Ada Limón, from "Shelter: A Love Letter to Trees," published in June 2022
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got rid of an old cat tree like a year ago and it was a mistake because apparently, this tree was my cat’s favourite tree. in the history of all the trees she’s ever had, this was THE ONE she cared about. she has never mourned the departure of any other trees over the last decade and a half of her life. she has had two BRAND NEW ones since and she barely interacts with even a single scratch post on them, only climbing one out of Pure Obligation because i place her food there. the only reason the tree had to go was because 1: at the time, the manufacturer wouldn’t ship parts to my country and 2: it was lookin real rough. so yeah. guess who’s fucking repurchasing this same goddamned tree
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“Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you've finished just to stay near it.”
― Markus Zusak
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A tree simply provides shelter to anyone in need. It is it's nature.
K.S. Janes
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my awesome movie list of 2011:
melancholia (dir. lars von trier)
the tree of life (dir. terrance malick)
take shelter (dir. jeff nichols)
another earth (dir. mike cahill)
drive (dir. nicolas winding refn)
shame (dir. steve mcqueen)
the ides of march (dir. george clooney)
the iron lady (dir. phyllida lloyd)
one day (dir. lone scherfig)
extremely loud & incredibly close (dir. stephen daldry)
warrior (dir. gavin o'connor)
the girl with the dragon tattoo (dir. david fincher)
tinker tailor soldier spy (dir. tomas alfredson )
moneyball (dir. bennett miller)
the help (dir. tate taylor)
bridesmaids (dir. paul feig)
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Every year it’s so bizarre to me that venn diagram of people sharing guilt trips about dogs in shelters just wanting a home for Christmas and the people sharing guilt trips about how pets are commitments and not gifts is basically a circle
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Ada Limón, from "Shelter: A Love Letter to Trees," published in June 2022
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in verses like genshin i feel like if u shook a tree like an animal crossing chara hoping for an apple or something there's like a solid chance dark/daisuke who had been asleep lounged across the branches would fall immediately out instead
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I wish people weren’t so afraid of spiders and snakes to see them as inherently dangerous animals. As far as i can tell California doesn’t have any spider thats dangerous except to children (some recluses and widows including it seems the black widow and brown recluse. And yellow sac spiders which can have a nasty bite). Not to mention, a spider climbing on you in a flood is just trying to live. If you just stay calm and get to dryish land you can save them without much danger to yourselves.
California also doesn’t seem to have any venomous snakes except a sea snake and rattlers (ok there was a rear fanged colubrid but those cant even really envenomate unless its a feeding strike) None of which are species really known for going out of their way to hurt people.
Fleas are also not likely to be a major issue unless you have pets, except for potentially spreading illness. Human fleas aren’t all that common and the common species don’t actually like humans.
Anon I don’t know how to tell you this but fleas absolutely will bite humans if they’re hungry and low on their preferred host and a flood situation fits the bill for them to absolutely take more than a few opportunistic bites. And I hate to tell you this next part, but the Black Plague has been well documented as endemic to parts of california in the modern day. I’m sure it’s anywhere that fleas hang out really, but fleas are indeed a concern.
Also worth noting that in the case of phobias, the fear isn’t often rooted in a rational aspect or true presence of danger as much as it’s rooted in just psychological dread towards things that move different than humans and especially towards things that move different than humans very very quickly. Humans also tend to panic if any given animal is suddenly climbing on them. And humans make very poor decisions when panicked in an already stressful situation.
not to mention the fact that black widows and brown recluse spiders are absolutely capable of being threats to human health, and even if they’re really only fatal in children generally speaking, there are as a matter of fact statistically at least a few children in the flooded parts of california. And while your chances of encountering a flood rattlesnake or being bitten by a sea snake are low, they are never zero. Love and light.
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"Bus Shelter"
digital collage & digital painting by Mick Mather
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