#blowing trees

[beansnpeets]

Thinking about human behaviour compared to animal behaviour again.

It's funny to hear people (the older gens) complaining that "kids these days are lazy, they don't wanna work, etc." What do we get for busting our asses? There is no reward. Many will never own homes. Many are unemployed, trying to find work, and nobody will hire them because they don't have a million years experience and a masters degree OR they want people to work for minimum wage??? People are giving up because there is no reward. Why would we do all this for nothing?

Same as a dog that won't recall when you haven't reinforced it with a reward. Your dog isn't going to do what you tell it to if there is no incentive. No, your dog SHOULDN'T listen just because you're boss and it should respect you. That isn't how it works. They don't think that way. And honestly neither do people.

When we went hiking Sprocket wasn't always taking treats gently from me when I recalled her or she checked in and I rewarded and my one friend told me to stop giving her treats. I told him I won't work for free so why should she. And he said "I do things for free all the time because I want to do them," and I didn't say it then, but I wish I had, but if you like doing it, that's the incentive. It's a self-rewarding behaviour. Just like anything else a dog does, like chasing a squirrel or sniffing things or getting into the trash. Heeling instead of going off to sniff stuff or recalling off of something they want to chase is something you have to reinforce. You have to give them something better so they make the choice you want them to make. They won't make it just because they *respect* you. They won't willingly recall off of exciting prey out of RESPECT. You need to give them a tangible reward for that. You cannot possibly expect your dog to listen just because and then punish them for disobeying you.

Yeah, Sprocket bit my fingers a couple times. The one time pretty hard. But she was excited. She knows how to take gently and I reminded her and she tried very hard to be gentle most of the time. I wasn't going to stop rewarding her for checking in with me and recalling while we were off leash hiking in the woods. I want her to know that coming back to me is good and in the event of an emergency I would like her to not blow me off.

#barkin up some trees #personal #the way my friends train their dog is not the way I would ever train a dog #in fairness he isnt food or toy motivated #and i dont have issues with ecollars #but they dont actually reward him for anything really #praise but little to nothing else #like yeah of course he is gonna blow you off to jump in the lake #lake is more rewarding than recalling to you when you have nothing to offer him in return #the way they recall him is that he has to come to them and then give a hand boop #and if he doesn't make contact they keep asking him until he does it #and then no reward #other than praise #which he doesnt seem to really care that much about #idk it just doesnt feel right the way they train him and i dont take advice from them on training #they also basically never have him on a leash even tho it is required by law in town #after the hike we went to the lodge restaurant and luckily we had an extra lead in the truck #otherwise they hadnt even brought one along so they were gonna leave him in their car while we ate #idk like i love my friends and they are nice people but jesus christ

[tapeworrmart]

Stranger

#Was happy w the sketch for the first one but I'm worried the colours ruined it!!!!! Ah well #Anyway that scene w the deer on the table and the line 'it fell' captivate me every time idk why #Cooper is a strange little haunted creature to me and he attracts oddness and omens #Catch him loitering outside at night listening to the trees blowing in the night air #Twin peaks #Special agent Dale cooper #Dale cooper #Agent Dale cooper #Agent cooper #David lynch #kyle maclachlan #Horror #fan art #art #sketch #character art

[babygirlsteddie]

i see your 'steve sees eddie's hair in a bun for the first time and nearly creams his pants' and i raise you 'steve grows his hair out during whatever fucking apocalypse is happening in hawkins and ties it up and eddie literally can't find words to speak for three whole minutes'

#steddie #i just think that eddie would promptly have a heart attack and then blow steve behind a tree #stranger things #steve harrington #eddie munson

[phatcatphergus]

Hallmark Christmas movie except it’s Fred as the big town business woman who has to do an eval of the island where he meets the rugged and handsome handyman (tubbo) and the well meaning but pushy parents (fit and Pac) and the adorable pushy child that ask if Fred loves tubbo while they’re all making Christmas cookies (sunny) and tubbo teaches Fred the true meaning of Christmas and how to have real emotions by the end where they dance in the falling snow after everyone thought Fred went to the Feds and told them all the illegal stuff tubbo was doing

#do you see my vision #you have to have the really fake snow that sticks in your hair tho #and there’s a tree lighting ceremony except everyone on the island comes together to blow smth up #qsmp tubbo #qsmp #tubbo #qsmp sunny #qsmp Fred #frubbo #qsmp pac #pactw #qsmp fit #fitmc

[skeletoninthemelonland]

#it's me i'm the wind blowing #y'all things are a little more complicated when it comes to these two #(sits down and takes a sip from my dark blue coffee mug) #(thinks: i wish i had springtrap coffee mug) #so... #both of them have difficult pasts #both are parents trying their best on raising their children #THE THING IS #one can't let herself get too attached #while the other is still afraid all humans are the same #but at the same time. they just want to find peace and happiness #and they've found it at home #they found happiness living those very brief and mundane moments #like waking up every morning #having breakfast next to people that make you smile #making your way to school/work and seeing sunlight pass through the trees #and going home after a tough day and there are rain clouds approaching. you just know you're going to sleep well at night #this is how they heal. and in the mean time. let themselves open up to each other #I have a feeling this is gonna be a slow burn kinda thing #COUGHING REALLY HARD #ENDING THIS RIGHT HERE OKAY BYE #starbstalks #springdad au

[solradguy]

Johnny Guilty Gear Strive is not a single day under 37 years old. "Age: Unknown" my ass. Face of a man whose frequent all-nighters in his 20s finally caught up with him. I understand, Johnny, I empathize...

#Photopost #Beard Johnny is awakening something in me... #Jk Johnny's always been a babe. Putting a beard on him's like garnishing a good steak #And like any juicy rare steak worth it's weight I will pick him up with both hands and tear him apart betwixt my jaws like an animal #The power went out and there's so much red and bright blue lightning outside it's like an alien planet. My phone is at 50% #The wind was blowing apples off the tree in the backyard and they were bouncing off the roof haha #Tomorrow I need to go see if it knocked down any of the ripe red ones from its apex... They're small but they're delicious #Tree had so many apples this year a big branch snapped from their weight. Bees'll be happy though when the apples fall and rot #Anyway I think Johnny mostly bottoms for men and less so for women but for Johnny/Sol... well... ;^) #I've imagined that Sol only bottoms if his partner can kick his ass #Lmao this took a turn. Bored and stoned. No internet and no lights to even read by. Unfiltered Sol Radguy after dark thoughts #Suggestive cw #Drugs cw

[paarthursass]

The magic in your fingers sparks but your spells fail again and again - consumed by the sussur flower.

#bg3edit #gamingedit #bgedit #baldur's gate #baldur's gate 3 #astarion #bg3 oc #oc: aurel #mine: gifs #mine: bg3 #coloring this was the most painful thing i've ever done #BOTH their faces were in shadow and then the sussur tree is blowing everything out in the bg.... #do not recommend #also trying to make a scene look good when one character has pink undertones in their skin and the other is just straight up grey....ough #anyways. love how these two took a detour in the underdark just to bitch at each other #truly wtf is going on w them

[atopvisenyashill]

imagine you are baela targaryen and you want to name your daughter after your long dead mother. your husband lets you because it’s a suitable Velaryon name. the husband that you love because he acts like your dad is acting like your dad by fucking your niece, who is the same age as your grandson. he will carry on this affair until you are both dead.

you are elaena targaryen and the only freedom you’ve ever known is with your aunt’s husband who is older than your father. when they are all dead, you marry the grandson of your lover. you want to name your daughter laena, as a way of remembering baela & alyn and everything you all put each other through. your husband agrees because you’re both half Velaryon and he likes that you share this. you are not in love but you are happy. a war breaks out and he is murdered in front his mother. you have just suggested his niece marry a prince.

you are laena velaryon 2.0 and you marry a nice man around your age and have many children. your first born doesn’t marry for a long time but when he does, he makes a match with your cousin, who had an affair with your father that emotionally wrecked your mother. a war breaks out and you watch all of your sons die one by one except the very youngest, and they call this a mercy.

you are aelinor penrose and your husband refuses to consummate your marriage and you attempt to shame him for this. a lifetime ago, your auntie elaena told you a story about her sister who did the same thing, and it got her locked up for years, but your smart, savvy auntie elaena tells your husband he can live his life as he pleases without destroying his wife, and you think of the way your auntie elaena and grandma laena can’t even look at each other anymore, and you figure maybe you got lucky.

#you are laena penrose and you are sweating bullets rn #something something can’t escape your mother’s blood #baela targaryen #elaena targaryen #laena penrose #laena velaryon #ronnel penrose #aelinor penrose #but also. family tree like a christmas wreath aksjdjdjjd these people are so inbred. #getting on my soap box #rani attempts meta #IM SORRY I CANR STOP THINKING ABOUT IT #like imagine being elaena and proposing this match as some sort of. personal atonement for blowing up your aunt’s marriage. #and then the penroses are targeted in the war BECAUSE of this match she proposes. #can you imagine. how could laena and elaena ever look each other in the eye again. #the grief would be never ending #insurmountable.

[motherspores]

hwhuh?

[i.d: a screenshot of a death message from the hermitcraft chat. it reads "impulseSV was poked to death by a sweet berry bush while trying to escape impulseSV". /end id]

#hermitcraft 10 #hermitcraft #impulsesv #seen in bdubs latest episode with the trees for context #well. some context. not a lot really #edit: like not even 5 minutes later impulse blows himself up with fireworks #guys who love to die for any reason

[traxxya-official]

Reminder that trees are super important for not only lowering the heat index, but also for all creatures that use the trees for shelter!

Like Chipmunks, insects, birds, WGA, SAG-AFTRA, squirrels, certain lizards, frogs, and much more!

Make sure you prune them only when necessary!

#in all seriousness #seriously a low blow #and also very fucking rude to all of the animals that called those trees home #tree law #sag aftra #support the wga #wga strike #sag aftra strike

[dreamofbecoming]

music is one of my favorite things about being human. and not just like, the way my favorite bands can articulate shrimp emotions in their lyrics, although that too for sure for sure. but i also mean that feeling you get when you hear an orchestral arrangement start to swell or you’re at a festival and someone is doing a traditional drum performance and the words don’t matter, it’s just sound waves it shouldn’t mean anything but you feel a clenching in your chest and goosebumps on your skin and there are tears in your eyes and it’s just vibrations in the air but you feel it in your soul. i think that’s what being a person means

#personal #i’m not articulating this well but the way music has a physiological effect on the body is fascinating and wonderful #anyway i’m gonna go listen to the lotr soundtrack and watch the trees blow in the wind while the storm rolls in

[twewyheritageposts]

Plushua says bathe in the blood (and petals) of your enemies.

#it is always sad when the petals blow fall etc off the trees #their beauty is fleeting but wonderful in the moment #like all things in life #misc blog stuff #the plushua saga

[arulens-least-horny-jongleur]

i’ve been hiding in trees and bushes to avoid people for almost my entire life, and i have the instinctual reaction to freeze, and stay completely still (excluding breathing). i can do this for upwards of 20 minutes without struggle if i know someone’s nearby and looking for me.

with this knowledge, i can say, with certainty, that the ranger method of “just stay still” is incredibly effective in almost every situation. not necessarily to the point they play it up to in the books, but it genuinely does work.

just curl up, wear clothes that don’t clash with the environment, don’t be where they expect, and

don’t.

fucking.

move.

avoid being at eye height if you can, but i once made direct eye contact with someone who was looking for me in the forest and they skipped straight past me anyways because they were looking for a moving, breathing, person, not a statue.

#ranger's apprentice #rangers apprentice #stealth #my camp leaders once had to blow the whistle during hide and seek #they thought i was missing #i was like #fifteen feet away #curled under a tree #they thought i’d fallen in the pond #but no #i was just born to avoid people #and hide in forests #it scared the shit out of them when i just #emerged #from the woods like a wraith #covered in mud from lying on the ground

[themelodyofspring]

JOMP Book Photo Challenge

June 3, 2023 - LGBTQIA+ Pride 🏳️‍🌈

#jompbpc #pride #lgbtqia+ #I'm lateee but here it is #book stack #booklr #mypics #books #bookblr #read #lgbt+ #any way the wind blows #the priory of the orange tree #heartstopper #the hammer of thor #magnus chase and the gods of asgard #boyfriend material #winter's orbit

[suryadg]

#2014 tumblr #los angeles #sunny #living the life #easthetic #likes #blow this up #2014 nostalgia #spring #enjoy #sky #i miss 2014 #bring back 2014 #palm trees #comfort #tumblr fyp

[ksjanes]

Blowing in the breeze.

#photographers on tumblr #tree #blowing #breeze #nature #sky