Part one of a two painting commission for @kudufawks focusing on the wildlife of Dominica!!
I was super thrilled to receive this comm with so many amazing species to choose from and i'm super happy with the finished piece! This painting's focus is the Little Blue Heron catching a Velvet worm, including a background of lots of Dominican sea creatures! In person the gold outline shimmers in the light!
You can see a very short process vid of me painting it here: XXXXX
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SxF Mission 91
(Beware of spoilers)
We have a Yor chapter!!! Yeeeesss 🥰🥰🥰
The Authens are going to become reccurent characters. Yes!
And Yor is so adorable in basking the praise of being seen as Anya's mom.
Aw come on Yor.... You ARE Anya's mom!!
But I do get a feeling that with how things are going on: plan C, several time Anya jokes to exchange Yor with chef food, that one sided rivalry Anya is making, that ominous Anya's short chapter...
We might get an arc that solidify Anya and Yor mother daughter relationship.
Maybe 👀
But then again we have....
McMahoooonn!!!
Yes! It's truly been a while.
McMahon being here. And the speech he gave to Mille so that she doesn't shooting away her anger to wrong target.... could it be that we finally will have a Garden centric arc?? 👀👀
The on going background theme is strong in this chapter. That is, the horror of war.
And how it will also come with people who think they are the most right ones to brag about their pain.
Look at this.
These old ladies really have the audacity to boast about their pain and all, and demanding respect, while at the same time trampling on a young person feelings. 😤😤😤
Thanks heaven Yor steps up.
Tbh, I was asthonised to see how Yor can retort in such a way??? The chill anger, being said in the most mature and chiling way??
I know Loid can pull this type of retort anytime, but coming from Yor????!!!
Wooohoooo!!! You go girl!!! 🥰🥰🥰👏👏👏
I also didn't expect to have Millie Myers (she has a surname now!) The most cheerful one of the City Hall trio, to have such a trauma
Again, it aligned with the big theme thar war takes victims from everywhere.
On a light note, we have a cute Dominica (Dominic and Camilla) moments here.
Awwww Dominic is so cute. How can Camilla got this man, I wonder.
And last but not least.....
We see how fluent Melinda in taking control of people of any age, any social status.
She truly is showing off her nature as a very fluent politician here. 👀
One very powerful move coming from a very powerful character.
Is she good? Is she bad?
I really don't know. I can't trust Melinda. And this chapter making me doubt her even more. 👀
She might really become the big bad baddie in the future. Or maybe not.
Scary....... 👀👀👀
Anyway, such a wonderful chapter. I cannot guess where Endo will bring us with these build up chapters, but we are getting closer and closer to chapter 100. I guess Endo is cooking something big 👀
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The tiny Caribbean island of Dominica is creating the world's first marine protected area for one of earth's largest animals: the endangered sperm whale.
Nearly 300 square miles (800 square kilometers) of royal blue waters on the western side of the island nation that serve as key nursing and feeding grounds will be designated as a reserve, the government announced Monday.
"We want to ensure these majestic and highly intelligent animals are safe from harm and continue keeping our waters and our climate healthy," Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said in a statement.
Scientists say the reserve not only will protect the animals, but it will also help fight climate change.
Sperm whales defecate near the surface because they shut down non-vital functions when they dive to depths of up to 10,000 feet (3,000 meters). As a result, nutrient-rich poop remains along the ocean surface and creates plankton blooms, which capture carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and drag it to the ocean floor when they die. And sperm whales in Dominica are believed to defecate more than whales elsewhere, said Shane Gero, a whale biologist and founder of the Dominica Sperm Whale Project, a research program focused on sperm whales in the eastern Caribbean.
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Roseau, Dominica: Roseau is the capital and largest city of Dominica, with a population of 14,725 as of 2011. It is a small and compact urban settlement, in the Saint George parish and surrounded by the Caribbean Sea, the Roseau River and Morne Bruce. Built on the site of the ancient Island Carib village of Sairi, it is the oldest and most important urban settlement on the island of Dominica.
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Dominica: The Nature Island Of The Caribbean
A Zandoli Aka Dominican Anole, A Lizard Endemic To Dominica
Photographer: Aurore Shirley
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