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Skaði and me, on our travels… She’s my girl~friend.
A little about my baby:
In Norse mythology, Skaði (sometimes anglicized as Skadi, Skade, or Skathi) is a jötunn and goddess associated with bowhunting, skiing, winter, and mountains. Skaði is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources; the Prose Edda and in Heimskringla, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in the works of skalds. –Wikipedia
“Oceania”
An innovative initiative is taking place in the Philippines to bring sustainable lighting to homes in impoverished communities. Empty plastic bottles are installed in the roof, filled with water and bleach they refract sunlight. These “solar light bulbs” provide light equivalent to a 55watt light bulb.
From Visual News
Silverswords live for about 10 to 50 years as a low, round bush [. . .] At the end of their life, they send up a flowering stalk that can grow over 6 feet tall within a few weeks, and produce up to 600 flower heads.
It is found only within a 250 acre area on Mount Haleakala, on the island of Maui in Hawaii. Its habitat is at an elevation of 7000 – 10,000 ft, in soil composed of volcanic cinders.
They have adapted to their cold environment by building themselves a reflector oven. Their leaves are covered with shiny silver hairs, and are curved into a parabolic shape that focuses the warm sunlight on the plant’s growing point. This can raise the temperature of the growing point by up to 40 degrees F.
The Haleakala Silversword is a threatened species. —KindofCurious.com
“I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.”
— Frida Kahlo
“To know is everything, to do is a lower order necessity, if it is necessary at all. This breeds the potential for lazy aloofness. The INTP is often satisfied simply by knowing that he could do something if he wished. This also leads to the danger of overestimating one’s capabilities and losing a grip on reality.” —Paul James, “A description of the INTP Personality Type”
Surrender then start you engines
You’ll konw quite soon what me mistake
Was
For those on horseback or dog sled
You turn on at the bend in the road
I hear she still grants forgivenesss
Although I willingly forgot her
The offering is molasses and you say
I guess I’m an underwater thing so I
Guess I can’t take it personally
I guess I’m an underwater thing I’m
Liquid running
There’s a sea secret in me
It’s plain to see it is rising
But I must be flowing liquid diamonds
Calling for my soul
At the corners of the world
I know she’s playing poker with the rest of the stragglers
Calling for my sould at the corners of the world
I know she’s playing poker
And if your friends don’t come back to you
And you know this is madness
A lilac mess in your prom dress
And you say
I guess I’m and underwater thing
“As any old Taoist walking out of the woods can tell you, simple-minded does not necessarily mean stupid.”
–Benjamin Hoff
In Sámi mythology, the Uldda nieida is the daughter of the creatures who live beneath the ground. Uldda Nieida was a dream of a woman, who could bewitch men for eternity if they didnt know the magic formulas which could free them from her embrace.
“When it’s so sparse and flat and frozen. I’m looking out and there’s nothing: not a house, not one vehicle and you don’t know if anyone has ever walked there before. It’s really humbling and it’s okay to die. That’s probably one of the only times I feel that it’s okay to die. I could die at that second and everything would just be fine.” –Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq Gillis on her hometown, Nunavut.
“He who would search for pearls must dive below.”
–John Dryden
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