#purple pyramid records

[mikeladano]

REVIEW: Rainbow - Down To Earth Tour 1979 (2015 box set)

[entheo-music]

Autechre - Wissensee

[imthepunchlord]

Ok so I got really bored and was re-reading some of your old posts and just decided to do this randomly

Clans:

Seasons:

Spring – Snake

Summer – Butterfly (a reference to A Mid-Summer's Night Dream)

Autumn – Bat

Winter – Owl

Rainbow:

Red – Dog

Orange – Fox

Yellow – Bee

Green – Frog

Blue – Wolf

Indigo – Turtle

Purple – Cat

Pink – Pig

Four Elements:

Fire – Rooster

Earth – Bull

Water – Fish 

Air – Ladybird (plays off the term ladybird and that idea of both wind and luck being everchanging)

Three Domains:

Sky – Eagle

Sea – Seahorse

Land – Rabbit

Celestial Bodies:

Sun – Panther (Lion/Tiger)

Moon – Deer

Mercury – Horse

Venus – Swan

Earth – Peafowl

Mars – Ram

Jupiter – Bear

Saturn – Mouse

Uranus – Raven

Neptune – Octopus

Pluto – Spider

No real context just did this for fun and decided to share it with you since your posts help me make it.

Interesting idea on how to group them up, and I will say, this would solve some issues.

Like, Eagle should match with air elementally, but it's also far more aggressive than air is (air is more freedom, levity, communication, and ideas while eagles are tied to strength, leadership, judgement, and justice). So tying it to sky domain over air makes a lot of sense, and it nicely works off Eagle regarded as the King of the Sky and All Birds.

The only thing that gives me pause is, well, what's the relations here? How do they work off each other? What are the unique roles that each group does or what is even unique about them? Is it just working off themes that group them up and nothing else? Is there a power pyramid? And if so, what counts as powerful? Usually it'd be the smallest group, but celestial bodies would point to divinity, so should be pretty OP.

And given all of these themes, I feel the absence of a Zodiac, given they're usually tied to seasons, stars, and the flow of time. Issues though, I don't want to do the Chinese Zodiac as animula aren't meant to be tied to one specific country, and I'm not certain if I do want to include the more eastern animals. I don't want to do Greek given that would mean doing a Scorpion and Crab. I don't really want to make a crab animula, and Scprion, given symbolism and mythology, has a lot of negatives that I feel it wouldn't be considered. There is the supposed Celtic Zodiac, but I've also seen claims that it's not official and just made up, but I've also seen that we have limited info on Celts as they didn't write stuff down and we got biased views from Roman records so

I could try and do an original Zodaic but idk how well that'd even go over. And if I kept all these groups and do a Zodiac, that would be 12-13 additional animals.

Either way, there are some good ideas here on how to group of the animula, but I need something defined, especially on these group relations and why are they even in groups instead of lumped together, what roles do each play?

[gayalienwilde]

Thank you for tagging me @mangle-my-mind <3

Last song: "What is this feeling?" from the original broadway recording of Wicked (they're sooo in denial you can see the pyramids)

Last book: currenty reading "The second sex" by Simone de Beauvoir (it's long and I'm a slow reader rip)

Last movie: haven't watched a movie yet this year so it's december's rewatch of Velvet Goldmine lol

Last tv show: I don't remember 😅 most likely Adventure Time with my brother

Last thing I googled: Mulholland Drive outfits (dressing up to go see it at the cinema with my friend)

Favorite color: light purple/periwinkle

Sweet/savory/spicy: sweet

Relationship status: single 😔

Looking forward to: going to the cinema with my friend tomorrow, hopefully getting NIN concert tickets 🤞��

Current obsession: Disco Elysium (everyone go play it nooooow), saying "nauuur" (it's addictive)

I never know who to tag for these soooo go ahead and consider yourself tagged if you're reading this lol

[randomvarious]

1990s Downtempo Playlist

Only one add this week for this 90s downtempo playlist, but it's a pretty underheard doozy: a ten-minute tune called "Natural Forces" by Synaesthesia, which was an alias used by the highly respected Canadian electronic duo Delerium, who themselves are a side-project of legendary industrial act Front Line Assembly. Delerium used the name Synaesthesia whenever they released music on the notoriously corrupt Cleopatra Records, and in 1997 they put out their third and final album under that moniker, Ephemeral, which included "Natural Forces" on it. Plus, the song appeared on a compilation called Area 51: The Roswell Incident that was issued by Cleopatra sublabel Purple Pyramid the same year too.

And although that Area 51 comp is a predominantly kinda weird Krautrock collection, I think the reason "Natural Forces" was featured on it is because the best way to describe it is probably as aliens-touching-down-in-a-murky-swamp-in-the-midle-of-the-night-in-a-remote-forest-somewhere-near-the-equator. And what's more is that this song's not just a rad piece of downtempo on its own that unfurls itself beautifully as it adds infusions of trip hoppy drums and piano along the way, but it also fits right in on this playlist as something of a callback to its beginning too, because that's where you can hear the same sort of psychedelic and dubby tribal vibe that's supplied by the one and only 90s king of this whole sound in the first place: Banco de Gaia 😊.

Now, the last time I posted this playlist, it wasn't for any kind of update; it was to let folks know that one of my buddies was vacationing over in the UK and needed something to listen to while he was on shrooms, and he reported back that this more than did the trick for him. And while I don't think he's listened to it since I recently added this Synaesthesia track, I can nevertheless guarantee that this song that currently only has under 14.2K plays on Spotify is undoubtedly a trip enhancer too 😎.

Synaesthesia - "Natural Forces"

Plus, I added "Natural Forces" to the much longer YouTube version of this playlist also, which comes with a whole lot more tracks on it that can't be found on Spotify. And usually I have other tunes to add to YouTube with these piecemeal update posts too, but nothing for this week.

And this playlist is also on YouTube Music.

So this little update now brings us up to 41 songs on Spotify that clock in at 257 minutes, but over on YouTube, we're now at 70 songs that clock in at 444 minutes! So if you want a more authentic peek at this vast music genre that Spotify is simply not equipped to give you a full picture of, then your best option is definitely YouTube.

And if you want less downtempo, I have this playlist broken down into some smaller segments by year too:

1993 Downtempo: YouTube / YouTube Music 1996 Downtempo: YouTube / YouTube Music 1997 Downtempo: YouTube / YouTube Music 1998 Downtempo: YouTube / YouTube Music

Next week, indie rock!

Enjoy!

More to come, eventually. Stay tuned!

Like what you hear? Follow me on Spotify and YouTube for more cool playlists and uploads!

[gadzooksbeluga]

My Ranking List for Lazy Town

My Favorites:

Áfram Latibær!

Crystal Caper

Sportafake

Miss Roberta

Secret Agent Zero

Dancing Duel

Haunted Castle

Birthday Surprise!

The Lazy Genie

Dancing Dreams

The First Day of Summer

The Fortune Teller

Robbie's Dream Team

Great:

Glanni Glæpur í Latabæ

Hero for a Day

Rottenbeard

Record's Day

Prince Stingy

LazyTown's New Superhero

LazyTown's Surprise Santa

Little Sportacus

Trash Trouble

The LazyTown Circus

Energy Book

Purple Panther Part 1 and 2

The Holiday Spirit

Let's Go to the Moon

Secret Friend Day

Ziggy's Talking Teddy

Ghost Stoppers

Okay:

Sports Day

Sleepless in LazyTown

Happy Brush Day

Dr. Rottenstein

Cry Dinosaur

My Treehouse

The Laziest Town

Dear Diary

Zap It!

Remote Control

Sportacus Who!

Soccer Sucker

LazyTown's Greatest Hits

Robbie's Greatest Misses

Sports Candy Festival

Ziggy's Alien

Sportacus on the Move!

Rockin' Robbie

Double Trouble

Snow Monster

Pixel TV

Friends Forever

LazyTown Goes Digital

Once Upon a Time

The Lazy Rockets

Sportacus Saves the Toys

Roboticus

The Greatest Gift

Little Pink Riding Hood

Scavenger Hunt

Who's Who?

The Blue Knight

Chef Rottenfood

Breakfast at Stephanie's

The Lazy Cup

The Last SportsCandy

New Kid in Town

Time to Learn

Princess Stephanie

The Wizard of LazyTown

Mystery of the Pyramid

Eh:

Lazy Town Unaired Pilot

Welcome to Lazy Town

Defeeted

Lazy Scouts

Pixelspix

Play Day

School Scam

The Baby Troll

My Least Favorites:

Swiped Sweets

[mint-hiddenite]

Vriska Undertale

Technology

Ancient Gem Colony Ship - Ancient Troll Colony Ship

The Appalachian - The Appalachian

Attack Pods - Voot Runners

Chrono Panic 4 - Overkill's The Walking Dead

Communication Hub - Communication Hub

Destiny Destroyer - Viral Tank

Diamond Communicator - The Tallest Communicator

Diamond Ships - The Alternia (The Black/Blue/Yellow/Pink Massive(s))

Dondai Supremo - 2001 Honda Civic

Escape Pod - Escape Pod

Flask Robonoids - SIR Units

G.UY.S. Dispenser - G.U.Y.S. Dispenser

Garnet’s Keytar - Dirk’s Keytar

Gem Destabilizer - Zodiac Destabilizer

Gem Drill - Sexy Drill “The Penetrator”

Gem Pedestals - Zodiac Pedestals

Gem Warship - Troll Warship

Golf Quest Mini - Star Wars Mini

Greg’s Van - Sans’ Van

Hand Robonoid - Minimoose

Holo-Connie - Holo-Miku (it/its) (Hologram)

Holo-Pearl - Holo-Onceler (it/its) (Hologram)

Hot 2 Tot - Hot Tot Pic

Hyper Space - Ludicrous Speed

Injectors - Inculcators

Jelly Jiggler - Horse Plinko

Jenny’s Car - Baby (Dean’s Impala)

Limb Enhancers - PAK Legs

Meat Beat Mania - Dance Dance Revolution

Observation Orb - Observation Pyramid

Peridot’s Voice Recorder - ZIM’s Voice Recorder

The Perils of Pweepwee - Kirby’s Dream Land (Purple Caprittarius Zodiac)

Plug Robonoids - SIR Units

Prime Kindergarten Control Room - Prime Bucket Control Room

Punch Buddy - Dummy

Race Rush - Sugar Rush

Replicator Wand - Replicator Wand

Road Killer - Grand Theft Auto 5

Roaming Eye - Dalek

Robot Shooty Thing - Pea Shooter (it/its) [Plants vs. Zombies Series] (Bio Machine)

Ronaldo’s Phone - Guillermo’s Phone

Shattering Robonoids - Control Brains

Skee Ball - Skee Ball

Spinel’s Injector - Pinkie Pie’s Inculcator

Star Skipper - Down with the Cis

Steven’s Phone - Vriska’s Phone

Steven’s TV - Vriska’s TV

Steven’s Video Game Systems - Vriska’s Video Game Systems

Sun Incinerator - Star Destroyer

The Teacups - The Vanilla Extract Cups

Teens of Rage - Street Fighter

Tsunami - Tidal Wave Runner

TubeTube - U-Toobz

Turbo Race - Sugar Rush

The Universe Mach 3 - The Undertale Mach 5

Virtua Teens if Rage - Street Fighter 2

Visor Robonoids - SIR Units

Whacker Man - Whack-a-Mole

Whacker Man Jr. - Whack-a-Mole Jr.

[esr10]

tag ppl u wanna know better game - tagged by @emilesmithrowes thank you my baby <333

last song: Off The Record - IVE

currently watching: TWD: TWOL and I'll start watching Shogun and The Pyramid Game soon

three ships: if I speak

favorite color: purple

currently consuming: nothing.... but I'm headed to the store soon, y'all want anything

first ship: Robin x Raven from Teen Titans :D

place of birth: Norway

current location: chair

relationship status: single

last movie: Pulse (2001) - Kiyoshi Kurosawa

currently working on: proofreading someone's script

can't really think rn so I'm not tagging anyone

[joshuaboakley]

Hyper Sphinx

https://www.youtube.com/watch/VqjayeB-xZQ Hyper Sphinx Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises Hyper Sphinx · Tangerine Dream Booster ℗ 2008 Purple Pyramid Records Released on: 2008-01-01 Auto-generated by YouTube. via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqjayeB-xZQ RECORD STORE, RECORDS, VINYL, GATLINBURG, GATLINBURG PHOTOs, LPS, ALBUMS, CDS, STICKERS, SHIRTS, BAND PATCHES, BUTTONS,…

[glassescat]

What is a favorite fact that you like but feel like you never have a chance to share? More than one favorite is also totally acceptable.

Here's a couple I like-

-In Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Viggo aka Aragorn actually broke his foot during the scene where he kicked the helmet. His scream was him genuinely screaming in pain

-Spyro was going to be green in the first PS1 game, but, due to limitations at the time, he blended in too much with the grassy backgrounds so they made him purple

-Freddie Mercury still recorded some songs even when he was at the verge of dying from his illness

-You're more than likely to get attacked by a hippo than a lion if you ever visited Africa

-The people that built the pyramids were actually treated pretty well

[containatrocity]

"Big fella? Mohawk? Think I know the guy you're talkin' about- Some globe-trottin rockstar. Ain't wearin' the coat anymore, dressed up as that pyramid thing from them Silent Hill games. But I checked his guns when he rolled into town like I do most everybody, smelled it on 'im too. Copper an' clay." He's not sure he particularly likes the idea of somebody like that chatting Claire up- Rusty had informed him that musically talented he might have been- it was a criminal record that made him well-known to people who followed the sort of music he and Clara insisted on blasting in the ranger station. He smiles as she hands him a slice of pie, taking a bite and humming softly under his breath. "Robin! C'mere kiddo!" He barks, Robin scampering back and skittering to a halt at his side- taking his own plate with his typical mega-watt smile- he's missing one more tooth in it than he was even a few days ago.

"Thank you Ms. Forbes! Ohhh it's shaped like a ghosty." He plops himself down at Duck's feet to eat, bound to be left stained a little purple afterward.

"Well, I owe ya somethin' now. I can do some ration tickets now, or maybe dinner, sometime. I'm fixin' t' make my last big pot of deer chili for the Fall, could send one a' the kids round with some for ya this week?" He chuckles a moment later. "Thanks fer sparin' me singin' for my supper, darlin."

"I won't make you perform for your food," Claire said with a laugh, putting a slice of pie on a plate and holding it out to him. "I don't have a Mr. Todd. Some charming man was here earlier and he seemed to be flirting with me, but his coat smelled like old blood and dirt and I didn't like that at all." She shook her head, wrinkling her nose with another laugh, fixing up a plate for Robin with the ghost-shaped blueberry pies.

[alittlebirb]

Some silly swears from the MCC 23 Purple Pandas!

Phil dressing up as a cat boy in Minecraft and real life

FOR SOME REASON, Joel keeping the alerts where his character is doing unholy things onscreen every time something happens

Philza finding the dogs before the event starts in an attempt to beat Wilbur's record on dog pets

Joel being baffled at the floaty and snorkel on his skin and Gee assuring him it's fine if he can't swim, this is a judgement free zone!

Joel putting Jimmy on blast before his team for not using a mouse pad while playing

Philza then recounting how he used to use a cardboard folder for a mouse pad

"SG is either really good, or just terrible." -Joel, explaining the duality of life

Sapnap threatening them that if they go middle in SG, he will kill them, and Gumi telling them to say hi to their wife

"Which wife? Because I'm married as well..." -Joel, fellow wife haver

Lizzie putting in Joel's chat she's upset Gumi doesn't talk to her

"Say hi to your wives, that would be more polite." -Joel

Lizzie also showing up in the call in order to clarify she is not sad, she loves Gumi, and Joel apologizing for implying she was sad

"Keep 40 MCC participants in a cage without music and see what happens." -Pete, beginning to lose it

Gee and Joel discussing their deep knowledge of the Monsters Inc. universe

Joel naming his duck floaty 'Jeremy'

Phil agonizing over whether to send the meme <YOU ARE LIKE PAPA> in the chat for a solid minute

Gee talking about how she just starts shaking when the games start and Pete telling her "yeah that doesn't change"

Gee ghosting for her team after dying and saying "there's a little party if you wanna join!"

Gee calling her death "a tactic" you see, tactical

Joel skin swapping with Scar and Pete becoming Foolish

Phil analyzing the the angle of the blocks before AR starts and concluding it is possible to fly through a small gap in the map

Pete having an absolute blast playing this map with the new mechanics

Conversely, Pete having an absolute time of it with the moving walls

"Each lap that I did, I got caught on a moving wall." -Pete

Gee saying in the softest voice, "aww I love the turtle heads!"

Philza finding skips after they finish AR and everybody saying they'll have to watch his vod now

Pete throwing his chicken within the glass tube and then just staring at Phil

"Could you please move your head next time?" -Pete

The dome choosing GR anyway and Phil telling Pete it was intentional, it was to keep him on his toes!

"All in middle, nice and cozy!" -Gee

Joel trying to get the chest on top of the stone pyramid room and Pete just yelling "YO, RIGHT CLICK!"

Pete doing an amazing job of directing Gee in the sewer room

Gee having a breakdown about how the last room was "the worst thing in my entire life, this was meant to be my comeback!"

Gee agonizing over GR and Joel telling her "good vibes only!", and Pete reassuring "there's plenty of time to fall into the void in Sky Battle."

"We were doing so good at the start, and then we pooed the bed, so to speak." -Joel

Phil chugging a series of slushies for good luck, "specifically blue and red to make purple in my tummy."

"I like Big BuildMart." -Joel

Two people hitting their chickens inside the glass this time, and Phil getting subsequently ragged on for having a huge head

"I've only played Sky Battle once, and last time I made a shovel." -Gee

Pete and Joel popping off in SB, winning a round and getting to first place!

Pete falling into the void 5 seconds into the next round

"I'm gonna fill my sippy cup up during the break." -Joel

"This is what they mean when they say drink responsibly." -Pete

Philza being unable to pronounce Rocket Spleef Rush when telling the chat to vote for it, and Pete telling him "God, you're so good at convincing people."

Joel complaining he's tied with Dream on the leaderboard, but Dream is shown to be ahead because of "subscriber bias"

Pete taking them to one of his favorite PKT spots

Philza noticing all the CCTV cameras on the map for the first time

"I think Dream just set the record for the fastest hunt." -Joel, after Dream insta-kills their team

Phil trying to big brain predict the runner's path while hunting, preemptively jumping down, and realizing that the runner did NOT jump down and he is now far out of reach

Pete watching SB and Sneeg on the opposite team and just saying "Fellas, this one is a little tough!"

Phil admitting that the literal only reason he'd be sad to miss TGTTOS is because of Terra Swoop Force

Joel talking about how last time he played RSR, a block exploded under him and he got 40th place, and Pete stealing that and saying that's what happened to him in SB

"Man, these blocks just explode by themselves these days..." -Phil

Phil winning the second RSR round by just flying off into the distance while Jojo tries to shoot him

"My planet needs me." -Phil

Everyone's jaws dropping at False just ending Dream's whole career in the last round of RSR

"MCC really does humble me, you know." -Gee

Gee saying Sylvee is still Top 10 in her heart <3

Phil poorly acting disappointed at TGTTOS being played instead of BM, and then giving up and just clapping his hands excitedly

"We go zoomies with the block placement, we go *a series of littol sounds*" -Phil

Pete going on a rant through gritted teeth about how annoying it is for someone to place a block inside his block

Joel and Phil dying at the same time in shallow lava and and screaming "NO!" at the same time

"Sorry Kara." -Joel

"Are you really sorry, though?" -Gee

"No, not really." -Joel

Phil, for some reason, doing a mini scene on the toilet of a catboy going to the bathroom while waiting for the decision dome

Phil looking at all of the melted ice on the floor in MD and asking who's gonna clean that

"C'mon Scar, hawkeye him!" -Joel

Everyone rioting at the Captain getting 3rd

Joel calling Martyn "the longest loser since Captain Sparklez."

Gee saying she'll have nightmares over the orange block in GR, and Phil saying it's FINE, inflation means it's worth pennies now!

Pete bringing them to his special perspective spot for DB

Wilbur and Phil warring over which team they're supporting

Phil telling Wilbur <You are such a big brother it's painful>

Zeuz winning a 1v3 and Pete just saying because it had to be said, "that was- kinda hot when he did that- just saying-"

Joel agreeing to give a massive "FUCK YES!" if Orange wins

"FUCK YES!" -Joel

Marty becoming the Covid King

Purple Pandas finished MCC 23 in 4th place!

[maria-robotnik-logs]

Maria R. Log #3: Big the Cat

This… really confused me. At first I thought this was a joke, that Julian would have so much data over what seemed to be a simple purple cat and his frog. I mean he’s cute and all but not enough to have so many files devoted to him. That was until I started to actually look through them. This cat is EVERYWHERE!

It started out small, his pet frog Froggy swallowed a piece of the god of destruction Chaos, how that happened I still don’t understand but he did and Big ended up getting to the egg carrier and… fishing him out? I’ve read about chaos and even studied some of the artificial chaos that were on the ARK but I didn’t think it was possible to cast a line and fish in him like a pond. It’s still really impressive and if it was just that I would find it commendable, but it gets weirder.

This cat just manages to find ways to get everywhere for no reason other than to fish. Julian spotted him on prison island, at his pyramid base, even in the middle of space just… fishing?! And it doesn’t even stop there! He was on Angel island, invited to dream parties, he fought Neo metal, and for some reason records of him were found in Arabian Nights looking for his frog! He even somehow managed to enter cyberspace and have logs from Julian, just…. FISHING!

I’m at a lost for words right now, for someone who seems to have a knack for being everywhere he doesn’t have any special skills besides fishing and a belly flop. But I guess that’s a good thing, people underestimate him and his abilities. I mean even I did when I started researching him so that’s gotta mean something. I wonder how much power comes with the desire to make sure your friends are safe, even if that friend is just a cute little froggy.

This is Maria Robotnik, sighing off!

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Paisley Park Pt. 2: The front lobby features second-floor balconies and clouds painted on the walls, as well as pyramidal skylights.

A relaxing music room with Prince's signature purple hue filling the space.

I think it would be kind of sad to go there and look around. 

Private nightclub that features a dance floor, TVs, and projectors. The room can reportedly hold 1,000 guests.

The caption for this photo said that it looked like Prince shopped where everyone else did. Well, duh, do they have special groceries for celebrities?

I didn’t expect the bathrooms to look like this. I thought they’d be super fancy. 

Reception desk for bands coming to use the recording studios.

A nice area for the musicians using the studio.

I just thought these clear things were cool.

One of the studios.

One of several offices.

Another bedroom, probably for a guest.

Hair and makeup.

A laundry room and shoe storage.

And, this is the elevator where he was found. 

various google sources for photos

[dansnaturepictures]

6 of my favourite photos I took in June 2021

1. Sunny view at Lakeside Country Park, Hampshire 

2. One of my favourite birds the Red Kite on the Naturetrek Stone Curlews in Hampshire tour we went on 

3. One of my favourite birds the Guillemot off of Puffin Island, Anglsey 

4. Aber Falls, Snowdonia

5. Hedgeog by the cottage we stayed in on Anglsey near Llanddaniel Fab 

6. One of my favourite butterflies the Silver-studded Blue at Deadman Hill in the New Forest 

Well here I am again for another of these posts as another month speeds by. As is so often the case it feels as though June will go down as one of my key months of the year. It was a fantastic one, and this month I think shall be defined well by three key pillars. The first the amazing week we had in Anglesey where was saw incredible wildlife having some of my best wildlife adventures ever seeing every bird target we had for the trip some species better than ever before or in completely different ways, a strong crop of amazing mammals, lots of special butterflies, dragonflies, other insects and so many flowers with incredible amounts of pictures produced each day with so much inspiration. The views were absolutely breathtaking and the places we went and people talked to exceptional. Some of the most thrilling and exciting moments of my year being back in Wales where I am very fond of for an eighth time and between Anglesey and an afternoon in Snowdonia I felt ever more endeared to North Wales. From start to finish it was big moment after moment and a very relaxing time too.

Just before the holiday on another day off was a fantastic day trip we did the Naturetrek Stone Curlews in Hampshire walking trip which was brilliant, we saw two Stone Curlews extremely well and it was sensational to be in their presence and Keith Betton the county recorder and Hampshire Ornithological Society chair pointed out so much amazing life on a fantastic bit of rewilding including Red Kites, Hares and pyramidal orchids everywhere and like the Anglesey holiday I found everything positive and was quite awestruck. 

Our first ever Stone Curlew forms part of the third pillar which is that over four phenomenal days we managed to see three new birds after not seeing any up until that point this year with the locked down to begin 2021 having my longest ever wait for a life tick in a year with the Rose-coloured Starling at Martin Down too and Purple Heron at Fishlake Meadows. These were extraordinary days filled with very fond memories and birding bliss. 

The month was fantastic for birds overall with my strong fight back run of year ticks continuing and my year list reaching numbers I am so proud of its been a year notably as its gone on for lots of days and runs of days for seeing lots of birds for the first time in quick succession like you would at the start of the year with everything to aim for and my year list is continuing to be a bit ahead of last year and competing with my two highest ever year lists 2019 and 2018 for amount of birds seen on these dates. Birds locally at home and Lakeside especially the story continuing to unfold with young birds has been a key theme of the month too. Butterflies of course played a huge role in June too with some very exciting and rare species seen particularly in the warmest and sunniest moments of which June has reached dizzy heights it has to be said. My year list for butterflies is ticking along very nicely after coming out of May feeling very lucky to be seeing the species I usually am at that time with unpredictable weather it could have so easily gone the other way my year is really in line again now as we sail into the exhilarating days of summer species both at home and further afield. I did feel I caught up on species I’d only seen a few times before in the year and importantly a bit of consistency with getting macro pictures of butterflies and I feel a step up in quality has crept in. Dragonflies and damselflies starred this month too with some quintessential early summer moments enjoyed with them locally and further afield seeing some truly special species and fighting back after a slower start to them this year. Moths have begun to really come into my year with a Waved Umber staying for a few nights at home memorably and others, and I’ve delved into other insects well this month too. 

I just couldn’t fit everything into the six photos to include a flower but its been a month of botanical bliss again as I have seen and learnt so many fantastic flowers and plants I’ve enjoyed taking so many pictures. Worthy of a special mention is the orchids emerging en masse with particularly finding my first bee orchid of the year at Lakeside providing one of my moments of the year, and three species of campion as well as one of the ones I’ve known longest and another of my favourites the foxgloves have stood out. 

As I mentioned some iconic views in Anglesey but all though the month I’ve been happy with the amount of landscape pictures I’ve taken and how they’ve come out. Another top month for sky scenes too. And perhaps my highest ever photo yielding month. Wishing you all a great and safe July.

[flooffybits]

Making a Video

Idol: Kim Minji (Dreamcatcher)

Request: Nope

When your girlfriend invites you to her performances, you get to see more than what everyone else does. But dragging you to said shows, you didn’t expect to be in the middle of all the chaos.

Author’s note: This is just a funny idea I came up with. If you haven’t watched Sahara, you won’t understand what’s gonna happen, so I suggest watching that first 👌

“You girls are insane.” You mutter under your breath as Siyeon laughed and patted your shoulder, a little too hard for your liking, while Bora shoved the camera into your hands. “Oh, don’t be a spoilsport. It’s for fun!” The shorter female stated before she was looking around the room until her eyes landed on a certain purple haired bunny.

“Jiu! Come here!”

At the sound of her name being called, Minji looked before she walked over, smiling as she got nearer then wrapped her arms around you as soon as she was close enough. “What are you doing?” She asked after pressing a kiss to your cheek and Siyeon pointed to the camera you were holding.

“We’re going to make a music video.” She stated proudly and your girlfriend’s face scrunched up in confusion while you shook your head at her. “They want me to film you girls for Sahara since it doesn’t have an mv.” You explain and, to your dismay, her face lights up at the idea before she’s jumping up and down in excitement.

“That would be so cool! I bet Somnias would be so happy if we made one.” She cheered, and as if the sound of their fans’ name was a calling, the other three walked over with curious looks on their faces and you know that there’s no way you can get away from this.

Especially when your girlfriend was Kim Minji and she stared at you with those damn puppy eyes and the cutest pout she could muster.

So when they still had time before performing or after performing, they would have a sudden burst of inspiration before you’d find yourself behind the camera just to film them.

“You’re really good at this. No wonder Jiu unnie is always asking you to take pictures of her.” Gahyeon commented when they reviewed the footage and your girlfriend’s cheeks flushed. “I do not!” She denied while you stared at her with your brow raised, making her whine while hitting your arm. “You should be on my side!” She protested before Yoohyeon and Bora laughed at her childish antics.

“But Y/n unnie takes really good shots.” Yubin interjected. “If I wanted to get my photo taken, I would ask her.” She added with a shrug and Minji nodded her head. “The perks of dating a photographer.” She said proudly, making you chuckle then shake lightly pat her back. “Well, she does treat me when she’s dragging me around for pictures.” You tell them before Bora bursts out laughing when your girlfriend sighed.

“You’re lucky I love you.” She muttered and you flashed a cheeky grin. “I know.”

“Stop hanging around Siyeon and Sua so much, they’re rubbing off on you.” Your girlfriend says while crinkling her nose.

You were surprised, to say the least, with how the staff and managers even joined in on their antics that they were included for the chorus where they thought it would be a good idea to just bang their heads like complete maniacs.

..

Another day with your girlfriend and your crackhead friends, you’re situated somewhere at the back so that you wouldn’t get in anyone’s way. One of their editors was seated next to you as you worked on the girls’ video, having him guide you and suggesting with how you should edit everything.

Just as you saved the file, Gahyeon was running over to you and grinning before the camera was thrust into your hands. “We came up with another scene!” She cheered happily, and you hated that she was too cute to refuse. “What is it, now?” You ask her and she tugs at your arm to follow her where Bora was already waiting.

You notice Yoohyeon was sound asleep a few spaces away and wonder just what they were planning if she wasn’t included. But you remember never to underestimate Kim Bora’s mind when she began to happily tell you what they came up with and soon, your phone was used to play the song so that they would be in time with it.

“Make sure to really throw her down.” You playfully told the youngest as you prepared the camera and Bora stuck her tongue out at you. “We’ve practiced this. I can take it.” She states sassily while you rolled your eyes. “Sure you can.”

She gives you a playful glare in return. “Just film.” When she and Gahyeon had gotten into position, you readied the camera in their direction whilst Yubin played the song for Bora’s verse. You kept the camera steady despite wanting to just laugh with how shocked Bora’s face looked the first time. It looked like she wasn’t prepared for Gahyeon’s sudden move that she ended up laughing instead of lip syncing. “You alright?” You asked while trying to stifle your laughter and she pointed at you. “Not a word.”

“You said you were ready though.” Yubin said instead and Bora groaned as you gave the younger girl a high five. “I was! It’s Gahyeon’s fault because she didn’t warn me!” She protested and the said girl looked dumbfounded when she helped the dancer stand. “You said you were ready. I didn’t think I needed to warn you!” She complained when she stared at Bora and you lightly patted her head. “Don’t worry, Gahyeon, it’s not your fault.”

“Anyway!” Bora said before any of you could add more to her embarrassment. “Let’s try that again.” She said while you laughed and Yubin replayed the second verse while you began to film them. This time, they were able to successfully do the scene while a staff threw a blanket over the dancer when she pretended to pass out.

When she saw that you were all finished, Minji came up to you and hugged you from behind. “Can I have my girlfriend, now?” She asked playfully and Siyeon pretended to think, tapping her finger against her chin. “Why do I even bother asking?” Minji suddenly said, taking the camera from you and then passing it to Yubin so she could pull you away and hog you to herself.

“Finally! I feel like I’m sharing you with all my members.” She sighed exaggeratedly while you smile and push her hair behind her ear. “Well, you basically are, given that they’re your children.” She pouts before clinging to your arm and throwing her legs over your lap. “But I’m your girlfriend. You should be spending time with me.” She protested and you couldn’t help pressing a kiss to her lips.

“I know that, but you agreed to this special clip and had me take the videos.” You remind her before nodding to your things that was packed neatly with the staff’s. “I’m even editing for you when I’m not even working for your company.” You teased as she cuddled up to you. “But you love me, that’s why you’re doing it anyway.” She grinned triumphantly, earning a laugh from you as you nodded your head. “I really do.”

She smiles more when she leans into you and her hand rests on the back of your neck when she kisses you. Her lips are soft against your own and luckily, their performance was over so you didn’t have to worry about ruining her makeup. And it wasn’t like she was letting you pull away any time soon, either.

“We get that you’re absolutely in love, but do you really have to do that here?” Bora piped up and Minji forced herself to pull back while groaning. She turned to look at her friend with a grimace and the dancer just laughed. “Come on, we’re heading home, anyway. You can be gross at the dorm.” She quipped and you chuckled while patting your girlfriend’s leg so you could both stand.

It was safe to say that none of the girls decided to bother the two of you when you got to the dorm that day.

..

“Are we finally finishing this?” You asked when Yoohyeon held your arm while dragging you out to the hall where the rest of the girls were. The camera was held in your hands, making sure not to drop it. She didn’t even give you the chance of putting your bag down when she came into the room and started to bring you to where you were now.

All six of them were still in their performance outfit and you were so confused because they had to perform after a while. “Come on, we have to hurry.” Gahyeon told them. “How are we even going to do this?” Yubin asked confusedly. “I suggest that the oldest stay at the lowest tier.” Yoohyeon grinned and Siyeon stared at her while Bora gave her a shove.

“Let’s just play rock, paper, scissors.” Minji said and you already started to record them just for the sake of extra footage.

In the end, your girlfriend, along with Gahyeon and Bora, ended up in the lowest tier, followed by Yoohyeon and Yubin, then finally Siyeon at the top of their pyramid. You honestly don’t know whether to laugh or to feel bad because the four older girls were trying their best to look serious while both Yubin and Gahyeon looked as though they were suffering. As soon as the song ended and Siyeon hopped off, Yubin slid off of the youngest’s back and to the floor while they exploded into fits of laughter.

Finally finished with the song, you all went back to their waiting room and you grabbed your laptop from your bag to finally start editing the whole thing. While they performed, you would be able to finish this and show them by the time you all got to the dorm.

“How is it coming along?” Minji came bouncing over to you and resting her head against your shoulder when you connected the card in. “It’s almost done. I’m just adding a few things here and there.” You tell her before feeling a kiss being pressed to your cheek. “Okay, but don’t forget to watch me, alright?” She grinned, making you chuckle before pinching her cheeks. “I wouldn’t miss it for the world.”

You may have watched their performances countless times by now, but to see them on the stage with such a demanding aura around them was something you could never get tired of seeing. And the way your girlfriend managed to look both sexy and intimidating, especially when the stylists decided to give her a backless suit, you couldn’t tear your eyes away.

And she loved the fact that she was the only one who could have your attention.

When their performance was over, they stayed for the announcing of winners and you used that time to finally wrap everything up, so that when they got back, you were ready to go.

“It’s done? It’s done?” Bora didn’t waste time pestering you when you got off the van. It looked like the ride back was enough for her to gain back her energy. Minji went to grab some clothes to change while also deciding to lend you some because she figured you wouldn’t want to stay wearing jeans the whole day.

While she did that, you set your laptop on the table for them and opened the file, checking if the video wasn’t corrupted and that it was the final copy. Bora was squealing like a child when the six of them appeared on the screen and she recognized it as the intro. “Guys, hurry up!” She started yelling, already taking her seat at the center while the rest piled in after putting their things in their rooms.

You stood behind the couch, arms crossed while they all focused on what you made. It was honestly like a high school project, if you were being honest with yourself, but it turned out alright, judging from the giggling and awed sounds the girls kept making.

When the little edit of Yubin as a sun popped up, all six of them ended up cackling and the younger girl gave you a thumbs up.

“Wow, Y/n, I’m sure Somnias are going to love this.” Siyeon says when the video finally ended, smiling when she saw the behind the scenes footage their managers told you would be nice to include. “Yeah, you did really great with this.” Yoohyeon praised and you rubbed your head sheepishly.

“Well, this is for you girls, and you all did a great job. It’s only right I did you some form of justice with this.” You say and Minji reaches for your hand before squeezing it. “Thank you!” They all beamed and Yubin took charge with the laptop, since they would need to send it to the company before it would be uploaded on their YouTube channel.

Minji pulled you over to the loveseat and grinned as she kissed your cheek a few times. “I have an awesome girlfriend.” She claimed and you laughed as you pulled her closer to peck her lips. “I think you’re talking about yourself.” But she shakes her head before resting it on your shoulder.

“No, really. You didn’t have to do all this just because we asked you to. Sua was even worried once because she thought you might be annoyed with all of us.” She explained and you hummed while running your fingers through her hair. “I was never annoyed. In fact, I love being able to do these stuff with you. Even though I can’t be on camera with you, it’s nice to at least have a sense on your daily life as an idol.”

Her gaze softened when she looked up at you, cuddling more into your side as she let out a sigh of content. “And this is why I love you so much.” She murmured before feeling a kiss pressed on her hairline. “I love you, too.”