Zinnia petals unfurl in little scrolls
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concretekiss
Peonies burst open like crumbled balls of paper
Rescued barn owls live in the Austin Nature and Science Center like a sweet elderly couple
One could lose herself in the black, mirrored and abysmal eyes of a barred owl
There is a quiet, dry creek bed behind the raptor exhibit,
with maidenhair fern along a vacant water line
Calcite is found in many stalactites, stalagmites, and marine animal shells
Turtle spines are like ship hulls
My city within a park
Mission impossible
Sometimes we get siamese gerbera daisies at the shop, which no one likes but me
Big Mama - Daigremontiana, grows babies on the edges of her leaves, which
parachute down into the soil nearby and take root
A copious tulip
Bordered Patch, Chlosyne lacinia, loves coreopsis flowers.
Spatz, the resident bum at my work, loves napping all day in the beaded animal display
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Date: 2010-08-02 01:34 am (UTC)You know my mom actually rehabilitates raptors at a local clinic as a volunteer now that she's retired. If you guys ever come to visit, I'll take you there. My family's been a big benefactor over the years, so I could probably arrange a special "behind the scenes" tour.
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Date: 2010-08-02 01:44 am (UTC)i never met a bird of prey i did not love. condors and vultures even.
the beads are his little friends
Date: 2010-08-02 02:00 am (UTC)they have adventures together at night when the shop is closed
Date: 2010-08-02 02:07 am (UTC)Re: they have adventures together at night when the shop is closed
Date: 2010-08-02 02:10 am (UTC)that turtle spine is kind of haunting. All of these things make me wonder about why nature is so amazing.
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Date: 2010-08-02 03:08 am (UTC)i took the kids to a preservation society demonstration once and was obsessed from then on. the trainer did all these amazing tricks and played with them. a bay wing hawk flew in low over the crowd and his tail feathers brushed my forehead!
i am often wondering why nature is so amazing, and feeling grateful i have the senses to appreciate it.
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Date: 2010-08-02 02:04 am (UTC)And barn/barred owls. What good times.
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Date: 2010-08-02 04:55 am (UTC)Ideally, if I wrote a book it would have pictures, too.
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Date: 2010-08-02 06:30 pm (UTC)you should write a book! at least to put your lovely pictures in. :)
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Date: 2010-08-02 07:20 pm (UTC)A working title --
"Waking the Dogs:
or how I found balance
and lost 100 pounds on the way"
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Date: 2010-08-03 12:19 am (UTC)one day i will think about writing a book. i am painting more lately b/c i want an exhibition one day. my to do list is for 3 lifetimes.
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Date: 2010-08-02 01:41 pm (UTC)When I was a young child (as opposed to the old one I am now) I used to wish to be so small that I could live inside a flower, play all day in the maze of petals. There were times when I'd fall asleep thinking that this surely would be the night it happened but I'd wake the next morning full-size. Though this seems to have carried over into adulthood I don't think it's for the same reasons I wish I'd awake somewhat smaller.
mmm like thumbelina
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Date: 2010-08-02 06:02 pm (UTC)I miss you.
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Date: 2010-08-02 06:36 pm (UTC)miss you back, beautiful.
owls
Date: 2010-08-02 06:14 pm (UTC)http://hungoverowls.tumblr.com/
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Date: 2010-08-02 06:40 pm (UTC)subtitle: How The Macro Setting on My Camera Was So Awesome You Guys
Date: 2010-08-03 06:12 pm (UTC)Also, The turtle spine reminds me of what would happen if you laid on a pew on shot the roof of a cathedral.
Also also, siamese gerberas look like colorful angry tiki gods.
Go Angry Tiki Gods!!
the majority of life on earth is smaller than a fingertip
Date: 2010-08-04 06:41 pm (UTC)i love the idea of turtles as little traveling cathedrals.
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Date: 2010-08-03 09:29 pm (UTC)is the Daigremontiana a succulent?
and also, i love turtles.
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Date: 2010-08-04 06:42 pm (UTC)there is one other girl who likes the mutated daisies. the rest are like ewwwwww. go figure.
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Date: 2010-08-04 07:10 pm (UTC)i have actually never seen a kalanchoe.
it reminded me of a jade plants :)
One could loose herself in those eyes
Date: 2010-08-05 09:05 pm (UTC)wolves in tuxedos
Date: 2010-08-06 01:12 am (UTC)one of my earliest mind blowing moments was seeing the b/w king kong, and the confused feeling of fear and sympathy all at once.
Why would you acquire a giant gorilla and chain him up? Why not ride him around and scare girls?
Date: 2010-08-06 02:37 am (UTC)i would scare teachers but to each his own!
Date: 2010-08-06 05:07 pm (UTC)Banned from books---NO WAY.
Date: 2010-08-08 01:54 am (UTC)LAUGHABLY LOW.
Also, I hope your kids are in constant danger of novelanches.
*It didn't say, but should have said, "Books are Tentacool!" or "Reading is Octopodiforme(ē)!"
or "don't be a sucker, read some damn books"
Date: 2010-08-17 01:58 am (UTC)i just realized that owls are considered very smart yet have badass peepers. all this science i don't understand.