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anipgarden · 11 months
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Adding To or Starting a Garden
AKA, the beginning of the Plants-Related section of this series.
This is my third post in a series I’ll be making on how to increase biodiversity on a budget! I’m not an expert--just an enthusiast--but I hope something you find here helps! 
Got an area of lawn you’d like to convert to a wildlife haven? An area you can stick some hanging baskets in? Want to know how your garden of tomatoes and zucchinis is already putting in a lot of work? This is the section for you!
It would be dumb of me to not acknowledge that the act of gardening can come with a lot of costs. Buying seeds, buying plants, buying soil, raised bed materials, mulch, etc. … it can all get a bit daunting, let’s be honest! But there’s quite a few ways to get seeds and plants for free or extremely cheap, which I’ll be addressing in this section! The next section will be all about addressing the other Costs in gardening and how to mitigate or eliminate them entirely.
Also, do keep in mind; there’s no need to try and convert a whole area from lawn to garden or unused to garden at once. In fact, it could actually be extremely beneficial to do it a little at a time--maybe four or five square feet to start out.
Front Lawn (or Managing Principles)
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If you live in a place where you’re required to have a grass turf lawn (HOA’s come to mind…), try replacing it with native grasses instead! You could even possibly use a low-growing ground cover plant like clover to a similar effect! Reseeding/replacing an entire lawn can be a big upfront cost, but even just letting the lawn be a little messy and tall helps. If the lawn gets patchy, leave the bare spots for a little while and something different will likely pop up! Pioneer species will fill the gaps and provide benefits to other plants around them, support animals, and more! If you want to take the guesswork out of it, you could always research what the pioneer species are in your area and plant the ones you like most. 
Obtaining Seeds for Cheap or Free
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The cheapest way to start a garden is by far via seeds. However, seeds can be a bit complicated to grow, and some sources make them… way overpriced. Fortunately there are ways to get seeds for little to no cost! 
Some places sell seeds for as low as a dollar, 50 cents, or 25 cents! The packets may not have a lot of seeds, but it’s definitely a good start for a low budget! I’ve personally bought cheap seed packets at Walmart--the Ferry-Morse and Burpee brands are not what we’re looking for here. Typically the cheaper ones I’ve found are American Seed (which is owned by Green Garden Products, which also owns Ferry-Morse, Livingston Seed, McKenzie Seed, and Seeds of Change. Do with that information what you will), but they’re rarely stocked near the Ferry-Morse ones in the Formal Gardening Section. I’ve most often found them on end caps near the gardening section, so you may have to weave through a few aisles to find them, but once you do there’s an array of flower and vegetable seeds to select from! Alternatively, I’ve found seeds at Dollar Tree sold 2 or 4 for a dollar in Spring as part of their seasonal product; however, when they’re out of stock, they’re typically out of stock for the year. Try to check them out early in the year!
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Otherwise, other seed companies like Urban Farmer or Botanical Interests will often have semi-frequent sales in spring and fall, when people are stocking up on seeds--joining their email lists can help you be the first to know when a good sale is going on!
Some foods from grocery stores will provide seeds that you can use in the garden as well. I’ve had the most luck with store-bought bagged beans, peppers, and tomatoes. Some people have had luck with watermelons, apples, citrus, squash, and more. Do keep in mind that you likely won’t get the same variety of fruit/vegetable as the one you bought--the resulting plant may look different and taste different.
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Give it a shot! Pick some beans you like--if they don't grow well, at least you can eat the rest!
If you live in the US, food-producing live plants, bare roots, and seeds can often be purchased with SNAP benefits. But what does growing fruits, veggies, and herbs have to do with boosting biodiversity? While food crops aren’t typically native, they still provide valuable shelter for native insects. Some plants even have intricate relationships with native fauna--like the squash bee, a solitary bee which exclusively pollinates cucurbits like pumpkins, squash, and zucchini. And we get to benefit more directly as well! If you’re planting a diverse range of foods in your garden (as opposed to the swaths of single-plant farms that typically produce what’s sent to grocery stores), you’re supporting high levels of biodiversity by providing a variety of plants for creatures to live and hunt around.
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Most of the time, when we think of boosting biodiversity with a garden, we think of a colorful flower garden teeming with pollinator species. However, if we’re striving to use native species, it can be a bit difficult to find some species in stores. I can say from experience that trying to find any wildflower seeds other than butterfly weed, purple coneflowers, and black-eyed-susans is… challenging, if you limit yourself to stores like Walmart, Home Depot, and Lowe’s. You might occasionally get lucky with an ACE Hardware or a local nursery, but even then sometimes it can be hard to track down who in your area is selling what--let alone if you live in an area where no one really is selling native plants or their seeds. Not to mention, even once you find a local or online store selling the seeds you want, they can sometimes cost a pretty penny. So what do you do?
If you have the option to, consider gathering native seeds yourself! Get good at identifying the native flora and fauna--or at least, a few target plants and their lookalikes--and get ready to go! Learn where they tend to grow, when they’ll be seeding, etc. Try to identify the plant before it goes to seed (for most plants, it's easiest to identify when flowering), then check back regularly to gather seeds. Typically, if I want to learn how to collect seed from a specific plant, I just search it on Google or YouTube--oftentimes, I'm lead to the GrowItBuildIt Youtube page, so it may be a helpful resource for you as well! Of course, make sure to leave plenty of seed behind so the wild population can repopulate, and seed can feed other creatures in the area. A good rule of thumb is to take no more than 1/3rd of what's available.
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Buying seed in bulk is an option if you can afford the upfront cost. Try teaming up with a few friends to buy some bulk seeds and split them amongst yourselves--you’ll get tons of seed! Prairie Moon is a popular site that'll sell seeds by the pound if you can afford the price--though they're in the US, and I believe they focus on Midwest and East Coast natives.
If you want to cheat the system, don’t buy bulk sunflower seeds--buy bags of sunflower seeds being sold as birdseed. They’re typically all black oil sunflower seeds, but they’ll sprout, and they’re fairly cheap for the amount you get!
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However, beware generic wildflower seed mixes! Many brands like to sell wildflower seed mixes in big box stores like Home Depot, Target, or even Dollar Tree, but they’ll often include flowers that aren’t native or possibly even invasive in your region! Before you make any purchases, double check to make sure the contained seeds won’t do more harm than good! A quality source of native seeds will provide English and Latin names for all seeds included, and will be native to the region or at least non-invasive. 
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See this? I don't trust this.
There’s a good handful of programs online that’ll send you free seeds if you’re planning to start a native habitat project! Poke around online and see what you can find; you might get lucky! The best time to start looking for these is fall and winter, I find--by early spring, many of them are either done or beginning to wind down... though some also start up in spring. Ultimately--just check regularly! You never know what you can find!
Other Ways to Get Plants
Don’t want to start from seed? That’s fair! You can try cuttings! Just be sure not to take too much of the plant while you do so. Make sure you’ve gotten a few leaf nodes on your cutting, and cut any flowers you may have gotten. Make sure to leave some blooms and foliage on the original plant for the creatures in the current habitat--you don’t want to destroy one habitat to make another in your garden. There’s tons of methods of rooting cuttings, many of which have different efficacy rates for different plants, but that’s a topic for another post.
If you find seedlings growing in a place where they won’t be able to sustain themselves long-term, or are in danger of being destroyed, consider relocating them! You may be able to gently dig up and transplant the seedling to your garden. Don’t do this if they’re in a place where they can easily survive--ideally, you’ll be taking plants from sidewalk cracks, heavily maintained public gardens, roadsides, etc. Do be careful while doing this--ensure your safety first!  
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You’re totally allowed to join gardening communities like clubs, facebook groups, and more before you’ve even put a trowel to the dirt. These are great places to learn information and advice! Many gardeners are more than happy to help out a new gardener, and will eagerly provide seeds, cuttings, or even baby plants! Talk to some people about your gardening journey and what you’re hoping to do, and you just might find some kindred spirits--or at least get more people interested in the topic! 
Seed and plant giveaways and trades happen all the time in gardening clubs, as well as online! Just poke around and see what you can find! Some are explicitly trades, meaning you’re expected to send something in return, but once you get your feet on the ground with some plant knowledge you’ll be stellar! You may be able to explain you’re just starting out, and someone may send you seeds without expecting a trade, but I’d suggest trying giveaways first. 
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Poke around online and see if there’s a local chapter of your state’s native plant society. From there, you’ll likely be able to find a calendar of events--many of them will host plant sales in the spring, with a bunch of native plant seedlings ripe for the pickings if you can make it out and have some money to spare! Fair warning, though, you’ll want to get there early if you can. If they say they’re starting at 10, try to get there by 9:45. Year after year, there’s always record turnout, and they sell out of plants faster than ever. Just trust me on this. I’ve been let down; hopefully you won’t have to be.
Some libraries are beginning to host seed libraries! Check around and see if your library has one! Ideally, the system works best if you also have seeds to contribute in return, but if you’re just starting out I’m sure they won’t mind you taking some seeds! Just consider saving some seeds to contribute in the future and pay it forward. If your library doesn’t have a seed library? Consider asking if they’d be willing to start one! Community interest is a great way to get the ball rolling on projects like these, but they’ll only know the community is interested if the community tells them they’re interested!
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Volunteer to Garden for/with Someone Else
Maybe someone in your area wants to garden, but is struggling to find the time/energy. Many elderly people who used to garden simply can’t anymore but still would like a garden. Other people may love to have a helping hand in their garden. You might even find a few people in your area interested in renting and sharing a community garden plot with others, so they don't have to handle it all on their own! They may be interested in increasing biodiversity right now, or may be willing to if it’s brought up to them. You might be just the kind of person someone needs! Since it won't be your garden, you’ll likely need a bit of permission and collaboration to get anything in particular going, but it’s worth a shot and a way to maybe even make friends! 
Again, your mileage may vary with some of these. You may not know where there's a bunch of wildflowers growing in your area, or maybe your local library doesn't have a free seed library. That's okay! Do what you're able to, find what you can find, get what you can get! And there's never any shame with starting small--in fact, starting small can make the project easier to manage and expand when you're able!
That's the end of this post! My next post is gonna be about ways to start growing plants cheaply--low cost seed starting set ups, essentially. There's a lot of good options, many of which I've used myself even! Until then, I hope this advice is helpful! Feel free to reply with any questions, success stories, or anything you think I may have forgotten to add in!
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front-facing-pokemon · 5 months
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dumpy-dump · 5 months
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so, nintendo adjusted how tricolor factored into splatfest results awhile ago. twice actually
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i think (just a guess here) these changes are their attempt to get more ppl to play it?
bc most of what ive seen of tricolor (from both western fans and japanese fans) is extreme frustration with how the mode is unbalanced, not very well explained to newer players, the maps for it mostly seem poorly designed, and how obnoxious the matchmaking is for it
that last issue especially
if teams are lopsided in popularity (which they often are it seems), tricolor becomes mirror match hell and makes it hard for most ppl to actually meaningfully contribute
ive personally given up on playing tricolor. its not fun, and nothing i do in that mode is likely to matter anyway so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
unless nintendo wants to make some major adjustments to matchmaking (pls?), it might be best for them to reevaluate how many points each category is, just one more time maybe
at least frye got a win in japan, lol
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not a request but how's the askbox looking?
Kinda full 😂 127 asks not counting this one right now. I did not expect this blog to get NEARLY this much interaction when I made it, but I'm so glad it's making people happy!!
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hazeism · 7 months
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I also want to talk about Daneel's 5d gender : ) (ft. some misc Baley in Trantor considerations that aren't worth explaining here)
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dawningfairytale · 11 months
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peeta (parodying effie's failed music career):✨BEJBa✨ IT'S KINDA KREJZA-
katniss: i will kill you in your sleep.
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Sometimes I think about that moment in NMH2 when Travis’s talks about how ‘despite assassins being super fucked up, are still human beings that deserve respect’ and I just… kinda get emotional over that because even though he is a pathetic loser, he’s not wrong!! He’s absolutely correct!!
Assassins are more than just tools! They are more than just bloodthirsty killers! They had lives! Dreams! Personalities! Interests!! Family!! They had things that they cared about but had no choice but to abandon them, because the life of an assassin is cruel one with constant competition. The genuine horror of it is realising that at any moment, a ranking fight would be set and on that day of the fight you’d have to accept the fact that you might not walk out the door, it’s sad!! It’s horrifying! And with each little bit of info on the assassins you get you can’t help but feel bad for them. Sure they knew what they were signing up for but that doesn’t mean they can’t have a dignified/honourable death !!
#shallow rambles#nomoreposting#the UAA should be torn down because it profits off the misery and suffering of its main employees#<- I hope that in nmh4 if it ever happens that Travis makes true on that promise to tear down the UAA.#I want Travis to tell his brother that he’s more than tool!! that he’s a human being that deserves freedom and respect and human dignity!!!#<- I never not think how much Henry’s adopted family messed him up because they only viewed him as a weapon to sharpen and not a child to#raise with love and care and affection :(((((#<- JEANE SMACKDOWN DESERVED TO BE TOLD THAT SHE CAN RELY ON PEOPLE TO SUPPORT HER AFTER#HER TRAUMA!! SHE DID NOT HAVE DO DIE THE WAY SHE DID!! SHE COULD BE LIVING A PEACEFUL HAPPY AND HEALTHY LIFE!!#SAME WITH HENRY TOO!! he deserves to have some personal closure on why his adopted family did what they did to him!! and he has every right#to cut contact with them!!#HI SORRY TIME TO THINK ABOUT THE TOUCHDOWN SIBLINGS AND CRY#thoughts on queue#queue awaits you at the garden of madness#TRAVIS!!! Travis deserved to be with his siblings in a happy and healthier environment!! while I’m happy he carved out a new found family!#he also deserves closure too!! he deserves answers as to why he was split from his siblings!! he deserved the opportunity to mend#the relationships with his siblings that were purposefully broken and taken away from him!!!#I just want a NMH story where the three siblings rebuild their lives together and give each other emotional support!!!#THEY DESERVE SO MUCH BETTER OKAY!!! I mean the whole series is bc their dad was A SHITBAG and thought it was okay to separate them
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really-bad-dcmk-aus · 2 years
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DCMK Au; Pretty much everything is the same, but Ran found out the truth for sure back in the desperate revival arc- Not because Shinichi told her, but because when they did x-rays on the injured child one of the doctors was casually like 'huh weird, this kid doesn't have any of his baby teeth, he's only six but he's got the chompers of a young adult.' and that kinda sealed the deal for her that Conan was Shinichi, she's just been pretending since then.
Thanks, cursed, I hate it!
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16-jarrah · 1 year
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every day i think about what they took from us (willow x luz)
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eldritchafterhours · 1 year
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Welcome to Our Abode!
Without having to say it, this is an 18+ mogai coining account, with many of the terms that we may coin or reblog being extremely nsft. So if you are a minor, click away now or you will be blocked.
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dvarapala · 2 years
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“The fact that it’s 2022 and my Dutch teacher - a presumably straight, white man - is out there peddling stereotypical and, quite frankly, borderline racist and hurtful content in his own writing is just... enraging to me. And then he has the gall to be like: ‘am I not being politically correct enough for your tastes?’ like... seriously, seriously?! This is not about being correct, politically or otherwise. It’s about basic respect.”
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ai-thne · 2 years
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can't believe someone still has to say this but if you, a cis straight girl, fancy yourself for having so many friends who are gay men, but think that that makes you entitled to say the f slur and act weird around my partner and i (lesbians) when we're there talking to our mutual friend, you're a bigot in rainbow clothes.
#yelling into the void#sorry this sounds like i should have posted it in 2015 because by now the whole point of this post is obvious to everybody#but unfortunately i live in a backwards hellhole of a country so we still have an abundance of people like this and it still makes me mad#because ok time to rant#couple days ago my friends and partner and i all went to a festival together#we go every year and it's always great fun#except this year a couple of our friends decided to invite their own friends from out of the region too#i personally don't know those people but you do you i mean i have abandonment issues but they don't really apply in this case#(i still felt like shit thinking about how they went around more with those people than us their friends of several years but ok)#also i don't really remember if they asked us if it was ok if those people were coming or not but i digress#either way yeah they were fine with us not really liking this one girl that was coming because„„#you know the popular high school girl stereotype?#yeah#she's unable to admit being at fault too and the person i'm vaguing in the text above#because girl you can't just straight up go silent and look at my partner with that fucking face (even i can tell) once we show up#we were on queue for food too lmao it's not like i'm here to annoy you i'm hungry#if i could go somewhere else i'd go there but yk#i have food allergies and more than two vendors here don't know if their fry oil could send me flying into anaphylaxis so#so anyway. went quiet when my partner and i showed up and whispered to who i assume was her shitty bf while i talked#as if i talked more than 500 words the whole festival#i felt like shit and i hope to god she lives with the uncomfortable feeling of knowing that she can't fool my partner and i with her facade#i made fun of it once i realized (in private) but then it just faded into bitterness
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deathshe · 2 years
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tags. 
* — ❝ but the landlord’s black-eyed daughter. ( study )
* — ❝ the moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas. ( wishlist )
* — ❝ he scarce could reach her hand. ( musings )
* — ❝ they had tied her up to attention with many a sniggering jest. ( dash games )
* — ❝ the plot - unlike your hair - thickens. ( ooc )
* — ❝ she writhed her hands till her fingers were wet with sweat or blood. ( headcanon )
* — ❝ as the black cascade of perfume came tumbling. ( aesthetic )
* — ❝ till now on the stroke of midnight. ( queue )
* — ❝ the trigger at least was hers! ( edit )
* — ❝ her eyes grew wide for a moment. ( starter call )
* — ❝ she drew one last deep breath. ( meme call )
* — ❝ and warned him— with her death. ( self promotion )
* — ❝ and who should be waiting there. ( promotion )
* — ❝ plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair. ( interaction )
* — ❝ had watched for her love in the moonlight. ( meme )
* — ❝ the landlord’s red-lipped daughter ( visage )
* — ❝ not until my whole life is done will i ever leave you. ( rel. the landlord )
* — ❝ tore out her heart left it to rot. ( rel. the mother )
* — ❝ i’ll come to thee by moonlight though hell should bar the way. ( rel. the highwayman )
* — ❝ his eyes were hollows of madness. ( rel. the hostler )
* — ❝ one kiss my bonny sweetheart. ( v. main )
* — ❝ died in the darkness there. ( v. death )
* — ❝ and he kissed its waves in the moonlight. ( v. alternate )
* — ❝ drenched with her own blood! ( v. highwaywoman )
* — ❝ look for me by moonlight. ( v. royalty )
* — ❝ cold on the stroke of midnight. ( v. harry potter )
#* — ❝ but the landlord’s black-eyed daughter. ( study )#* — ❝ the moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas. ( wishlist )#* — ❝ he scarce could reach her hand. ( musings )#* — ❝ they had tied her up to attention with many a sniggering jest. ( dash games )#* — ❝ the plot - unlike your hair - thickens. ( ooc )#* — ❝ she writhed her hands till her fingers were wet with sweat or blood. ( headcanon )#* — ❝ as the black cascade of perfume came tumbling. ( aesthetic )#* — ❝ till now on the stroke of midnight. ( queue )#* — ❝ the trigger at least was hers! ( edit )#* — ❝ her eyes grew wide for a moment. ( starter call )#* — ❝ she drew one last deep breath. ( meme call )#* — ❝ and warned him— with her death. ( self promotion )#* — ❝ and who should be waiting there. ( promotion )#* — ❝ plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair. ( interaction )#* — ❝ had watched for her love in the moonlight. ( meme )#* — ❝ the landlord’s red-lipped daughter ( visage )#* — ❝ not until my whole life is done will i ever leave you. ( rel. the landlord )#* — ❝ tore out her heart left it to rot. ( rel. the mother )#* — ❝ i’ll come to thee by moonlight though hell should bar the way. ( rel. the highwayman )#* — ❝ his eyes were hollows of madness. ( rel. the hostler )#* — ❝ one kiss my bonny sweetheart. ( v. main )#* — ❝ died in the darkness there. ( v. death )#* — ❝ and he kissed its waves in the moonlight. ( v. alternate )#* — ❝ drenched with her own blood! ( v. highwaywoman )#* — ❝ look for me by moonlight. ( v. royalty )#* — ❝ cold on the stroke of midnight. ( v. harry potter )
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atimebombarcarchive · 2 years
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“how is it you know this place so well ?” - @rgerz​ sent a MEME
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“What, you never ran to Paris on a whim?” Serious has rarely been his forte, even when the situation might absolutely call for it. He is able to do what is needed, without being stoic all of the time. Whether it’s stealing food and medicines (and other things) from neighboring countries, or fighting Ultron robots, he cannot be serious all of the time. “It’s a big city, and stealing a lot from one place is too noticeable. I had to spread it out, or it would have been too obvious.” 
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dinrelsanddragons · 12 days
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shit, now I need to draw Raithyon as a blademaster, and then Lambda and Reownha as scouts.
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dangerliesbeforeyou · 1 month
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sorry @ all the artists whose art i had in my likes for MONTHS and just never got round to reblogging.... i'm a part of the problem etc lol...
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