i think one of the most common dangers I run into in the edible and medicinal plant scene is the problem of “can you eat it” vs. “should you eat it”
a lot of websites and books these days will be like “ten wild plants you can use to make tea” without then listing the actual use for those teas because all they care about is the novelty of making your own tea from things you picked in the woods.
They tell you stuff like “A wonderfully cleansing medicine, it supports the liver, stimulates the flow of urine and the removal of waste by the kidneys.”
And people are so into the idea of cleansing their bodies of supposed toxins, that sounds great!
But what I know is that what they really mean is, this plant is a diuretic, meaning if you use it for tea, you’re going to peeing All. Day. Long. Every. Ten. Minutes.
Which isn’t fun if you’re on a hike or about to get back in your car and drive an hour home.
Some popular plants recommended for teas are used as contraceptives and morning after treatments. So here you are, trying to get pregnant, drinking your natural to rid your kidneys of impurities, being healthy as can be, and all along you’re taking birth control!
And if you’re already taking birth control and trying to not get pregnant, the plant can mess you up too.
There are plants that mess with antidepressants, and with blood pressure medicine, that make you sick to your stomach, that messes with your blood, and on and on.
And all of these sources will just list them as something you can eat, because hey, you won’t die if if you do!
Which is true, you’ll live, but at what cost!!!
Please remember herbal remedies and edible plants have always been consumed and applied with a PURPOSE, and unless you know what that purpose is, don’t consume them just because you can. It’s a bad idea.
I remember first learning that you can cry from any emotion, that emotions are chemical levels in your brain and your body is constantly trying to maintain equilibrium. so if one emotion sky rockets, that chemical becomes flagged and signals the tear duct to open as an exit to release that emotion packaged neatly within a tear. Everything made sense after learning that. That sudden stability of your emotions after crying. How crying is often accompanied by the inability to feel any other emotion in that precise moment. And it is especially beautiful knowing that it is even possible to experience so much beauty or love or happiness that your body literally can’t hold on to all of it. So what I’ve learned is that crying signifies that you are feeling as much as humanely possible and that is living to the fullest extent. So keep feeling and cry often and as much as needed
SHIT WHAT
Also let yourself cry. It really is a biochemical release valve to dump out all the chemicals that make you feel stuff.
I honestly think one reason men in western culture have so many problems is that we don’t let them cry, and literally their brains get stuffed with all this crap that doesn’t have a release valve. Men, please cry. You’ll feel better. It’s ok. You are not lesser for taking care of your health.
This is why tears from different emotions look different under an electron microscope. They’re literally made up of different things.
Happy tears are structurally different than sad tears than angry tears than overwhelmed tears etc.
I looked it up, cuz that tidbit was dope to me and..
Spiders balloon. Newly-hatched babies, or small ones that need to leave the area, climb up to a high place and release several long, thin strands of silk into the air, which allow them to float on the wind, attached to that silk. Sometimes they let go of it after they land, and that’s what you encounter. (or sometimes a spider is attached. yeah, spiders can glide. sorry.)
Tell me how you pronounce these words: caramel, gif, Arkansas, either, aunt, and water and I’ll tell you if you’re valid
This happens because the crocodile produces tears to rid itself of excess salt, and the butterflies drink the tears to get salt. They learn that crocs make good snack sources, so they land all over the croc face, and the croc doesn’t mind. Happens with turtles, caimans, and other reptiles that live in brackish-to-freshwater.
So, I was pretty unhappy with the Luden’s facial design in my last concept post. He appeared too flat to me. This pushed me to try and add more color to him. Not intensely, but in a way that’s fleshy and almost organic, to contrast against his synthetic being~.
The synthetic hair, as well as the red tints, I thought, really gave him the organic appearance I was looking for. I also think it makes him appear more humane, but also more~… not~? If that makes any sense~.
I’m trying to develop my own aesthetic. I want to bring organic and synthetic together in a strange combination, that is both horrifying and pretty, in a strange way. I’m also really digging the color combination of white and red. It used to be one of my least favorite color combinations, but it turns out, if you do it right, it looks terrifically elegant~.
As far as I know ‘christmas tree’ is the size. At least I’ve only ever seen one, standard size marketed as a christmas tree tub. I was going to say your biggest issue would be finding one now that the holidays are over, but walmart still has them on the website for sale. This particular one has an odd little lift up compartment in the lid, which might be neat if it closes/latches well, or if you can come up with a way to lock it. Otherwise, amazon has the model that doesn’t have the compartment for sale too.
You could try just going to a store or looking at the measurements online to find the biggest one you can locate, or at least the biggest one you have space for. As long as you have plenty of hiding spots so it’s not all open and exposed, you can’t have too big of an enclosure for a juvenile or adult animal. Babies should be kept in smaller enclosures to be sure they can find food, but if you’re upgrading from a 40 breeder I doubt you have a baby.
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