary on the upper mandible can sometimes be seen tucking away in a pocket of skin as protection in some alligators.

Also looking at neonatal alligators shows a depression in the lower jaw area that the upper dentary could sit in, almost as though their reminants of lips

neonatal alligator from natgeo on alligator facial mechanoreceptors

and while alligators and crocodilians seem to have scaling on their face this is just thickened sensitive skin with cracked texturing imitating scales. Bills on waterfowl are also thickened as this allows them to forage in merky waters and plants without damaging their bills. While both animals have thickened skin on their manidbles, it is still a very sensitive part of their body that they use to navigate and explore/manipulate their environment as well as interact with other of their species. While reptiles have less sensitivity and do not share these organs along their faces(the skin sense organ of some iguanian lizards). This could be also a lack of information on the anatomy of reptile skulls and facial structures that could be expanded more for comparison.

However there was a study done on the facial sensitivity of Tyrannosaurus along with alligators

See Complex Neurovascular system in the dentary of Tyrannosaurus

See Despite their thick skins, alligators and crocodiles are surprisingly touchy

and while it took awhile to find and make available, there had been a paper written on a very similar organ within the bills of waterfowl, namely mallard ducks.

See The Morphology and Distribution of Cutaneous Mechanoreceptors(Herbst and Grandry Corpuscles in Bill and Tongue of the Mallard)

And while Monitor lizards and other reptiles share a similar formina pattern, they lack the textured grooves and sensitive organs archosaurs and certain avians share, as well as other anatomical features of moniotor lizard skulls that they share more closely with other reptiles and snakes than they do with the archosaurians and avians.

komodo dragon skull ventral view

Alligator(left) Crocodile(right) ventral views of skulls

Peking Duck skull with bill skin(ventral view)

T.Rex skull ventral view

another observation in many reptile skulls is how the upper and lower dentary interact. While some had teeth that overlapped the lower mandible, there seemed to be somewhere that the teeth met, either at the anterior end of the skull or continually all around, in monitors there was some sort of gap at the anterior portion of the dentary to make way for the tongue to be able to slide in and out without being obstructed too much while allowing the mouth to stay closed. Where as archosaurs and avians the two overlapped one another allowing for a scissoring affect with the teeth, the most noticeable being the anterior end of the mandibles. And while waterfowl lack the dentary that archosaurs and reptiles have, the lamillae still slide past one another similar to what's observed in many theropods, even in non avian dinosaurs. The thought of bone to tooth contact is considered as well, and there can be a sizeable closure without the need for the amount of soft tissue observed in reptiles.

proposed crocodilian like contact of tooth on mandible(top), proposed soft tissue similar to that of monitor lizards(bottom left), new proposed soft tissue without scaled lips(bottom right)

Having soft tissued lips that is similar to that of a waterfowls bill allows for the mechanosensory corpusicules to interact as well as still allows for protection of the tooth enamel.

The way their upper dentary line up with their lower mandibular formina seems to follow the same pattern, compared to reptiles that didn't curve upwards towards the anterior portion of the lower mandible. There's also a possibility of having a nail, like waterfowl, or some large scale, like many other reptiles with dentary, at the anterior ends of the upper and lower manible. This is due to the amount of formina clustering in a pattern like structure similarly seen in both waterfowl and reptiles.

These observations and studies allowed for an idea of how to reconstruct Tyrannosaurus Rex

Juvenile Jane Tyannosaurus Rex skull, with open and closed mouth(top) and reconstructions

Even constructing a physical reconstruction to better observe how the lips and teeth would interact.

Paper mache head reconsturction done in a similar manner to the duck and goose specimens used in this study

Also when reconstructing, and also accounting for tooth slippage, there was an issue with a sizable gap at the anterior end with the front dentary when closing the jaws when attempting to imitate the mouth closing similar to that of previous reconstructions using reptile lips, where as with the more waterfowl skin reconstruction there was less of an issue and also less of an overhanging bottom lip.

Pages from personal study notes

There was also the issue of either exposing the jaw muscles similar to how crocodilians, alligators, and other reptiles are observed to have, or to cover it in skin like birds. One of the arguments is that the mouth wouldn't be able to open to the extent allosaurians and tyrannosaurus are able to open their mouths. When there are several avian species with skin over the area that can very well open their mouths just as wide, ie Bell Birds, which have a widened jugal bone like that of tyrannosaurus.

Young tyrannosaurus specimen(chomper)

Also to note, in most reconstructions where there is a bony knob on the jugal, circled in the above example, is more than likely a muscle attachment point, and the divet in the space before the attachment point could allow for the corner of the lips to sit.

In conclusion, Tyrannosaurus Rex and possible other theropod dinosaurs with similar skull anatomy of the upper and lower mandibles more than likely had thickened yet sensitive skin with a lip like structure similar to that of waterfowl and not a scaled skin.

Additional research papers on duck bill anatomy/mechanreceptors

Histomorphogenesis of Upper Beak in Muscovy Ducks (Cairina moschata)

3D architecture and a bicellular mechanism of touch detection in mechanosensory corpuscle

Molecular basis of tactile specialization in the duck bill

Personal Notes on research

[eqnoiaa]

sunscreen. ੈ✩‧₊˚

a/n: this was lowk rusheddd dont pay any mind to the mistakes !!

warnings: slight smut?? sexual depictions, light swearing maybe

"hey jayj, can you rub some sunscreen on my back? i cant reach.." you say whine as you pick up the open sunscreen bottle on the table next to you, the dry pieces falling into the cracks of the dock and into the merky water below.

jj turns to look at you smiling, taking the sticky sunscreen bottle from you. "of course, looks like you depend on me for everything, huh?" he smirks into the end of his sentence, moving closer to you with every word.

you scoff at the cockiness hes displaying, twisting your body so he could reach your lower back where the sunscreen needed to be applied

he was loving this right now, and you could tell by the way he was beaming with glory once he realized what was happening.

you spin around and your eyes lock with his as hes about to begin the application,"jj. be serious, its just sunscreen"

he scoffs. apalled you would even think of him as unserious, i mean, when has he ever displayed immaturity?

"me? unserious? sweetheart you must be mistaken." jj shook his head as he squeezed the bottle and swiped some cream on his two fingers. you have got to admit, his hands that have been working all day, the rings that had the reflection of the sun on it, and the nickname that had fallen off the tip of his tongue were doing things to you. you werent sure if you liked it or not.

"eyes up here, pretty"

he mumbled as he begins to rub the subscreen into your back. his calloused fingers sending shivers down your spine as you held back a low groan in pleasure.

"wheres kie when you need her, am i right?" jj chuckles behind you nervously, continuing to work his magical hands into you. you just laugh in agreement, still trying to hold back sounds threatening to spill any moment

jj moves into the sides of your stomach and hit a tender spot, allowing an errupt moan to fall

"ohh shitt.."

jj smiles and flips your hair over your shoulder to the front, moving his way up your back. "might have to get you to pay me for this since 'm doing so well.." he gloats, shifting his body closer to yours

you throw your head back a little to respond to him. but it hits his shoulder. now realizing how close the two of you were, you begin to feel a redness creep upon your tan cheeks.

"do you know how you could pay me, darlin'?"

he spoke in an almost whisper, still keeping his seductice husky tone that always manages to do something to you. you dont know what to say to him right now.

your hair blows into your face, almost sticking immediately due to the humidity in the outerbanks right now. he pulls away the few strands that got caught, and pulls you closer by his chest.

you wince at the coldness of more sunscreen being rubbed into your shoulders, almost shutting your eyes completely out of pleasure.

jj makes his hands down to the front of your body, inching closer and closer to the waistline of your american apparel underwear.

" 'this okay?" he mumbles against your neck, planting wet messy love bites all over it. marking what was his.

you almost forget how to speak, realizing what was happening. you wanted to push him away because you knew it was wrong, but your body needed him.

so bad.

"yes."

with your permission he dips his hand fully into your navy blue panties, his thumb brushing across your sensitive clit, making you whimper

all of this, so unexpected, the idea of someone catching you guys on the dock of your bestfriends house made this all so much better, the riskiness of it all turned you on. it turned both of you on.

"what do you want me to do you to, darlin?" jj whispers under his breath, teasing your entrance, waiting for a response. when he doesnt get one, he dips his finger almost in your now soaking pussy.

"huh?"

"everything, anythin' jj, just please do something."

the freudian slip gave him the reassurance he was waiting for, he wasted no time in allowing your walls to surround his fingers. his cold rings inside of you.

a/n: part twooo.??? lmk !!

jj maybank, your bestfriend, has 2 fingers inside of you right now, and youre loving it.

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[speedywithadhd]

What's dirty sink water latel of truth??

WO GLAD YOU ASKED ANON!! This one time me and Duke were making dinner together (a great idea) so we microwaved Ramen for ten minutes, in three minutes intervules and an added minute. Then we added pre cooked meat into it and miso soup, as well as flavored water. And then Duke, the crash man he is, found blue dye. We added that, but the red from the meat and the merky from the miso made it look like really disgusting sink water.

We ate it with a mini ladle.

The dye was sweetend.

It took an hour to finish.

[thedragicloudluigi]

🫧💨Wind n’ Water💧🫧

Lazegon and Kaoto Merki

Two of the main characters that I draw very frequently. I find it weird that I have ‘em together but here they are, my souls.

[fantasyqueen502]

Kiss of Life

Author's note: A scenario I thought up of our favorite pilot and my OC Kit. I had a lot of fun writing it. May make it a series out of this drabble. I don't know.

Rated: PG-13

The war was over.

Every member big and small of the rebel alliance was awarded with medals of valor in a grand ball. 

“Great speech General.” Finn laughs shoving his bestfriend’s arm mid sip causing him to dribble down his chin. “Grade A General Dameron.” 

He glares, but the smile couldn’t help, but make an appearance.

“Children. I’m cursed to play mother.” Ray states scolding and joking, but mostly scolding at the two full grown man. 

“I don’t know?” Finn wonders sauntering around her. She stifles a shriek as he snatches her waist holding her close. “We can play later, mommy.” he smiles, speaking lowly making Ray snicker, but punching his chest. Not full strength, but enough to get her message across. 

“My ears, my ears are bleeding!” Poe shouts dramatically covering his ears “La, la, la, la, naughty talk, Poe no like naughty talk.” he continues in a childlike voice. 

“You’re one to talk.” Finn counters. 

“Yes, talk. I talk nicely and gently for I am always a gentleman.” he states purring over the words gentle and gentleman. 

“ Po---I mean General Dameron, sir?” the address sounded more like a question of a statement unsure of the proper title in a social gathering. 

The trio turn towards the voice Poe the last to do so turning his head to peek over his shoulder at a Felis, an endangered species 200 recorded in the entire galaxy thanks to the First Order through genicide and or enslavement. Red orange eyes and healing cut along her widows peak. 

“BB, alert medical!” He instructs hopping a quarter of the way on one leg loosing the laces on his right boot swiping and doing the same to his left. Kicking them off leaping into the water towards a sinking X-wing. Routine evasive maneuvers.

Bad things seem to happen to the veterans outside of battle and war.

Through the merky blue pressing his palm to the wind screen finding the entire left window broken. He flinches feeling something trace his jaw gaping it recognizing the orange of the flight suit and four fingered hand. Following the arm finding her body still buckled in. Bubbles erupted from his mouth, swallowing the urge to inhale.

Breaking the surface grunting to lift her head above water. Mohawk of fire red hair mopped over her face he almost looked over the obvious open wound on her widows peak lines of blood with her black markings he wasn’t sure were from birth or ink. Pulling her body onto shore. Gasping for breath he goes into rescue mode. Feeling for a pulse snapping her fingers in her ears not seeing them flinch. 

He begins chest compressions pinching her nose giving three breaths going back to chest compressions. After four, five rounds her body spasms spitting up pond water. He helps her up by patting her back as she breathed. 

“Cadet Kit” he nods.

“My apologies, I didn’t mean to intrude, Miss Ray, Mr. Finn.'' she bows her head in respect. She stood pencil straight dawning a deep v cut neckline black dress that changes hues to red in certain lights. Duel tails flicked from side to side. 

“Don’t be.” Rey waves off giving a gentle smile. “We’ll catch up later, Poe.” she excused, taking an unsuspecting Finn by the arm. 

“General Dam---”

“No need for formalities, Kit. Come have a drink.” he gestures to the empty seats at his sides.

She sighs taking a seat smoothing out the wrinkles in her dress reaching back to preen her impressive mohawk that ran down her spine mid back for all to see thanks to the open back dress. 

The bartender approached. 

“Ummm…” red orange eyes darting over the wall of bottles. “...just a star lyte.” She orders meekly. Shortly a tall glass of bubbly starting from yellow to a clear. 

“Is everything alright since…” he trails off not wanting to tear out wounds, but genuinely wanting to know a cadet under his watch is ‘well’. 

 

“No.” She assures. “I mean yes…everything is fine. I've been evaluated and tested and given the green light to return to work.” 

“I'm waiting for a but.” Poe speaks his mind. 

“I don't want anything from you, I'm not blaming or-or pressuring you, because you didn't know, I mean how could you know.” she rattles off sporadically. 

“Kit, Kit, Kit.” He calls. Catching one of her flailing arms. She’s breathing hard guiding her hand to the bar tenderly rubbing his thumb along her hand. 

“I'm pregnant.” She sighs. 

“Congratulations?” He trails off in confusion from such a display having any connection to him. 

“It's yours.” She quickly adds ears drawn back anticipating an outburst. 

“You're joking.” He laughs

“No.” 

“You are.” 

“No.” 

“We've never…” he gulps deep in thought going through his list of intimate partners over the past few months. “...we never…” he states, but isn’t even unsure of himself. 

“No, we've never…did that, but that's not required for me.” 

“How then…” 

“When…when you kissed me---I know it wasn't a kiss.” She cuts in. “But that is how my…” she wills herself to continue. “That is how my kind conceives.” She states as if the very words pained her. “Any form of dna substance in organisms.” 

Poe stares at her. Unblinking brows furrowed she could hear the gears in his mind working overtime. When his unblinking stare became unbearable she opens her mouth, but he turns he head breathing in deeply covering his face with his hands. 

“I've already filed a request a transfer so you don't have to---” 

“Wait transfer. Wait---stop, stop, stop..” he shakes his head turning his body toward her. “...why would I want you to transfer?” 

“It's unprofessional and irresponsible to continue working together…” 

“Says who?” He asks. 

She scolds a ping of warmth in her heart at his rebellious ‘fuck the rules attitude’.

“You are my superior. Any promotion or demotion will be scrutinized.”  

“I would never---”

“I know.” she coos. “But on the outside what will it look like?” She reasons. 

“I assume you're keeping…” he could finish his thought. 

He? She? It? Them? Everything was just moving so fast. 

She nods. “You don't have to feel obligated, I'm fully prepared to do all of this on my own.” 

“I want to be a part of this. My mom would haunt me and beat me senseless if I didn't man up and take some responsibility.” 

She laughs at that. 

“Did you get a scan or is that---is it too early.” he asks. 

“Can't really tell anything yet. Just that little colo is there.” 

Scooting closer touching shoulders. Tapping her wrist band, projecting an image on the bar top. 

“Colo?” He recites. 

“It's stupid. It's just…looks like little Colo claw fish egg.” 

Taping the still image plays. A small blob in a sea of static. Rotating it to show small darker spots within flickering rhythmically. 

A heartbeat. 

[the-fiction-witch]

The Wedding in White Habor P2

Media Game Of Thrones

Character Jojen Reed

Couple Jojen X Reader

Rating Spooky

I woke up utterly alone the bed cold and empty, I forced my eyes open and sat up in the bed holding the covers close as I looked across the room I saw Jojen just finishing getting dressed into considerably less regal clothes then I saw yesterday in fact I was almost convinced they were rags the greyish green material wrapped around him hiding the impressive body I was last name. 

"Good morning" I smiled 

He glanced at me before turning away again "morning. Get dressed were already packed we're leaving in an hour" he says

"Leaving?" I asked

"For grey water" 

"Oh, I thought we'd -"

"weather's good. Surely you want to get settled" 

"Yes jojen" I nodded, I climbed out of bed onto the cold stone floor and began slipping off my nightie. In Front of the mirror as I did I noticed Jojen for a moment uncontrollably watching me having stopped short to do so "yes?" I asked slightly blushing

He looked away knowing he'd been caught "I'll be in the courtyard waiting for you." He snapped before heading out of the room leaving me alone.

I got changed into my traveling clothes making sure I would be comfortable given the long road ahead. I gathered my things and headed down to the courtyard where the carts were being loaded with all my things, jojens things and his father's things. Both Jojen and his father stood overlooking the process. 

"AHH good morning my dear" halon reed smiled to me taking my hand to give it a kiss 

"Hello my lord" I smiled slightly dipping my knees to curtsy 

"No no my dear your family now. No need to worry about pleasantries" he says "are you ready?"

"I think so" I nodded giving my horse tallia a soft pet on her soft brown nose

"Ahh my dear well" he began

"No horses in the marshes" Jojen snapped

"What?"

"I'm afraid so, once had to be quick and daglige living among the marshes we have no need for horses they would merely get bogged down in the mud. I'm afraid your horse could go to the neck and no further" 

"Oh. But I've had her since I was a girl" 

"I'm sorry but she's of no use in the marshes" 

"Well. I guess she'll just have to go back to the dreadfort with my father. I was so upset but I hid my tears I didn't want to leave little tallia but I didn't really have a choice. I didn't want to kick up about it especially given it was clear Jojen already didn't like me. We finished loading my things and jojen went to the front of the party without another word, his father helped me up onto one of the carts beside a small driver man and without further delay we were off heading out of the white harbor keep down its cobblestone roads with the bite to our side, I did take times to walk alongside whenever my legs began to feel numb, I had tried to hurry to the front and speak with Jojen and his father but I never could. So I simply watched the world go by watching trees, listening to bird song, watching the sun follow us across the sky. We didn't stop to rest just carried on through the mud and grass of the southern most areas of the northern kingdom past moar calin briefly following the road until we headed into the swampy marshes. It was now twilight on our second day since white harbor, the carts has to move single file along the small walkable areas until even those disappeared.

I had to walk along behind the cart it slowly being pushed thought the narrow walk ways until even then the carts has to take a different path then us leaving me to walk along these rickety shifting jettis. 

I honestly was frightened walking through the dense fog, the wooden walkways shifting and moving with the bog below often the swamp water coming up through holes in the wooden walkways, everything this merky green hue, the air thick, the sky blocked out, no bird songs or grass sounds all of it just this bubbling and belching of the swampy marshes. I could have sworn as I walked I saw faces in the marsh water looking up at me drowned men and women, I could see in the dark trees yellow eyes that seemed to watch me I wasn't sure of they were creatures of the earth or marshmen themselves. The whole place has a thick musky smell like black dirty water. I was about to ask how much further to the keep of greywater but I lost track of those infront of me in this thick fog “Hello?” I asked nervously unable to do anything but watch the jetti moving back and forth in the waters current I felt steps move the wooden walk until something emerged from the mists a large lizard lion two men tall, it crawled along jaw agape showing its six lines of razor teeth it snapped its long tail at me.

I screamed and tried to run the other way but it hit me with its tail knocking me off the jetti and into the marsh water. I was convinced it was coming after me and I’d be food in meer moments. 

I felt my body being dragged out and back onto the jetti, I looked and saw I was back safe on the jetti and the lizard lion angrily moving away back into the marshes angry at the denial of an easy meal, 

“Watch the fog. They move in the cover of the thick fog” Jojen told me as I saw it was him who had come after me to pull me out

“Right, Thank you” 

“I won’t do it again, symbol of my house. Bad luck to hurt them” 

“Of Course. I’m sorry”

“Come on or it’ll be dark before we get to greywater. Then you’ll really have to fight” He explained 

“Right, Okay” I nodded fixing my dress and headed down the walkways. 

[k00299590]

Disrupt

I did the Concept Development workshop on Monday morning which gave me some good ideas and what to do next in my project. Sylvia brought out some good ideas by asking questions quickly and making me respond quickly with the first things that come to mind when I have migraines and insomnia. The main thing that came from it was the hand gestures I made when thinking of my answers. I took some photographs when I got home, my hands hand by hand was my response thinking of feelings of discomfort and my hands over my heart were response to thinkings of the things I do to comfort myself. My plan is to cast my hands on these positions.

Sylvia also gave me some good artists to research. I really liked her suggestion of Kaye Donachie. Her paintings are quite merky and moody which resonates with the paintings I’ve made so far.

Lick and Lather by Janine Antoni

Another idea we came up with was making a face cast and using things like ice to cast it because a comfort for me when having a migraine is having really cold water/putting a cold towel on my head/cold shower/swim in the sea. Lick and Lather by Janine Antoni is an artist who used chocolate and soap to cast her busts which are also an unlikely things to use as a material to cast a bust with. I may do some other face sculptures with materials like liquid latex or wax.

Berlinde de Bruyckere.

Another artist Sylvia suggested who I really like was Berlinde de Bruyckere. Her sculptures give of very vulnerable and isolated feelings while in bed where you’re normally supposed to feel comfort and relaxation.

[merklins]

Hi merky! Just know I'm going to bed now but I have ideas for the drawing prompts!!! Im considering drawing both, but ive actually never watched ToH.. im taking your ask however as the final sign that i should so i shall share my thoughts with you >:] I'm also gonna try and snap some minecraft pictures tomorrow, but I didn't cuz my brain was sooo fucking tired and I forgored [and also have to figure out how to take screenshots on my computer ;^^]

I built a huge house though!!! It's three stories but kinda narrow? It's got a kitchen, an attic (which will be my room) and a really tiny bathroom that's just for afk ^^; im also planning to make a living room! I've also got a really nice exterior going which I adore!!! #o(>♡<)o# so many plants and shrubs... there's also a really big and nice basement, but I didn't build that! I just mostly worked on the house, which started as a temporary dirt hut and kinda evolved into something more elaborate over time!

Anyway, I hope your day was well! I care for you and im here if you need anything!! ^◇^-Ollie

WAIT YOU HADN'T ALREADY?? I sent you Raine as the alternative because I was trying to pick out something from another fandom you were in and VAGUELY remembered seeing an Owl House reblog from you. OH WELL! It's a neat show and I'm sure you've heard more than enough about it already so I'll spare you from any more haha. I got a couple prompts of my own sitting in the inbox right now, so if any of those were yours, then good news! THE IDEA IS IN MOTION! ( After spending. an embarrassing amount of time deciding which card and what flowers I was using)

Also your Minecraft house sounds lovely and I can't wait to see pictures of it!! I can't promise it'll work on every kind of computer ever, but usually pressing fn and f2 at the same time will take a screenshot for you. You'll have to go fishing around in the game files to find your screenshot folder, but it gets the job done! If you have a printscreen button that'll send a screenshot right to your clipboard, but if you don't play in fullscreen it'll capture your taskbar too so be careful of that.

NOW INFO DUMP UNDER THE READ MORE FOR MY NEATO MINECRAFT WORLD <3

OK so I don't actually have much built on this one yet because I've been busy surviving BUT I have big ideas!! IMPORTANT CONTEXT BEFORE I GO OFF HERE my world has a mod on it that realigns all the Minecraft code so being underwater is GOOD that's how I'm supposed to play! It's fun and safe and I can do all the stuff I need to down there! BUT ON THE OTHER HAND being in air does the little bubble popping and eventually kills me. Context over!

First big question right off the bat. WHAT HORSES... Horses don't do water Minecraft! WELL WELL WELL One day I had Minecraft open in the background during a thunderstorm and a skeleton trap spawned right over my cave. I triggered the trap by accident while collecting kelp aaand after defeating all of the riders I now have a bunch of skeleton ponies (: Skeleton horses are cool because in Minecraft Skeletons CAN'T drown. So these guys cruise around the caverns like it's nothing! I can ride them too, which. isn't any more effective than swimming because I swim VERY WELL with this mod. But it's the thought that counts! Companionship is hard to come by down there so I LOVE these freaky little guys. They scream horrid sounds from the abyss while I work and I just <3 those are them!! I haven't given most of them names, but one is called Fibia (Fibula + Tibia. I was tired and forgot those weren't one word)

I've been working on re-shaping the caverns before I start building, because while the caves and cliffs update is EPIC there are just sooo many nooks and crannies to get lost in. THANKFULLY the caverns have so many openings to the surface that I can usually swim back around to my base of operations (first cave in the cavern that I dumped all my junk in while I build). I'm going to grab some screenshots once I'm done with all that terraforming and sketch out some ideas, but right now I'm thinking that I should hijack some kind of sunken research facility. I'm talking fallen vessels, abandoned equipment, THE FULL SHEBANG! It's going to look so cool and be the perfect use for all of this copper I keep digging up.

So if you happen to find any cool submerged architecture and technology in your travels I would LOVE to be tagged for that kind of stuff! And also. I left you hanging on the bird thing. I WILL GET YOU THAT BIRD PHOTO!! I don't have any of them yet because I haven't been taking my camera out with me, but the next chance I get I'll see if I can snap those guys!

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Juvenile Purple Gallinule by Lutfi Shedraway Via Flickr: Out to Orlando Wet Land, this past Sunday. There were activities, but normal activities except for 2 special moments. This is one of the 2 moments where for the first time, I see Juvenile Purple Gallinules. I must have close to 100+ photos of each separately because while they were close to each other, the camera focus could not home in on the two being in different areas and I would not get the close up I wanted. Patience paid. Gave it time, until I can get these 2 in the same shot. And I clicked away to get as many shots before they moved apart. The second subject for the 2nd moment will be posted soon. A baby Gator with a total length of less than a foot was in the Orlando Wet Lands. I was lucky to spot it.

[wonderingnorthwards]

29th March 2023 - Can’t all be highlights

Not going to lie, today was frustrating as hell. Freezing cold start in janky Stodys hut, (the many holes in the wall not the greatest insulator btw) through a snow covered Forrest, beautiful but my hands were too cold to take photos, down a suuuper steep and slippery section for 1.5 hours with my AirPods dying along the way. Scrambled down to the river, which when the notes talked about the “high path” and at no point did the map intersect the river I made bold efforts to not cross, even though the orange markers were directing to do so. Too cold to risk it. This ultimately let me to scramble and battle 50m directly up a steep gorge embankment before getting to where the gps said the track was, only to discover the map was absolutely lying and needing to have to ass slide and scramble back down the bank. Next up was actually crossing this river, and if you recall, it has been snowing so wasn’t the most temperate water to cross for a 1 degree outside 10am. Unlike most rivers I cross, this one was not clear, a grey murkiness resulting in an increased reliance on the poles for depth and feet placement. Discovering it was actually pretty deep and not just up to knee length, I wisely put my phone in a higher pocket before briskly walking around boulders, well up to my waist before making the other side with my pants dripping wet. Thankfulness for removing my thermals just minutes before quickly turned to despair as I get a distinct slap on my lower thigh as my AirPods case rebounds within my shorts pocket. We will see how those turn out when I get back to civilisation, but as you can tell, day didn’t start great. For the balance, I criss crossed the river probably 15 times, up and down steep valleys trying not to fall too many times and walking past 12!! Sobos, apparently they had 13 of them in the hut I am currently occupying, the 6 bed Top Timaru hut. Eventually making it here by 4:30, I missed my push time for pushing on to the next private hut 14kms on, further frustrating me, but such is life. Lemon juice to the days grazes but the hut has no available water, but has kindly supplied gumboots so you can safely cross the merky river 50m away to get to the stream which did finally have clean drinkable water. Not all days can be highlights and it’s the difficult moments that you push through that give the great times opportunity to arise.

Stat round up:

Journey: Stodys hut - Top Timaru hut

Kms: 14kms, apple says 20.5 again, 29k steps

Climbing: 222 flights

Current km: 471

[random-non-shower-thoughts]

My fish ancestors would love this merky river water. Nice and deep, and no way for the birds to find them. I would live here if I didn't have land lungs.

How deep is this in my brain... what part is this? Everyone talks about the lizard bits more.

[daybydayinaquote]

Back To Me: Day 96

April 6 List 8 things you are grateful for right now.

My jobs. I have debt... And being able to slowly, very slowly, try to pay it off is good.

Being able to take care of the money things that I need to month by month.

Having my own car. Paid for an owned by me.

Not having to pay rent. Even though I do have other bills to take care of and no real personal space.

Even though I don't feel like I deserve it, I feel and I know they aren't 100% truthful with me, and we are in really merky waters with each other... I am happy that I have a certain someone is at least somewhat back in my life,,,

I'm grateful that my mom is still around. With the sudden death of Ben and when she got into that crash... it got a little scary...

I am grateful that I am comfortable enough to do things alone.

I know that this post is super late... But I am grateful for being thought of to be invited to a coworker's baby shower. I hardly work with them. And I honestly don't know them all that well. But I adore their mother (our manager) like she was family. So, being one of her kids, I see her like family as well. And learning that she was pregnant and now recently engaged I was ecstatic for her! But her telling me that I was invited to her baby shower, I was surprised but it melted my heart for her to think I was "worthy" enough to go...

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A-Reece & M.anifest - West Africa Time Lyrics

A-Reece & M.anifest - West Africa Time Lyrics Woke up in the plane, we just landed somewhere above the equator I’m smoking triple-A, balling Hitting triple-doubles every game Bearing the fruits of my labour I gotta say, it got me feeling like Carlito, I could spit an apple in your face Numbers doing far better than they projected Labels use my work as point of reference when I drop a record Keepin’ up with me just got ’em looking desperate Keep my emotions and the business separate when it’s time for dealing with the unexpected No need to be ducking the pressure No I am not that nigga Rivera, but I’m with it whenever, wherever Took a lot of effort to hold it together I know they wanted it severed, broken in pieces gone with the wind, and forgotten forever But don’t forget I just made you remember Here to continue the legacy of the dream-like Members only in the mecca of winners Only nigga realer than me is the one in the mirror It should be obvious, we not some beginners I think it’s obvious I’m up against quitters, liars, pretenders It’s getting old, I’m growing tired of you niggas I bet somebody hired you niggas Starting to feel like it’s a curse that I inspired you niggas I know this lifestyle inspired your writtens You ain’t a tough guy, retire that image Really a master at this shit, just admit it Really a hazard going ape like Gibbons Really had it, lost it all then got it back like I didn’t, yeah Focus on the love and abandon the hate Diamonds in my ears dancing, looking like Kida The Great One of the best to ever do it, it’s not a debate Never thought I’d live to see the people admire the fake (Never, yeah) Niggas going live, start doing the most End up playing pass in real life when us niggas approach (For real, yeah) Shit is deep, you either sink or float (For real) And if you didn’t know then now you know Okay, this be my cue) Charlie, one minute I’m a solid dude that’s been in solitude for many centuries They don’t know where I’m at, but they mention me Tension me, never I’m quite clever with these villainous quotes The Kobe approach, I ate them with that 2-4 jersey, the boy too certi’ I choose violence, I’m cersei My skin tone Stormzy But the train of thought is not merky, you heard me? I kiss my teeth and speak my piece Too many Visa’s in this passport for me to be on a leash I never came to appease my nigga I’m on a beach, at peace It’s Seychelles where the sea shells whiter than teeth, kapeesh The fashion and passion Words are inadequate, that’s why I’m postin’ pictures, no caption, I’m watching anime Venture capital this rapping shit R&B Greezy, Chris Breezy couldn’t catch my drift Articulate, immaculate Go against the god at a sacrilege Get you a coconut smile and paint with acrylic, uh Indulging in Holy water Been stamped across many borders The king’s daughter’s rigidus The presence are giving orders Topsy-Turvy the We pleasant in many quarters But if you ever do courses you wish our parents aborted And I keep rising on the Dow Jones Wall street of Sweden, these mans they know my stock homes And back home, I’m known as the God MC, the stand-up for longevity My clarity is legendary, my speciality is weaponry Notable for quotables I used to raise these boys to men, jagaban, badaddan A-Reece my next of king I stood next to kings, the god now So when you skeptical and in doubt, praise the Lord now, ASAP Jozi lights, Accra nights, keep shining bright Bless up Read the full article