#the boab

[archaeologicalnews]

Race against time to find ancient Indigenous carvings on boab trees

Researchers are working with a group of First Nations Australians in a race against time, and some of the roughest terrain on Earth, to document ancient art in the bark of Australia's boab trees.

Carvings in the boab trees tell the stories of the King Brown Snake (or Lingka) Dreaming in a remote area of the Tanami desert, which straddles the border of Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

After more than two years of fieldwork, the research team from The Australian National University (ANU), The University of Western Australia and University of Canberra, working alongside five Traditional Owners, found 12 trees with carvings. Read more.

#archaeology #australia #archeology #boab trees #trees

[battle-of-alberta]

Who speaks the most languages? Also who has the best French?

well this just might be my most ambitious ask in a while :) shout out to the 1.5 francophones who may or may not follow this blog. And also for those 1.5 francos...

Clause de non-responsabilité

J'ai étudié 6 langues mais je suis toujours monolingue. :'(

Je ne suis pas franco-albertaine et je ne peux pas commenter sur le dialecte.

Mon éditrice @randomoranges n'est pas franco-albertaine, elle est québécoise*. Ah, et elle dit, avec plus d'élegance:

"nous pouvons répondre en français, mais svp demandez-nous pas d'le faire trop souvent, sinon notre pauvre artiste ira en burn out, malgré le fait que ses efforts feront rire sa consultante"

*cependant, selon le Lego, mon éditrice n'est même pas considérée québécoise haha >>;

more info below!

I already expect this piece to get less engagement because it's (mostly) not in English, and I'm afraid I'm still going to be more annoying and not provide a translation. As previously I will lean into making a statement Windex-style by purposefully not translating what I've written above into English just because the point of celebrating Franco-Albertan heritage month is, well, acknowledging the unique status of French in this country and how there is an expectation to conform to English in this province that needs a little challenging. I hope if nothing else, it strikes your curiosity enough to painstakingly type it into google translate so you can get half of the banter.

Another question that languished at the bottom of the box for over a year! This was because I felt I should make a real effort to write in French, of course, but also because I struggled with the wording of the question and ultimately didn't answer it. The "most" or the "best" are very loaded terms, so I avoided answering them entirely particularly because we have several languages that risk losing native speakers and because there's a lot of bs wrapped up in what "good" french is that I'm not skilled enough to unpack (though you can read what Windex wrote on this matter earlier on this blog... And here as well).

I have to strike a balance between representing the gang here as individuals (and immortals to boot) who have a lot of time on their hands and some interest and investment in learning languages on one hand... but also as representations of "average" people on the other. Francophone travellers aren't going to find many French speakers outside of airports, national parks, or government services in this province, but it still might surprise you considering all the "everyone outside of Quebec hates French" rhetoric that politicians like to fling around. It's more complicated than that, obviously, but I can mostly talk about my own personal experience with French here. I tried to represent both the reality that Franco-Alberta exists (represented by Ed) and the stereotypical resistance to French here (represented by Calvin, though clearly he understands enough to respond here. I also just think he tries to play dumb on purpose so that others underestimate him, it's all part of the image!)

Finally, I don't speak any of the languages (Michif, Tagalog, Punjabi, Cree) represented here so I hope they pass muster for the purpose of this little comic! ;~;b I have also represented Calvin speaking Mandarin previously on this blog!

oh yeah, and that "english and business" quote is from kevin o'leary who is from montreal so make of that what you will.

#Anonymous #projectcanada cities #boab ask #pc: edmonton #pc: jasper #pc: grande prairie #pc: calgary #pc: strathcona #edward murphy #calvin mccall #jasper swift #josephine cardinal #edith garneau #hapo art #digital art #clip studio paint #i had to handwrite all the diacritics so i apologize if they've moved accidentally #this font doesnt come with accents so i decided to just manually add them

[acetechne]

"Family" - Opus Daily Practice 19

Happy Family Day from our @battle-of-alberta family to yours :)

Family Day is an Alberta invention, proclaimed by then Lieutenant Governor Helen Hunley on suggestion from then Premier Don Getty to promote family values and spending time with each other. It has since spread to many other provinces, but is not a federal holiday. And yes, it's the same day as President's Day on purpose!

#opusdailypractice #projectcanada cities #projectcanada #iammatthewian #iamp: alberta #pc: alberta #pc: edmonton #pc: calgary #pc: red deer #ralph campbell #elaine hartley #calvin mccall #edward murphy #and yeah bert cheers for the oilers because i said so mwah #hapo doodles #boab illustration #ink

[daebelly]

remember

The video boab oyedivuth.

The video boab oyedivuth.

The video boab oyedivuth.

The video boab oyedivuth.

#the video boab oyedivuth

[yeonban]

How do you view love?

DAN HENG: Soft.

Love that is welcoming, one that encompasses you in its warmth. The feeling of a warm mug after a cold day. Familiar huffs of laughter respond in the air as you lean on each other for balance. The feeling of falling on a soft bed of clouds on a nice sunny day. Of waves lapping at sand on a beach.

NIKOLAI: All encompassing.

"The enormity of my desire disgusts me." It consumes you. Thoughts that trace the same memory every waking second. Body engrained with muscle memory at even the slightest sound. Everything that is the earth reminds you of it. Courses through your body like fire, keeps you afloat and wanting, always wanting for more.

Tagged by: @scrtilegii MERSII!! Tagging: @oneireth (Caelus, Ratio and/or Youta), @quirkthieves (Nobimaru and Mioara), @skilledsenses (Ranpo), @antinomos (Fyodor) & @achroanimus, @gonguji, @rikyos & whoever else sees this and wants to do it!

#muse: dan heng. #muse: nikolai gogol. #* dan heng. / development. #* nikolai gogol. / development. #Blu... mă înnebunește faptul că DH și JY văd iubirea în același fel =))) ăstia doi sunt ca două boabe de orez frfr #NIKOLAI THO... (proceeds to take significant poison damage over time) #Thank you uquiz for proving me right once again in that Kolya feels everything INSANELY deeply and that's the reason behind his downfall #Nikolai; hurting with love: (kiIIs the people he loves; consciously hurting himself even worse than he was hurting beforehand) #Nikolai and his fake persona switching places every half a second: I want to love. No I don't. Yes I do. No... I Really Don't. But lowkey I #Narrator vc: He wants to love so badly but he knows the second he does it's all over for the other person. Bad ending moment

[privatedarius]

Boab tree in the Kimberleys, Western Australia photo credit: Andrew McInnes 

#australian landscape #boab #kimberleys #western australia

[surfingthesealand]

A little something for @acetechne's birthday, starring the Texas boys and the @battle-of-alberta cities! Howdy from down south! 🤠⭐️ 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🎂

#my art #surfingthesealand draws #the lonestar boys #lonestar boys #lonestar #the lonestar boys big five #the lonestar boys: the big five #texas #texas boys #project canada #pc cities #the texas boys #pc: calgary #pc: edmonton #pc: lethbridge #pc: medicine hat #pc: red deer #alberta #battle of alberta #boab #boab cities #crossover #oc crossover #flags #calgary #edmonton #lethbridge #medicine hat #red deer

[glitterock]

i know i’m in the right major bc i hyper fixate on every major essay i write

#last semester it was the damn australian boab trees #now it’s how museums can be environmentally and mentally sustainable #i started this essay literally this morning it’s due tomorrow and im at over 1k words (the requirement) and still going

[flowergirlmiwa]

x

#my post #the video boab oyedivuth #dathings #dathings1 #ytp #we're getting kind of esoteric now #rap rat

[sbnkalny]

Kalny walks into THE tumblr app still fucked up maybe but i'm funny how? How tf am i funny

craymen

#watch on YAHOO view #QUOTE #DAY 9 #Kalny walks into the tumblr app is homophobic because it triggers tumblr's Link to the video Boab Oyedivuth.

[roniebuttercups]

This idea keeps on popping into my head...

this but it's the @battle-of-alberta + Ralph crew singing this...

#might draw it #cuz it's been stuck in my head #and they fit surprisingly well??? #boab #my offering to hapo senpai lol #Youtube

[msb-lair]

Clutch #3062 - Eucalyptus/Boab

Mated On: 2022-12-05 # of eggs: 3 Hatched On: 2022-12-10

Progeny:

Hatchling 8094 (Druyd) - Tundra Male, Hickory Tide/Honeydew Myrid/Thicket Flecks, Faceted - 50 gems on 2022-12-10

Hatchling 8095 - Guardian Female, Latte Ground/Pear Foam/Honeydew Flecks, Bright - 15 gems on 2022-12-25

Hatchling 8096 - Tundra Female, Driftwood Tide/Jungle Foam/Forest Flecks, Pastel - 15 gems on 2022-12-18

Comments:

#Clutches #Eucalyptus Dragon #Boab Dragon #Hatchling #Tundra Male #Tundra Female #Guardian Female #Tundra Breed #Guardian Breed #Tundra Hatchling #Guardian Hatchling #Tide #Ground #Myrid #Foam #Flecks #Hickory #Honeydew #Thicket #Latte #Pear #Driftwood #Jungle #Forest #Faceted #Bright #Pastel

[battle-of-alberta]

Who had the happiest childhood ?

well over a year later i finally tackle this question! it was at the bottom of the box because one of my weaknesses is drawing children, and another one is the necessary historical research to draw their childhoods :' ) but i really wanted to start imagining them because it's very important to the overall story i'm trying to tell here.

here's the main gang, who were children at one end of the 19th century or another. I don't really know how to answer the question (they all lived through some very rough times, even if they didn't know as much) but I can give a little bit of an explanation for the times they grew up in...

[but most importantly, who do you think was the cutest?]

Ed and Jas were kids in the early decades of the 19th century (the regency era). They didn't really have a sense of the outside world much at all (Ed in particular had a very inflated sense of self importance he has since lost) and moved around a lot to follow the fur bearing animals (typically beavers). I feel like they were often getting into scrapes like this!

Cal and Lil grew up in the 1870s when the Northwest Mounted Police were establishing the Canada-US border. Calvin doesn't realize that his childhood enemy Fort Whoop Up and Lilith are the same person, so he tends to think of Lilith as younger than him. Lilith knows better, of course, but I guess she wanted a fresh start. In some ways, they were both only a bit spoiled as kids, though Lilith was less sheltered.

Jo and Mac didn't really interact much as they were isolated for most of their childhoods and didn't really hit their first growth spurts until the 20th century. It's hard to imagine their childhoods (or that Mac was ever a child haha) but they must have been quite lonely, so I figure they had to have pretty big imaginations to cope during the times Ed wasn't around.

Nor, Red and Maddie grew up in the railroad era of the 1880s-90s, although Nor and Maddie were the railroad resort and energy princesses respectively. Red depended far more on carriages and later vehicles passing through on their way between Ed and Cal's places. [also, do not attempt to cuddle bear cubs or feed them chocolate biscuits!!]

#Anonymous #projectcanada cities #historical hetalia #hetalia oc #pc: edmonton #pc: calgary #pc: jasper #pc: lethbridge #pc: grande prairie #pc: fort mcmurray #pc: banff #pc: red deer #pc: medicine hat #hapo art #clip studio paint #digital art #boab ask #edward murphy #jasper swift #calvin mccall #lilith sheran #josephine cardinal #reginald buffalo #eleanor crandell #elaine hartley #madeline hargrave

[acetechne]

Opus Daily Practice 27

didn't use a prompt for these doodles, I was just thinking about red and her clothing style. I think of her a lot in 70s athletic wear, but i also started tossing around ideas of 30s-40s fashion for her to fulfill my promise on the ol ask blog earlier. I always say that yes she would wear skirts, and then whenever I draw her she's always in pants or shorts...

Red Deerios! I will be in your city next week for some R&R (after my long time away on island time, I know) and everyone is like "but why though". listen. I'm gonna give it a real chance and not just treat it like a pit stop, honest!

#projectcanada cities #opusdailypractice #pc: red deer #elaine hartley #ink #hapo doodles #traditional art #boab illustration

[turbonicflaws]

U support boabe?

NO WAY !! NUH UH !! GESABE FOR LIFE !!!

#of course I support boabe what do you think I am ? a monster ? yeah right. #have a little faith in me bro….

[callsigntrixx]

me, type cammie's accent with any consistency? it's less likely than you think

#( ooc ) / ▼ hacker voice: i'm in . #/ some days i feel good about it and others i'm just sitting here like #/ wot. #jings crivvens an' help ma boab i cannae