#Wetland Wonders

[missedmilemarkers]

[elefsina]

TRADITIONAL WITCHCRAFT…

…with its many and various branches, is a Craft born largely from the very landscape in which it is practiced. There exist common threads that run throughout the various recensions of the ‘Elder Faith’, but the precise traditions, ways and practices of the ‘Old Craft’ will always differ and be flavoured by the preserved folk beliefs, traditions, customs, lore, historical magical rites, charms and impedimenta of the region in which its practice is rooted. Traditional witchcraft is regional witchcraft, it is not and never has been a standardised practice and long may this continue to be the case. The day witchcraft loses regional variation is the day traditional witchcraft ceases to exist.

Traditional Witchcraft, Gemma Gary (2008)

[ourfag]

conversation topic: dogs in the city. tiny dogs that scamper and gallop bc their legs are so short. big dogs that can't possibly fit in an apartment. purse dogs. dogs in outfits. also babies in hats. actually just what's the convo when they r browsing a lovely farmers market. 💐 happy sunday hope the weather's nice where u r

ed: oh fuck me, look at that one

stede: which

ed: there. that. i’m—pointing with my fucking elbow, look—

stede: d’you want me to take something? i can carry—

ed: just—shut up and look at that fat little baby, look

stede: oh. oh my lord

ed: with the pom poms

stede: i see what you mean

ed: little fuckin—

stede: on his booties

ed, a full octave up: on his little booties look

stede: i love when they’ve got the hats that make them look like starfish

ed: is he supposed to look like a starfish?

stede: little points on his hat. starfish arms

ed: that doesn’t look like a starfish, it looks like a jester

stede: what? no it doesn’t. the points are sticking straight up, that’s a starfish

ed: how many starfish have you seen whose arms end in jingle bells

stede: i—

stede: the world is vast, edward.

ed: see i just think—

stede: must i be accountable for every species of starfish?

ed: —if there’s a starfish with jingle bells then you’re the kind of person who’s gonna know it off the top of your head

stede: i’m sure there’s one out there

edward: ok. is this like when i floated the idea of horse with wheels

stede: ……well, not—

ed: it’s practical, save the horse a lot of effort

stede: —it’s unlikely. it’s unlikely

ed: see that’s a useful feature. what’s a starfish gonna do with a jingle bell

stede: i don’t know! celebrate??

ed: doesn’t even work underwater

stede: maybe it just wants to feel fancy once in a while, you don’t think a starfish ever wants to feel fancy?

ed: spaghetti dog

stede: that’s—now you’re just hybridising

ed, pointing in an altogether different direction: no, look, there’s one of those spaghetti dogs, look

stede, following ed’s elbow to an italian greyhound: ooh spaghetti dog

ed: spaghetti dog

stede: that one’s got a jacket on. stylish

ed: didn’t you say starfish were carnivores?

stede: it’s houndstooth though. is that a bit too on the nose? sorry—

ed: no you have a point

stede: —what about starfish and carnivores?

ed: oh, just—if the starfish’s got bells, won’t its prey hear it sneaking up

stede: well you said it yourself, bells don’t really work underwater

ed: huh

ed: now you think about it that’s actually—that’s kind of depressing

stede: oh no

ed: sorry i didn’t mean to—

stede: no, starfish baby dropped one of his little pom pom booties, look

ed: oh shit—aw look at his little toes he’s gonna get cold

stede: should we go over? is that—would that be weird?

ed: i dunno, maybe, but like, also kind of badass?

stede: …badass?

ed: yeah like we’re starfish baby’s bodyguards or something. like we’re not gonna smother him but we’re just—

stede: on the outskirts, right? to make sure he won’t be mobbed for autographs

ed: right cuz he’s a celebrity baby

stede: but then when he needs assistance, we’re—

ed: “you dropped this, sir”

stede: and then he takes it, very businesslike, because he’s a professional

ed: and he understands what we’re saying because he’s a genius baby as well

stede: yes

stede: well—normal babies can do that too

ed: what, understand you?

stede: yeah. i believe so

stede: what? what’s wrong?

ed, in quiet horror: i have said so much stupid shit in front of other people’s babies

[thevaelguard]

Seriously, how many Warden artifacts does Sebastian and/or his family own... they owned an amulet that contains both the blood of an archdemon and the Warden that slew it !!! The boy has all the Warden memorabilia- no wonder his bedroom in Knight Errant looks shite, he's spending everything to indulge his Warden love...

[aisling-saoirse]

Beaver Pond, Hewitt, NJ - June 4th 2024

[proton-wobbler]

I kno its not good for economic security or mudslides or anything but I wont lie, I get some vindictive joy to see farmland in my home state flood any time we have more than 3 days of rain. Its supposed to be swamp, what did yall expect would happen.

The silver lining is that shorebirds can then use these flooded fields as stopover sites during migration, and sometimed those that overwinter in the area will come out and browse the cornfields too. So it's not always vindictive joy that powers me.

[bobcat-pie]

sooooooo fucking sucks to learn that your area USED to have a wetland but some fuckass dutch colonists drained it

[miharuhebinata]

a lot was covered in this new trailer but i think we can all agree that the most important was that

YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR OUTFIT. YOU LITERALLY GET TO PLAY DRESS UP WITH ZELDA OH MY GOD ALL MY DREAMS ARE COMING TRUE THANK YOU GOD AND ALSO JESUS AMEN 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[itsallwearecalledtodo]

realizing I haven’t observed any rusty blackbirds yet this winter and sad about it

[norsesuggestions]

Haha, reading the info the in the park i am informed that only is my childhood neighbourhood built on a wetland (which i always knew).

The entire middle part of the muncipitality is. So, i always knew my childhood villas are not long for this world, all having massive constructions underneath them to make them not sink into the ground.

The very centrum of the muncipitality has the same problem, and steadily sinking sense built the 1960s . Ha!

There was so much granite to built on, but nooo they built in on the wetlands. I guess, that what you get for doing that.

(I assume the wetlands were cheap to buy for big housing projects back in the day, and that is. It is no secret it is old lake/ocean bottom. It is valley between two higher points. The higher points used to be islands, and this the sea bed.

And then later a river, and then wetlands

And then some humans got hubris in the 1960s i guess, and decided this was best place for a gigantic neighbourhood

[missedmilemarkers]

[pommatre]

why am i not in wetland conservation.

[cupcakesinfedoras]

playing datv a second time is a fun way to see what achievements bugged out the first time

[jouska-the-deer]

I may only have 300 bucks in my bank account but I still bought 20 bucks worth of Planet Zoo DLC 5 minutes before the Steam Summer Sale ended because I have 0 self control.

[vibinwiththefrogs]

It's so fucked up to think about how not even 150 years ago large swaths of California were wetlands. That sounds like a myth in the modern day.

[thatsleepymermaid]

On Friday, the Georgia EPD granted permits to Twin Pines to strip-mine three miles from Okefenokee Swamp. This will be a "demonstration mine" of 600 acres digging out titanium dioxide, staurolite, and zircon. I cannot state how disappointed I am in my own state's environmental department to approve something so damaging to our natural wetland. The Okefenokee is the largest blackwater swamp in North America and one of the most endangered rivers in America. Hopefully, John Ossoff will block it again as he did back in 2022.

If you are looking for ways to help go ahead and check out 100miles.org and Georgia River Network.