maya

A little prelude to spring for those of us that need it.

i like working at plant store. sometimes you ring up someone and there's a slug on their plant and so you're like "Oh haha you've got a friend there let me get that for you" and you put the slug on your hand for safekeeping but then its really busy and you dont have time to take the slug outside before the next customer in line so you just have a slug chilling on your hand for 15 minutes. really makes you feel at peace with nature. also it means sometimes i get to say my favorite line which is "would you like this free slug with your purchase"

very obvious that carnivorous plants live in the wild but none of my times seeing carnivorous plants in various commercial and enthusiast settings had prepared me for almost stepping on them at [redacted southeastern US location] i got to go to on the conference plant field trip last weekend. they were actually eating flies and stuff next to like mud and grass and some sand. sundews and pitcher plants there too. just in the bushes. crazy stuff out there folks

the undeniable charisma of standing deadwood

Official nature post

uggghhhh it’s like you just know there is so many organisms living in there. like ok so you’re telling me it’s just a thriving ecosystem born out of the death of a huge singular organism? swoons. i don’t know if i can articulate this but nature has created these instances that are very common to find that so clearly display the beauty of the cycle of life and death and the mutual symbioses connecting all organic matter and the value of rot and of bugs and all these little things that are living in this dead thing. nature’s not being subtle at all here, like this is some heavy handed metaphors she’s using .

Who up worshipping the lifecycle of birth and decay extant in every piece of dead and dying tree