green (aka Dr. Corvus) @troodon@vulpine.club

"badly explain your fursona"

um... look, the *accurate* explanation is "post-ego-collapse refugee dinosaur from an alternate dimension, who used to be a Martian paleontologist," so

no, seriously: I WILL NOT ACCEPT FOLLOWS UNLESS YOU SEND ME A DM (or unless I'm already following you; follow-backs are auto-accepted). just say hi! if you're too afraid of me to send a DM, what the &*$^ makes you think I'm willing to let you see the stuff I post followers-only? sheesh.

account note: if I boost a toot that has a picture or gif that isn't captioned, I *pledge* to immediately follow it up with a non-@ reply describing the image.

also: if you can, please, PLEASE caption the images and gifs you post? if you can't, it's okay, but if you can, please do.

oh is it #introductions time again already?

* furry-adjacent saurian/dragonkin
* bitey, with feathers
* green hair
* #agender (they/them or zie/zir)
* currently ace/aro
* historically #polyamorous
* intermittent #writer mostly of #fanfic
* lifelong depressive disorder, currently mostly in remission
* #oneiromancer
* occasionally posts about "woo-stuff" (magic/spirituality/weirdness)
* frequently posts about wildlife (birds, coyotes, squirrels)
* 2 adorable #cats
* 1 adorable #spouse

today I was not bitten by four baby squirrels and twenty juvenile raccoons, despite feeding the former and cleaning up the latter's silos. the squirrels took a long time to feed, three of the four were fussy, reluctant eaters. cleaning up the raccoon silos is never my favorite job, but I was able to console myself by occasionally yelling at and spraying water on the raccoons when they got too inquisitive about what I was doing. XD also dammit raccoons are *adorable*!

a coyote pup was brought into the center yesterday, apparently another wildlife rescue place that usually takes coyotes is all full, so we're going to be getting the overspill if there's more, and they're expecting that there will be. this first pup came in with a bad case of mange, completely bald and covered with skin infections, but otherwise healthy, and has good odds of recovery. otherwise we have Mostly Raptors--barred owls, red-tailed hawks, Cooper's hawks, bald eagles, an osprey, and a saw-whet owl--and I think a couple of merlins? so, like, one of everything we've got locally. XD there's also the usual ducks, gulls, crows, and assorted other critters. oh and opossums, we have a lot of those currently too.

so--I'm getting an intro to the new thing where you pick some NPCs to do an instance with, and I'm wondering how good they are at running the instance. do they stand in the bad? do they *effectively* tank/heal? I haven't been impressed with the general NPC performance in--oh, whatever those other things are called, that aren't instances but are fights, and the number of times I've failed them because heals are sporadic or they keep STANDING IN THE BAD STUFF is--too many. >____< #FFXIV

in my guild: Cup Noodle #FFXIV

oh my god. this is HARSH. I was not expecting that. aauuuuggggghhhhh

otoh "take a seat, I'll make us a nice stew" suddenly has... overtones. O________O #FFXIV

I've already had more emotional reactions in Shadowbringers than I had for the entirety of Stormblood. XD

holy *crap* this MSQ in Amh Araeng is heartbreaking. ;_______; a nectarine... like I'm seriously tearing up.

Raziel has hiccups and I am dead of cute. again. #KittenThings

is this an alternate reality/other world? or is this somewhere else on Eorzea?
#FFXIV

nothing particularly interesting today. I did not get mauled by baby squirrels despite feeding several of them. I also did not get mauled by a baby bobwhite while putting a dirt pan laced with seeds and some extra brush for it to hide under in its enclosure. those were the only things that I handled today. otherwise I mostly just cleaned stuff up, and hacked chunks off a rotted log to give to raccoons. some days are kinda boring like that, and that's fine. I'll be going in for a makeup day Monday and maybe I'll handle a crow then. ;)

nothing particularly interesting today. I did not get mauled by baby squirrels despite feeding several of them. I also did not get mauled by a baby bobwhite while putting a dirt pan laced with seeds and some extra brush for it to hide under in its enclosure. those were the only things that I handled today. otherwise I mostly just cleaned stuff up, and hacked chunks off a rotted log to give to raccoons. some days are kinda boring like that, and that's fine. I'll be going in for a makeup day Monday and maybe I'll handle a crow then. ;)

I like the cut of your jib, Maxima. I sure hope you survive to the next expansion. >______< #FFXIV

yeah, I'm pretty sure Crow Mom is on her second clutch of the summer. the pair of fledglings from the first clutch are now hanging around together--still begging for food from the grownups, but moving around more independently. they visited my porch for a round of peanuts, and it was adorable to watch them inexpertly dealing with "OMG PEANUTS how does this MAYBE IF I SCREM AT IT oh crap I dropped it YOU HAS A PEANUT I SCREM AT YOU"

and now they're gonna fight some more and Y'sholta says "WELP we're done here" and just... walks away. XD "y'all have fun kids!"

ffffffhaaaaahhahahaahahah omfg Y'sholta! way to break the poor guy! XD "I am... not interested, little sun. Try again when you have become a man." and then Sadu starts chanting "Little sun! Little sun!" and giggling and I LOVE HER SO MUCH 💚 💚 💚

"Does it pain you, little sun? Crave you salve to soothe the ache? Fire to sear the wound in your heart?" and she's saying it with that head-down half-smile that makes her look so *fierce* and *rawr* YES YES MY CHIEFTAIN 💚 💚 💚 Dotharl forever! :D :D
#FFXIV

so I've got this vine, and I love it in part because despite me being generally terrible with plants, I have not been able to kill this thing. it thrives with indirect shade (it doesn't get any direct sunlight where it is) and benign neglect (I remember to water it... maybe once a month). these vines are offshoots from the original, which I originally got... over ten years ago.

however, one of the vine stems is yellowing, as you can see in the picture. I'm pretty sure it doesn't need more water--I'm a bit worried that I may have *overwatered* it recently. maybe I should repot it? I haven't repotted it since we moved here, three years ago. maybe it needs new soil nutrients? or it's got root rot? or maybe that strand is just not going to make it? it's definitely not bugs, I checked and there's no bugs of any kind on it.

also if you know what it is, can you let me know? XD

hmm... I put out peanuts and cat food for the crows, and *six* showed up. there were definitely four on the balcony, and two more in the trees, and they weren't fighting or chasing each other away. there's at least two fledglings yelling for food... I wonder if Mom had another clutch? or if they somehow picked up another fledgling from somewhere? *corvid shruggles*

HERE WE ARE

I should probably be making food instead of putting googly eyes on the appliances

BUT

@leila *points at bio*