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240613 Our Festival (Hangout with Yoo) Recording

[muirneach]

'Sulphur' and 'Selenium' by Mary Soon Lee

Sulphur #16 sits atop Selenium #34 in the periodic table. Selenium is rarely found in nature without Sulphur nearby.

for the periodic haiku series by @simmyfrobby

[creatively-cosmic]

another expressions thing w guys i don't draw often/havent drawn in a while

[thearchertheprey]

best vacation EVER

[asjjohnson]

I carved two pumpkins again this year

2021 pumpkin 2

2022 pumpkin 1, 2022 pumpkin 2

2023 pumpkins

2024 pumpkins (this post)

(I wasn't sure if I was going to or not, since I hadn't thought of what to carve this time, but @brekitten gave me an idea)

I'd carved the two leaves on the back of the first pumpkin during daylight, guessing at how it would look at night. It turned out pretty well and I didn't adjust anything later.

I also carved the entirety of the second pumpkin during the day, but it turned out much dimmer than the first pumpkin. ...I'm not sure why. Both night photos of that pumpkin have been modified in Photoshop so they're easier to see. I'd tried carving deeper into that pumpkin after dark, but it hadn't helped much. The after-dark photo of the cat in front of the waxing moon is the adjusted version of the carving (the bright little craters on the moon weren't as bright originally), but the after-dark photo of the cat eyes on the back of the pumpkin is the original version, because I liked that version/photo more than the modified version of that carving. ...Maybe I should've tried to dig even deeper into that pumpkin, but I was worried about the cat's tail on the front carving falling off, and the pupils on the back carving falling off if I messed with it too much.

[rustandsky]

Herald of Autumn

[smokbeast]

horrortale and fnaf scribbles from school and work! Lil ideas of the dca boys and their adopted daught- I mean hope. Ahem, and concepts for more painting sillies

Some concepts on my HT pap called jaws, he’s a goofy fella and maybe later potential hcs on the horrortale of the boys. Also possible bitty in the making :O?

i dunno yet I’m working on he based on what skelekins told me bittys are about with my own lil spin so we’ll see heehee

[waffled0g]

Potion Shop

Nobody ever lets Maple Swizzle have any fun >:(

[bitterclan]

the girls are fightingggg

[mapleclangen]

Moon 10 p1

You will be missed Appledusk 😭

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[gorogorogorochan]

if you play games like Harvest Moon, Rune Factory, Stardew Valley, or other games with dating aspects, what type of candidates do you tend to go for? i plan on making a Harvest Moon like game someday and i have some ideas but i'd like some inspiration, so please fill out this form if you're interested!

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240525 SHINee World VI Perfect Illumination: SHINee's Back Day II

[retro1985]

I miss Nickelodeon's "Japanimation" era.

[zponds]

Vampire May

Happy Halloween, everybody! To celebrate this spooky holiday, I made May as a vampire as seen above. Under the full moon, when the clock struck midnight, May transformed into a vampire, with skin as blue as Zubat or Golbat, eyes as red as her bandanna, wings big enough to make her fly perfectly and fangs as sharp as the teeth of Cofagrigus. Like most vampires, Vampire May has a thirst for blood, always going for the jugular for the freshest possible blood. Vampire May is also super fast, super stealthy and can even turn invisible. She can even hiss and screech like all vampires do. However, Vampire May must go into hiding and be in shade when dawn arrives and the sun rises.

[hollowmoor-game]

Some of the trees of Hollowmoor 🌳

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Summaries under the cut

Moon Base Alpha by Stuart Gibbs

Like his fellow lunarnauts—otherwise known as Moonies—living on Moon Base Alpha, twelve-year-old Dashiell Gibson is famous the world over for being one of the first humans to live on the moon.

And he’s bored out of his mind. Kids aren’t allowed on the lunar surface, meaning they’re trapped inside the tiny moon base with next to nothing to occupy their time—and the only other kid Dash’s age spends all his time hooked into virtual reality games.

Then Moon Base Alpha’s top scientist turns up dead. Dash senses there’s foul play afoot, but no one believes him. Everyone agrees Dr. Holtz went onto the lunar surface without his helmet properly affixed, simple as that. But Dr. Holtz was on the verge of an important new discovery, Dash finds out, and it’s a secret that could change everything for the Moonies—a secret someone just might kill to keep...

Adventurers Wanted by M. L. Forman

Do you have the courage, the wits, and the skill to claim a dragon's hoard? If so, apply within …

The sign is small, tucked into the corner of Mr. Clutter's bookshop window: "Adventurers Wanted. Apply Within." No one but fifteen-year-old Alex Taylor even seems to notice it is there. And for Alex, who has wished for a change in his life, it is an irresistible invitation.

Upon entering Mr. Clutter's shop, Alex is swept away on an incredible adventure to a faraway land filled with heroic warriors, mysterious elves, and hard-working dwarves.

Alex becomes the eigth man in a band of adventurers seeking the lair of Slathbog the Red - an evil dragon with a legendary treasure. Along the way, Alex and his new friends must battle dangerous trolls and bandits, face undead wraiths, and seek the wisdom of the Oracle in her White Tower.

Alex's adventure takes him to distant and exotic lands where he learns about courage, integrity, honor, and, most importantly, friendship.

Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan

Will anyone take on Jake Semple?

Jake Semple is notorious. Rumor has it he burned down his old school and got kicked out of every school in his home state.

Only one place will take him now, and that's a home school run by the Applewhites, a chaotic and hilarious family of artists. The only one who doesn't fit the Applewhite mold is E.D.—a smart, sensible girl who immediately clashes with the unruly Jake.

Jake thinks surviving this one will be a breeze . . . but is he really as tough or as bad as he seems?

The Letter for the King by Tonke Dragt

It is the dead of night.

Sixteen-year-old Tiuri must spend hours locked in a chapel in silent contemplation if he is to be knighted the next day.

But, as he waits by the light of a flickering candle, he hears a knock at the door and a voice desperately asking for help.

A secret letter must be delivered to King Unauwen across the Great Mountains - a letter upon which the fate of the entire kingdom depends. Tiuri has a vital role to play, one that might cost him his knighthood.

Tiuri's journey will take him through dark, menacing forests, across treacherous rivers, to sinister castles and strange cities. He will encounter evil enemies who would kill to get the letter, but also the best of friends in the most unexpected places.

He must trust no one.

He must keep his true identity secret.

Above all, he must never reveal what is in the letter...

Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen

Marly and her family share many adventures when they move from the city to a farmhouse on Maple Hill. Her father is recovering from being a prisoner-of-war. The small town and the varied happenings and activities of country life help them to recover from past unhappiness, and bond more closely as a family.

13 Treasures by Michelle Harrison

Tanya has a secret. She can see fairies.

But not the fairies we imagine. These fairies cast spells on her, rousing her from her sleep and propelling her out of bed. Disturbed by her daughter’s behaviour, Tanya’s mother sends her away to live with her grandmother at Elvesden Manor, a secluded countryside mansion on the outskirts of town.

Then an old photograph leads Tanya to an unsolved mystery. Fifty years ago a girl vanished in the woods, a girl Tanya’s grandmother will not speak of. Tanya is determined to find the truth, but as she unearths more secrets she finds herself dangerously close to following in the missing girl’s footsteps . . .

The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich

This same slice of history is seen through the eyes of the spirited, 7-year-old Ojibwa girl Omakayas, or Little Frog, so named because her first step was a hop. The sole survivor of a smallpox epidemic on Spirit Island, Omakayas, then only a baby girl, was rescued by a fearless woman named Tallow and welcomed into an Ojibwa family on Lake Superior's Madeline Island, the Island of the Golden-Breasted Woodpecker. We follow Omakayas and her adopted family through a cycle of four seasons in 1847, including the winter, when a historically documented outbreak of smallpox overtook the island.

Poison by Bridget Zinn

Sixteen-year-old Kyra, a highly-skilled potions master, is the only one who knows her kingdom is on the verge of destruction—which means she’s the only one who can save it. Faced with no other choice, Kyra decides to do what she does best: poison the kingdom’s future ruler, who also happens to be her former best friend.

But, for the first time ever, her poisoned dart . . . misses.

Now a fugitive instead of a hero, Kyra is caught in a game of hide-and-seek with the king’s army and her potioner ex-boyfriend, Hal. At least she’s not alone. She’s armed with her vital potions, a too-cute pig, and Fred, the charming adventurer she can’t stop thinking about. Kyra is determined to get herself a second chance (at murder), but will she be able to find and defeat the princess before Hal and the army find her?

The Chanters of Tremaris by Kate Constable

Calwyn has never been beyond the high ice-wall that guards the sisters of Antaris from the world of Tremaris. She knows only the rounds of her life as a novice ice priestess, tending her bees, singing her ice chantments, and dreaming.

But then Calwyn befriends Darrow, a mysterious Outlander who appears inside the Wall and warns of an approaching danger. To help Darrow, to see the world, and perhaps to save it, Calwyn will leave the safety of the Wall for a journey with a man she barely knows—and an adventure as beautiful and dangerous as the music of chantment itself.

Ingo by Helen Dunmore

Sapphire's father mysteriously vanishes into the waves off the Cornwall coast where her family has always lived. She misses him terribly, and she longs to hear his spellbinding tales about the Mer, who live in the underwater kingdom of Ingo. Perhaps that is why she imagines herself being pulled like a magnet toward the sea. But when her brother, Conor, starts disappearing for hours on end, Sapphy starts to believe she might not be the only one who hears the call of the ocean.