#mountain strawberry

[faguscarolinensis]

Fragaria virginica / Wild Strawberry on the Echo Lake Trail on Mount Blue Sky in Evergreen, CO

[thebotanicalarcade]

Ohio Spring Wildflower Field Guide

[damagedghoulette]

Phantoms the type of kid to eat a whole tub of strawberries and then cry to Swiss because he’s got stomach pains

But he doesn’t learn his lesson

[ryllen]

together let's go to the mountain ⛰️

[orkazh-arts]

Time to climb ! 🏔️✨🍓

[eijferalgoyeis]

[sultryana]

I could sparkle up your eye

[adashofginger]

"Why do people climb mountains? Is it just to reach the top and see the view?"

The Mountain Song | Tophouse

Model: Matt Dubbe

[tanuki-kimono]

Springtime antique outfit, featuring a delicate irotomesode showing little birds among budding wild plants* (bracken, dandelion, horsetail, etc.). OP paired it with a glimmering strawberry obi.

*those could be referencing sansai (lit. "mountain vegetables", ie. edible plant foraged in the wild), as bracken and horsetail for example are a springtime delicacies in Japan:

[suzeequbee]

Strawberry Moonrise Summit

[jellysketch]

Mount Celeste 🍓

[northernyogurt]

for the jojo requests would you consider drawing Mrs. Robinson from sbr? and/or Mountain Tim and Hol Horse being horrible brothers (I like to think of Tim as Hol's older brother for fun and whimsy hehe)

I LOVE MRS ROBINSON. so of course i had to draw his little freak ass. was exceedingly glad when i encountered him in the manga, i am a teensy bit of a simon & garfunkel enjoyer

i really enjoy that idea of them being siblings they'd be horrible together and it'd all be hol's fault

also, semi-related story, this is exceedingly funny to me for a VERY particular reason and it's that when my partner was first getting me into jojo (like, we had JUST started with part 3, i had watched the first two parts years ago) they were telling me they paired hol horse with someone (but couldn't say who because we had not gotten to that part yet), and i, not knowing barely anything about the media other than what some characters looked like (barely) and just getting into part 3, asked him if it was the guy in the wheelchair he, of course, was EXTREMELY confused by this, and it was then i learned that the cowboy i was thinking of was Not hol horse, but in fact, gyro zeppeli, and the guy i was talking about was johnny joestar, both of which do not appear for another 4 parts. so every time hol horse and part 7 are in the same conversation i always think of that stupidity that i somehow created. anyways

[the-moon-in-the-gutter]

It's very late in the evening, the ghouls have all went their separate ways after dinner together. But Mountain is still shuffling about in the kitchen, the radio turned down low from dinner time so they weren't shouting over each other. Prior to the meal, Cumulus had swooped in, turning it to a station that plays old jazz music. "Easy listening" as she calls it, because truly big band and jazz is the easiest for the ghouls to converse around.

It was when Mountain turned away from the sliced fruit he was preparing for the following morning when he spotted Cumulus in the doorway. The air ghoulette had a penchant for sneaking up on him, or at least attempting to, as he had learned everyone's footfalls over the years. While he may not be able to hear them, the vibration is what told him of another's presence.

Cumulus crossed the kitchen to the radio, nestled in the windowsill above the sink, turning the volume up a bit. She takes note of the earth ghoul, who has set aside the paring knife he was using to prepare strawberries. "I figured you could use some company" she offered, knowing full well he never shied away from her like has the others.

"I'm just finishing up some fruit for in the morning, this season has been wonderful for berries" he remarked, letting his gaze linger before turning his attention back to the cutting board.

The ghoulette watched as he strategically left a single strawberry in the bowl they had resided in, freshly picked that morning before the heat of the day caught up to the earth ghoul. It was customary that he left the best of any fruit for her, knowing she would appear each evening to spend time in the kitchen with him. Apples and plums in the fall, peaches and berries in the summer.

Mountain turned to her, the perfect strawberry in hand. "Would you like one?" He offered, closing the rather small gap between the two of them.

"Of course" she responded sweetly, leaning in to take a bite of the fruit offered in his hand. There was something so intimate about the act to them, not in a sensual way, but knowing that he spent hours cultivating her favorite fruits only to then turn to her and feed it to her. The knowledge that the earth ghoul cares deeply for those he loves.

[golden-rats]

I'm not too late for Mountain Monday, right? :)

Something a little different this time. Getting back into the artsy mood, hopefully.

[ruhachari]

Future Strawberry jam 🍓

[rjzimmerman]

I've been posting stories about this since I first started up on Tumblr years ago. Finally, sanity prevails, and the water thieves (i.e., corporations pretending to be responsible) are no longer allowed to steal water for nothing and sell it to us. No more Arrowhead Water from the Strawberry Creek in the San Bernardino National Forest in California. Excerpt from this LA Times story:

In a decision that could end a years-long battle over commercial extraction of water from public lands, the U.S. Forest Service has ordered the company that sells Arrowhead bottled water to shut down a pipeline and other infrastructure it uses to collect and transport water from springs in the San Bernardino Mountains.

The Forest Service notified BlueTriton Brands in a letter last month, saying its application for a new permit has been denied.

District Ranger Michael Nobles wrote in the July 26 letter that the company “must cease operations” in the San Bernardino National Forest and submit a plan for removing all its pipes and equipment from federal land.

The company has challenged the denial in court.

Environmental activists praised the decision.

“It’s a huge victory after 10 years,” said Amanda Frye, an activist who has campaigned against the taking of water from the forest. “I’m hoping that we can restore Strawberry Creek, have its springs flowing again, and get the habitat back.”

She and other opponents say BlueTriton’s operation has dramatically reduced creek flow and is causing significant environmental harm.

The Forest Service announced the decision one month after a local environmental group, Save Our Forest Assn., filed a lawsuit arguing the agency was illegally allowing the company to continue operating under a permit that was past its expiration date.

The company has denied that its use of water is harming the environment and has argued it should be allowed to continue piping water from the national forest.

BlueTriton Brands and its predecessors “have continuously operated under a series of special use permits for nearly a century,” the company said in an email.