#herons of london

[michaelnordeman]

Grey Heron/gråhäger. Holland Park in London, England (February, 2020).

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[meangirlsenjoyer]

hi, i'd love to hear about your headcanons! :) (you can pick the character and/or the ship)

AHHH OKAY !!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ASK AND LETTING ME TALK ANON !!!!! <3

hmmm i pick....... cady heron for this one !!!! because ive had a lot of thoughts about her lately following me seeing west end :3

under the cut bc it's a little long !!! also there's an image too :D

autistic !!! her special interest is math, specifically calculus :) really struggles with social cues and sarcasm — “they have codes and social signifiers that i don't seem to get, not me, not yet”/“shut up... shut up!” “i didn't... say anything...”

bisexual !!! she always thought she was straight and then she saw regina and immediately fell for her, then she saw aaron and got super confused :( she went home and researched for hours because she hated the horrible feeling of not knowing who she was and found out about bisexuality and it just clicked for her :D

she has the glow in the dark stars on her bedroom ceiling, they remind her of kenya :3 she's also really interested in astronomy !!! she has a lot of books on the topic and enjoys comparing the constellations in them to the ones in the sky !!!! her dream birthday present would be a telescope :)

she was secretly relieved that she didn't have to go to spring fling because she didn't like the feeling of the dress she picked out on her skin :( so she was much happier with her mathletes jacket and now she wears it alllll the time !!!

i think that she would listen to whatever music her friends are listening to (that's a separate headcanon thing, do we want to see that ??? mean girls characters favourite artists/songs/bands/etc ??? lmk !!!) especially since she hadn't had much exposure to the kind of music they listen to in america when she still lived in africa, if she's listening to music it will mostly be whatever is popular, whatever her friends like :P

DISNEY FREAK. I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL. her favourites are definitely the lion king, the princess and the frog or alice in wonderland :3 disney could be one of her special interests as well !!!!

she has lion king bedsheets, lion king pyjamas, the works !!!! the disney store is like. her favourite place istg

she has an insane plushie collection, most of them are from aaron (i headcanon that he's weirdly good at those arcade games so he wins her a bunch of stuff) and she 100% has to kiss every single one of them goodnight so that none of them feel left out

but don't tell the other plushies that her favourite is her blåhaj toy that her mom bought her as soon as they moved to illinois :3 they were in ikea and she spotted it and was like :00 !!! and convinced her mom to buy it for her

WATER BOTTLE. NEEDS TO BE MENTIONED BECAUSE THIS IMAGE MAKES ME GIGGLE EVERY TIME !!!! anyways she's tried so many water bottles but she could never find one that she liked the feeling of :( either the straw was wrong or there was no straw at all !!! and she was determined to find a reusable one because she's really passionate about the environment !!! she found this one and she literally carries it with her everywhere it's like a security blanket but a water bottle ↓

[trevlad-sounds]

Honeywisp Sun Frogs

07.12.2024

00:00:00 tttc – Little Frogs 00:02:01 Nitai Hershkovits, Daniel Dor – Of Florals 00:02:44 Nitai Hershkovits, Daniel Dor – Dance Of The Petals 00:04:37 Parker Tichko – Sporophytes in Spring 00:06:27 Parker Tichko – Yellowing Fronds 00:07:53 Andrea Castiglioni – Sun Road 00:09:32 Andrea Castiglioni – Before Sailing – an Ecology of Mind 00:13:46 Greg Foat – Pool Side Part 2 – Live 00:18:50 Omni Gardens – Rain Jacket 00:21:04 Omni Gardens – Honeywisp 00:23:53 Noiserv – Fit (In) B 00:26:33 Pin Park – Blaupunkt – Daniel Szlajnda Version 00:30:44 Fumio Miyashita – 天/Ama (Heaven) 00:40:11 Heron & Crane – Morning Ritual 00:43:34 Heron & Crane – Crownbeard 00:47:03 Mark Ellery Griffiths – Do you remember? (that day in 1969) 00:50:53 Mark Ellery Griffiths – Travelling

[mothlagoon]

💧Getting the new prints ready for the London showmasters events comicon at the olympia next week

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[the-laws-of-physics-were-harmed]

WIP ask game

Thank you to @sea-dwelling-wizard for the tag!

Tagging @jackdawandicarus and @lordcatwich (no pressure ofc!)

rules: answer as many (or as few) of the questions about your WIP as you can.

For this, I'll be using my Victorian dragon thing :)

1. What was the first part of your WIP that you created?

An initial version of the first chapter! It was initially going to be a really long poem (non-rhyming; I'm not that skilled). It focused on Heron (Hanne at the time) walking through sort-of-London (no, he does not wander through each chartered street where the chartered Thames does flow and mark in every face he meets marks of weakness marks of woe /ref) and entering a house. It was slightly more interesting than it sounds.

2. If your story was a TV show, what would the intro song be?

I'm honestly… not that sure. That's are a few songs that I link with it but that's spoilers so uh. Yeah.

3. Who are your favourite character(s) and why?

Amethyst because the only other characters are Leila, Heron and Thomas. I've not developed Leila much yet, I'm not allowed to say Heron because he used to be based on me, and Thomas is an absolute shithead. Also Amethyst is a complex character from the start. Thomas is literally just a capitalist and Heron's complexity comes from later events.

4. What other pieces of media could share a fan base with your WIP?

Well, in its current form it kind of comes from my Victorian lit obsession, and it's going to be epistolary so… Dracula. Though it has very little in common with Dracula other than being epistolary and Victorian.

Other than that, I think it has some similarities to the Cogheart books? It's been a while since I read them, though.

5. What has been your biggest struggle while writing your WIP?

Heron's fucking name. And just. Chapter one. I've started it four times by now and I've only just worked out it in a way that isn't absolutely fucking terrible.

6. Are there any animals in your story?

… they're all dragons. I guess that counts?

7. How do your characters get around?

In the usual way (they walk. Occasionally fly but walking takes less energy and is more what the city's built for anyway.)

8. What part of your WIP are you working on right now?

Chapter one. Still. I've not even written out a plan. Maybe I should do that at some point – that tends to help me get stuff done. And it'd let me work out how to pace stuff. Why have I not done that yet?

9. What aspects of your WIP do you think will draw people in?

Ummmm… Heron being useless for several months straight aroace. Nah idk really. Just the vibes. The misery. The hint of hope. The Orpheus and Eurydice metaphor that appears in the current version. The hopes that Heron will give in to his urges and just fucking BITE Thomas. Amethyst possibly being Zouelle A Face Like Glass coded. This makes no sense. I full-on just forgot Zouelle's last name oh well.

[rumade]

Went on a jog today and there was a very tame heron sitting on the railing in Camden Lock Market! It was so cool to be close to them but sadly that probably means they've been fed human food, which is not good for them :(

[dansnaturepictures]

28th September 2023: Bushy Park

More photos from today in this set are of: 1. Grey Squirrel. 2. Water mint. 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8. Beautiful views of this picturesque park adorned by willow trees, I always enjoy the quite artistic surroundings here especially by the water and it was nice to see the sun bursting through at times. 4. A Small Heath I enjoyed seeing in the midst of Red Deer watching and walking around, doing this trip or one like it every year it's interesting you always get something unique to that particular year's trip and this was that moment this year I had seen them at Richmond Park briefly before I believe and it was a nice moment watching this pretty butterfly which I've had a good year for. 9. One of the stars of the trip always, a Ring-necked Parakeet ensconced in a chestnut tree. It was a delight to watch these streamlined emerald birds dashing through the sky with their eccentric calls and weaving through trees. These are birds we have locally now too so these royal park visits no longer bring them into our year but there's still such a special and atmospheric thing about being embraced by them when around London. They are charismatic to watch. 10. Another of the star birds of this place enjoyed again and a star this week for me, the exotic Egyptian Goose.

Alongside the numerous Red Deer and Fallow Deer seen well which my last post mentions, other highlights today were a fair few Jays seen well making it feel autumnal, Carrion Crow, a duo of Jackdaw and Feral Pigeon taking in an interest in our lunch and tea and muffin stops, Green Woodpecker, Grey Heron, Cormorant atop the Diana fountain, a nice few House Martins and possibly Swallow, a nice few Starlings not once we've seen here often before, Robin, Great Tits, elegant Mute Swan, great Moorhen and Coot views, Tufted Duck, Gadwall, Common Darter and Migrant Hawker dragonflies, wasp and hoverfly. Beautiful water lilies, hawksbeard, ragwort, creeping thistle, spurrey and hawthorn berries were other plant highlights. It was good to see Goldfinches and possible Hummingbird hawk-moth in the garden this morning.

[oneanimalpictureaday]

On a typical rainy morning in London, Hyde Park, Grey herons and Ravens... Crows...? Those I can never differentiate...

 Fact about Herons from Wild Life Trusts: “ Herons are often seen standing as still as a statue on their long thin legs in shallow waters of ponds and lakes patiently waiting for their next meal to swim by.”

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[alexsmithson]

The Salesforce Tower Sparkles In London Town!

The Salesforce Tower at 110 Bishopsgate sparkles elegantly in London Town! #shotoniphone #photography #london

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[petec9099]

Of Dragonflies and Butterflies....and a Hobby!

[blunts-and-tears]

04.05.24 - London. I loved all the ducks, pigeons and birds

[nefelejts]