"No! You let him go, Drosera!" I commanded the larger than usual plant. It was taller than the highwayman and rivaling some trees in height.
"Do you know just how long I've been starving?" The Drosera nymph demanded. "Then, along comes something that I can finally eat."
"You can't eat him! Let him go!" I repeated my demand. My throat hurt like it was roughly rubbed against an oak tree's bark.
"Am I supposed to feel tingley?" the highwayman asked as the Drosera's tentacle wrapped itself tighter around him.
"How much food do you have on you?" I asked my highwayman. How could I let him die when we've gone so far already? But I also didn't know how much food he had stored away. If it isn't a decent amount, then he might starve later.
"Enough to feed this thing," he replied in a vague way. There were seedlings of worry but other than that he was sure in his choice.
"But-"
"Dump the contents out of the side that is furthest from me," he instructed while he gestured to his bag.
As I did what he ordered, I wanted to believe that there was another way. But we hadn't seen any animals since we entered the bog.
"Let him go and I'll give you three pieces," I bartered, moving the three largest pieces forward.
The nymph hesitated. It burned energy it needed to catch him and now I was asking it to burn more.
"How much energy are those worth?" it asked in a cautious tone.
"At least half of what you'd get out of him."
"I'm starting to feel a serious tingle right now and I don't like it," he called.
With great effort, the Drosera let my highwayman go. As I had promised, I gave it the three pieces of meat.
"I still feel a tingle. Is that normal?"
"Go to the creek we saw a few miles back and at least rinse yourself off. The acid is still trying to eat you," I instructed him.
Without a word, he left me with the nymph.
Chemistry and Corpses: The Science of Bog Studies
FINALLY I鈥檓 making a comic (written by @sorrows-hand)
once upon a time.....
there was a tree. you'll never guess where that tree was...... in a bog. but, you see, this was not your average bog. no, it was a rare bog. some would even call it a rattlin' bog.
D艂ugo nic nie pisa艂am, wi臋c wracam i dziel臋 si臋 wra偶eniami z ostatnich dni鉂わ笍
Dzisiaj b臋dzie ma艂o o ed, poniewa偶 dosta艂am okresu i binguje praktycznie ca艂y czas, ale wierz臋, 偶e b臋dzie lepiej!!!
Pisa艂am egzaminy, no i musz臋 przyzna膰, 偶e posz艂y mi ca艂kiem nie藕le. Polskiego nie pisa艂am, z g贸ry mam 100%, matematyka (jak na mnie) posz艂a naprawd臋 spoko, no a na angielskim zrobi艂am tylko jeden b艂膮d馃挃
Historia mojej wiary jest bardzo zakr臋cona, mo偶e kiedy艣 o tym napisz臋, je艣li b臋dziecie chcieli. Dzi艣 wr贸ci艂am z trzydniowych rekolekcji, zrobi艂am kilka g艂upich akcji, z kt贸rych nie jestem specjalnie dumna, ale te偶 pozna艂am kilka fajnych os贸b i pog艂臋bi艂am moj膮 wi臋藕 z Panem Bogiem.
Chcia艂abym si臋 z wami podzieli膰 moimi odczuciami odno艣nie adoracji, na kt贸rej by艂am w sobot臋, poniewa偶 sp臋dzi艂am tam cudowny czas i kt贸ry艣 ju偶 raz doswiadczylam uczucia, 偶e Jezus jest obecny, 偶e nie jestem sama.
Adoracja by艂a wieczorem, ko艣ci贸艂 by艂 ciemny, jedynym 藕r贸d艂em 艣wiat艂a by艂y fioletowob艂臋kitne lampy, kt贸re nadawa艂y temu wszystkiemu klimatu. Na adoracji g艂贸wnie 艣piewali艣my, ka偶dy dosta艂 kartk臋 z tekstami pie艣ni, a osoby odpowiedzialne za muzyk臋 by艂y bardzo utalentowane i profesjonalne (zamiast organ贸w by艂a gitara i chyba pianino je艣li si臋 nie myl臋, 艣piewa艂 ca艂y ko艣ci贸艂 + ch艂opak graj膮cy na pianinie 艣piewa艂 do mikrofonu, musz臋 przyzna膰, 偶e mia艂 cudowny g艂os)Ca艂膮 godzin臋 kl臋cza艂am, ale uwa偶am, 偶e p贸藕niejszy b贸l kolan by艂 tego warty. 艢piewa艂am ka偶d膮 piosenk臋, mimo 偶e zazwyczaj si臋 wstydz臋, bo nie potrafi臋 艣piewa膰.
Przez ca艂e wydarzenie i jeszcze po nim czu艂am motylki w brzuchu, nieznan膮 emocje, kt贸ra ci臋偶ko opisa膰 s艂owami. Poczu艂am obecno艣膰 Jezusa i zapragn臋艂am j膮 jeszcze bardziej pog艂臋bi膰, w tym momencie nie my艣la艂am o niczym innym, by艂am szcz臋艣liwa, czu艂am si臋 b艂ogo i beztrosko. Poczu艂am, 偶e B贸g jest ze mn膮, 偶e nie musz臋 si臋 niczego l臋ka膰, 偶e nie jestem sama, 偶e kto艣 zawsze b臋dzie mnie kocha艂. Jestem pewna, 偶e nigdy nie zapomn臋 tej szczeg贸lnej adoracji鉂わ笍鉂わ笍鉂わ笍 Gor膮co zach臋cam do brania udzia艂u w takich wydarzeniach ko艣cielnych i mam nadziej臋, 偶e r贸wnie偶 do艣wiadczycie tej Bo偶ej mi艂o艣ci馃B臋d臋 si臋 o was wszystkich modli膰, z Bogiem!!! (Przepraszam za b艂臋dy, nie mam si艂y ju偶 sprawdza膰 i poprawia膰 tego wpisu!馃槶馃挃)
Lecz ci, co zaufali Panu, odzyskuj膮 si艂y, otrzymuj膮 skrzyd艂a jak or艂y: biegn膮 bez zm臋czenia, bez znu偶enia id膮. (Iz 40, 31)
1.13.2024 - Mushroom to Nap
Lambert and Heket get to take a nap together, it's totally a safe spot~
Part of my last animation assignment, I present to you my little guys, Kidney (the pointy one) and C贸bh ( the big ol softie) chilling in their underground kitchen
you can take the water out of the swamp but not the smell
to be a goose
4/8/22 (3)
this is a silly one, but my friend and I while we were in Massachusetts passed a few berry bogs, and one in particular had two geese just happily living their lives, and it inspired this haiku that day