Got lost again...

Biggest thing is going for a short walk every day. No matter the weather, you dont gotta go anywhere or do anything. Just a ramble to empty your brain. Can be 5 minutes or 15 or an hour, whatever you like best.

But do it every day.

Also: keep a strict routine. Mostly with meals. Try to keep it consistent. Meals dont need to be impressive. Toast is fine.

Lastly, designate work space, leisure space and strict work times. Always stop working at the same time each night, preferably before dinner. make time for hobbies.

Hope this helps. It takes time and consistency, but this makes the depression less bad.

This is all fantastic advice and I'm posting so others can see 💛

As you may already know... ornithological authorities (such as the AOS and ABA) in North America have decided, for a variety of reasons, to rename all of the birds that have been named after people.

Some examples: Lewis's Woodpecker, Smith's Longspur, MacGillivray's Warbler...

I thought it would be fun for us to come up with some ideas for new common names here on Tumblr.

Here are some criteria for re-naming that might appeal to ornithologists and birdwatchers:

Habitat and geographical range

Physical characteristics

Call/song characteristics

Behavior

PLEASE MAKE YOUR NAMING SUGGESTIONS IN THE COMMENTS, REBLOG, OR TAGS.

We'll take the best ideas, and put them in a poll by the end of the week! (I and an esteemed panel of ornithological tumblererrsssres will make the decisions).

WEEK 12 - Brandt's Cormorant

Brandt’s Cormorant (Urile penicillatus), courtship displays, family Phalacrocoracidae, order Suliformes

Ranges along the Pacific Coast of North America, from SE Alaska to both sides of the Gulf of California in Mexico.

The more northern populations migrate to the coastal US in Winter.

Strictly marine (ocean) cormorant. (Almost never found inland, except occasionally during migration).

Adults have a bright blue gular pouch during the breeding season.

The nest along the coast, often on cliffs, islands, and rocky outcroppings in groups.

Both parent care for the chicks.

These cormorants dive for their prey, which is mostly fish (but they occasionally feed on squid and crustaceans, as well).

They are known for feeding on herring and rockfish, but feed on up to 93 species of fish.

They may hunt alone or in large groups out at sea.

This is my favorite cormorant.

Courtship and mated pair welcome displays include bowing, wing spreading, head lifting (to show off the gorgeous blue throat patch), and cocking up the tail.

This species does not do the spread wing posture to dry wings for prolonged periods, the way many other species of cormorant do.

Some notes about similarities to other cormorants: there are other species that also nest along coasts, dive for fish, and are found in oceans.

Listen to the sounds here: Brandt's Cormorant Sounds, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

photographs by Kevin Kreucher

La Jolla, CA, USA - photograph by Hoang-Lien Pham

photograph by Christopher Gutierrez

photograph by Phillip Colla

Until Grace slips out a sentence along the lines of "could you give me a little grace here" and Rocky immediately points out he used a word wrong so Grace has to explain that yeah, grace means elegance but it can also mean mercy sometimes too.

Bobbin lace is probably the most common. You're most likely to have a shirt with those decals on it or use it for decoration. Having that many limbs makes it easy to sit down and make a design; it's a common gift for parents to give to their grown children expecting pebbles.

Needle lace however is a lot more complex. Huge, intricate pieces that take years to make even with 5 arms and a crystalline brain. A finished lace tapestry can take years with several Eridian lace-makers who dedicate their lives to the craft. Thrums are often used to get the product done faster, with 5 Eridians on each end working outward and communicating in sync. It's a beautiful process to watch. A traditional technique is to start at a single point and work outwards with no plan, making a complex and unique piece. These are rare and usually owned by Eridians with high-ranking jobs.

At the memorial for Blip-A's crew is a massive tapestry meticulously created over the course of a decade. Small pieces of the families' carapaces have been woven in alongside an intricate, sectioned pattern. The piece can be read like a book—the lace echos back the frequencies of the crew's voices, immortalizing them in Eridian history forever.

In Rocky and Adrian's home is a tapestry from the ceremony of the night they mated, a common tradition for Eridian couples. Over the course of the event, the Eridians in attendance work off the hexagon representing the couple's courtship. No one involved is usually a master craftsman, so the work is a little all over the place. It functions as a quest-book, echoing the memory off the walls of their home.

Grace going “oh!! But!” and teaching them about starfish, to their absolute delight

They wear suits, but they don't even know basic etiquette.

i just discovered this gorgeous progress flag design by FlailingSpade and was inspired to build upon it

the colorblind and photosensitive friendly color scheme comes from the star of david progress flag by dykeboytism

both of these flags will be placed under the read more just in case either link ends up not working

id like to think of this as the sunrise progress flag : >

TWENTY MINUTES BABEY CAN WE HEAR IT FOR TWENTY MINUTES!!

My computer offered me a “remove background from photo” feature that would take MORE clicks to complete accurately than me simply doing it myself in traditional image-editing software.

The intersex inclusive progress flag, but with the original eight stripe pride flag as a base!