#Flan the gecko

[pastrygeckos]

Flan is just so adorable! There's a couple scales of shed still left on her face, but they're so minor they'll come off on their own. She ate a yummy roach and went for a nice big toasty plop in my hand

#also her eye is doing well! #it cleared up nicely with some help #flan #flan the gecko #leopard gecko #lizard #reptile #gecko #photo #reptiblr

[aestheticvoyage2024]

Day 71: Monday March 11, 2024 - "This was 32 months"

32 months was a memorable one - put a pin in it. It was a stand out mile marker. The one where the tantrums hit, and we soaked it all up with humor and skill. Personally, Id been ready and wondering when it would hit - all that work Ive been doing so hard on myself is work I was doing, I know now, for 32 months. Ready to be mindful intentional skillful. Ready to be free of fear and full of joy. And William provided a lot of joy. I likened it to running the rapids, which once I figured out how, began to sharpen and enjoy the skill of running right to the edge, but preventing the meltdown, in a healthy productive way. And taking every opportunity to practice and show repair. Finally, we're here and we were ready and making a big positive impact on William's future. He developed hard this month, and we loved bearing witness to it! And we were so blessed to have backup most of this month from Grandma, visiting from cold wintery Michigan. Some of the most eventful tantrums she got to witness included meltdowns over not getting his third popsicle or wanting to climb in and out of the car seat on his own. There is also the one where I caught him trying to climb into the freezer to find Ice Cream. In full disclosure - Id probably meltdown if you interrupted my perfect plan too. All perfectly reasonable explorations of the boundaries of his horizon. Totally fine with him testing and challenging. I can hold space for that. I can be his sturdy leadership.

Not only was 32 months the tantrums era, this was also William's Beyonce Era. Not sure who first put Beyonce in his brain - but fairly certain we can blame my Mom for throwing Crazy in Love on Youtube into his little 32 month brain, after sitting on the toilet looking at the A is Awesome book. B was you know who. If he falls hopelessly in love with curvy mocha colored goddess, we'll know perfectly well where it came from. At 32 months you flipped from Elmo and Abby, to Beyonce.

A lot of great weather this month and we spent a lot of time reading springtime books - Mama has been keeping us fully supplied with new seasonal books and as we flip into the 33rd month we're reading a lot of St Pats books. He's been mostly accident free, and fully potty trained and multiple times while we were out at the Donut Shop or the Taco Shop, he'd pop a squat right in the parking lot. Once, at Pacos, to get Flan, he sat feet off Speedway and watched all the cars whiz by, while whizzing in the back of Mama's car. So memorable.

These are fun times. Riding and running the rapids and I just tell myself to be present, keep showing up, and dont miss a thing. Its a wild time, but such an important time to test your skill. I really feel like we're setting a positive foundation for the next several years. I keep pouring it all in, and we'll see where it goes in the 33rd month!

Favorite Food: Donuts

Favorite Song: Beyonce - Crazy In Love

Favorite Book: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in Daddy's bed

Favorite Show: Gecko's Garage / Troy The Train / "Bumper Cars"

Favorite Toy(s): Monster Trucks bought with his own money paper

Best Phrase/ Word: “No, I Dont Want That!"

Favorite Favorite: Beyonce. No, Real Beyonce

Least Favorite: Sleeping in his own bed.

Big First:  First Physical Tantrum, First I'm Sorry, First time buying toys with his own money (Valentines money from Aunt Jane)

Song:Beyonce - Crazy In Love

Quote: “Finding the good inside can often come from asking ourselves one simple question: “What is my most generous interpretation of what just happened?” ― Becky Kennedy, Good Inside

This was 31 months This was 30 months This was 29 months This was 28 months This was 27 Months This was 26 months This was 25 months This was 24 Months This was 23 Months This was 22 Months This was 21 Months This was 20 Months This was 19 months This was 18 months This was 17 months This was 16 months This was 15 months This was 14 months This was 13 months This is 12 Months This is 11 months This was 10 months This was 9 months This was 8 months This was 7 months This was 6 months This was 5 months

[majahawt]

Toes

#leopardgecko #reptilesofinstagram #gecko #flan #reptile #petsofinstagram #lizard

[mellepell]

Flan was first up for fall photos!

#flan #crested gecko #crested geckos #reptile #reptiles #lizard #lizards

[exoticsbatchofcookies]

Tropical’s Cookie Run OC’s Masterlist

Cookies

Taffy Cookie

Spearmint Taffy Cookie

Sea Krait Cookie

Sleepwalker Cookie

Queen Honey Cookie

Creamsicle Float Cookie

Bermagot Cookie

Fruit Punch Cookie

Malted Milk Cookie

Root Beer Rollerblade Cookie

Tiramisu Cookie

Melonpan Cookie

Starfruit Cookie

Dragonfruit Cookie

Firefly Cookie

Paper Wasp Cookie

Flan Cookie

Red Velvet Choco Cookie

Elasticity Cookie

Pit Viper Cookie

Pufferfish Cookie

Green Apple Fanta Cookie

Red Hot Cinnamon Taffy Cookie

Mango Cookie

Beaver Tail Cookie

Cosmic Brownie Cookie

Banana Fudge Cookie

Eclair Cookie

Frozen Hoagie Cookie

Sorbet Cookie

Quad Choco Cookie

Galaxy Warrior Cookie

Almond Ricotta Cookie

Mime Cookie

Sea Anemone Cookie

Lychee Cookie

Boba Tea Cookie

Amaranth Cookie

Spider Crab Cookie

Ice Cream Taco Cookie

Caramel Mint Cookie

Red Licorice Cookie

Ringmaster Cookie

Caramel Banana Cookie

Malware Cookie

Guardian Earth Cookie

Great Horned Owl Cookie

Burrito Cookie

Libra Cookie

Rooster Cookie

Lobster Roll Cookie

Rocky Road Cookie

Electric Eel Cookie

Coconut Cookie

Tonkatsu Sauce Cookie

Profiterole Cookie

Sidewinder Cookie

Horned Adder Cookie

Football Cookie

Ice Pop Cookie

Astronaut Cookie

Peanut Butter Cookie

Bengal Tiger Cookie

Scarab Beetle Cookie

Charcoal Cookie

Rokurokubi Cookie

Rubberhose Cookie

Dango Cookie

Dynamite Roll Cookie

Tempura Cookie

Tailor Cookie

Dragonfly Cookie

Paradise Punch Cookie

Thorny Devil Cookie

Cinnamon Roll Cookie

Buffalo Wing Cookie

S'mores Parfait Cookie

Durian Cookie

Milk Choco Cookie

Takoyaki Cookie

Sugar Skull Cookie

Nurse Cookie

Candy Apple Cookie

Puff Adder Cookie

Ring Pop Cookie

Cookie Dough Cookie

Thresher Shark Cookie

Scarlet Macaw Cookie

Gum Cookie

Key Lime Cookie

Harpy Cookie

Mississippi Mud Cookie

Turtle Cookie

Salted Caramel Cookie

Arctic Wolf Cookie

Red Fox Cookie

Candy Corn Cookie

Ramen Cookie

Weeping Willow Cookie

Macadamia Nut Cookie

Halo-Halo Cookie

Red Cookie

Ginger Ale Cookie

Pumpkin Spice Cookie

Black Forest Cookie

Cookie N Cream Cookie

Dirt Cake Cookie

Matador Cookie

Atemoya Dragon Cookie

Alien Cookie

Selkie Cookie

Acorn Cookie

Green Tea Cookie

Choco Mousse Cookie

Strawberry Limeade Cookie

Pineapple Sundae Cookie

Walnut Caramel Cookie

Peacock Spider Cookie

Black Sable Mitt Cookie

Konpeito Cookie

Tarantula Cookie

Turnip Cookie

Pop Rock Cookie

Pina Colada Cookie

Bluefin Tuna Cookie

Bomb Pop Cookie

Maple Syrup Cookie

Fea's Viper Cookie

Cruller Cookie

Blue Heron Cookie

Black Tea Cookie

Ghost Pepper Cookie

Dingo Cookie

Brigaderio Cookie

Plum Wine Mochi Cookie

Rum Cookie

Pink Lemonade Cookie

Golden Rose Cookie

Tapioca Cookie

Mitten Crab Cookie

Neanderthal Cookie

Virus Cookie

S'Mores Taffy Cookie

Atomic Fireball Cookie

Glass Candy Cookie

Brick Cookie (Candy Brix Cookie)

Firefighter Cookie (Jalapeno)

Tabby Kitty Cookie

Coulis Cookie

Habanero Cookie

Neapolitan Cookie

Nectarine Cookie

Swiss Cheese Cookie

Orange Vanilla Cola Cookie

Pralines N Cream Cookie

Horchata Cookie

Vanilla Coke Cookie

Caviar Cookie

Flamenco Cookie

Bear Claws Cookie

Hermit Crab Cookie

Miami Vice Cookie

Mudslide Cookie

Vulture Cookie

Mimic Octopus Cookie (Beige and Brown Choco Flavor)

Panna Cotta Cookie

Tree Frog Cookie

Loggerhead Cookie

Burrowing Owl Cookie

Bamboo Cookie

Choco Toffee Cookie

Swiss Roll Cookie

Raspberry Meringue Cookie

Brownie Oreo Cookie (Cookiesona)

Rattlesnake Cookie

Moose Track Cookie

Totem Pole Cookie

Rose Creme Cookie

Peppermint Bark Cookie

Frosted Cupcake Cookie

Thin Mint Frappe Cookie

Pinata Cookie

Pegasus Cream Cookie

Swan Cookie

Glacier Spirit Cookie

Cormorant Cookie

California Quail Cookie

Dulce de Leche Cookie

Blue Choco Cookie

Irish Coffee Cookie

Lemon Cream Taffy Cookie

Garlic Cookie

Bushwacker Cookie

Texas Toast Cookie

Condor Cookie

Strawberry Shortcake Cookie

Mangosteen Cookie

Mountain Dew Cookie

Caramel Swirl Taffy Cookie

Popping Candy Cookie

Strawberry Souffle Cookie

Fairy Bread Cookie

Slushie Cookie

Shortbread Cookie

Choco Crossiant Cookie

Citron Cookie

Gecko Cookie

Mandarian Wyvern Cookie

Venus Flytrap Cookie

Ackee Dragon Cookie

Kiwano Wyvern Cookie

Magpie Cookie

Jiangshi Cookie

Carolina Reaper Dragon Cookie

Shropshire Cookie

Fashionista Cookie

Annatto Dragon Cookie

Coyote Cookie

Chestnut Pocky Cookie

Jolly Rancher Cookie

Choco Twisted Doughnut

Jelly Filled Doughnut

Chupacabra Cookie

Manticore Cookie

Thunder King Cookie

A La Mode Cookie

Funnel Cake Cookie

Coffee Jelly Cookie

Graffiti Cookie

Zinger Cookie

Mule Ox Cookie

Speed Cookie

Ragdoll Cookie

Chef Cookie

Cloudberry Cookie

Banana Split Cookie

Cream Champagne Cookie

Midnight Compass Cookie

Watermelon Cookie

Shrimp Cookie

Ube Roll Cookie

Spaghetti Cookie

Moonlight Cactus Cookie

Velociraptor Cookie

Leek Cookie

Sylph Cookie

Griffin Cookie

Sourdough Cookie

Choco Brioche Cookie

Funfetti Cookie

Succubus Cookie

Green Velvet Cookie  

Vodka Cookie  

Elongated Cookie  

Thor Cookie

Elemental Guardian Cookie

You can ask them question or RP with them. Most of their design are made by me, but the other hasn’t get their designs yet.

#cookie run ocs #cookie wars oc #cookie run #masterlist

[chrysaliscreator]

Do you play Pokemon? What inspires your creatures? Scariest creature that you ever drew?

Firstly, thank you for my first ask!

And yes, I’ve played pokemon, played and watched the first generation in fact, but my inspiration steams from all kind of sources.

Sometimes I just like the appearance of something

other times I just like to goof-off

Sometimes I like to use puns or word plays and turn them into something a little more literal, like, say, a leopard gecko?

I also love to dare myself & be dared to turn something into a creature, this one time someone told me to make one out of flan pudding and another out of vomit.

needless to say... I managed

I like to see If I can convert more abstract concepts, like phrases and such. Ever been caught with your hand in the cookie jar? Know someone with Arthritis? 

I do

I just like to consider myself someone with a lot of curiosity and observation skills. The more knowledgeable you are the more tools you possess and the more versatile you can become. I just love learning!

Just observing the little details and learning how things work, how in an inextricable way things are connected. 

But not forgetting the little things either, see the bigger picture by seeing the pieces that make it. 

Which is why I like researching and apply just about anything.

From the aesthetics of dancing

Feelings and emotions

Simplicity

References such as “Jekyll and Hyde”

Or putting twists in already existing myths and leyends

Or simply going wild

So inspiration may come from anywhere really. Just got to look for it. Sometimes you find it, sometimes you dont, and some poeple have it more than others; life is funny that way. 

Some people are WAY more creative than me in some things and viceverse.

Now, the scariest creature I ever drew?

Hmmm. That one is a little up for interpretation. I once played with the concept of a flying spider raptor... the kind that would totally give you a run for your money in a movie and you would be like “FOR REAL?! WHATS WITH THIS THING?!” 

I did manage to find a couple of drawings that might fit that category though...

you be the judge

[selfcallednowhere]

So I’m currently flying home for Christmas (to the land where the geckos play and you can’t understand a word the people say), and, because a backpack full of heavy cameras and a laptop wasn’t enough to drag around, I also threw a 600-page book in my bag: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. I first heard about this book because John said he loves it in this interview, and I have a personal mission to read every single book he’s ever mentioned in an interview. And MAN y’all I LOVE THIS BOOK. John has good taste! Goddddddd I want to talk about books with him so bad, that’s why I’ve asked him about them via other people not once but twice (Flans when he was asking him stuff on Twitter one time and the They Might Be Playing TMBG marathon DJs last year).

Incidentally, this interview is also the source of one of the nerdiest and therefore most amazing things he’s ever said, which is also about books:

“I have the old limited edition Britannica that I found at a used bookstore and I gotta say it is my favorite thing, I feel sort of ridiculous about this but I wish that I could replicate in some other way the pleasure I get from this book you know it's so well written, very different from nowadays so I'm actually, I've seen other copies of the same thing and I'm like "Oh I wish I could buy it again, I liked buying it the first time but I've already got one." There's no point.”

FUCK FUCK FUCK I LOVE HIM SO MUCH FUCK

#tmbg #john linnell #john linnell is a nerd #umberto eco #quotes #interviews #i am awesome

[pastrygeckos]

Mmm...sip

#flan #flan the gecko #leopard gecko #gecko #lizard #reptile #video #reptiblr #blep

[pastrygeckos]

Flan having a small anger over us checking up on her (she's not held hard, but sometimes you just need to immobilise them for a second) also she has some grub pie on her chin, messy

#flan #flanwatch2023 #flan the gecko #leopard gecko #lizard #reptile #gecko #reptiblr #video

[pastrygeckos]

:3

#flan #flan the gecko #leopard gecko #lizard #reptile #gecko #photo #reptiblr

[pastrygeckos]

My daughter what even is that leggy

#fingers crossed shes gonna work on her shed #just closed the door and leaving her alone until tonight #flan #flan the gecko #leopard gecko #lizard #reptile #gecko #photo #reptiblr

[pastrygeckos]

Very gumpy

#flan the gecko #flan #leopard gecko #lizard #reptile #gecko #photo #reptiblr

[pastrygeckos]

Found some old photos of post-shed Flan. Juveniles are so bright!!!

#flan #flan the gecko #leopard gecko #lizard #reptile #gecko #photo #reptiblr

[pastrygeckos]

No you may NOT fill my water bowl right now!!! 💢

#flan the gecko #flan #leopard gecko #lizard #reptile #gecko #reptiblr #video

[pastrygeckos]

I guess she likes the moist cotton dish ♥️

#flan #flan the gecko #leopard gecko #lizard #reptile #gecko #photo #reptiblr

[pastrygeckos]

She's dreaming of desk work, or having a big meal sitting at a table, or doing a puzzle, or crocheting a wee hat, or doing her taxes, or that she's on the toilet 😂

#flan #flanwatch2023 #flan the gecko #leopard gecko #gecko #lizard #reptile #photo #reptiblr