alcottgrimsley:

The World in Deeper Inspection, a webcomic by Reimena Ashel Yee

Short description: TWiDI is a webcomic set in Victorian times (circa. 1840s) about a paranormal detective, a paranormal creature (a Jersey Devil) himself, who solves paranormal cases. He specialises in resting the troubled souls of the recently dead.

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Ahhh, ok guys I just finished Chapter 1 of my pretty new webcomic!! To those who have been keeping up (and tolerating my lame mistakes), thank you so much!! I < 3 you and I totally appreciate the support and nice words and good constructive comments. Makes a poor young girl swell like a water balloon.

To those who haven’t yet seen this, now’s the time! I want to apologise beforehand for the ‘interesting’ clumsy look on some pages; this is my first comic and I’m still learning! The next story will be better, promise!!

  1. Intro
  2. Prologue
  3. Chapter 1
  4. Today’s Update (start here and keep going!)
  5. My Art Blog

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chaplette i would be around end of May or beginning of June.

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asphaltvalkyrie:

cosmosonic:

 A raven typing his own name of on the typewriter, 1939

These photos were staged nearly 80 years ago… Only now are we really beginning to understand how smart ravens and other corvids (jays, magpies, crows, ravens, jackdaws, rooks, etc.) are. A few years ago I read a book called Mind of the Raven, and more recently, one called Gifts of the Crow. The things scientists have learned about them is astounding.

- Betty, a New Caledonian Crow, has shown problem solving ability on par with that of primates, parrots and dolphins. When presented with a piece of food at the bottom of a narrow tube, and a length of wire, she very quickly figured out that she could bend the wire into a hook to retrieve the food. Researchers also presented her with several plastic sticks of different length, which she figured out could be attached end-to-end to make longer sticks. When presented with a piece of food in a long, narrow box, she not only attached the sticks together to reach the food, but she actually chose two sticks that fit together to form a stick of the correct length. She did this within seconds, with no need for trial and error.

- The Aesop story of a crow dropping rocks into a glass to raise the water level enough for it to drink from is true and has been duplicated in the lab.

- A woman in Sweden made a habit of feeding the neighborhood magpies.  After a few months of observing her house and benefiting from her kindness, they figured out that they could get her to come out if they rang the doorbell. Similarly, wild crows have been known to demand food from people who have fed them in the past by picking up empty food bowls and banging them against the windows and doors of that person’s home.

- Crows in Japan have figured out that if they drop hard-shelled nuts into a busy street, the cars will crush the nuts for them. If this weren’t amazing enough, they actually wait for the traffic lights to change before retrieving the cracked nuts.

- Ravens recognize human faces and will remember people who are cruel to them for life.  They will even teach their young and flockmates to recognize these people, and the hostile reactions to these people often persist for several generations of birds.  Its been shown that they also recognize and will react that same way to cars and pets owned by those people.

- A raven in the Pacific Northwest was observed eating roadkill in the path of an oncoming car. When he saw the car, he ducked down low in the middle of the road, allowing the car to pass right over him, then stood right back up and continued eating.

- Scrub jays hide a lot of food.  If another jay inadvertently sees where they hide their food, they will continue with their work and act as if nothing was wrong.  But once that other jay leaves, they will revisit that food and hide it elsewhere. 

- Flocks of ravens in the mountains of Colorado have been observed “windsurfing.” They pick up long, thin pieces of tree bark and carry them in their talons while in flight, manipulating them so that the wind catches them at various angles and blows them all around. They also share and take turns using the pieces of bark in this manner.

And honestly, this isn’t the half of it.  Sorry for wasting space, but I just love these birds, and I know a few of you do too!

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melzipan:

emryssa:

patheticperipatetic:

A custom request I received for an “Arc Reactor” inspired ring. Set with Blue Topaz and Diamond Baguettes (for the eyes) in White Gold.

If you’d like custom designed jewelry done, drop me a line. GinoArizmendi@artgemsjewelers.com

Well, found my wedding ring #imean

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL OMG

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sleeplessnightsofthinking: There are tears streaming down my face right now. I just can’t.

sleeplessnightsofthinking:

There are tears streaming down my face right now. I just can’t.

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Each time I’m asked to tell about myself, I find myself starting the same way: “My name is Kelsey and I’m nineteen..”
but what I’d really like to say is:
“My name means island of the ships but once
I found a translation that said I’m a burning shipwreck-
not a burning ship but a ship that has caught fire
after the wreckage and well, I’d say that’s more fitting.”

I’ve learned that people don’t have time for about me’s.
They need two things: a name and an indication you’re someone special.

The doctors, they want facts not details.
“I broke my leg when I was three, it’s a funny story actually-“
The right or the left?
Conversation over.

The teachers, they want interests, hobbies.
You’re sad, yes, but what do you like to do?

The adults are a spew of questions.
What school do you go to? What classes are you taking?
What do you plan on becoming? Got a boyfriend?
No, stop.

People my own age are the worst.
“I’m planning on an English degree with a concentration in creative writing.”
Yeah, aren’t we all. So how many times have you, you know,
done it?

I’m pulled apart, my interests travelling highway 2
my goals at a stop light at traffic hour,
my medical history on a billboard for the world to see.
But what about me?

Where’s the chance to say,
“I hang on to fistfuls of poetry like loose change in my pockets,
and I keep waiting for the day that the world turns upside down
so I can swim with the stars.
I’m not afraid of darkness, it’s a loneliness I can empathize with it.
It’s the blackholes like cigarette burns inside of me that get troublesome.
I walk through graveyards and read the dashes between years,
each a story I’ll never know. Sometimes I create my own.”

No wonder none of us know who we are anymore.

—Kelsey Danielle, “I Was Told to Write an About Me and This is What Happened”  (via commovente)

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theartofanimation:

Redredundance

uberzers: deeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaadpool: I AM LITERALLY SCREAMING FGAGTJAGTSJTH

uberzers:

deeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaadpool:

I AM LITERALLY SCREAMING

FGAGTJAGTSJTH

anime-backgrounds:

The Day of the Crows(Le Jour Des Corneilles). Directed by Jean-Christophe Dessaint. Made by Finalement, Melusine Productions, Walking The Dog, and Max Films Animation

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NIGHTNIGHT by DEDDY