#garden mass

[charlottecheesenan]

Cucumber Cooler This recipe uses a food processor or blender to create a distinctively refreshing beverage from a few cucumbers, lime juice, sugar, and water.

#water #cucumber cooler #lime juice #garden mass #sugar #cucumber recipes #food processor

[orchidscurse]

the green knight (2021) / midnight mass: book III - proverbs (2021) / my own private idaho (1991) / over the garden wall (2014) / pan's labyrinth (2006)

#film #the green knight #midnight mass #my own private idaho #mopi #over the garden wall #otgw #pan's labyrinth #parallels #web weaving #film stills #uploads

[canisalbus]

found your son at a garden center the other day

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#my son... #I've seen a few of these extremely vertical greyhound statues now and every time the urge to get one grows more insistent #I don't even have a yard let alone garden #answered #birdweird #irl Vaschete sightings #though from what I've seen I think they're a little expensive for mass made composite stone statues

[autumnsaesthetics]

🍁 Shows For Autumn & Halloween 🍁

Part One!

(Row One) 🍁

The Haunting Of Hill House

The Haunting Of Bly Manor

Midnight Mass

(Row Two) 🎃

The Midnight Club

The Cabinet Of Curiosities

Wednesday

(Row Three) 🍁

The Girl In The Mirror

Over The Garden Wall

Gravity Falls

#the haunting of hill house #the haunting of bly manor #midnight mass #the midnight club #the cabinet of curiosities #wednesday #the girl in the mirror #over the garden wall #gravity falls #autumn #autumn aesthetics #autumncore #cozy autumn #cozycore #fall season #cozy #fall #autumnal #halloween #happy halloween

[laelior]

The Weight of the World

To: Master Operations Chief (ret.) Margaret Shepard

This letter is to inform you that your granddaughter, Lieutenant Commander Bethany Shepard, was presumed killed in action following the destruction of the SSV Normandy by unknown enemy forces on December 5, 2183. 

Lieutenant Commander Shepard’s service with the Alliance was an example to us all and her heroic actions in service both to Earth and the Citadel Council will never be forgotten. 

At this time, we are unable to publicly announce details related to the destruction of the SSV Normandy. At such a time when we are able, rest assured that the Alliance will lay Lieutenant Commander Shepard to rest with full military honors.

Please accept my sincerest condolences for your loss.

Adm. Steven HackettAlliance 5th Fleet Command

Anderson sat in the back of his skycar, numbly rehearsing the words of the letter in his hands over the neatly-folded Alliance flag and Alliance-stamped urn in his lap. God, for such a small jar it must have weighed a ton. Nevermind that it was empty.

His eyes continually wandered to the shallow, formulaic words on the flimsy paper in his hands, hoping that somehow they’d magically rearrange themselves into something less weighty than the gravitational pull of a whole damn planet before the skycar touched down.

Hackett had already sent nineteen letters just like the one in his hands to nineteen different addresses. Letters addressed to Preslies, Dravens, Tanakas and so forth. Letters only confirming what the rumor mill had already been circulating for months. Letters delivered by NCOs and junior officers with black bands around their arms as a thin show of solidarity for their losses. It had been tempting to pass this particular letter off to someone else, too, but some things just had to be done.

“We’re almost there, sir,” the driver said.

The skycar gently touched down on the street next to a neat little house with an immaculately maintained garden. Even in the dead of winter the hedges were neatly trimmed and the flower beds were freshly mulched.

The driver went out to ring the doorbell while Anderson slowly gathered himself for the news he had to deliver.

The woman who came out to the front porch to greet him after a moment was smaller than he expected. He’d never met her before, but Peggy Shepard was a legend in her own right. One of the founding mothers of the Alliance non-commissioned officer’s corp and one of the best damn sniper instructors the service ever had. Hell, her 500-meter longshot record had stood for nearly forty years and had only been broken a few years ago by Lieutenant Coats.

And she didn’t need a letter to tell her why he was here. That was obvious from the hard, steely look in her eyes that flicked to his uniform, the flag tucked under one arm, and the black band around the other. Her eyes lingered on the captain’s stars on his lapel and her hand twitched at her side, fighting the reflexive urge to salute. Old habits died hard, and habits drilled in by a lifetime of military discipline were harder to kill than most. When she looked him right in the eye, though, Anderson had to fight the urge to flinch.

Throughout his military career, Anderson had faced more threats than he cared to count, from the petty political rivalries that riddled the service right up to Saren himself. And just then he would have rather faced down Sovereign itself if it meant getting away from the look in her eyes.

She was no stranger to this ritual. A casual glimpse at the Shepard family tree told him how many of its branches had been pruned like this. But that never meant it was easy to be the bearer of this particular news.

“Ma’am,” he intoned formally. Formalities were good. They were safe. He held up the folded flag and offered it to her with both hands. But before he could so much as open his mouth to say the words that were the next part of the ritual, she held up a hand and drew in a shaky breath.

“It’s true, isn’t it? What they’ve been saying?” She asked quietly. No need to ask what they were saying.

Anderson could only nod stiffly. “I’m afraid so, ma’am.”

She quietly accepted the flag, taking the weight from him and hugging it closely to her chest. 

“The Alliance offers its sincerest condolences for your loss,” he intoned, getting back to the words of the ritual. “If there’s anything we can do for you….” He trailed off. There was nothing the Alliance could do for her that would remotely make up for the magnitude of her loss, and there was no point pretending otherwise. 

She nodded in acknowledgement of the harsh, unspoken truth that passed between them.

“I need to make arrangements,” she said, her voice barely a whisper, before turning back into her house and letting the door slam shut behind her. The large wooden door closed with a resounding thud that made him flinch with its finality. He set the urn and the letter down on the porch table next to the door and went back to the car, his duty thus discharged.

If it was a tragedy for a parent to bury their child, then it was an utter goddamn travesty for a grandparent to lower their grandchild’s casket into the ground.

The driver cleared his throat, cutting across the uncomfortable silence that filled the car. “Where to next, sir?”

“Norfolk,” he said, picking the closest Alliance base he could think of off-hand. The car began its ascent, leaving the view of the Shepard household behind.  “Drop me off at the officer’s club, and tell them to have a glass of Ardbeg 16 ready, no ice.”

Something to wash away the ashy taste of having been the one to send Peggy Shepard’s granddaughter to her empty grave.

#mass effect #david anderson #peggy shepard #beth shepard #cw: grief #cw: major character death #(she gets better) #but yeah this isn't a happy piece #i'm in a mood apparently #ficlet #my writing #lae writes #but hey every time i write about peggy i force myself to learn more about gardening #in this case how to winterize flower beds

[aesfocus]

aes' main games of 2023

#flashing gif #cw: flashing #Skyrim #the elder scrolls #eso #baldur's gate #pathfinder #wrath of the righteous #stardew valley #mass effect #garden galaxy #gamingedit #vgedit #videogameedit #gameedit #edits23 #mygif #utopianoverlord #dailygaming #did I play other games? yes! #did this year suck ass? yes! #not included even tho it comes out tomorrow? RT40k lol I know I'll be big into it tho

[incorrect-mass-effect-quotes]

Paragon Shepard: Um, Kasumi? Why did you tell Donovan Hock I'm invited to his house?

Kasumi: I need to get in his vault.

Shepard: You're scamming him?

Kasumi: I was thinking more like flat out stealing from him.

Shepard: What?? No way!

Kasumi: Why not? We already stole a geth.

Legion: Shepard-Commander.

Shepard: No, we didn't. Legion is a sentient being. They can do what they want.

Legion: This unit wants to steal.

Shepard: *gasp*

#mass effect #incorrect quotes #commander shepard #kasumi goto #legion #timeline: me2 #source: over the garden wall #submission #mod says: #i'm pretty sure we already had a variation on this scene but i'll allow it bc i love otgw

[monsterfucker-showdown]

Bracket C Round 2 Matchup 3

May the most fuck worthy character win!

#monsterfucker showdown #polls #garrus vakarian #mass effect #the beast #over the garden wall

[annes-room]

🍂 Sept 21, 2023

as it approaches the first day of fall, these are my shows to rewatch this season 🧡

🎃 Over the Garden Wall

🦇 Midnight Mass

♟️ The Queen's Gambit

🦋 Anne with an E

(links to images in the text)

#annes room #my tv #autumn #it is mainly for the #aesthetic #but theyre all such good shows #fall #over the garden wall #otgw #midnight mass #queens gambit #anne with an e #awae #fall mood #autumn mood #moodboard

[carladuquette]

Mike Flanagan character draft

Rules are simple: pick your top 6 characters from the Flanaverse. Series only! If a character appears at different ages, specify which one you want on your team. Can be characters you love, love to hate, whatever. Ready? GO!

1. Jamie (Amelia Eve, The Haunting of Bly Manor)

… and I’m in love with her.

2. Owen (Rahul Kohli, Thobm)

Puns for days, must be protected at all costs

3. Camille (Kate Siegel, The Fall of the House of Usher)

Stylish, efficient, awful in the best way

4. Dani (Victoria Pedretti, Thobm- obviously my fav)

Loving, kind and so, so brave

5. 1970s Madeline (Willa Fitzgerald, TFOTHOU)

Terrifying, glorious HBIC

6. Dr. Sarah (Annabeth Gish, Midnight Mass)

A woman of action AND science! What a combo.

ETA: Everyone feel tagged! Spread the good word of Flanagan 😅

#mike flanagan #the haunting of bly manor #the fall of the house of usher #midnight mass #the haunting of hill house #midnight club #jamie the gardener #owen sharma #camille l'espanaye #madeline usher #sarah gunning #dani x jamie #flanaverse

[grrl-beetle]

Alexandria Masse

#Alexandria Masse #In The Garden #insects #shape #color #bugs

[probablyasocialecologist]

Currently reading

#Currently reading #been a while since I did a reading update #'Gardens of the Moon' had fascinating worldbuilding but I found it difficult to read/follow #'Mass Effect: Annihilation' was great - loved seeing non-Council aliens taking the spotlight #poor Perturabo (Hammer of Olympia) someone give that primarch a hug #It was good to see more exploring of Navigator houses in 'Rites of Passage' but it felt too generic (especially for 40k) #'Legends & Lattes' was adorable and cosy and heartwarming 'nuff said #'An Unnatural Life' was interesting! I wish it was longer #'The Dawn of Everything' was a blast and an absolute must-read #'Spark of Revolution' was also great - love an abhuman revolution against workplace tyranny!

[notbecauseofvictories]

I don’t think I could ever abandon city living, if for no other reason than I (carrying a trash bag, staring) and some random stranger (in athleisurewear, with the kind of scruff you have to deliberately cultivate) can stand in an alley eying a disheveled bird clinging to my window screen, mutually wondering what to do about it.

#he was very nice! clearly on his way out yet we stood there #looking at this bird. commenting to each other that this was unprecedented and what? were we to do about it? #he wished me luck and I went back to grab my gardening gloves; by the time I came back out the bird was gone #''the fall of the sparrow'' is our indication of some small sorrow but I noticed! this guy and I stood in the alley and noticed. #and that's why I live in cities. because only when you exist at critical mass with other people is there room enough #to notice all the sparrows. to stand in the alley with a perfect stranger and wonder what to do about birds. #celestial emporium of benevolent knowledge

[mccoppinscrapyard]

JOMP Book Photo Challenge July

Day 18: Well-Loved

My collection of old-school mass-market paperbacks! I got all of them (with the exception of Annie on My Mind) from a local used bookstore.

#jompbpc #justonemorepage #books #mass market paperbacks #vintage paperbacks #i never promised you a rose garden #the color purple #a room with a view #annie on my mind #used books

[remash]

ellipsehaverne ~ jkeld slot

#landscape architecture #art #architecture #denmark #hedges #massing #tulip #garden

[kitchenalia]

it's all so funny because two people can say they're into cottagecore. the first is someone who loves growing her own food, tries for sustainable habits, believes in anti-consumerism, and just enjoys connection to nature. the second buys aliexpress/wish fast fashion dresses because they look #aesthetic, posts about mushrooms and being feral but is essentially afraid of going outside, watches hours of internet content about cutesy cottagecore shopping hauls, and doesn't really subscribe to any anti-consumerist actions whatsoever. i don't really understand a "cottagecore aesthetic" that's all about getting new plastic junk shipped to your house because it's Cute and Totally Cottagecore.

to me, cottagecore was initially just a name for a deep-seated longing for nature, connection to the earth, sustainability, self-sufficiency and community building, fighting food insecurity, and pointing out how capitalism divorces us from nature and encourages us to be exclusively reliant on a giant chain full of exploitation and slavery. and there always WAS content like that among people interested in it, but the core of it (lol) ended up being high-strung impulse shoppers who deflect any criticisms of their lifestyles with "corporations though." they post about wanting a simple life, but the reality says grubhub, cheap amazon junk catered to the trends, and arguing against the people who try to post about making your life better. (literally the only time they espouse anything resembling collective politics/anti-individualism is when it can be used to deflect criticisms of their harmful habits; go figure, self-evaluation is rejected in favor of navel-gazing).

this is why i mostly stopped engaging with anything cottagecore-related, despite liking the aesthetics of old, 'rustic' things (things that i see as practical and environmentally friendly, at least). i mostly read about the simple living/voluntary simplicity movement, global movements for food justice, community/grassroots movements, and people working for the environment now instead, as well as whatever i can find about lesbian domesticity and women's land. i get a lot of the same aesthetics (and room for other people's lack of patience for aesthetics, which is also cool!) but with actual teeth and willingness to put in the hard work. let's be real, reblogging the random "omg i hate capitalism" post does nothing if you're just feeding back into the cycle in the name of validating your identity as a cottagecore girl or whatever. get outside, make your own food, stop buying everything you want in impulse, learn about the tedious politics behind your movement (no, i don't mean people on tumblr saying cottagecore is fascism lmao).

#yes i am being blunter than usual on this topic #i am sick of seeing ridiculous mass produced novelty items being Cottagecore #and the cottagecore bloggers refusing to talk about lifestyle changes even while being 'anti capitalism' #literally go start gardening or something. go give away some food. go pick up trash by that local pond.