#weevil = turkey

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….. huh?

#is a weevil #I know iNat isn’t perfect #but I thought this was pretty funny #weevil = turkey #gobble gobble #random nonsense #weevil #snoot #bugs #inaturalist #funny #humor #bugblr #this guy was SUPER tiny #hence the crappy picture #beetles #coleoptera

[ainawgsdoutdoors]

Some of the wildlife we saw last week at Turkey Run State Park.

#hiking #wildlife #turkey run #indiana state parks #bald eagle #(we saw on our way to the park) #pileated woodpecker #insects #swallow tail butterfly #damselfly #fish #weevil?

[xxcrypticphoboxx]

Got an oddity mystery box from peculiarandodd on tiktok. Im really happy with everything I got :D she even wrote me a hand written birthday note ♡

•Assorted butterflies •Jewel beetle •Racoon skull •Pheasant skull •Turkey vertebrae •Weevil

#aesthetic #creepy aesthetic #art #creepy core #creepy photography #vulture culture #animal bones #pinned insects #insects #oddity #wet specimen #butterflies

[path-of-grass-and-leaves]

Creating a Backyard Land Spirit Profile

Working with land spirits can help connect you with your local ecosystem, and for some practitioners is a crucial aspect of bioregional magic. Some folks, like myself, consider themselves to be initiated by one or more land spirits.

When I use the term land spirits, I am referring to a few different things. First are the collective spirits of various plants, animals, and insects present in a specific bioregion. An example of collective, in this context, means that if I'm petitioning help from the spirit of violets, I am working with the spirit of all violets present in that area rather than a singe flower that grows in my yard.

The next is the land guardian, which in my practice is a more powerful spirit with claim over a specific territory, like a forest, river, or neighborhood.

Sometimes these two concepts are separate and sometimes they're interchangeable. It all depends on personal practice, culture, local folklore, etc.

One thing that has been extremely beneficial to my practice has been creating a backyard land spirit profile. This method has been useful for spirit work and "green" magic, but more importantly, it's helped me immerse myself in my local ecosystem and I get to meet a lot of cool animals and plants.

Here is an over-simplfied example of my backyard land profile:

Ecosystem: Central Interior and Appalachian: Mixed woodlands, close to possible floodplains

Soil Type: Clay in garden bed, Loamy near/beneath shrubs, Sandy in sunny areas of the lawn

Flora:

Cultivated- Paradise Apple, Highbush Blueberry, Rose of Sharon, Dog Rose, Black-Eyed Susan, Sundial Lupine

Native - Bloodroot, Wild Strawberry, Common Violet, Wrinkle-Leaf Goldenrod, Blue Wood-Aster, Horseweed, Fireweed, Deer-Tongue Witchgrass, Common Milkweed

Invasive - Round-Leaved Bittersweet, Yellow Toadflax, Creeping Bellflower, Common Mugwort

Naturalized - Dandelion, Broad-Leaf Plantain, Deadly Nightshade

Notes - Various mosses, unidentified mushrooms growing on lawn and lichens found on some trees/shrubs.

Fauna:

Mammals - Raccoon, Opossum, Striped Skunk, Grey Squirrel, Chipmunk, Feral Cats, Deer mouse, House Mouse

Birds - Cardinals, Chickadees, Catbirds, American Robin, Downy Woodpecker, Turkey Vulture, Crow

Reptiles and Amphibians - N/A

Fish - N/A

Invertebrates - Dotted Wolf Spider, Leopard Slug, Tiger Bee Fly, Monarch Caterpillars, Peach Root Weevile, Narrow-Winged Mantis, Fireflies

Ecoregion and Soil Type

The first thing I did was determine what type of ecosystem my yard used to be. In an urban/suburban area this was a bit challenging.

I started by identifying a few wild plants and finding out where they usually grow. Most of them seemed to prefer shady woodlands and rich soil. There were also a couple of pioneer species present in the sunnier and more disturbed areas of the yard.

Next, I took a look at surrounding wild areas. We are close to a mountain and a large river. There are woodlands near and within the city made up of mostly hardwood and conifer trees. I knew from memory that certain areas close to my home are likely floodlands.

After that, I found a bioregion map of my country which showed that my state fell under the category of Central Interior and Appalachian. I searched this region on landscope.org and was able to determine my specific ecoregion (not shared here for privacy reasons).

From there I started making educated guesses. I determined that my backyard was likely a mixed hardwood and conifer woodland sitting very close to what might have been a floodplain.

For my soil type, I took samples from different areas of my yard and used an online guide to determine what kind of soil I had. Most of it was sandy or loamy, but my flower beds seemed to have some clay.

Using all this information, I had a general idea of what kind of plants and wildlife would be present without human intervention. It also helped with deciding which native plants to start growing.

Plants

Throughout the year, I went out to the yard with a wildlife field guide and a couple identification apps and identified every plant and insect I found. I grouped the plants into four categories: native, invasive, naturalized, and cultivated. This isn't shown in the example, but I also grouped them by season and the time of year they appear.

Naturalized refers to plants that have integrated themselves into the environment without inflicting damage to the local ecosystem.

You'll notice that under the cultivated section I included a few native plants. This is because those plants were introduced by me and would not be present without my intervention and I wanted to make that distinction.

The importance of native and naturalized plants is obvious, but what about cultivated and invasive? Keeping a profile of invasive plants helped me keep a record of which noxious weeds I need to remove. From an ecological perspective, their removal is crucial to the survival of my native plants and garden crops. From a spiritual perspective, this can be an offering or act of service to the local land spirits. Some of these plants, like Common Mugwort, are both valuable for workings and fine to harvest in large quantities since they are invasive.

Cultivated plants are also important. Many of these plants, like my Blueberries, Apples, and Rose of Sharon, were here before me. The importance of plants introduced by humans is greater than you'd think. First, they are usually crops and flowering plants and provide food for both humans and the local wildlife. Secondly, I live in an urban area, and my land spirits are likely very closely associated with people.

I researched all of my plants and took note of growth patterns, toxicity, medicinal uses, ediblity, native region/habitat, ecological significance/impact, etc. Then I moved onto folklore and symbolism and started working with the spirits of a few plants, performing divination, leaving offerings, harvesting them and including them in rituals and spellwork. I did this in groups to avoid feeling overwhelmed.

Please note that you should always properly identify plants and be aware of potential toxicity before harvesting, especially if you plan on burning or consuming said plant. Also steer clear of protected or threatened plants and keep harvest to a minimum even for abundant native species.

Wildlife

My next project was writing down every species of animal and insect that I had encountered in my yard. I grouped them into several categories: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates. In real life my invertebrates section is separated into several subcategories (orb weavers, beetles, etc.).

Next, I used basically the same system I did for plants, researching their native range, preferred habitat, behavior, diet, ecological importance. Then I started looking into folklore.

Finally, I started integrating them into my practice and working with their collective spirits. This involved using animal symbolism in rituals, leaving offerings, and performing a lot of divination.

Remember to never interact with or directly feed wildlife. If I'm making offerings outdoors it is usually fresh water, scattered birdseed, and acts of service like creating habitats and growing plants that a specific species enjoys. If scattering birdseed, do so in the morning to keep too many animals, like raccoons, from entering your yard at night.

Side note: Keep a record of what appears in your yard each year! For example one year we had several chipmunks and one year I saw none. One year we had no fireflies and the next our backyard was covered in them.

Tying It All Together

Once I had my backyard profile completed, I started working with the collective spirits of select species. I have an offering schedule, perform communication, and petition these spirits regularly in spellwork. I use certain plants that I harvest for offerings and use for tinctures, infusions, cooking, and crafts. I use symbols of local animals in crafts and spellwork.

After working with the "smaller" spirits, you can start seeking out specific land guardians by using a combination of divination and research of local history and folklore.

On a mundane level, I am now able to cultivate an appropriate ecosystem for the local wildlife and start projects to support it. Examples of this are pollinator gardens, stick and brush piles for fireflies and small animals, growing seed-rich and fruiting plants for birds and mammals, winter shelters and TNR plans for feral cats, and more.

I also like to take notes on plants and wildlife that I encounter in my general area that don't usually make it into my backyard. For example there have been coyotes, foxes, bobcats, and black bears spotted in my neighborhood.

I want to stress that I live in a semi-urban and relatively populated neighborhood and I have a small yard. The brief example of of my land profile doesn't cover even a fraction of the wildlife I have encountered in my backyard. There is so much life in urban and suburban areas in need of our support.

#bioregional magic #spirit work #green witchcraft #land spirits #witchcraft #plant magic #local witchcraft

[elfgarlic]

mutual tag game! got tagged by @clamcastle thanks 🧚‍♀️

fav animal: weevils, toads, gippsland giant earthworm, arboreal salamander, turkey vulture, small weird mammals

fav bug: see above

fav flower: snowdrops, lily of the valley, crocuses

fav drink: so very many, top favourite rn is ivan chai

star sign: taurus

1 song on repeat lately:

current or last tv show: not a big tv watcher, so i don't remember

last movie watched: noroi, a japanese horror movie. very good, i recommend it

tagging @isawken @warlock119 @2spirit @whitemoths

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[all-funny-names]

400+ Funny Bowling Names

400+ Funny Bowling Names to Make Your Team Stand Out

Hey friends! Are you getting ready for bowling league night and trying to come up with a killer team name? Choosing a funny and creative bowling team name is a great way to stand out and show off your team's personality on the lanes. The right moniker will get some laughs and give your squad an unforgettable identity. In this post, I'll talk about why having a clever bowling name matters and give you some tips for coming up with your own amusing team titles. Let's roll!

Why Choose a Funny Bowling Name:

A humorous team name helps make bowling night more fun and builds camaraderie. It shows you and your teammates don't take yourselves too seriously and adds some levity to the competition. An amusing name also helps your team stick in people's minds and gives spectators something to root for. Who doesn't want to cheer for a team called "The Bowling Stones" or "The Pin Pals"?

How to Choose a Funny Bowling Name: 

When brainstorming team names, think about bowling puns, pop culture references, or inside jokes. You can riff on famous characters, musicians, foods, movies - anything goes! Avoid names that are too long or hard to pronounce. The name should be memorable and bring a smile to people's faces. 

400+ Funny Bowling Names With Meanings

Funny Bowling Names for Teams: - Strike A Pose - For a team that loves to celebrate every strike with flair. - Split Happens - When your team often finds themselves dealing with splits. - Pin Pals - A friendly team always aiming for those pins. - The Bowling Stones - Because your team rocks the lanes. - Gutter Gurus - Masters of turning gutter balls into strikes. - Spare Me - A team that cherishes every spare opportunity. - Alley Cats - Quick, agile, and always ready to pounce on those pins. - Turkey Tribe - A team that consistently gets three strikes in a row. - Kingpins - Dominating the game, one pin at a time. - Rolling Thunder - Striking with force and noise, intimidating opponents. - Lucky Strikes - A team that believes in luck and strikes. - Pin Poppers - Knocking those pins out of the park. - Bowl Movements - A team that always makes bold moves on the lanes. - Pin Pranksters - Playing pranks while rolling perfect shots. - Spare Change - Making spare shots look like pocket change. - No Pin Intended - When your team's strikes are purely accidental. - The Pinups - Bringing back the retro charm to the bowling alley. - Split Personalities - A team with diverse bowling styles and personalities. - Roll Models - Inspiring others with their exceptional bowling skills. - Lane Rangers - Patrolling the lanes with expertise and precision. - Pin Pioneers - Innovating new techniques and strategies for bowling success. - Bowl-der Dashes - Speedy bowlers racing to victory. - Striking Beauties - A team of graceful and skillful female bowlers. - Pin Wizards - Masters of the pins, casting spells for strikes. - Bowl Weevils - Small but mighty bowlers causing big impacts. - Strike Queens - Female bowlers ruling the lanes with their strikes. - Glamour Pins - Elegant and stylish bowlers who also know how to strike. - Roller Divas - Divas on the lanes, rolling strikes with attitude. - Pinup Princesses - Graceful and glamorous female bowlers. - Strike Chicks - Women who know how to bring the heat with strikes. - Alley Angels - Beautiful and skilled female bowlers who play like angels. - Bowling Belles - Classic and classy female bowlers with excellent skills. - Strike Sirens - Enchanting the lanes with their striking abilities. - Diva Rollers - Divas on the roll, striking and looking fabulous. - Queenpins - Royalty on the lanes, reigning with strikes. - Spare Change Divas - Turning spares into striking opportunities with style. - Glamour Gutterballs - Even their gutterballs look glamorous. - Bowling Bombshells - Explosive and impactful female bowlers. - Pin-Up Power - Powerful female bowlers striking fear into opponents. - Strike Squad - A team that strikes together, conquers together. - Balls Deep Rollers - Fearless bowlers, unafraid to go all in. - Gutter Snipes - Embracing the gutter balls with pride. - Pin-tercourse Pros - Masters of intimate pin action. - Balls & Dolls - A mix of male and female bowlers, having a ball. - Split & Swallow - Turning splits into victories. - Bowl Jobbers - Experts in giving pins a satisfying roll. - Rolling In The Deep End - Not afraid of challenging situations, even in the lanes. - Pin Prowess Pimps - Bowling with style and confidence. - Bowl You Over Babes - Knocking pins and hearts over effortlessly. - Lickity Split Masters - Quickly recovering from splits with finesse. - Balls Of Thunder - Powerful and energetic bowlers making a statement. - Pin Dippers - Boldly diving into the pins, regardless of the risks. - Innuendo Rollers - Masters of the suggestive bowling banter. - Spare Me The Details - A team that avoids unnecessary complications and focuses on the game. - Balls Out Bowlers - No holding back, giving their all on the lanes. - Pin Prancers - Dancing around the pins with skill and charm. - Spare Parts - Individuals who excel at spare shots. - Pin-Up Punishers - Striking with style and authority. - The Alley Cats - Sassy and playful bowlers who own the lanes. - Gutter Girls - Girls who embrace both the gutters and the strikes with equal enthusiasm. - Split Personalities Seduction - Using their diverse skills to seduce the pins into falling. - Bowl & Bedazzle - Making the lanes sparkle with their talent. - Strikes & Seduction - Winning hearts and strikes effortlessly. Read the full article

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[marketresearch-articles]

Grain Protectants Market - Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2022 - 2029)

Grain Protectants Market is grow at a CAGR 4.88% in the forecast 2022 to 2029.

Grain Protectants Market Scope and Size

·       On the basis of control method, the grain protectants market is segmented into chemical, physical, and biological. Chemical has been further sub segmented into insecticides, fumigants, and rodenticides. Insecticides have been further sub segmented into pyrethroids, organophosphates, and insect growth regulators (IGRS). Physical has been further sub segmented into traps and baits, aeration, and heat treatment. Biological has been further sub segmented into microbials, and botanicals.

·       On the basis of target pest, the grain protectants market is segmented into insects, rodents, and others. Insects have been further sub segmented into grain borers, weevils, beetles, and moths. Rodents have been further sub segmented into rats, and squirrels. Others have been further sub segmented into fungal species, mites, and birds.

·        On the basis of grain type, the grain protectants market is segmented into corn, wheat, rice, and others. Others have been further segmented into sorghum, millets, barley, and oats.

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The grain protectants market is analysed and market size, volume information is provided by country, control method, target pest, and grain type as referenced above.      

 The countries covered in the grain protectants market report are the U.S., Canada, Mexico in North America, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Denmark, Italy, U.K., France, Spain, Netherland, Belgium, Switzerland, Turkey, Russia, Rest of Europe in Europe, Japan, China, India, South Korea, New Zealand, Vietnam, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Rest of Asia-Pacific (APAC) in Asia-Pacific (APAC), Brazil, Argentina, Rest of South America as a part of South America, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, South Africa, Rest of Middle East and Africa (MEA) as a part of Middle East and Africa (MEA).

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Chapter One: Grain Protectants Market Overview

Chapter Two: Manufacturers Profiles

Chapter Three Grain Protectants Market Competition, by Players

Chapter Four: Grain Protectants Market Size by Regions

Chapter Five: North Grain Protectants Market by Countries

Chapter Six: Europe Grain Protectants Market Revenue by Countries

Chapter Seven: Asia-Pacific Grain Protectants Market Revenue by Countries

Chapter Eight: South America Grain Protectants Market Revenue by Countries

Chapter Nine: Middle East and Grain Protectants Market Revenue Equipment by Countries

Chapter Ten: Global Grain Protectants Market Segment by Type

Chapter Eleven: Global Grain Protectants Market Segment by Application

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major players operating in the grain protectants market are Corteva, DuPont, BASF SE, Bayer AG, Syngenta AG, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., FMC Corporation., Nufarm, UPL Ltd., DAI, Central Life Sciences, Dow, Life Science Inc., Central Life Sciences, Arysta LifeScience Corporation., and Protect-It among others.

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[mercurygray]

Got bit by the AU bug after re-reading Bob Leckie's accounts of his various Pacific campaign Christmases in Helmet for My Pillow. A special little gift for @papersergeant-pencilsoldier, who's been such a dear lately reblogging things with nice comments, and I think likes this AU almost as much as I do.

Christmas Island it was not.

No holiday crooner worth his salt would have wished the desolate, dark coast of Espiritu Santo on anyone, especially in its present state - the island was only barely adapted for use by the Marines, civilization trying to put its stamp down while all the while the jungle threated to move in and stamp it out.

Don't get comfortable, Herriman had said. This is only temporary.

Temporary for them, anyway - the Marine Corps meant to bite and hold here for a long while yet. But they would be moving forward soon, to places even remoter and wilder still. They were the last of the rear guards, the final pieces in the large and shifting puzzle of island hopping, meant to give the men a clear message when they arrived: if we allow the women here, it's safe enough for you, too. We mean to hold in here, and we do not mean to retreat.

"Ship to shore says First Marines are offloading tomorrow," Joan announced, after they'd finished clearing breakfast. "Hot coffee urns out as early as we've got 'em, and we'll mess all day, I think, it's the whole division and I don't think some of 'em have had hot chow for a minute."

"But it's Christmas Eve!" Eileen sounded scandalized by the omission. "Aren't we going to do something special?"

"They've just been through hell," Joan said grimly.

"They don't want a party, Eileen," Marj said, trying to be kinder about it. "And they're not going to want to put on a face for a girl from home. They want hot chow and sleep. Tell everyone to lay off the makeup tomorrow - we're not a variety show, we're Marines. Same as them."

"We should do something, though." Eileen seemed determined not to quit.

"Turkeys got mixed up, the sprouts are near rotten, I don't like the look of those dehydrated potatoes and I don't know about you but I never met a Christmas Dinner that was five courses of rice and raisins. Oh, and the Chaplain's got some hard candy he was supposed to pass out, but someone packed it wrong and half of it's smashed to bits." Joan gave one of her long looks and invited anyone else at the table to make something out of nothing, but there were no takers.

"Christ." Doris summed it up nicely. "Nothing says 'we forgot you' like crushed candy."

"Well, what do we have?" Ruth asked, pushing through present difficulties alongside Eileen.

"Flour we'll need to check for weevils, sugar we'll need to do the same, and more oleomargarine than we'll ever want to look at." Marj sighed. "I thought about gingerbread but there's no ginger - or vanilla, even for sugar cookies."

"And shortbread's out, if it's margarine," Julie put in.

"I have an idea." All eyes turned, as one, to Irene, never one to speak out of turn unless she really had something pressing to say. If Irene had an idea, it was worth listening to. "But the chaplain'd need to give us that candy for it to work."

---

It was a long, long line of tired men that came trooping down from the ships, and from a certain vantage point it did seem like hell followed with them. Uniforms torn and dirty, helmets worn, weapons and equipment carried with the certain weariness of men who have too long relied on it. Even the shouts of the officers seemed to be softer than their usual parade ground bellows, telling the men to police up their lines and get ready for chow.

One or two tired faces perked up a little when they saw who was behind the chow line, but not all - some men would barely meet an eye, holding mess tins out as if they were ashamed to ask, and some stared back defiantly, daring the girls to try and cheer them up. The only sound, in the main, the slop of rice and stewed greens and Eileen's determined "Merry Christmas!" from her post in the line, repeatedly delivered to each and every man.

The food, they knew, would do little for those smiles, but there was one single splash of brightness to the meal - at the end of each chow line, inelegantly formed with the donut cutter, a large tray of cookies not yet smashed to bits, the centers filled with melted candy, each one a little stained glass window waiting for some small domestic church. A tiny taste of home.

More than one man chanced a smile, seeing those, carefully sliding the cookie onto his mess tin. "Where'd the cookies come from, sister?" A tall fellow with curly hair asked, something of a trickster's grin in his question.

"Got a girl here from Tennessee whose family used to run a general store," Marj reported. "Used to use the broken bits from the candy jar to make these. Been baking all morning just for you all."

He smiled, nodded. "Give her a kiss from me, will you? My ma used to put these on her tree."

Marj allowed herself an abbreviated smile, glancing down the line at Irene, who was blushing a little from the compliment. "Will do, Marine."

"Someone giving out kisses?" One of his friends asked from further down the line, looking, with an eye to the main chance, at tall, queenly Marj.

The shorter man next to him checked his enthusiasm. "Just Leckie, Chuckles, don't get excited."

But for a moment there was joy, rippling outwards in small waves, one man or another turning to his fellow to crack a joke or make another smile, the smallest and brightest of Christmas miracles.

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[exploreneoh]

An End to the American Beech?

Last week, in the cool of the July morning, I went for a walk along the Plateau Trail on the western slope of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Located a few miles southwest of Peninsula, the Plateau Trail is an easy 4.4-mile loop trail featuring young and older-aged hardwood forest. Along the way, however, I noticed that the leaves of some juvenile beech trees looked unusual. They were dry and crackly, like a brown dehydrated fallen leaf in November, but still green and connected to the tree. I did some research, and it seems that these are among countless other Northeast Ohio beech trees suffering from Beech Leaf Disease.

According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Beech Leaf Disease (BLD) was first discovered in Lake County, OH in 2012, affecting primarily American beech (Fagus grandifolia) and European beech trees (Fagus sylvatica). Since then, BLD has been documented throughout Northeast Ohio and in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Ontario. The ODNR describes, “dark banding on leaves, leaf disfigurement, and branch dieback,” as typical BLD symptoms, “linked to the presence of nematodes (microscopic worms) in the leaves and buds.” BLD has greatly weakened the beech understory and has led to, “extensive mortality” of young beech trees. Many details pertaining to the origin and spread of BLD are still unknown.

Upon discovery, Lake Metroparks Naturalist John Pogacnik contacted the U.S. Forestry Services and botanists at the Ohio State University and others in Europe and Asia regarding BLD. No one else had ever heard of such a disease. Meanwhile, BLD was spreading from just 510ha of Lake County forest in 2013 to 2,525ha in 2016. Similar growth patterns are visible throughout other affected areas. BLD, however, is not the only disease affecting beech trees. Beech bark disease (BBD), spread by the scale insect (Cryptococcus fagisuga), is a lethal disease that, “precedes the attack of the BBD bark fungi” (Ewing, Hausman, Pogacnik, Slot, Bonello, 2019). Additionally, the invasive beech leaf-mining weevil (Orchestes fagi) has been destroying American beech trees in Nova Scotia with greater intensity since 2012. Scientists predict that, through human-assisted and natural movement patterns, O. fagi will spread throughout the existing range of the American beech, causing irreparable damage to the species and North American forests.

Beech-maple forests are an extremely important ecosystem throughout eastern North America. Beech trees, which hold their leaves all winter long, are critical for birds and mammals that rely on them for food and shelter. The migratory red bat (Lasiurus borealis) hides among the beech leaves when it returns to Ohio in early spring. Beechnuts are an integral element in the diets of turkeys, jays, squirrels, foxes, and black bears. Furthermore, the reduction of the beech tree canopy and understory affects the light environment in forests which may greatly alter the entire eastern hardwood ecosystem. The loss of American beech trees will also be expensive to humans, leading to over $225 million lost in terms of the environmental benefits otherwise provided by existing beech trees. Although scientists are not expecting the total extinction of the American beech, its functionality as a species in eastern forests will likely wane.

In the wake of the loss of American chestnut trees (Castenea dentata) eradicated by the chestnut blight of the early 1900s, eastern forests evolved to the now dominant beech-maple ecosystem. Although many species which depended upon chestnut trees did not survive, forest ecosystems adapted just like they have for millennia. If North America does witness the end of the era of the American beech, a new ecosystem will eventually form, and forest species will largely adapt to the new forest composition. The ever changing eastern hardwood forest will persevere as always and, in the meantime, scientists will continue researching ways to stop the spread and defend against BLD and other diseases affecting American beech trees. Next time you’re hiking in the forest and notice a healthy American beech tree, savor the sight and appreciate the beech-maple forest through which you’re likely traversing. You are experiencing a constantly changing environment that never stagnates, one who's days might be numbered.

Image Descriptions: All images taken along the Plateau Trail, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Peninsula, OH.

Top left: The Plateau Trail winding through the Northeast Ohio hardwood forest

Top middle: American beech trees looking up

Top right: American beech trees looking up

Bottom left: Individual American beech with apparent effects of BLD. Dry ribbed leaves

Bottom right: Closer analysis of aforementioned individual with apparent effects of BLD

Ewing, C. J., Housman, C. E., Pogacnik, J., Slot, J., & Bonello, P. (2018). Beech Leaf Disease: An Emerging Forest Epidemic. ms, Columbus, OH. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1111/efp.12488.

Martin, D. K., & Volk, D. (2021, January). Beech Leaf Disease. Pest Alert. https://ohiodnr.gov/wps/wcm/connect/gov/1b6ef179-92be-49d6-ab38-74ecda2ed5c5/BeechLeafDisease-USDA-FS-PestAlert-2021.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CONVERT_TO=url&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE.Z18_M1HGGIK0N0JO00QO9DDDDM3000-1b6ef179-92be-49d6-ab38-74ecda2ed5c5-nEQ-fsc.

McCarty, J. F. (2017, December 10). Beech Leaf Disease Discovered in Lake County, Spreading Throughout NE Ohio, PA, NY, Ontario: (photos, video). The Plain Dealer. https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2017/12/beech_leaf_disease_discovered.html.

Stansberry, M. (2018, October 26). A Tree Hugger's Guide to the Forest Dynamics of Northeast Ohio. Belt Magazine. https://beltmag.com/a-tree-huggers-guide-to-the-forest-dynamics-of-northeast-ohio/?fbclid=IwAR1s5hrDX732x6ucIN_HQfOJbNaQW-HClpFo-fC9h70eOF3xla5FHaEkAco.

Sweeney JD, Hughes C, Zhang H, Hillier NK, Morrison A and Johns R (2020) Impact of the Invasive Beech Leaf-Mining Weevil, Orchestes fagi, on American Beech in Nova Scotia, Canada. Front. For. Glob. Change 3:46. doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2020.00046

#cuyahoga #Cuyahoga Valley national park #summit county #lake county #metroparks #beech tree #beech #American beech #beech leaf disease #beech back disease #pandemic #epidemic #leaf #tree #forest #hike #walk #hiking #eastern #hardwood #maple #chestnut #weeble #worm #bat #Ohio state university #exploreneoh #ohio #northeast ohio #hectare

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Table Rock Lake Clans - List of Prefixes by Color

An exhaustive list of all possible prefixes in the Clans of Table Rock Lake

I may make a category list soon

Black

Ani - derived from the grove-billed ani Ant - used for small cats Bat Bear - used for big cats - derived from the American black bear Beetle Black Bramble - refers to the ripened fruit - derived from the blackberry bramble Cherry - refers to the fruit - derived from the black cherry Cicada - used for tabbies Coal Coot - derived from the American coot Cormorant - derived from the double-crested cormorant Cricket - used for solids or tabbies Crow Dark Duck Eel - used for long-bodied cats Evening Flint Goose - used for black and white cats Grackle - derived from the common grackle Hornet Loon - used for black and white tabbies - derived from the common loon Mink - derived from the American mink Night Raven Shade Shadow Skunk - used for black tabbies or black and white cats - derived from the striped skunk (tabby) and the spotted skunk (bicolor) Smoke - used for tabbies Soot Spider Starling Storm Swift - used for black and white cats Turtle Vulture - derived from the turkey vulture Wasp Weevil Willow - refers to the bark - used for black longhairs - derived from the black willow

Brown

Bat Bear - used for large brown cats - derived from the grizzly bear Beaver Beetle Bison - used for big cats Bittern - used for light brown tabbies with white - derived from the American bittern Brown Chicken - used for light brown spotted tabbies with white - derived from the prairie chicken Chipmunk - used for small tabbies Cricket - used for tabbies Cougar - used for large light brown cats Deer - used for light brown cats - derived from the white-tailed deer Duck Dust Eagle - used for brown and white cats - derived from the bald eagle Elk - used for large cats Frog - used for spotted tabbies Grebe - derived from the horned grebe Grouse - used for spotted brown cats - derived from the ruffed grouse Harrier - used for brown and white cats - derived from the Northern harrier Hawk - used for brown and white cats - derived from the red-tailed hawk Honey - used for golden-brown cats Lizard - used for tabbies Mantis Mink - derived from the American mink Moth - used for tabbies Mouse - derived from the house mouse Mud Nightjar - used for spotted brown tabbies - derived from the common nighthawk Oak - refers to the bark - used for tabbies - derived from the black oak Oat - refers to the flower - derived from the wild oat Pecan - used for tabbies - derived from the pecan tree Quail - used for spotted and white tabbies - derived from the bobwhite quail Rabbit - derived from the cottontail rabbit Rail - used for dark brown spotted tabbies - derived from the king rail Rat - derived from the brown rat Rock Rush - refers to the flowers - derived from the common rush Snail Soil Sparrow - used for brown and white tabbies - derived from the house sparrow Spider Stone Sycamore - used for big tabbies - derived from the American sycamore Tawny - used for light brown cats Teal - derived from the cinnamon teal Thrush - used for spotted light brown and white tabbies - derived from the wood thrush Turkey - used for big cats Turtle Walnut - refers to the nuts - derived from the black walnut Weasel - used for brown and white cats - derived from the long-tailed weasel Weevil Wigeon - derived from the American wigeon Wren - used for brown and white tabbies

Reddish-Brown

Alder - refers to the bark - used for tabbies - derived from the hazel alder Cardinal - refers to the female of the species Cedar - refers to the bark - used for tabbies - derived from the red cedar Clay Crane - derived from the sandhill crane Ibis - derived from the white-faced ibis Owl - used for spotted reddish-brown tabby and white cats - derived from the screech owl Pheasant - used for spotted tabbies - derived from the common pheasant

Gray-Brown

Armadillo - used for tabbies Bass Birch - refers to the bark - derived from the river birch Boulder - used for large cats Coyote Dove Elm - refers to the bark - used for tabbies - derived from the American elm Hare - derived from the American desert hare Hickory - refers to the bark - used for tabbies - derived from the bitternut hickory Kinglet Lark - used for grayish-brown and white cats - derived from the horned lark Lynx - used for spotted tabbies - derived from the bobcat Magnolia - refers to the bark - used for tabbies - derived from the cucumber magnolia Mole - derived from the Eastern mole Pike - used for spotted tabbies Pine - refers to the bark - derived from the shortleaf pine Sand Shell - used for tabbies Vole - derived from the prairie vole Warbler

Gray

Badger - used for tabbies - derived from the American badger Bass Bergamot - refers to the flowers - derived from the plant Blizzard - used for spotted light gray tabbies Boulder - used for big cats Burdock - derived from the greater burdock Carp Chickadee - used for small gray and white cats - derived from the Carolina chickadee Cinder Coyote Dark - used for dark gray cats Dawn - used for light gray cats Dove Dusk - used for dark gray cats Evening Falcon - used for gray and white cats - derived from the peregrine falcon Fog Goose - used for gray and white cats Granite - used for spotted tabbies Gray Gull - used for gray and white cats Hail - used for light gray cats Halcyon - used for dark gray or blue cats with a little white - derived from the belted kingfisher Haze Henbit - derived from the common henbit Heron - derived from the great blue heron Junco - derived from the dark-eyed junco Larkspur - derived from the delphinium Lichen - used for light gray tabbies Lizard - used for tabbies Lobelia - derived from the great blue lobelia Loon - used for gray and white tabbies - derived from the common loon Lynx - used for spotted tabbies - derived from the bobcat Mallow - derived from the common mallow Minnow - used for tabbies Mint - refers to the flowers - derived from the hoary mountain mint Mist Mole - derived from the eastern mole Moth - used for tabbies Murk - used for dark gray cats Nettle - derived from the American stinging nettle Nuthatch - used for gray and white cat Opossum - derived from the North American possum Owl - used for large gray and white tabbies - derived from the barred owl Pale - used for light gray cats Pebble - used for small cats Phacelia - derived from the purple phacelia Phlox - derived from the woodland phlox Pigeon Pike - used for spotted tabbies Raccoon - used for gray tabbies - derived from the common raccoon Rain Rock Sage - derived from the wood sage Shade - used for dark gray cats Shale Shell - used for tabbies Shrew - derived from the northern short-tailed shrew Shrike - used for gray and white cats - derived from the northern shrike Silver Slate Sleet - spotted gray tabby Smoke - used for tabbies Soot - used for dark gray cats Squirrel - used for gray and white cats - derived from the eastern gray squirrel Steam - used for pale gray tabbies Stone Storm - used for dark gray cats Sycamore - used for big light gray tabbies - derived from the American sycamore Thalia - used for gray and white cats - derived from the powdery thalia Thistle - derived from the common thistle Titmouse - derived from the tufted titmouse Trout - used for spotted tabbies Vervain - derived from the blue vervain Vetch - derived from the common vetch Violet - derived from the birdsfoot violet Wolf - derived from the gray wolf

Blue

Aster - derived from the flower Blue Bunting - derived from the indigo bunting Chicory - derived from the common chicory Gallinule - derived from the common gallinule Glory - derived from the morning glory Halcyon - used for dark gray or blue cats with a little white - derived from the belted kingfisher Indigo - derived from the blue false indigo Jay - used for blue and white tabbies - derived from the blue jay Swallow - used for blue and white cats - derived from the tree swallow

Ginger/Red

Apple - refers to the fruit - derived from the wild apple Ash - refers to the leaves - derived from white ash Bergamot - refers to the flowers - derived from the plant Blaze Bramble - refers to the unripe fruit - derived from the blackberry bramble Cardinal - refers to the male of the species Dawn Dusk Ember - used for small cats Evening - used for deep red cats Fire Fox - derived from the red fox Ginger Ginseng - derived from the American ginseng Hawthorn - refers to the fruit - derived from the red hawthorn Hazel - refers to flowers - derived from the Ozark witch hazel Holly - refers to the fruit - derived from the meadow holly Ivy - used for tabbies - derived from the poison ivy Maple - refers to the leaves - derived from the red maple Marigold - derived from the marigold Morning Lily - used for spotted tabbies - derived from the leopard lily Oak - refers to the leaves - derived from the white oak Persimmon - derived from the American persimmon Plum - refers to the fruit - derived from the American plum Pumpkin - refers to the fruit Red Spark Sumac - refers to the leaves or berries - derived from the fragrant sumac (leaf) and the smooth sumac (berry) Tanger - refers to the male of the species - derived from the summer tanger Wasp - used for tabbies

Gold/Cream

Amber Aphid - used for small cats Apple - refers to the fruit - derived from the wild apple Bee - used for tabbies Blaze Bolt Daffodil - derived from the narcissus Daisy - derived from the yellow ox-eyed daisy/black-eyed Susan Dandelion - refers to the flower - derived from the weed Dawn Finch - derived from the goldfinch Golden Honey Hornet - used for tabbies Lightning Locust - refers to the leaves - derived from the honey locust Lotus - derived from the American lotus Marigold - derived from the marigold Morning Mullein - refers to the flower - derived from the great mullein Mustard - derived from the black mustard Persimmon - derived from the American persimmon Poppy - derived from the celandine poppy Primrose - derived from the common evening primrose Sand Spark Tanger - refers to the female of the species - derived from the summer tanger Tansy - derived from the common tansy ragwort Tawny Velvet - derived from the velvet plant Yellow

White

Aphid - used for small cats Apple - refers to the flowers - derived from the wild apple Avens - derived from the white avens Bramble - refers to the flower - derived from the blackberry bramble Blizzard Bolt Bright Cherry - refers to the flowers - derived from the black cherry Cloud Clover - refers to the flowers - derived from the white clover Cohosh - derived from the black cohosh Cotton - refers to the seeds - derived from the upland cotton Dandelion - refers to the seeds - derived from the weed Egret - derived from the snowy egret Flax - derived from the bastard toadflax Frost Gaura - derived from the gaura flowers Hail Haw - refers to the flowers - derived from the blackhaw Hawthorn - refers to the flowers - derived from the red hawthorn Hemlock - refers to the flowers - derived from the poison hemlock Ice Light Lightning Lotus - derived from American lotus Milkweed - refers to the seeds - derived from common milkweed Mint - refers to the flowers - derived from the hoary mountain mint Mistletoe - refers to the berry - derived from the American mistletoe Onion - refers to the bulb and flowers - derived from the wild onion Orchid - derived from the Adam and Eve orchid Pale Parsley - refers to the flowers - derived from garden parsley Plum - refers to the flowers - derived from the American plum Rose - derived from the wild rose Sage - derived from the wood sage Sleet Snow Spark Swan White Willow - refers to the catkins - used for white longhairs - derived from the black willow Yarrow - derived from the common yarrow

Patched/Bicolor

Duck - used for black and brown cats Eagle - used for brown and white cats - derived from the bald eagle Falcon - used for gray and white cats - derived from the peregrine falcon Grebe - used for brown and white cats - derived from Clark’s grebe Harrier - used for brown and white cats - derived from the Northern harrier Hawk - used for brown and white cats - derived from the red-tailed hawk Iris - derived from the iris flower Jaeger - used for black and white cats - derived from various jaegers Jay - used for gray and white tabbies - derived from the blue jay Nuthatch - used for gray and white cat Merganser - used for black and white cats - derived from the common merganser Patch - general bi/tricolor Plover - used for black, gray, or brown and white cats - derived from the various species of plover Scaup - used for black and white cats - derived from the greater and lesser scaup Shrike - used for gray and white cats - derived from the northern shrike Skunk - used for black and white cats - derived from the spotted skunk Sparrow - used for brown and white tabbies - derived from the house sparrow Swallow - used for blue and white cats - derived from the tree swallow Thalia - used for gray bicolors - derived from the powdery thalia Thrush - used for spotted brown and white tabbies - derived from the wood thrush Weasel - used for brown and white cats - derived from the long-tailed weasel

Patterned

Speckle - used for spotted tabbies Spotted - used for spotted tabbies There’s others but writing them down would make this section bloated...

Tortoiseshell/Calico

Brindle - used for any tortie Clay - used for brown torties Copper - used for dark torties Dapple - used for any tortie Dawn - used for dilute torties Dusk - used for dark torties Eagle - used for darker torties - derived from the golden eagle Ember - used for small torties Evening - used for dark torties Fox - used for diluted torties - derived from the gray fox Fritillary - used for brown torties - derived from a tribe of butterfly Grebe - used for dark torties - derived from the eared gribe Kestrel - used for spotted red torties or blue torties - derived from the American kestrel Morning - used for dark or dilute torties Mottle - used for torties with little to no white Oriole - used for darker torties - derived from the orchard oriole Owl - used for brown torties - derived from the great horned owl Pansy - used for any tortie - derived from the garden pansy Patch - used for any calico Pheasant - used for brown torties Robin - used for brown torties - derived from the American robin Skipper - used for brown torties - derived from the skipper butterfly Squirrel - used for diluted torties - derived from the fox squirrel Tawny - used for diluted brown torties Toad - used for diluted torties Towhee - used for darker torties with white - derived from the eastern towhee

#table rock clans #warrior cats #warrior names

[veronicaneptunes]

Jason’s panel yesterday: ( This isn't verbatim, I'm just remembering off the top of my head but this was the gist of it all.)

Someone asked Jason if the s4 ending meant that Duncan could come back in s5 & he was literally so awkward, he truly didn't really know what to say, he was like Oh I don't know, I don't make those decisions. He went on to talk about L/V. He said something along the lines of -If Logan was alive then he and Veronica would always be together, so they had to kill Logan so that Veronica had more options. Then he said 'Lots of angry faces in the audience' lmao

Also Jason is a total professional and said very kind things about Rob and his writing, said he understands that it's what the show need etc. and so many people in the audience were shaking their heads lol. But there were a couple tiny things that I think he said that were kinda tongue in cheek and a little bit shady, like I don't think he's anywhere near as okay with that ending as he has said, but again he's a professional. He told the story about being left alone on set his final day and how he was by himself in his trailer just realising it was really finished. Which still makes me so sad and annoyed, like couldn't they have at least gotten a cake? Said farewell and thank you? He said that HE sent Rob a note, I feel like Rob should have sent him a note, at the very least. 

Also someone asked about other projects and he said about different auditions he had done, then said “ they were really good, I can show you the video. Didn't get any call back.” Which was funny, he said it in a humorous way and we laughed but it is kinda sad too.

Apparently Francis loves to eat cheese fries and Jason likes to rib him about it. He wishes that Logan and Weevil got any scenes together because he loved the dynamic. He says one of his favourite episodes was the one where Weevil and Logan are in detention with each other. That it was really fun to film.

He said that Percy is in such good shape, he would be sitting on set eating a snickers bar with a bottle of coke and meanwhile he (Jason) would be eating turkey, he finished that story off by saying he “hadn’t forgiven Percy for that”.

He said some of his favourite scenes to do were the romantic quiet ones with Kristen, that the scene in season 1 on the couch with Veronica was really special, he remembers looking in KB’s eyes and how they would be talking in between takes. He also loved the dance scene to sway and how it faded to dark. 

He talked about getting into character, how he did a scene in an acting class that was a guy who stole a blind man's accordion to sell for drugs, he said “I know how that sounds, but it was really good.” so he used to go up to this dirt road late at night in the dark and throw rocks at the ground to try and get into that state of mind of an angry, broken person and one night a little bird chirped and without thinking he turned to the sound and said “What” and that was who Logan was in season 1.

Also he doesn’t drink coffee but loves tea! He said he’s gotten some weird looks asking for ice tea while he has been out here.

That’s most of what I remember of the panel, it was really nice and he’s very sweet.

#jason dohring #logan echolls #personal #long post.

[fuscasclub]

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[rememberyou-rememberme]

Growing and Gardening in Spain

As we sit writing this article we look out on snow covered palm trees and indeed a totally white landscape for the third time this winter and there have been three below zero nights that have seriously burned many succulents around the garden. Some will recover or be replaced by seeds dropped last autumn but the winter display of the initially mild winters is lost. But this is part of the natural weather cycle of the Mediterranean climate – hot summers and cold winters – which affects the northern Mediterranean coast from Gibraltar to Greece and beyond into Turkey. We live only ten kilometres from the sea as the eagle flies just beyond the first line of mountain peaks. When walking them earlier this morning in the beginnings of a blizzard the beaches were becoming white. Something that happens every ten years or so for a couple of hours.

Phoenix palms with stand snow but they are increasingly under attack by the long nosed red palm weevil Rhynochoporus ferrugineas inadvertently imported to Spain in diseased trees a few years ago and spreading rapidly in spite of attempts to local and fell and burn affected trees. Best thing is to plant smaller varieties unaffected to date or be patient and grow from seed – ours is now some four metres after twenty years or plant cordylines instead for a tropical effect!

Banks of geraniums and long lasting window boxes of geraniums used to be a staple joy of Spanish gardens but the African geranium moth that arrived and spread through Spain in the Mid 1990’s has meant that in many areas where there are many gardens unsprayed for months between holiday visits the best thing is to treat geraniums as annuals as the plants are inexpensive. Luckily the scented geraniums are unaffected and if planted among the affected varieties do act as a deterrent to the moths.

With many people deciding to return to the UK leaving houses for sale due to a shortage of work and the weak pound gardens are being untended giving eventual buyers a recovery job when knowing nothing about Spanish gardening. Luckily the is a chapter in our book ‘Your garden in Spain – From planning to planting and maintenance’ titled ‘Recovering and improving an existing garden.

Traditional Spanish gardens have large native trees or imported flowering trees for shade and if they are pines they are kept and the lay out and planting of the garden adapted to take advantage of the valuable semi and dappled shade available for part or all of the day to protect plants and people from the hottest summer suns. Unfortunately many 21 st century builders and gardeners cut them down.

Twenty five years ago most plants in garden centres were propagated in Spain and were the plants that had been used to stock gardens for a century or even two millennium. Today many are imported from foreign hothouses and jungle conditions that struggle to survive except in the most sheltered gardens. ‘Your garden in Spain’ describes some 400 popular plants most likely to survive in your Spanish/Mediterranean garden and our new book being published next month ‘Mediterranean Apartment Gardening’ does like wise with some 125 sensible plants for sunny semi shaded and shaded conditions.

With the increasing population of Spain and the abandonment of many of the vegetable and fruit growing areas surrounding villages and towns more and more fruit and vegetables are being imported and unfortunately new pests that attack Spanish crops are imported within the imported crops in spite of port and airport controls. In the last couple of years it has been pests that attack tomatoes and citrus trees. To date we have found that the eco controls we use and described in our books ‘Growing Healthy Fruit in Spain’ and ‘ Growing Healthy Vegetables in Spain’ have worked well enough for us.

Heavy rains in recent years have shown that the location of new urbanisations have not always taken into account where historic flash floods ran when there was exceptional rainfall so newly built walls have failed and newly planted gardens washed away. It happened a few years ago before our eyes just across the road. Indeed a dry river bed now lies buried under several gardens.

In the late 1980’s and early nineties Spain came out of several years of long droughts and one could expect a summer storm every four to six weeks which topped up the water table in gardens and there was little need for watering. In the following decade the extensive building along the coast and the end of the coastal belt of ancient natural greenery changed the climate. In recent years there have very few or no summer storms but more autumn rains.

Extremely heavy rains can result in gardens being designed to retain previously scarce valuable rainfall becoming flooded and saturated for weeks with the result that drought loving plants have rotted. It has become doubly important to prepare soils appropriate to the type of plants you intend to plant before doing so. Free draining raised beds and rockeries are becoming even more important for drought resistant plants.

But in spite of the above Spain and other Mediterranean climate areas are the most delightful and rewarding places to live not only for the colour and perfumes of seasonal plants and trees but also for being able to be very self sufficient from the garden – see the article ‘ Living very well from your garden ‘ in the October 2009 archives on this site.

#Growing #Gardening #Spain #flower

[belovedfinch]

Re-watch of Veronica Mars & Movie

“I used to be cool” -keith   “when” - veronica

lol veronica putting a bong in logan’s locker

“i suddenly feel like I’m in a scene from the outsiders” - wallace

“be cool soda pop” - veronica 

I love that my favourite book is referenced

“the people you love let you down” - veronica

I forgot paris hilton was on veronica mars 

Duncan and his antidepressants and side effects and hallucinations of lily, I never liked duncan but please never go cold turkey off prescribed meds!

the fashion 😂

when veronica was 12 and logan first saw her he said he thought she was hot - love at first sight ? 😜

dude where’s my car joke

“change had a tendency to walk up and punch me in the face” - veronica

you can tell logan is afraid of his dad straight away 

his mum sits on the couch drinking wine while her son is getting belted cool cool cool cool....

Never underestimate the size of my cahoeneys😂Logan is my fav

“what is so great about living?” - Logan

Mac is awesome, I forgot her name was cindy, I named my cat after my favourite barbie doll whose name was Cindy r.i.p beautiful ❤️

“I guess we remember it differently” - Logan, me to my brother about our childhood

leighton meester, monique coleman from high school musical, Adam Scott!

logan put his gum under a chair in the police office! yuck

“there is also a tribe that worships Donald trumps hair” - veronica

“what, did he loose a puka shell?” - weevil about logan😂

when logan starts crying in the lobby after he mistakes his step-sister as his mum😭

meg with her pretty in pink dress up for the 80s valentines day dance and duncan is ducky❤️

I wish my school had an 80s theme dance, but I would be too indecisive about who to go as tbh.

“whoever said it’s a mans world, didn’t know how easy it is to be a girl” - veronica, you can tell a man wrote that line

horned mascot from riverdale - veronica and calls herself betty when she goes to the other school

kinda forgot how relatable veronica is, loner, pushes people away

that black beanie with the flames

the flashbacks or hallucinations that show lily speak to people/mostly veronica, remind me of allison in pretty little liars

aussie guy - from home and away i think

never really liked duncan

logan punching the fbi agent

love how mac and keith both say “earth to mars”

logan step-sister trina when she asks him for money reminds me of my brother

veronica had a slider and so does wallace in the second season, my sister had a purple one and i wanted it so bad

logan’s smirk at veronica when she found his step-sisters boyfriend

wow aaron’s father being an abuser, then himself, glad the cycle stopped with logan

thats amore playing whilst aaron beats up his daughters abusive boyfriend

I always felt bad for leo as much as I love LoVe. Veronica basically just used him

sean from degrassi is on veronica mars

“i like what i see in him when he’s with you” - aaron echolls

I think i could love her plays as veronica stands logan up on his boat

“the thought of you breeding? ugh” - logan to dick

logan’s allergic to shell fish

“All i care about is you” - logan

“just evaporate or something” - logan

why didn’t aaron get rid of the tapes? did he not think someone would find his secret ?

sucks that veronica spent her savings for college on her mum to go to rehab and her mum didn’t even last

logan on the bridge where his mother committed suicide, about to jump

when keith saves veronica from the fridge and his on fire and his in a gurney and says “who’s your daddy?”

I’m glad she realises her mum as much as she loves her she is better off without her, that’s what alcoholics do, they are liars.

“don’t forget about me veronica” - lily

greenhouse academy has the same cliffhanger as season 1 of veronica mars

logan shows up at 3am beat up and framed for stabbing someone, then he hears on the radio that his father killed his girlfriend and that his father was sleeping with her

it’s was always duncan right? breaking up with logan making any excuse, all because you finally find out your not brother and sister. ugh

like logan said everyone in his life was gone, the one person he opened up to. also left him. Not cool veronica

the bus crash reminds me of degrassi

“you must chill” veronica says to a girl that has just lost her father in a bus crash and is being bullied and blamed just because her dad had mental health issues and the good ol sheriff feeds the press that it might have been a suicide attempt

curly dude washed up on the beach with veronicas name on his hand, is that like twin peaks, or the guy in australia that was found on the beach with something on his hand but they he had no ID and all the tags were off his clothes

PLL writers should take notes on veronica mars on how to tie up loose ends

“what conspiracy have you pulled out of your ass today”- logan

“my day is complete veronica mars has accused me of evil” - logan, as he twists the ends of his imaginary moustache

veronica is very selfish if you think about it, she asks for favours all the time from her friends but she is never there to hear their problems, she thinks the world does actually revolve around her.

lol logan in the line-up

eye roll aaron blaming duncan and then saying he snapped

cameo by that chick off of america’s next top model

aaron got a psychology degree in jail lol

omg able coonz dying thinking his only daughter is alive but she got killed and shoved into an ice machine holder thingy at a stingy motel

lol when veronica lays down onto logan thinking its duncan

“3rd wheel beginners guide” - logan

“nobody likes an eager beaver” logan to cassidy, was rob waiting a whole season to make that joke and thats why the nickname beaver was given to him?

singer maybe billy idol?

I feel like megs death was a crappy ending, like did she just die so that once again duncan and veronica are split up because of circumstance and they are star-crossed true lovers (eye roll)

“whats your poison” - veronica (breakfast club reference)

“sorry we are all out of liquid evil” - veronica to logan

michael cera

when logan pretends to get burned by the bible when interning for woody

gia says logan uses humour and sarcasm to something something, dance episode

we used to be friends along time ago, but i haven’t thought of you lately at all

logan not taking any of his fathers bull shitting when he was on trial on the stand

“So, apparently, if you're handsome and famous enough, you can just lie under oath, and that's cool.” - veronica

when woody finds veronica on the computer he is creepy af

can we just talk about how much logan went through and how mentally that would fuck you up, yet he never resorted to violence

“it was worth getting taped to a poll” - wallace

lol veronicas dad when she graduates

dicks “trust me I’m rich” shirt

keith says “Carol channings still alive isn’t she?” and I’m like no she died 6 days ago

season 3 

don’t like the new intro

“Back ups in charge? what about the bitch he’s been seeing” - V

WHY THE F IS KEITH HELPING CASABLANCAS WHEN CASIDY HIS SON RAPED HIS DAMN DAUGHTER

MAC “hey i know that guy’ (wallace)

there is no one else, i only want you - logan

fracking

victoria from twilight is in a sorority

I love when logan comes over for dinner and he just smirks at keith and veronica’s banter

i forgot logan had a brother

lol the clerk calls condoms “raincoats” so does my great aunty

diana from glee is on here

veronica is pretty selfish, like her dad was in a car accident and she is annoyed and disapproving of him having a relatioship , she can’t just trust logan?!? ugh

but for logan to run away from the burning motel, it’s just what douchebag pukashell wearing logan would do, not the actual logan

holy crap veronica was SOO damn lucky logan was there at that moment she would be baled and raped, like is once not enough for gods sake?

guy from the nanny

when logan calls veronica from the other side of the cafeteria and she ignores it and he is basically crying :(

logan and i broke up , “are you okay?” keith, “it was unexpected” -v wtf bitch you didn’t trust him, you had a fight, how was it unexpected

dude from waynes world

I love the hooker story line, max & wendy aww

I’ve always hated maddison far out she is a piece of work

ep13 “where are your heads?” basketball coach, me “Obviously not in the game”

lol how dick locks logan on the balcony

logan is yoshi in mario cart!! so am i

“how is it you have so many friends? you don’t even like people” v to l

Lafayette from true blood is a child solider

why did logan invite parker to be with him over break when he obviously wasn’t happy or didn’t want her to go, was it just to prove veronica wrong that “that’s just the way he is” like v said is true, to prove that he has changed.

like it just seems logan and veronica are denying their feelings for each other

that writer from once upon a time is in here, he is in everything

mars uses venus razor

oh the logan piz fight…

such a crap ending to an amazing show

movie

I just love the scene where logan is leaning up against the car like jake from 16 candles (i did post a comparison of the two ages ago)

I like how logan went out with the crazy chic, he was so nonchalant about it, because he wanted to pay veronica back for coming back to neptune when he called even though they hadn’t spoken like 10 years.

kind upset that it wasn’t leighton meester that played carrie

comeback always

logan isn’t supposed to remember the epic quote because he was drunk?

I have so much love for logan, I relate to him so much and it was honestly the best day of my life when I met Jason ( i also met percy and michael) he was so kind to me and I gave him a letter I had written and he was just so down to earth.

How else is pumped for the return?!? 

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