#living simply

[callmemrscarter]

Hearing my husband talk about his plans for us is so…

Hot 😮‍💨

We love a man that provides 🥵👏🏽

[evadneares]

Wendy Cope, "The Orange"

[livinginbeauty-net]

A Day in Beauty

"So, what's it like to live in an Airstream?" The answer to that question changes about every two weeks. The short answer is, "It's magical." We just released a short documentary about living in Beauty, pursuing moments that add up to dreams.

Posted April 20, 2024 – Narrated by Carmen “So, what’s it like to live in an Airstream?” Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Our answer to that question changes about every two weeks. Four weeks ago the answer was, “Living in an Airstream is like living on the beach.” Galveston Island State Park, Texas Two weeks later, living in an Airstream was like living in a field of bluebonnets during an…

[ujusttry]

Declutter Your Digital Life: 3 Simple Steps to Organize Your Photos and Documents

From blurry selfies to forgotten tax forms, digital clutter can weigh you down like a backpack filled with bricks. But fear not! This guide is your roadmap to a streamlined, stress-free digital space. So grab your virtual broom and prepare to reclaim your

Declutter Your Digital Life: Is your phone bursting with blurry photos of your cat? Does your computer desktop resemble a digital landfill? Fear not, fellow internet dweller! Today, we’re diving into the art of decluttering your digital life, specifically focusing on those photo and document mountains weighing you down. Declutter Your Digital Life: 3 Simple StepsStep 1: The Great Sorting Spree –…

[justincase-77]

My retirement dream in living colours!

[midwestmattiemae]

Hello, friends! I hope all is well. I’ve been on a big video kick and made another little vlog! It’s fun to make these and have them to look back on. Bobby and I were just watching the vlog I posted back when we got engaged! So many things that you’d forget otherwise. I have some ideas percolating for written posts. I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately and would love to share my…

[creativelifebynherie]

[uclamikefranks]

As someone who folds a lot of clothes, I think she makes some valid points. I wonder what else I waste time doing?

[bereft-of-frogs]

There’s that post that’s like ‘everyone should get into a tiny niche fandom at least once’ fully agree, that was really fun -- but I would like to add that everyone should get into a fandom where their opinions run counter to major fanon because it really teaches you about sticking to your guns and trusting your interpretation of the text without having to rely on peer validation

because WHAT are people talking about sometimes

[thehankjacobs]

IF IT WERE UP TO ME

If it were up to me

I would live in a small room

with a piano

a notebook

and a bed

I would write poems

and play songs

and meditate

and sleep

till I didn’t want to anymore

then I would go out

If it were up to me

I wouldn’t have insurance

or pay taxes

or go to the doctor

or fix my car

I would ride a bike

wherever I wanted to go

and the mail would never come

and I would not have a phone

and if you wanted to see me

you’d come for a visit

and we’d drink coffee 

or beer

and break bread

and smoke weed

together

Or just meditate

and listen

to the mountains

and the traffic

and the sounds

of connection

Loneliness is unavoidable

some are more comfortable with it

than others

The presence of the void at the heart 

of all our endeavors

can be deeply unsettling

if you are worried about dying

and we’re all gonna die

whatever that means

But don’t worry

cause you get to live

until you die anyway

spending all that time in worry

is worse than 

actual death.

hj 2.18.19

[mist-the-wannabe-linguist]

Hot take

Night furies are actually perfectly evolved for hunting and killing other dragons and the only reason they aren't a dragon-hunting species like the death song or deathgrippers are is because DreamWorks couldn't have their adorable main character dragon be a "cannibal"

(below I'm gonna try to summarize what we've figured out in a convo with friends on discord)

(also tw animal death via predator)

First of all yes I'm aware that pretty much every decision made about their design was with consideration of the effect it would make on human audiences but hear me out

Night furies are most iconically known as dive-bombers. They are built for speed, high maneuverability, night-time camouflage and for striking targets from above. If we remove human settlements out of the equation (which would not have existed long enough to actually influence night fury evolution, come on), what does that leave us with?

They aren't built for catching fish for sure, they aren't very hydrodynamic and their head is round, wide, and their teeth are dull. Honestly, the monstrous nightmare is much better suited for catching fish, with its long neck, almost pelican-like jaw and rhamphorhynchus teeth

Compare to

Yeah the jaws look kinda like a porpoise of some sort but for that the whole body would have to be a lot more aquatic imo. The light fury looks a lot closer to an aquatic diver, it has a sleeker body, rounded fins instead of spikes, and a long neck.

I don't really see them hunting land animals either, they just don't look like they're adapted for that minus the resemblance with large felines and even then, they're too large to effectively hunt in forests.

The one thing I can kinda imagine them hunting is large mainland megafauna, but we're working with a setting that takes place pretty much exclusively on islands. And overall, dragons are the only abundant species there with the exception of fish and human-bred sheep and chickens.

In general, night furies have duller teeth, smaller claws and are smaller than most dragons. Disregarding the movies making Toothless weirdly OP, a night fury would be disadvantaged against most dragons in a 1v1 fight and besides, it has four huge weak spots that would highly discourage it from a direct physical fight - the primary and secondary tail fins. One unlucky rip in the membrane and the night fury is fucked.

The night fury however noticeably resembles falcons, given their dive-bombing ability and high maneuverability.

Falcons too have smaller beaks and weaker claws compared to most birds of prey, and for that they compensate by simply picking up speed, balling up their talons and Punching. Really. Hard.

And they use that ability to kill other birds, even much larger ones, by knocking them right from the sky.

Here, the night fury's plasma blast works the same way as a falcon's punch. Dragons are fire-resistant, so what the plasma blast does is really just a densely packed bolt of energy that has the effect of either stunning or outright killing prey by damaging its spine. And what the plasma bolt doesn't do, rapid contact with the ground would finish. And if even that doesn't do it, the night fury's wide jaws and dull teeth are just fine for simply clamping around the unlucky dragon's neck and strangling it, like a lion or a pitbull.

The night-time camouflage allows the night fury to soar for extended periods of time perfectly unnoticed in the night sky, and by the time it strikes, the dragon wouldn't even know what's coming.

Unless

Say the hunting night fury is aware of other dragons sleeping under the trees, as most dragons probably would at night (village raids aside, most dragons seem to be diurnal), so how does the night fury get them in position where it can use its signature attack? Well, there's That Iconic Screech Of Death. Since in the movies it tends to appear not just during dive-bombings but also when charging up a blast, I imagine it's something the night fury is able to control to some degree. So by simply fake-diving in close proximity to sleeping dragons, it can effectively terrify them into leaving their hideout and fly out into the open where it can easily take them out.

I dunno, the possibility of night furies as predators to other dragons just makes so much sense to me, I really don't know what other reasons there would be for them to evolve these particular adaptations.

And one more little headcanon to add to this whole rant - since night furies are significantly smaller and less equipped for dragon vs dragon fights and are primarily speed-based predators, I imagine there is this very likely scenario:

There is one dragon who resembles a hyena, a lil bit

Ok, rant over

[callmemrscarter]

Homemaker tip:

Pray over the person’s laundry that you’re folding.

Time with God AND a changed heart posture 🤌🏽

[shittyutmv]

evil gifts for evil christmas from your evil boss killer by rahafwabas cross by jakei95 horror by sour apple studios dust by ask-dusttale

[livinginbeauty-net]

Harvest Hosts - One Night Delights

Thanks to Harvest Hosts – a membership club for free overnight camping based on a European model – RV travel is experiencing a resurgence of hospitality not seen since the bygone era of the American Auto Park of the 1920's-to-50's.

Posted October 19, 2023 – Narrated by Carmen To listen to the podcast, click the play button When passing through, some places are too beautiful to leave … Near Yellow Lake – ‎⁨Kaleden⁩, ⁨British Columbia⁩, ⁨Canada⁩ so, sometimes we stay. Near ‎⁨Elko⁩, ⁨Nevada⁩, Thanks to Harvest Hosts – a membership club for free overnight camping based on a European model – RV travel is experiencing a…

[lemonlumens]

crazy that they literally got married and still don’t have a trust title

[b0tster]

steam still hasnt approved my fucming build but at least its finally warm enough for me to put on the classic bunlith fit so its not all bad ig,,