birdfeeding

Today is mostly sunny and sweltering. It rained off and on yesterday and last night.

I fed the birds. I've seen several house finches.

I put out water for the birds.

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Current Mood: busy

badly_knitted

Title: Whisper
Fandom: FAKE
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Ryo, Dee.
Rating: PG-15
Setting: After the manga.
Summary: Ryo loves it when Dee whispers in his ear.
Written Using: The tw100 prompt ‘Whisper’.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Double drabble.

( Whisper... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

badly_knitted

Title: Too Noisy
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Amy Pond, Rory Williams, Eleventh Doctor.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 935: ‘Commercial’ at

dw100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Some planets are just too noisy for comfort.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters.

( Too Noisy... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

badly_knitted

Title: Something Wonderful
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Team Torchwood.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 871: Gasp at

torchwood100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Every so often, the Torchwood team gets to see something wonderful.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.

( Something Wonderful... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

conuly

How is it that we literally are talking on the internet, we have access to all the information, and people are still saying whatever bullshit they made up in their heads instead of taking a minute, a second even, to ask themselves "Wait! Is this even true?"

On a happier note, the newest episode of The Strange Case of the Starship Iris answered a question I thought we'd never get answered, which is "How on earth did Brian get a price on his head from three different mafias?" and - wow, beware the quiet ones, I guess.

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ysabetwordsmith

People have expressed interest in deep topics, so this list focuses on philosophical questions.

Do people in wealthier countries have a moral obligation to help those in poorer countries?

If you want to hold all the money, you have to pay all the bills. If you don't want to pay all the bills, make sure other folks have enough money to pay their own.

Also, there is no Planet B. Climate change affects everyone -- but the people in wealthy countries who are causing it have thus far suffered less than people in poor countries who haven't caused it. If you don't make it feasible for them to stay in their own countries, they will leave so they don't die, and wash up in wealthy countries. This is already happening some, but you have seen nothing yet. It will be like the waves of the sea beating the shore, over and over again, until people think they would give anything to make it stop. And then it will stop. And then people will wish, just as desperately, to have that many people ever again as the losses pile up and there aren't enough hands left to hold up civilization.

Current Mood: busy

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ysabetwordsmith

I have made bingo down the G column of my 6-2-15 card for the Pride Fest Bingo, plus 7 extra fills. That covers Row 5 also.

G1 (support) -- "Fatherhood Is Support" (standalone)
G2 (aroace) -- "Preparing Every Nook and Cranny" (Polychrome Heroics: Finn Family and Mallory)
G3 (found family) -- "Born and Found and Made" (standalone)
G4 ("I'd rather eat cake") -- "The Bond with a Dog" (Polychrome Heroics)
G5 (belonging) -- "Worthy of Love and Belonging" (Polychrome Heroics: Kraken)

B3 (activism) -- "The Result of Your Own Bad Behavior" (Monster House)
B5 (unlabeled) -- "Emodox" (A Poesy of Obscure Sorrows)

I3 (rainbow) -- "Along These Sympathetic Fibers" (Peculiar Obligations)
I5 (community) -- "When Warmth and Gentleness Are Needed" (Clay of Life)

N1 (growth) -- "Tomato Seedlings in Tin Cans" (Daughters of the Apocalypse)
N5 (comfort) -- "All It Takes to Be Invulnerable" (Polychrome Heroics: Marionettes)

O5 (validation) -- "Choose to Be Gentle" (Arts and Crafts America)

Current Mood: accomplished

ysabetwordsmith

Our theme this month was "Gentleness Is Strength." I wrote from 12:30 PM to 4 AM, so about 13 hours 30 minutes, allowing for lunch and supper breaks. I wrote 6 poems on Tuesday and another 5 later in the week.

Participation was variable, with 11 comments on LiveJournal and another 30 on Dreamwidth. A total of 10 people sent prompts.

Read Some Poetry!
The following poems from the June 3, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl have been posted:
"All It Takes to Be Invulnerable"
"The Bond with a Dog"
"Choose to Be Gentle"
"Emodox"
"The Result of Your Own Bad Behavior"
"When Warmth and Gentleness Are Needed"

Buy some poetry!
If you plan to sponsor some poetry but haven't made up your mind yet, see the unsold poetry list from June 3. That includes the title, length, price, and the original thumbnail description for the poems still available.

This session's donors include:

librarygeek and

janetmiles. All sponsored poems from this fishbowl have been posted. There are 3 tallies toward a bonus fishbowl.

The Poetry Fishbowl has a landing page.

Current Mood: accomplished

laridian

Night-Heron, yellow-crowned (local)
Flycatcher, scissor-tailed (Disney World)
Grackle, common (Disney World)
Duck, muscovy (Disney World)
Kite, swallowtailed (local)
Grosbeak, rose-breasted (local)
Hawk, red-tailed (local)
Kingbird, eastern (local)
Vireo, red-eyed (local)
Tanager, summer (local)
Bunting, painted
Bushtit
Crossbill, red
Flycatcher, ash-throated
Grosbeak, black-headed
Grosbeak, blue
Hawk, ferruginous
Hawk, Harris
Hawk, zone-tailed
Hummingbird, black-chinned
Jay, Woodhouse's scrub
Kingbird, Cassin's
Oriole, Scott's
Owl, flammulated
Phoebe, Say's
Pyrrhuloxia
Roadrunner, greater
Shrike, loggerhead
Sparrow, black-throated
Sparrow, lark
Sparrow, rufous-crowned
Swallow, cliff
Towhee, canyon
Vireo, Bell's
Vireo, plumbeous
Woodpecker, acorn
Wood-pewee, western
Wren, Bewick's
Wren, cactus
Wren, canyon
Wren, rock

Everything not marked local or Disney World comes from the Big Bend National Park and surrounding regions, like Davis Mountains State Park.

This brings us to 169 species for the year, which is pretty respectable for us.

Master list of species is here: https://laridian.dreamwidth.org/3205815.html

ysabetwordsmith

Today is cloudy, muggy, and hot. It's been raining off and on.

I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 6/27/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

The first of the blackberry lilies is blooming. :D

Current Mood: busy

badly_knitted

Title: Sharing Is Caring
Fandom: FAKE
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Dee, Ryo.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 503
Setting: After the manga.
Summary: Dee has always been a bit possessive when it comes to his belongings, but he doesn’t mind sharing with Ryo.
Written For:

ravenlilyrose’s prompt ‘any, any, sharing drinks and/or plates of food,’ at

threesentenceficathon.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.

( Sharing Is Caring... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

badly_knitted

Title: Tired
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Jack.
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 576
Spoilers: Exit Wounds.
Summary: Working for Torchwood has never been an easy job, but now it seems impossible.
Written For:

toomanyghosts’ prompt ‘any ; any ; i'm just so fucking tired,’ at

threesentenceficathon.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.

( Tired... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

ourspecial

I never really thought of myself as a beach person, because it was always unhappy vacations with my family, expensive parking, hot, brutal sun, crowds, sand sticking to my wet skin, etc. Not my scene at all. When we moved to Rhode Island, I'd take like, one overcast day in October and go down to one of the big beaches and sit and watch the waves for a few hours, and that was nice.

But going to check on this osprey on this little spit of tucked away shoreline (in the middle of an HOA community that *aggressively* doesn't want people to know that there's public access) has kind of changed my relationship to it. It's close, I can stop by for 15 minutes in between other errands. It's quiet. I'm getting to know the cast of characters: the two osprey, the flock of brants that hung out there in spring before continuing their migration, the eastern cottontails, the catbird pair in the woods. Sometimes Ellie comes with me and wades in the shallows. It feels more like a real environment, and less of a commercial destination.

ysabetwordsmith

NDN Netcasts

Online news from various tribal people.

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Today's theme is Hiking.

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ysabetwordsmith

Folks have mentioned an interest in questions and conversations that make them think. So I've decided to offer more of those. This batch features hobbies.

Stage magic is a hobby of illusion. There are many styles, from closeup to grand stage effects. Some can be done with very affordable props. Much is now available online for free. If you have any interest in card magic, start with The Royal Road to Card Magic and an ordinary deck of playing cards. Pay attention to skill trees, that is, which techniques will enable you to learn more techniques based on them. Note that this hobby is fun and easy to start, but getting good at it will require a lot of practice.

On Dreamwidth, consider creative communities like

justcreate.

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Current Mood: busy

mistressofmuses

On Monday we decided to head up toward the Pawnee National Grasslands. Back when I was in college we lived much closer, and went out there pretty often. There's a birding "trail" (it's a driving route with a handful of stops around where certain birds are frequently seen), some good scenery, and sometimes other wildlife. We were hoping to see a rattlesnake, since we often did when we were up there before, but alas.

We didn't have a terribly specific plan, beyond maybe some of the birding areas, or just anywhere that seemed interesting to pull over and check out. Part of the road for the birding route is closed, and while it seemed like you could still go through, it also headed into a fee camping area, which I do not remember from before... but it has been 15+ years since we were exploring up there, so things may simply have changed! (The website also has one stop on the birding trail crossed out, just saying "this stop has been removed" and I want to know why!)

We pulled over at one informative sign, and went on a brief walk into the grasslands. Mostly there were a ton of wildflowers! It was lovely.

~~Unfortunately I also got bit by a fuckoff big mosquito and some of her friends. I swatted her while she was biting me and there was a pretty gross explosion of blood. Uuuuugh.~~

A beeplant! Actually mostly being visited by ants. With a photobomb from a little tiny wasp or some sort coming in from the lower right.

I took more cactus flower pictures than anything else, ha.

Ten more pictures:

Globemallow again!

A mystery fungal pod. (Probably some sort of small puffball?)

A lone prickly pear.

Asters.

I just really love prickly pear flowers! The petals are so delicate looking for something so stabby.

More prickly pear flowers. With bonus bug friends.

Not sure what these are, but they looked neat.

Seems like we'd just missed whatever these were blooming.

One more cactus flower picture!

We did drive one stretch of the birding route, and we did see quite a few birds! Lark buntings, horned larks, a few I couldn't quite identify... of course they mostly flew off as soon as the car was close, haha.

But...

One lark bunting, I swear! (On the top fence wire.) Lark buntings are the state bird of Colorado, but I only ever see them up on the plains here.

A pretty long drive both there and home, but it was still nice to see some areas we haven't been in quite a long while.

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Location: my apartment
Current Music: That Unwanted Animal - The Amazing Devil

ysabetwordsmith

Today we went out running errands.

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Current Mood: busy

conuly

And don't even ask me about my email!

Also: Comicsrss got a cease and desist from Gocomics, so now all my gocomics feeds are borked. I should see if I can find those comics hosted somewhere else and get their RSS feeds, but ugh.

Also also: What to know about the COVID variant that may cause ‘razor blade’ sore throats

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Birdfeeding: Friends of a Feather Flock Together

FAKE Double Drabble: Whisper

Doctor Who Drabble: Too Noisy

Double Drabble: Something Wonderful

JFC

Philosophical Questions: Morals

The Pitt Fan Fiction: "Five AM Wake-Up (Close Your Eyes)"

Bingo

Poetry Fishbowl Report for June 3, 2025

Big Year 2025 update, local and FL and Big Bend NP

Birdfeeding

FAKE Ficlet: Sharing Is Caring

Ficlet: Tired

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Native American

Follow Friday 6-27-25: Hiking

Hobbies: Stage Magic

Monday: wildflowers on the Pawnee grasslands

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