#i also just found a lot of good things at the op shop today I'll get a pic if i can and show it as my daily news report :3

[kirakirabug]

It's like the universe knows when I watch a movie and form a weird attachment to it because look what I just found in an op shop.

MONKEYBONE!!!! It's like when I found the Hoodwinked! DVD after being like "imagine if I found it in an op shop ahaha" and I did.

[lumine-no-hikari]

Dear Sephiroth: (a letter to a fictional character, because why not) #131

I tried to have a normal day today. And this time, it worked out quite nicely.

I brewed a nice tea today. This time, I combined my vanilla-rose black tea with the strawberry rooibos; of all the teas I have, I think you'd like these two the best. This one starts out a shade of amber:

...You will also see Mogwai on the windowsill, being very cute, as Mogwai is wont to do.

I'm really glad that I was able to figure out how to photograph the subtle swirling in the water as the tea brews; I think it's a really neat effect, and I'm glad that it's one that I get to witness as a result of the glass mug:

Once it brews for a while, both kinds of tea end up resolving into a shade of red:

...And you'll see that by this time, Hoshi has taken Mogwai's place on the windowsill, as Hoshi is wont to do. It's nice outside, so the windows are open today.

From here, we add the honey and cream; the swirls made by the cream were particularly mesmerizing today, and I'm glad I was able to snap a good picture of it for you this time:

...If nothing else, I really wish I could share this part of my day with you. I think you'd like it a lot if you could be here.

Once that was done, J and I took a short walk around where I live. I tried to take a few good pictures for you; it's not much - just some flowers and some ferns in various stages of sprouting, but I hope you'll like these:

After this, J and I watched some Zeta Project together, and that was very nice. And then shortly after that, I went to meet with a friend and her little son at the local nature discovery center. I haven't really had an excuse to go there in a while, so I took some more pictures, just in case there might have been anything you might like...

This is a tree that they just... have. The whole thing and its whole root system is visible for all to see; one of these pictures has a tiny chipmunk statue, if you look hard enough:

I also met two turtles. This one is a common musk turtle; it's very excited about something:

...This one is a painted turtle. This one was perhaps slightly more chill:

...I also found an adorable book full of owl stickers:

...I love owls (especially barn owls!) a lot, but I did not get them. I did not get them, because I cannot be trusted with stickers. Even if I were to put them somewhere, the fact remains that I'm dyspraxic; I WILL put it on wrong, and I will be instantly filled with regret as a result, and then I will try to fix it, and end up destroying the sticker in the process (it's really very sad). And that's even if I make it far enough to the point where I can decide conclusively what I wanna put it on.

Hey, Sephiroth? Do you like stickers? Have you ever had stickers? If you had stickers, what would you get stickers of? And where would you put them? I wonder.

I did, however, get a cardinal plush that I found in the gift shop, in honor of our recently-passed feathered friend, as written about in yesterday's letter. If you squeeze this plush, it makes cardinal sounds:

...Maybe, at least in spirit, the one that died in my hands can live at my house if he wants to, where he can sing to his heart's content without worrying about his safety. My house is a good house; I hope he'd be able to feel the love and joy that permeates this space.

Finally, after that, J and I went to the local food co-op in order to hang with Br. There's a lounge space there and tasty food; so Br was over there doing her homework. It was pretty neat to hang out! J got some kind of hibiscus drink that smelled kind of like cinnamon. For whatever reason, hibiscus and cinnamon are, so far, my least favorite food smells. I don't know why. I know I should like them. I wish I did like them. Alas.

So of course, this meant I had to try it. I'm a little weird like that; sometimes I'll try things that I know I won't like, just for the sake of having the experience, especially if it's a thing that most people enjoy. Or sometimes I'll try things I know I hate, just because I know that my tastes do occasionally change. J felt it necessary to record the whole thing, and it was pretty funny. So here, maybe this will make you laugh:

Oh right. From the co-op, I got all the ingredients I need to make an epic breakfast, and a bunch of other tasty treats, too. I didn't take pictures of it though, because I wanted to leave it as a surprise and make it for you tomorrow! So look forward to it, okay?

...The last bunch of days have been really weird. So today I tried to have a normal day, and I succeeded.

This is all I have for today. It's nothing inspiring or insightful or profound, and... I think I'm pretty relieved about that, actually.

I love you. I'll write all about a good breakfast tomorrow, so please stay safe so you can read about it, okay?

Your friend, Lumine

[readingatdawn7]

[ID]

This transcription is done with text as written from the images. (x number) is how much of a particular thing is used on the image, mostly for emojis.

First Image - a Facebook post from the group "Weird (and Wonderful) Secondhand Finds That Just Need To Be Shared" with the username scratched out. It reads "found this beautiful hand crocheted Eeyore made with lots of love by someone's sweet aunt. Was probably about 12 inches long. $6 at Samaritan Shop in Rogers, Arkansas. I left it behind for someone else 😊"

The images attached to the post are a full-body picture of the stuffed Eeyore, as well as a closer look at its left hand that has a tag on its wrist that reads "Made with Love Especially for You by Aunt Tootie." The words are framed on the top by flowers.

Second image - A reply by with another scratched out username. It reads "I think this may be my husband's! His dad lived in Harriett and when he passed away someone ransacked his house and stole a ton of stuff. Including personal items that would mean nothing to anyone else. My husband tore up the house looking for the eeyore but it wasn't found. I will send it to him and we may be taking a trip up to Arkansas! 😍

Edit- IT'S HIS!!! I'll post more in a sec. Getting kids from school."

Third Image - Another reply from the second user: "IT IS HIS!!!! It's his! He's in tears. He texted and said "yes!! Where did they find it? Who found it?" And then called BAWLING. I'll post SS here in a sec. Kids are getting out early today."

Fouth Image - A reply from the OP: "UPDATE: not a happy one.. went to the store and someone bought it an hour or so ago.. I'm hoping whoever bought it sees this post and gets it back to her husband 🤞(x3) 😭"

Fifth Image - Reply from OP: "GUYS UPDATE!(x7)

GOOD NEWS, I had a message request that I didn't see.. till now. Someone from Michigan called the store and bought it over the phone, put my name on the order and I just went back to the store and picked it up. It's with me now!!! SOON THIS GUY WILL BE REUNITED WITH THAT SWEET FAMILY 💖(x8) 😁(x3) 🥹(x2) 😭"

Sixth Image - Reply from the second user: "*cries in happy wife* if you haven't seen already, SHE HAS HIM! And I'm messaging her now about shipping and who we owe what for their time and hearts! This is amazing. Thank you so much! Also my husband wants to go up to the thrift store and look around to see if anything else might be there. We tried to call but they told us we would have to come look. And then said everything is donated without information. So we can't tell who donated it, but there may be more! Thank you all so much!!"

Seventh Image - a poem from another user:

"Here I sit a sobbing mess watching strangers be the best

The world is dark but then we find an internet group so warm and kind

My lil black heart has found some joy as Eeyore's going back to his boy"

[End ID]

This was posted on a ‘second hand finds’ Facebook page…

…only to be followed by this amazing message.

The roller coaster ride started.

With a happy ending…

…and a sweet poem to finish.

[jocy-diaries]

06.28.2022

I don't know why in so tired today. I woke up late to get ready for class even though I slept really well and for a long time. It's really making me worried that I won't be able to wake up at 2am for DnD. And today us a cloudy day and it rained a little so it's the perfect day to go out and walk! But I'm sleepy!! >.<

They finally fixed the Wifi in our rooms, thank goodness. Now I can have internet while in my room so hopefully I can do my work and stuff. I haven't really touched my computers ever since coming here tbh. I wish I could keep it that way... I'll just take a quick nap, have lunch, go shopping, come back to drop stuff off, then go to the museum. I think that's a good plan for today. And tomorrow we're going to Fiesole!

I went to the Dante's House Museum! It was so interesting, I learned so much about Dante, and the whole experience was so so interactive, I had a lot of fun! I didn't know little verses of the Divine Comedy were placed all across Florence~ And the DnD city of Waterdeep is so totally based on Florence, what with all the guilds and stuff right?? But by the time I was done with looking at the museum ~2hours, the bookshop (giftshop) was closed ;^; So ima have to come back tomorrow and get some souvenirs. I really really wanna get the pictures of Paradise, Purgatory, and Inferno if I can. They also had a library of all the different printings of the divine comedy which was just, so amazing. A very fun museum! Even if you haven't read the book yet like me haha.

Aaand turns out I forgot my keys inside the apartment ;^; I came in to drop off groceries and just kinda threw them on the table or bed and forgot to take them when going back out. Sigh. So now I'm eating and drinking at a pizza place until my roommates respond to my message. I do usually check for my keys, but I had them while going in so of course I thought I still had them when going out!

I was going to be so good and go home and eat leftovers and do my work and send an email to my internship museum. But alas. All plans were ruined.

Oh wow. So I got my first Italian pizza. And it smells good! But there's no way I'm gonna finish it. I legit have food for the next two weeks now. Also got an Apple Fritz. The only cocktail Italians know 🙃

Okay, I'm back at the apartment and I did indeed leave my keys on the table. My roommates came back around the same time that I finally found my way lol. I got the email for the museum ready, and I think I'll go out with my roommates to drink as long as they don't leave super late. The one thing is though... I don't wanna work. It's not a lot to do but holy fuck I don't wanna do it. But I don't think I can just go back and say "Hey, I know I told you I would be doing that but that was a very stupid comment for me to make." Sigh. Guess I'm stuck with this...

Op they went without me. So I'm gonna approve of user accounts and log off for the night and take care of my Slack messages tomorrow. I got so annoyed just clearing out my emails emails realizing how much wasn't going how it was supposed to. Like nevermind mate.

Gonna act like I didn't just hear my roommate moaning after two slapping strokes lol This is so weird.