My 35 yr old friend is inviting people to her hotel to “pregame” pride and im concerned bc a) i haven’t pregamed anything since I turned 20 four years ago and I’m scared to hang out with people who have been presumably pregaming things for like 20 years b) nothing about being drunk at a public event in the middle of the day in 90 degree heat 100% humidity appeals to me c) she didn’t call it “pregayming” which really suggests she’s not in the right headspace to begin with
I was going through old stuff and I found a photo of me and my first crush. Anyways here he go tying my shoes cause I would pretend I didn’t know how lol
People often think of fire as a destructive force, and it can be. But fire also rejuvenates the land. Many grasses have evolved root systems that survive fires so they can be renewed, and some trees and other plants have seeds that only germinate after a fire has come through. Plus fires clean out old dead wood and other debris, making it easier for fresh plant life to grow.
My 90 year old deaf neighbor Aldo who sets his lawn on fire every summer because he says crab grass burns faster than regular grass wrote this post
The three southern leaf green tree frogs (L. nudidigita) are currently housed in a 90x40x60cm fish tank which I have fitted with a hinged mesh lid (to allow penetration of the UV light). The frogs are supplied with branches for climbing and a pile of rocks for hiding and where they can find cool spots. There is no heating (I have a small water heater for winter if needed), as they are a heat-sensitive species which need to be kept below 23 degrees celsius. The water is filtered, and the tank is home to 6 white cloud mountain minnows (non-native) which are lovely to watch during the day when the frogs are quieter.
For this set up, I was inspired by the first place I saw this species in the wild, which was a slow-flowing wide stream amongst tall, white ti-tree trunks and some kind of dense, climbing lomandra-like plant. Some java moss was put in to grow at the base of the rocks and there’s some hanging moss I am experimentally trying from the top of the diagonal branch. A fresh wattle branch is added weekly for cover on the left side. Some sedges and water grass are also growing, with a different species of water grass recently planted before these pictures were taken. Some water snails are working to keep any algae down.
