#Texaco Diamond T #Doodlebugs from the #1930s https://www.instagram.com/p/ClOppF7OD4o/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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If you could relive any of your memories, which would it be?
Hello! This is a really unique question and I love this ❤️ Note that the images that I'm using in this post aren't mine, so they'll be linked to the images for their sources.
It was really hard to choose which one because I have quite a few good ones, but there's one that keeps drawing me back to it...
If I could relive any of my memories, it would be eating cheesecake *cough*
Honestly, I would love to go back to Newport, Oregon with my mom and my dad. We used to go every year in September for my birthday, from about the time I was 11 or 12 until I was about 15 or 16; we used to pack lunches and drinks in a cooler, then play car games (more toward when I was younger; I wasn't really interested as a teen) or I would usually draw in my sketchbook and listen to music in the back of the car. I also always brought my Nintendo DS Lite with me, changing between Pokémon or Mario games.
Newport is located near the ocean, so the air is crisp, salty, and cold (and, unfortunately, smells like fish in certain areas because of the docks and fisheries that are there). Unfortunately, I never actually got to go into the city portion of Newport, but I'd love to make that my next trip (after the Twilight Festival this September - woohoo!). I believe I've also been out to Agate Beach a few times, too. The docks are referred to as 'Sea Lion Docks' because, of course, they're constantly visited by Sea Lions. 🦭
There's a Ripley's Believe-it-or-Not Museum, an aquarium, some restaurants (seafood is a must, of course), a sweets shop called Doodle Bugs, and several other places.
Doodle Bugs has always been my favorite place to go and I literally refuse to leave Newport if I haven't stopped by 🤤 They sell so many different things — Saltwater Taffy, huge spiral rainbow suckers, chocolate covered pretzels, fudge squares, ice cream, coffee, and more!
So, all in all, I think this would be the perfect memory (—ies) that I would relive if I had the chance. Maybe with the twist of going into the city, because I've always loved to explore ❤ Thank you for your ask (and sorry about the long winded response)!
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omg I feel so silly because of how long it took me to identify this insect, I took this photo two weeks ago. T_T
The species is Glenurus gratus (AKA: doodlebugs and 'demons of the dust'). It's an antlion, within the order Neuroptera. Both adults and larvae are predators.
My mistake when I was identifying this one was that I thought it was a damselfly T_T
side tangent: I got orders Odonata and Neuroptera confused because they both have similar wing shapes and long thin bodies (and idk what im doing lol). However, you can tell them apart by resting wing placement: (with some exceptions) dragonflies fold their wings straight up over their backs, damselflies hold their wings straight out, and antlions fold their wings down at 45-degree angles.
the color though is really beautiful and distinct. The tips of the wings look like strawberry milk 🥛 🍓 also they are often found on southern live oaks (Quercus virginiana)!! Combining my love for tree and bug ID <3
I used the University of Florida's entomology website to source most of my information, as well wikipedia (lol) and bug-guide.
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now that artfight's over, I'm back to regularly working on my comic!
Consider this an advertisement of sorts. Go and consume my comic.
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Unframed prints - signed and numbered by myself! Hand carved and printed on my kitchen tabletop. #doodlebugs #hornytoads #diamondback #mantis #prayingmantis #insects #antlion #rattlesnake #lizard #linocuts #reliefprint #reliefprinting #tucson #tucsonartist #sonorandesert #linoleum #linocutfriends #tarantula #junebugs #greenjunebeetle #spider (at Tucson, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqrAu5UPfuH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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