#home sanctuary

[ourlittlehouseinthecountry]

Home isn’t just a place—it’s a feeling. The other day, I shared a simple carousel post about what it means to have a home that feels like you. And to be honest, I was taken aback (in the best way) by how many of you resonated with it. The comments, the messages, the stories you shared—it was clear that home is something deeply personal to all of us. Because home isn’t just decor, or a perfectly curated space, or the right aesthetic. It’s not about what looks good on a Pinterest board. It’s about comfort, belonging, and the quiet moments of life that happen within these walls. For me, home has always been less about where we are and more about who we’re with. My son has said for years: “Home is wherever we all are together.” And he’s right. We’ve carried that sentiment with us through so many seasons of life—camping in a tent, travelling in our camper van, and even during the two years we had to move out of our home due to major renovations. It wasn’t easy, and not every moment was filled with joy, but we made a conscious effort to create home wherever we were. Ultimately, home isn’t just a physical space. It’s the warmth of familiar voices. The comfort of a pet curling up beside you. The scent of your favourite candle, the soft glow of a lamp in the evening, the quiet hum of a place that holds you just as you are. So I sat down and wrote more about this—about the feeling of home, about creating spaces that feel like us, and about letting go of the pressure to have a “perfect” home when what we really want is a meaningful one. If this resonates with you, I’d love for you to read the full post. It’s up on the blog now. (Link in bio!) And in the meantime, I’d love to hear from you—what makes your home feel like you? #HomeIsAFeeling #IntentionalLiving #SlowLiving #CreatingHome #MeaningfulHome #IntentionalHomemaking #SlowHome #HomeAndHeart #HomeThatFeelsLikeYou #AuthenticLiving #MyCozyHome #HomeWithHeart #IntentionalSpaces #RealHomesOfInstagram #ModernHomemaker #HomemakingWithHeart #SoulfulSpaces #HomeIsMoreThanAesthetic #EmotionalHome #SimpleHomeLiving #HomeSanctuary #CreatingSpacesThatFeelsLikeHome

[lavandamichelle]

4 Tips for Becoming More at Peace with Yourself

We all dream of feeling our best—overflowing with confidence, positivity, and motivation every day. But life isn’t always so simple. Many of us go through seasons of uncertainty, stress, and self-doubt. The journey to inner peace doesn’t happen overnight, but small, intentional changes can make a big difference. Here are four actionable tips to help you find more peace in your daily life. Make…

[abdullahblog2023]

Make your home a private oasis, where you can relax and enjoy the beauty of nature.

“Make your home a private oasis, where you can escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life and relax in a calm and comfortable environment. Imagine yourself surrounded by green plants, listening to the sound of running water, and breathing in fresh air. Decorate your home with natural touches, such as wood and stone, and use calming colors such as white, green, and blue to create an atmosphere of calm and serenity. Invest in natural lighting, and open windows to let fresh air in. By turning your home into a private oasis, you will feel calm and relaxed, and you will be able to recharge your energy and prepare to face the challenges of daily life.”

[mocking-the-bird]

Dick just doesn't understand their perfect and completely normal dymanic 🙄

Like, let them have their conversation calm down ur dramatic beans

[themothinboots]

i hate it when people try to cram several questions into one poll, so i'm gonna do it the old fashioned way:

sky players, reblog this post and put in the tags what was your first season and where is your starting point set

[vintagehomecollection]

Deck & Patio Styles, 1996

[avelera]

plot bunny idea where on one of Wizard Viktor's many attempts to mold Jayce into someone who can go back in time and stop the Machine Herald, he hasn't properly calibrated all the variable for Jayce's time in the future yet and goes too far on the pain and isolation, leaving Jayce effectively broken. He knows he should send Jayce back to his own timeline just in case there's a chance, but he also knows realistically that this Jayce absolutely doesn't have the strength anymore to stop Viktor, that such a timeline is doomed, and he can't bear to do that to Jayce, so he sends him instead to a universe where Viktor wasn't in the Council chamber but Jayce died in the explosion so that they can both have each other again and take care of one another, at least in one universe

[samabigailalan]

[bestanimal]

Round 3 - Mammalia - Peramelemorphia

(Sources - 1, 2, 3, 4)

The marsupial order Peramelemorphia contains the living families Peramelidae (“bandicoots”) and Thylacomyidae (“Greater Bilby”).

Peramelemorphs all tend to have a characteristic shape: a round, arch-backed body with a long, delicately tapering snout, upright ears, relatively long, thin legs, and a thin tail. They range from the size of a rat to the size of a rabbit. They are omnivorous, feeding mainly on soil-dwelling invertebrates, as well as seeds, fruit, and fungi. They possess a well-developed sense of smell and eyes that are adapted for nocturnal habits. They are are generally solitary, with females taking care of their young.

Female peramelemorphs have a pouch that opens to the rear, to protect their young while they dig for insects and their larvae. The gestation period of peramelemorphs is the shortest among mammals, at just 12-14 days. As in other marsupials, peramelemorph joeys are born as tiny, relatively undeveloped neonates and must crawl their way from the vagina to the pouch to latch on to a teat, where they will complete the rest of their development. Peramelemorph growth is fast, with bandicoots setting off on their own and becoming sexually mature at just three months of age. Female bilbies reach sexual maturity at five months of age, and male bilbies become sexually mature at eight months. This allows a given female to produce more than one litter per breeding season and gives peramelemorphs an unusually high reproductive rate compared to other marsupials.

Peramelemorphs originated in the Late Oligocene. Both the oldest modern bandicoot (Peramelid) and the oldest bilby (Thylacomyid) are known from Middle Miocene fossil deposits (around 15 million years old).

Propaganda under the cut:

The name bandicoot is based on the animal’s ratlike appearance. The name comes from an English corruption of an Indian word "pandi-kokku" meaning "pig-rat".

The smallest peramelemorph is the Mouse Bandicoot (Microperoryctes murina), which is 15–17.5 cm (5.9-6.9 in) long.

The Golden Bandicoot (Isoodon auratus) is especially adapted for life in hot, semi-arid environments. It has a low body temperature that is constantly changing, making it heterothermic. This allows the internal body temperature to fluctuate in response to extreme environmental temperatures without inhibiting and denaturing necessary proteins. Additionally, its low metabolic rate correlates to less heat being produced by the body, and a low thermal conductance does not allow the animal to capture and store heat well. A highly efficient panting mechanism allows for a low rate of evaporative water loss when cooling the body, conserving precious water.

The Northern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus) is one of relatively few native Australian ground-dwelling mammals that is able to survive in urbanized landscapes, due to their generalized diet and habitat requirements.

The Eastern Barred Bandicoot (Perameles gunnii) (image 1) is the basis for the popular videogame character Crash Bandicoot, and was selected from a number of Tasmanian mammals by creators Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin for its appeal and relative obscurity.

Described in 2014, a fossil species of Miocene bandicoot found at the Riversleigh World Heritage Area was given the genus name Crash. It was given the species names bandicoot. Because paleontologists are just Like That.

Wiped out due to predation from introduced foxes and domestic cats, as well as land-clearing for farming, the Victorian subspecies of the Eastern Barred Bandicoot (Perameles gunnii) was declared Extinct in the Wild. Thanks to 30 years of conservation efforts, breeding the bandicoots in human care and establishing fox and cat-safe sanctuaries, the mainlaind population was changed from Extinct in the Wild to Endangered in September 2021, a first for Australian conservation!

The Giant Bandicoot (Peroryctes broadbenti) (image 3) is more than twice the weight of other bandicoots and adult males of the species can attain weights well in excess of 4 kg (8.8 lb).

Unlike bandicoots, Greater Bilbies (Macrotis lagotis) (image 2 and gif) are excellent burrowers and build extensive tunnel systems with their strong forelimbs and well-developed claws. Burrows spiral down, making it hard for predators to get in. A bilby typically makes several burrows within its home range, up to about a dozen; and moves between them, using them for shelter both from predators and the heat of the day, as they are desert-dwelling animals.

Greater Bilbies are generally solitary, however, there are some cases in which they travel in pairs. Pairs usually consist of two females as the sole caregivers of their offspring.

Greater Bilbies do not need to drink water, as they retain all the moisture they need from their food.

Because rabbits are invasive in Australia, introduced by European settlers, bilbies have been popularised as an Australian alternative to the Easter Bunny. Haigh's Chocolates in Adelaide made 950,000 chocolate “Easter Bilbies” between 1993 and 2020, with proceeds donated to the Foundation for Rabbit-Free Australia, which does environmental work to protect the indigenous biodiversity of Australia.

Today, only the Greater Bilby survives and is vulnerable, but the Lesser Bilby (Macrotis leucura) is a recently extinct relative, having possibly survived into the 1960s. Its extinction was much “quieter” than that of the Thylacine, and was likely due to introductions of invasive predators like the domestic cat and red fox. Other “quiet extinctions” include that of the Desert Bandicoot (Perameles eremiana) which appears to have disappeared between about 1943 and 1960, and the Nullarbor Barred Bandicoot (Perameles papillon) which was last collected in 1928.

Today, many peramelemorph species are still threatened and endangered due to habitat fragmentation and introduced predators, as well as from competition with introduced rabbits. Areas designated to conserve vulnerable populations of bilbies and bandicoots have predator exclusion fences built around them, and must be heavily monitored for break-ins. In Currawinya National Park in Queensland, high-salinity flood waters damaged a predator exclusion fence, allowing feral cats to enter the sanctuary, wiping out all the bilbies in the park.

[ultimatepad]

"The Darkstone Loft," New York, United States,

Courtesy of Harshdeep Arora

[staysaneathome]

I feel like if they make an All Systems Red movie, the opening scenes need to build up to it.

It should make you think it’s going to be a regular gritty sci-fi movie, with tracking shots of Preservation AUX moving around their harshly lit habitat and doing things in drab crew uniforms as they prep for Volescu and Bharadwaj going out to survey the surface…

And in the background of every shot, so unobtrusive as to be almost unnoticeable in the mass of activity, stands Murderbot. Unmoving. Armored. Faceless. Looming.

As it boards the cargo hold, we zoom in on its opaque helmet.

And then the voiceover tells us that rather than murdering everyone when it hacked its governor module, it decided to consume 35,000 hours of media instead.

Instant cut to The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon.

[pokemonbattletournament]

We have Pokémon at Home!

Round 1 matchup 107

Propaganda for Joseph Jo:

"This is a mock pokemon battle from Henry Stickmin. If you choose the 'goodball' option (copyright-friendly greatball), Henry challenges the guards in the museum you are robbing to a pokemon battle, and sends out missingno, fake crashing the game."

"Henry challenged them to a Pokémon battle and he just accepted instantly he'd be the Pokémon. No hesitation, just instantly got ready to throw hands."

Propaganda for Imori:

"Literally just a little guy, I named mine Glep."

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[thegikitiki]

Coffee in Your Quiet Space, 1962

[leonardcohenofficial]

i am in regular contact with my rabbi who is sponsoring my conversion and so many of the people i was in community with at the synagogue i attended in california and i watch services and i take my study really seriously and also it really has been so hard being far away from the synagogue and community that was so welcoming to me for so much of my time in grad school