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Like someone who’s pulling a rope that will break
Pulling, pulling, pulling, pulling, pulling…
Without realizing, brushing a little more,
Eyes still closed to avoid facing
That the air is made of crystal,
That can shatter,
That, even if it looks weird, I want to devour you.
That the air is made of crystal,
That can shatter,
That, even if it looks weird, I want to devour you.
She didn’t care about crashing in a corner of her mouth
Like the wave that gives itself over to the rock
Lost in the abyss of those hands with no end
Bigger enough to hug all her planet
You’re not here right now
I’m not here right now
But silence is the most eloquent way of lying
You’re not here right now
I’m not here right now
But silence is the most eloquent way of lying
Your silence lives in mine
And somewhere in my body used to live
A piece of your smell
Your silence lives in mine
And somewhere in my eyes used to live
A piece of pain
You’re here right now
I’m here right now
Hug me to make me think of you sometime
You’re here right now
I’m here right now
Hug me to make me think of you sometime
Your silence lives in mine
And somewhere in my body used to live
A piece of your smell
Your silence lives in mine
And somewhere in my eyes used to live
A piece of pain
Your silence lives in mine
And somewhere in my body used to live
A piece of your smell
Your silence lives in mine
And somewhere in my eyes used to live
A piece of pain
The air is made of crystal
That can shatter
That, even if my lips aren’t talking
I want to devour you...
*pose made by me... :))
Everything in sight,
But till that time,
Its only the barren, empty,
Arid place inside.
And the mirage is the
Only false light
• Head: Genus - Classic
• Lips & Eyse: Suicidal Unborn - Tremere Vampire Eyes - Salem Event
• Eyebraws: Suicidal Unborn - Agnes Eyebrows Two-Tone
• Mummy Arms: PSYCHO:Byts - Nekhbet Mummy Arms - Salem Event
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Salacia Crown @ Pandora
Antler type crown decorated with pearls. Original Mesh, Resizable, 4 colours for horn and two for the pearl, shown in black.
(blonde avi)
Carnel Horns in Bone @ The Mainstore
Both avis wear outfits by Riot and shoes (with high feet) by Sibilla, Dark haired avi wearing collar, nails and rings by L'Emporio and hair by Magika
A robin demonstrates his dexterity while devouring some berries on a cold January morning. With the milder winter we've been experiencing in Southern Ontario this year, I am finding many more of these fair-weather friends in the woods and forests this year than in the past.
Thanks for viewing and enjoy your Sunday :)
ich wollt ich wär ein Huhn, dann hätt ich nichts zu tun, ich legte jeden Tag ein Ei und Sonntags auch mal zwei😀
font: Redstar
textures and effects by Remember Remember
As the day ends to rest
The sunset does its best
Setting on fire the lively waves
Colouring orange the nature he saves
its pure ancient glorious perfection.
The great ocean will receive
The burning sun who's going to leave.
Slowly comes the night
Devouring that magic light:
we are still suspended in a great delight.
See more in my Coastal views set Coastal views
ɪ'ʟʟ ꜱᴡᴀʟʟᴏᴡ ᴜᴘ ᴀʟʟ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ʟɪᴋᴇ
ᴀ ʙɪɢ ʙᴏᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴏꜰ ʙɪɢ, ʙɪɢ ᴘɪʟʟꜱ
ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ꜱʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ
ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ꜱʟᴇᴇᴘ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ɪ ᴅᴇᴠᴏᴜʀ ʏᴏᴜ
ɪ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ꜱʟᴇᴇᴘ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ɪ ᴅᴇᴠᴏᴜʀ ʏᴏᴜ
ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴀ ꜰʟᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ'ꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜᴇʀɪɴɢ
ɪ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴛʜᴏʀɴꜱ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ʜᴀɴᴅ
ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ɴᴏ ᴇᴍʙʀᴀᴄᴇ, ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ʙᴜʀɪᴇᴅ ᴅᴇᴇᴘ
ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴄʀʏɪɴɢ, ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ ᴀʟʟ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴍᴇ
ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴄʀʏɪɴɢ, ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ ᴀʟʟ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴍᴇ
ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴄʀʏɪɴɢ, ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ ᴀʟʟ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴍᴇ
ᴀɴᴅ ɪ'ʟʟ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ
ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴇᴛ ᴍᴇ
ᴀɴᴅ ɪ'ʟʟ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ
ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴍᴇ ꜱᴛᴏᴘ
ɪ ᴜꜱᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴏʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴀᴜɴᴛᴇᴅ ɴᴇᴄᴋ
ɪ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ɪ'ʟʟ ᴍɪꜱꜱ ʏᴏᴜ ɪꜰ ɪ ᴄʟᴏꜱᴇ ᴍʏ ᴇʏᴇꜱ
ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ʟᴏᴀᴅᴇᴅ ɪꜰ ɪ ᴏᴘᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇᴍ
ɪ'ʟʟ ꜱᴇᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ'ʟʟ ʙʟᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴘɪᴇᴄᴇꜱ
ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙʟᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴘɪᴇᴄᴇꜱ
ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙʟᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴘɪᴇᴄᴇꜱ
ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙʟᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴘɪᴇᴄᴇꜱ
ᴀɴᴅ ɪ'ʟʟ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ
ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴇᴛ ᴍᴇ
ᴀɴᴅ ɪ'ʟʟ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ
ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴍᴇ ꜱᴛᴏᴘ
The harsh reality of life on the Puget Sound.
Life brings death, death sustains life for others.
Eagles get right to business with dinner, he can wash his head later.
Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws, And make the earth devour her own sweet brood; Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws, And burn the long-liv'd Phoenix in her blood;
Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleets, And do whate'er thou wilt, swift-footed Time, To the wide world and all her fading sweets.......Shakespeare
Walk with me, hold my hand
Kiss my lips, in our secret land
Climb the mountains, sail the seas
Taste my body, under the trees
Wrap your lips around my love
Invite my finger in your glove
Feel me slowly devour your skin
As my passion slides within
Your secret land, where you surrender
To my love, together we enter
The saintly place, covered in green
Of the insatiable prince and my beautiful queen
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THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTO:
The fella above looks like he's about to devour me any second, but I'm happy to report that I survived the unusual encounter with him without any injuries and remain completely undigested 😄 - in fact, he didn't even threaten me.
It's a juvenile green whip snake (Hierophis viridiflavus), a non-venomous colubrid species which I photographed in my garden in Ticino (Switzerland), but as with all my pictures on Flickr, I'll try to give you a bit more context.
First of all, you have to know that I adore snakes - even though they have the nasty habit of preying on my beloved green lizards - but if you now wonder why I so far only uploaded a single snake photo here before today, the answer is that until relatively recently, I hardly had any.
The reasons for this are simple: our snakes are very shy, plus they're far from abundant. If you're lucky, you might be able to spot one, but if it also becomes aware of you, it will inevitably be gone long before you have your camera ready.
The history of human-snake interaction in Switzerland (and particularly in Ticino) has sadly not been a happy one for the reptiles, and every snake knows this. Out of ignorance, superstition and the fear they might be venomous - which most snakes in Switzerland aren't - people beat them to death wherever they found them for centuries, so you can't blame our serpentine friends for hissing "Hell, no!" and slithering to safety as fast as they can whenever they see or sense a human approaching.
There are exceptions of course; our vipers and adders sometimes rely on their camouflage and keep still rather than fleeing when you get near them - which still doesn't mean that they're inclined to pose for a selfie with you, mind - but around my village I sadly haven't come across one of those in over two decades.
So I've rarely been lucky in the snake department, but, as the famous saying goes, "luck is when preparation meets opportunity", and I took that to heart. Two years ago, I built piles of rocks and heaps of dry grass and twigs and branches all over the garden to provide basking spots and hiding places - not just for snakes but for reptiles in general - and this worked better than I could ever have hoped.
First the western green lizards came back (they had previously been driven out of my garden by my neighbors' cats), and then the snakes started showing up. Particularly the species H. viridiflavus now seems to feel very much at home on my premises, and so the opportunities to photograph my serpentine friends have increased dramatically.
They still flee as soon as they become aware of me, so a good shot is rarely a given, but since I made my my garden more reptile-friendly, the odds of getting a usable photo have gotten much, much better. Which finally brings me to the fella above.
I spotted the youngster one morning in early summer, and because I (almost) always have my camera at the ready when I enter my garden, I was able to photograph him from afar before he saw me and disappeared.
As I went back into the house to check the photos, I noticed something interesting. As expected, they were pretty bad, because I hadn't been able to get close enough, but when I enlarged them, it seemed there was something in the snake's mouth.
It looked like a small rib cage, but I couldn't be sure, so I went back into the garden to investigate, hoping the snake might have left behind whatever it had been eating when I scared it away.
And indeed, when I inspected the woodpile beneath my palm tree where I had photographed the young snake, I saw a lizard carcass. It was nothing but a rib cage with some skin and hardly any meat left - plus the two quite intact seeming hind legs.
This was very strange; as far as I was aware, green whip snakes didn't eat carrion. On the contrary: they are known to be very agile hunters - they're actually the fastest European snake species - and only eat live prey. That lizard carcass was anything but that: by the look (and smell!) of it, it was at least a couple of days old, if not more, and other animals had already done a pretty good job gnawing off the meat.
As I was still contemplating the meaning of all this, I suddenly realized something even more unusual: the snake was still there! Only a foot length away from the the dead lizard it was lurking in the shadows, motionless, observing me.
Now this was really exceptional; as already mentioned, our snake species are generally very shy, but the shiest among them are definitely the green whip snakes. In my experience, they never return to the exact same spot once you've scared them away, at least not within such a short time frame.
I slowly backed away, hoping not to spook it, cursing myself for leaving the camera attached to the computer as I went back into the house to get it. When I returned, the snake thankfully hadn't disappeared, and so I very carefully set up the tripod with the camera in front of the woodpile and waited.
After a few minutes, the snake started moving. It had a length of maybe 60-70 cm, and I would have guessed its age at around 2 to 3 years (the species can grow to a length of 150 cm, in rare cases even to almost 2 meters, which makes it one of the biggest European snake species).
The little guy was clearly aware of me, but those putrid lizard ribs were just too enticing to resist. Once he had reached the smelly object of his desire, he started to swallow it while at the same time trying to drag it away from the nasty human, back into the shadows.
Both tasks proved very difficult, however, which was very comical to watch. The carcass - the remains of a pretty sizable common wall lizard - kept getting stuck between the twigs and branches of the woodpile, but it was also simply too big for the snake's tiny mouth (while a body length of around 70 cm might seem respectable, juveniles of this species still have a rather small head by comparison).
The young snake kept trying; several times it let go of its stinky treat only to attempt to swallow it again, from pretty much every angle, but it just wouldn't work. This was exhausting business, and so in between attempts the snake understandably took some breaks, basking on the woodpile for a few minutes, before it went back to work with new vigor. It also had to clear its throat from time to time and readjust its jaws, and during one such moment I took the photo above.
In the end, it managed to drag the dead lizard out of my sight into the woodpile, at which point I left the little fella (I had been photographing and filming the scene for over an hour, and by now I felt nearly as exhausted as the snake just from watching the whole ordeal; btw, the film clip is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8x0tBpRTck ).
When I returned to the woodpile almost two hours later, the snake had come out again, still fiercely trying to devour the dead lizard. I was impressed; this time I didn't stay, because I didn't want to disturb the little guy again with my presence, but as I left I thought admiringly: "That's what I call dedication!"
As always, many thanks for reading and commenting: have a great start into the new week everyone! ❤🙏😊
P.S. @ willjatkins Did you ever encounter this species feasting on carrion or hear of such behavior, Will?
Helsinki, Finland, 2022.
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It was great fun to watch this Green Heron catch and devour a number of fish along the canal. This seemed to be the favored perch to hunt from as the bird returned time and time again to resume the hunt.
Arcadia Marsh Nature Preserve - Arcadia, MI
If Jim Henson had ever created a real live bird, and not just a Big Bird, I imagine it would look a lot like the evening grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus), with its huge and expressive yellow eyebrows and absurdly large beak. That beak allows it to crush and devour hard-shelled seeds that other birds cannot. It's something of a seed shark, with smaller finches like pine siskins and redpolls following in its wake to clean up the seedy remains. This year is looking incredible for finches. An irruption year for certain. The kind lady who feeds these finches in her backyard feeders feeds an army. Over 75 of them waited their turns around us, uttering their muppety, churry chirps.
"It has always been difficult to get Big Bird to be very pretty" - Jim Henson. Well, you nailed it with the evening grosbeak, Jim. RIP.
I'm not exactly sure what is happening here but I'm guessing that the spider (which is laying upside down and covered in what looks like webs) was killed by something else and the ants just took advantage of a free meal. Photographed in Maryland today.
Excerpt from popupshop.discoverbelleville.ca/:
Pop-ups on the Bay has been infused with murals to showcase our culture and draw from the amazing talent that exists in our region. 14 artists have painted on site to bring 15 designs to life in the park creating a space for artistic expression and celebration.
Sugar Mama's Bake Shoppe
DEVOUR BAKED GOODIES - LOVE AT FIRST BITE
Krysten and Joanne are the mother-daughter duo behind Sugar Mama’s; their pop-up shop is an extension of their storefront at the corner of North Front and Bell Blvd. Their business is family run and they love pleasing their customers with tasty treats. You will find a variety of baked goods including ice cream cake slices, cake pops, cupcakes, cheesecakes, butter tarts and more!
"Roughly translated, the word ‘Wendigo’ means ‘the evil spirit that devours mankind’. Another translation, said to be made by a German explorer around 1860, equates the word ‘Wendigo’ with ‘cannibal’. Wendigoag are said to have an insatiable hunger for human flesh - no matter how much flesh they eat, they remain hungry.
This hunger is reflected in their appearance, which, according to some, is extremely thin. Despite their gaunt physiques, Wendigoag are described by some as giants, measuring at about 4.5 m (14.8 feet) in height. Whilst there are slight variations as to the physical description of this creature amongst the different Algonquian peoples, it is generally agreed that Wendigoag have glowing eyes, long yellowed fangs and long tongues. Most Wendigoag are also said to have sallow and yellowish skin, though others say that they are matted with hair or have decaying skin."
Featuring Tether hair from Exile and Neige horn headdress from Azoury!
Song:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obxJkGORno0
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