#a good year for toads

[creekfiend]

last night Glimmer started Doing Bughunting in the kitchen (bughunting is one of her favorite activities) and I was like whoa what bug is that it's the size of a large grasshopper or perhaps katydid and it hops but it is too early in the season for large grasshopper or katydid... what's going on here...

anyway it was this idiot. who was not properly appreciative of me rescuing him

#oh. the toad bug #im so happy about toads. this is gonna be a good toad year i can feel it #todes

[curiosityschild]

Amphibiuary Days 11 + 15: Painted and 3D

A holdable friend

#amphibiuary2023 #hoo boy I put this one off for so long because I started it and was like #ehhhh this is not as fun as I was expecting lol #still had fun! just not my favorite thing to do #which is a good thing! #because I bought this at work a few years (!) ago and I keep having to stop myself from buying more ceramaic figures #every time we get more in because they are SO CUTE but I DON'T NEED THEM #and I think actually painting this one has cured me of that desire lol #this is a flattering angle and doesn't show his flaws lol #I put some of that snow texture paint on the back intending it to look like toad skin but it looks more like he is diseased #also! he lights up! but! when you turn the light on you can see all the poorly done brush strokes D: so the light will stay off :) #oh shoot I just remembered I meant to do a gloss top coat oh well I'll get to that later have a matte frogge

[theatrical-penguin]

Not me declaring in rehearsal that Frog and Toad are so Aziraphale and Crowley coded

#good omens #a year with frog and toad #frog is aziraphale #toad is crowley #children’s theatre

[chiropteracupola]

jack and stephen and my day gets better !

#the cupola report #aubreyad #my latin is Not done but I am nonetheless a happy camper on account of Them #it's been just about two years since I started with the books and starting over with the audiobook feels like meeting an old friend #'you! you! I know you! it's good to see you again!' #was having a bit of a sad earlier about other things which were just about two years ago and now I am not doing that quite so much #dear old earnest jack! stephen petting a toad! tiny pullings! james dillon! When The Book Is Good!

[theloveinc]

bad at technology!todoroki sets his profile picture as the worst selfie of you guys ever and doesn’t change it for 14 years. his cover photo too is also a blurry picture of you in pajamas looking through the fridge.

#todoroki #what is going on with him #lowkey this is bakugo too but at least he chooses nicer photos and makes them look good #but yeah ur picture is staying up there for 40 years #his profile is like BAKUGO KATSUKI but the little icon is ur face #people ask him abt it and he’s getting defensive #but this isn’t about him this is about roks #or toads #whichever #😭😭😭😭 jk #anyway yeah on his big *ss iPad #you and him on your first date looking like babies #and u tell him to change any of it and he’s all ‘I like this photo :/‘ #and he’s so stubborn abt it too #u either gotta fix it urself or learn to live with it #and even then … he’d probably just update again with something equally … personal #a picture of you doing ur makeup #standing in the yard with your dog or cat #like akhrksjfjfmjfirmtjufidjfmv #I was also gonna say… OH LMAO all his posts are like that too #in a non hero au at least / his personal account #picture of ur cat. picture of u making eggs . picture of u and him together #hfbdkfjrjfi #kirishima’s prof pic is one of those ones of him in a tank in front of a canyon #and his cover photo is a nice one of u guys #Deku’s got nothing #okay bye #still behind in work #shii posts #gen

[flaming-toads]

I really wrote 7500+ words for a fic I may never post lol

#my friend told me to go for it #and my niece said if it makes me happy do it #so that's what i did this evening #wrote fluff #will it ever be seen? #ehhhhh #i dunno lol #more at 11 #toad rambles #fun fact #I haven't written anything in like six years #that was fun to find out #so what the fuck am i doing today #i have no fucking clue #ᕕ( ᐛ ) ᕗ #i'm just having a good ol time i guess #drawing garbage and writing shit hehehohohaha #it's fucking late and i'm going to sleep!

[the-busy-ghost]

We may not have the most exciting or blooming garden in the world but we do have:

Ladybirds living on the holly (eating aphids)

Blackbirds regularly hopping about, eating the few slugs that ever actually appear, and picking up leaves from the lawn for their nests

Finches, sparrows, and tits (haha) chattering to each other in crowds on the one small tree

Many different kinds of visiting bee and wasp

And this is relatively normal for a Scottish garden so it's not just us and even if we could do better by our wildlife, it still makes me happy to know they're there

#Also woodlice but they're everwhere round here #When we lived in England we even had a toad that lived at the bottom of the garden #We do try to make a hospitable environment for the species that come along but we're not very good at it #So we can't really take credit for this except in what we don't do or refuse to do #I think the key is to keep things somewhat tidy but not too much #Every other garden on our street- even the ones that are supposed to be wildlife friendly- are so TIDY #There's no fallen branches for insects to hide under and no worms and slugs in the lawn because of overcutting #Thus no food for birds and no places for them to hide either #We also have a hedgerow which helps #We also have a hedgerow of hawthorn and beech and holly instead of a fence so I think that helps #And for a long time we had an elderly dog who couldn't chase anything herself but it kept the cats away #(I love cats but they shouldn't be allowed to just roam around threatening wildlife and shitting in the flowers) #We could do much better #We need more early food for bees so I will try to remember to plant some muscarii or something this autumn #And we do need to do some tidying soon but on the whole I am happy with it #It's nice to think that the ordinary British garden can be adequate for wildlife without any work really #Obviously we could make it a haven if we put the work in #But it's as much about what we're NOT doing (excessive use of weedkiller and insecticides; overtidying) #As what we are doing (planting pollinator friendly plants) #Especially this year it's been a year of birds #There are SO many of them because they have lots of places to hide and it has a great result #Because the few slugs and things we have tend to get picked off by them before they do serious damae #And the slugs that don't I tend to spot and put in the compost heap where they can be useful #By contrast our small back garden is an awful example #Astroturf and paving stones and no shelter and no plants/food- even the weeds aren't flowering ones like dandelions #I'm gradually trying to improve it as we get a lot of sun and there are fences so less wind #It will be good for growing fruit and veg but there's no point in even putting birdseed or flowers back there #No birds or bees will go near it until we make substantial improvements #Even if I fill it with plants it will have no other wildlife except insects as there is nowhere for them to perch and hide #It will just be pots and paving stones

[theonlythingimfuckingisstupid]

toads made their way into my window well and now i can hear them moving around. this is not going to end well

#i never get toads in my window well #bugs sure #spiders sure #skinks sure #but toads??? never #the last toad i had was like three years ago and he was MASSIVE #i didnt sleep for a while bc he was loud #and now i have at least two #and theyre moving around #i can hear them moving #and theyre squeaky too bc it just rained #so its very annoying #and every time they move i hear it #and i wont be able to sleep bc its stressing me out #but i have to clean my room so itll work out #i also have to work tomorrow so it might not work out #and i have to put the computer up from now on and wont be able to be on tumblr :( i will have the school computer so i can do schoolwork and #write so thats good ig #tag rant #sorry #em rambles

[sux2be]

taking my heart out and stomping into the ground dont you dare get another friend crush. dont fucking do it.

#ITS SO FRUSTRATING !!!!! #i think someone is cool and then they pay an attention to me and i am lost #i am drawing them pics and making them little gifts and thinking about all the fun things we can do together #i spend my free time thinking of reasons to talk to them #u might be like hmm this sounds like a romantic crush #but i can assure it is not #it CAN turn into one over many years #i kno bc one did and i suffer even more for it #its Very Obvious bc when its a non-platonic crush i will get suuuuuper possesive and jealous #but UGH friend crushes suck especially bc i dont have the bandwidth to rly pursue them AND #i always feel like i come at it too intensely so in order to escape rejection i run #its fine i am fine i can be Normal about things #its okay i will hide from this one like ive done all the others #its this person named Toad and they are so cool they do like climate activisim and they support local punk bands #its also reminding me of Dev. i am so sorry dev. #he was this super cool ass dude that i worked with for 4 years and he was So Neat and interesting to talk to #he knew soooooo much about cooking and he was really well read #and his humor was great. super dry and sarcastic i was always laughing lol #i wanted to be friends with him SO BAADDD #and he has no social media or even like. texting #so before i left i demanded his email address #and I emailed him One time and he replied and i ghosted him #bc here is another issue: i cant fucking communicate #how keep friends if u dont talk to them???? #anyways the brain worms are eating good tonight

[bugbrews-creations]

Why are there not more Frog and Toad video essays. I want to spend 3 hours listening to a deep dive on frog and toad lore.

#Like how dare you #“Frog and Toad: The Philosophy of Simple Living” is so good #I wrote this post a year ago

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

i watched My Neighbor Totoro for the first time, here's my chronological viewing experience:

woo-hoo! dusty old japanese house with japanese architectural details aplenty

these kids got some ENERGY my goodness

family dynamic's adorable. peak quality dad humor

kids: our house is haunted. parents: that's so cool!

hell yeah, wrinkled old lady rep. we need more friendly old women with potato faces and warts like storybook witches. the backbone of society, these ladies

Plot Summary: Small Child Bothers Local Wildlife

sacred tree sacred tree sacred tree

Introducing Totoro! nobody said this fucker's got TEETH???

Uh-Oh! Inadequate Parental Supervision Detected

(you misplaced your four year old! you're not supposed to do that)

4-year-old: i met a magic forest spirit. dad: oh shit fr?

4-year-old: *angrily hugs sister* missed u bitch

this small child has a smile like a toad. like a really really cute toad. like the cutest toad in all existence. i love her she's perfection please just let this child be happy

rice paddies are so pretty....so back breaking....rice is such a prissy crop

*my crush is stranded in a rainstorm* takethisumbrellait'syoursnowBYE *runs away in panic im so good at flirting*

Giant Chinchilla Learns To Hold Umbrella, Is Fucking Delighted By Experience

take this, it will help you on your quest! *hands u trail mix wrapped in a leaf*

LO-FI HIP HOP STUDY LIST!

crouching down to peer at dirt--A++ top notch foundational childhood experience

mom has a big ass forehead

honey! the chinchillas are performing Rituals in the backyard again

help yeah let's jack and the bean stalk this shit

huh so we're all just climbing aboard the giant chinchilla's tiddies now ok

class trip!

the pure adrenaline of Vegetable Gardening

no! the small child is crying! she is bawling her eyes out. no no no. i can't cope with this. emotionally i cannot cope 🥺🥺🥺

i've only had Mei one hour but if anything happens to her i will raze this earth and everyone on it

please someone make this small child smile again

oh no the tall child is crying too

i can't take this. my heart can't take this.

i need a drink

small child running determined to deliver magic veggies to the hospital. this kid is my hero

she is also unsupervised. so, so unsupervised

babe you are FOUR

godDAMMIT ghibli, you cannot give me watercolor sunsets while a small child is missing. u are killing me. my heart is giving out. this is me, experiencing heart failure.

Totoro to the rescue!

no wait CATBUS to the rescue!

i admit i initially thought the cat was a creep. alice in wonderland prejudiced me. i have revised my notions of smiling cats

i've decided the cat is a metaphor for the magic of a robust public transport system

MEI'S OKAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and so is mom. she's a lovely lady im sorry for what i said about her forehead. it's a noble forehead.

happy ending YES bitch!!!!!!

ok. ok ok ok. that was magical.

(as a first-time adult viewer i was worried i wouldn't be able to Access the Magic. but i could and i did and it was incredible. that was culture. that was ART. joy distilled into animated form. holy rites of childhood. i understand now. how glorious, this world we grow out of. how full of marvels. i'm going outside to smell grass and sun and get dirt under my fingernails. miraculous.)

#mr ghibli please you cannot do this to my heart #totoro #my neighbor totoro #spoilers #? #initially i misspelled Totoro as Tortoro throughout the entire post #i fixed it but dear heavens i was tempted to leave it in. you're WELCOME

[neil-gaiman]

Hello Mr Gaiman. I am in year 11, so I've got my English GCSEs coming up, and my only issue is that I have no idea how to start a story. I can write the rest of the story perfectly fine, but I can never figure out how to start it off well. Do you have any advice?

It's ok if you don't respond, but if you do, thank you.

Try to start it in an interesting way that makes people want to go on. A way that, perhaps, asks a question that you need to keep reading to answer, or that will mean something else if you come to it after finishing the story.

Sometimes I write the beginning of the story, the opening lines, last of all.

It can be a fun exercise to just sit and write for yourself first lines of stories that are interesting and make people want to keep reading. They don't have to be any good, and you definitely don't need to know what happens next.

'Everything would have been fine if the Pope had not misplaced the antique silk alms bag containing her birth control pills.'

'The day Julius's mother died was, by no coincidence, the same day that Julius discovered his Jack Russell terrier secretly spoke Italian.'

'The old house squatted on the hill like a toad on the edge of a well, and, like a toad, would occasionally, when unobserved, lumber down from the hill in search of food. It was not choosy. It would eat anything."

Try it. It's fun.

#first lines #advice to writers

[dani-the-toad]

art vs artist 2022

#toad rambles #dani draws #art #i dont think im going to get anything substantial done before the new year so here we go! #my face #thinking about starting an art account on instagram ugh #i might keep using my cosplay as a half art though lmao #art vs artist #oc: blinkieworm #oc: dario pryce #oc: phey rasuke #idk if i should tag the fandoms #because i did draw a good amount of fandom art this year! specifically for amphibia lmao

[livlaughloveluke]

𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐲- 𝐥.𝐜 🐡

daughter of hypnos! reader x luke castellan 💤

headcannons in which luke is dating the sleepiest girl around💘

“and i know you’ve been having nightmares lately, and i’m sorry i fall asleep first” -faye webster

he totally calls you “sleepy.” 

it started off when he was a dumb teen, just him being an idiot and teasing everyone. but i mean, the name wasn’t exactly incorrect. and so it stuck, carrying along as you grew into a young adult and began dating !

he’s such a sweetheart when it comes to you. while he gently yells at the campers for their lack of effort, he would never even think about raising his voice when speaking to you. even if you skipped training because you “needed to rest.” (you had slept a full ten hours before)

but when you did show up for archery or sword fighting, he’s over the moon, showering you with praise.

“that was amazing!” 

“you did so good today, sleepy.”

(you shot two arrows and then dipped)

nightly stargazing!! 

you and luke spend hours laying on top the grassy hill, staring above at the twinkling stars. you pointed out all the constellations, and luke would point to a star and say it was yours.

“thats our star, babe.”

“luke that’s part of the orion.”

he would sneak into your cabin on his restless nights, and you would comb your fingers through his hair to send him into a deep sleep. and you made sure all he had sweet dreams instead of his haunting nightmares.

reading him stories all the time ! 

he hates reading, since all of the words get scrambled and it hurts his brain to put the letters back together. but when chiron adjusts the temperature so it would rain and water the strawberry fields, there wasn’t many indoor activities to do. so, you let him pick a book you could read together on those rainy days.

after a week visit to your home, you brought back your record player and some of your favorite vinyls, and luke was absolutely fascinated. he never really listened to music before, so hearing such majestic sounds was a new experience. now every time you travel back into the world, he requests a new album. he’ll listen to it on repeat until you’ve acquired a different record.

you would share abstract stories about monsters, greek heros, and other intriguing topics to the campers around the bonfire, while luke stared with hearts in his eyes. he like to think that one day, hundreds of years from now, a camper would be reciting a story about you and him. the daughter of hypnos and the son of hermes, two children who were the closest depiction of soulmates ever known. 

secret weekly sleepovers in cabin 15 were a necessity ! 

he always showed up with a bouquet of wildflowers, and one small yellow daisy for each of your siblings.

all of your brothers and sisters loved him, constantly dragging him into family board game night.

similar to stargazing, watching for clouds !

when you had free time, you were constantly laying in the dry fields and staring up above at the clouds, trying to picture them as objects.

“it’s a cowboy hat!”

“that’s clearly a toad in a sailboat.”

#luke castellan #luke castellan fluff #liv’s writing ! #luke castellan x you #luke castellan x reader #luke castellan headcanons #pjo #percy jackson

[factual-fantasy]

aaaaa I haven’t posted in so long! I’ve been so busy with errands and life getting in the way and aaa but I’m back! And with more Mario stuff!

A lot of people have been asking about the powerups and my Interpretations of them. So I figured I’d draw some more Power-up testing with the bros! And of course I have the obligatory lore ramble below the keep reading XD

Even if you don’t read the rambles though, I hope you enjoyed these drawings!

Ah, here for the  l o r e  are ya? WELL,

I haven’t actually planned out much for the Mini Mushroom or the Double cherry. I think they will just be a species of Power-up that grow in the woods somewhere..

BUT, as for Tanooki Mario.. I imagined that the Tanooki leaves came from this great Tanooki tree that existed 100s of years ago. Eventually the tree mysteriously withered away. The leaves of the tree though did not wither or rot. And they scattered across the land.

None of the Toad people can really figure out.. whyyyy exactly Mario turns into this big furry/leafy thing when he bites into the leaf. But he does. He is mostly made of plant matter as well, not fur. His leafy tail is sharp and heavy, good for thwacking people. And he has a strange ability to hover/glide using his leafy fur. Pretty neat!

Now, Cat Mario! The Toad people discovered this ancient temple that was either run by feline like people, or by people that worshiped feline like beings. Either way the temple was rotted and worn down. The only thing that remained were these beautiful golden bells that decorated the ruins.

Upon investigating old scrolls and writings around the temple.. It seemed like these temple people fully believed that these bells had some kind of feline like power.. but they could never prove it.

Feeling that these bells were important, they brought them back to the Mushroom kingdom for safe keeping. Only to find out years later that they are indeed powerful, and Mario turns into a golden lion when he rings one!

And lastly! Luigi. oh poor poooorr Luigi. Luigi was never comfortable with the Power-ups and was afraid to ever use them. So of course the Fire Flower avoids his exhausted brother and forces its power into Luigi. Causing him to have an immediate spike of anxiety and.. burst into flames. :/ 

#super mario bros #mario and luigi #mario #luigi #not as many images this time... :( #A lot of lore though!

[hedgehog-moss]

I meant to do some greenhouse cleaning and tidying today because my mum is coming to visit and I don't want to be judged. It involved finally bringing myself to say goodbye to my moribund basil plants (by turning them into pesto) among other things—but my plans were derailed when I took down one of the aquaponics towers and heard a big splash. I thought I'd disturbed a fish that was napping amid the plant roots in the water, but no.... I looked into the fish tank and saw a big frog indignantly swimming away.

I went to get a little dip net and spent a solid half hour trying to fish the frog out—she swam so fast! And was really determined to stay in the fish tank, even when I told her I would put her outside somewhere watery and nice where she could meet frog friends. But I did catch her in the end.

I'd never seen a completely black frog before! When I googled for more info, all I found were photos of the (amazing) African rain frog, which one website compared to an angry avocado.

Back to my tank squatter—she was delicately placed on the edge of the barrel that collects spring water in the pasture and invited to start a new life here, and she morosely sat for quite a while, mulling over her options.

I'm not even lying to you, frog: I found a beautiful toad in the pasture some time ago... I'm moving you from a place of existential alienation (lone frog in fish tank) to a hot spot of batracian life.

I tried to film the moment when the frog accepted her fate and gracefully jumped into the barrel but of course I started filming just a second too late and she refused to come back for a second take. In the meantime, every pasture dweller had noticed that something interesting was happening, and converged towards me. When they found my hands and pockets empty of snacks their reactions ranged from sharp betrayal to distant melancholy.

Pirlouit looked so sad in the rain staring at the horizon, pondering the inherent unfairness of life, I ended up letting him sniff the dip net, like, did you actually WANT to eat a frog?

I know, but this one was too large for you.

Poldine was the only one who didn't resent me for visiting them with a frog and no snacks; she was just happy for the opportunity to kiss someone's cheek.

When I went home and looked at my frog pictures I realised there was an apple floating in the barrel ! which I hadn't seen since I was too focused on the frog. The apple tree has shed nearly all of its fruit by now, it must be one of the last apples of the year... And since entering the pasture with a poor slimy excuse for a snack in my dip net had clearly made a dent in my approval ratings, I decided to go back and offer llamas & donkey the apple along with some vegetable peelings.

Pandolf was intrigued when I fished an apple out of the barrel; he sat down in front of me the way he does to signal that he is a good dog and possibly deserving of good things; but UNLIKE SOME he wasn't disappointed with me when he realised the thing I was holding wasn't meant for him because the world doesn't revolve around him.

.... approval ratings skyrocketing 📈

Look at Pirlouit in the background, startled and horrified as he realises he left the scene to soon!

Look at him leaving a cloud of dust behind him as he rushes towards us!

Don't worry Pirou, I saved you a whole half courgette <3 You can drop the tragic misunderstood persecuted look now.

#crawling along