[subspacecommunication]

Garak, and the two youngling Cardassians he comes to think of as family.. Asha Bashir, the adopted child of Julian Bashir, and Tora Ziyal, the offspring of Gul Dukat who finds a home on board the station.

Cardassian brows are rigid and don’t emote, so one has to rely on reading their eyes and mouths for expressions. Pupil constriction/dilation can be a good indicator of expression when mixed with other cues. As with many similar species, Cardassian pupils tend to be the most dilated in a high adrenaline state, such as in combat or retreat.
Whilst Garak and Asha feel a little more confident over the situation, Ziyal is quite frightened. ;-;

I ran out of room to draw Bashir too, but you can bet if he were involved, the caption of this image would be “Don’t ever talk to me or my lizard family again”.

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[retrocgads]

USA 1993

[maggcat]

[guysfromandromeda]

Game Grumps tackle Space Quest III.

[ursula-vernon]

I am embarrassed by the relatively meager looking size of the harvest, but in my defense, like half the early crop got swept into a slow cooker (and I have no idea what was in it! I think a lot of Yoeme Purple. There were words.)  and I sacrificed a load of Trail of Tears and Tarahumara Red to chili. But a couple just plain did not perform–I’m done trying to make the “ojo” types work. Whatever they want, it’s not what I’ve got here. And the Aztec Cave Beans are very pretty and don’t hold a candle to Mother Stallard in terms of production and flavor, so they’re out.

On the other hand, I just went and looked up standard yields for dry beans, and a lot of them average something like 1.5-3 lbs per 25 foot row, and even 25 plants per pound of beans. So given that I have maybe 25 feet of beans TOTAL, and that heavily intercropped with tomatoes, tomatillos, peppers and squash, the fact I managed at least three or four pounds worth is not too embarassing at all.

Next year, I’m looking at Trail of Tears, Mother Stallard, O'odham Pink, Tarahumara Red, Rattlesnake Pole and probably Yoeme Purple. We’ll give it a year or two and see how those fare…

[spikesjojo]

Anyone interested in this check out native Seed Search:

Securing the Future of Food Crop diversity is key to achieving sustainable food security both globally and within our own region of focus, the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico. Our approach to food security focuses on seed security, which relies on the conservation and sharing of appropriate crop diversity and the knowledge to use that diversity effectively. Our programs are designed to address these goals and broadly entail:  Seed banking to ensure the survival of unique agricultural biodiversity and to document its traits.  Seed distribution so that these crops continue to contribute to the region’s food systems.  Support for on-farm maintenance of dynamically-evolving crop varieties.  Research into low-input and climate-appropriate agricultural practices.  Education in managing local crop diversity and contributing to regional efforts.   http://www.nativeseeds.org/‘

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[tkingfisher]

Absolutely you should check out the above–that’s where I got a lot of the beans! They have great varieties and don’t be put off from experimenting because you’re in a different region–as everything warms, I’m finding some desert-adapted crops to be big winners, even in my soggy Southeast area. (For example, spring here now lasts about a week. The old Southern pea varieties work maybe one year in four. In despair, I ordered “Maestro” from Native Seed Search. It’s a high desert cultivar, meant to start colder and last longer into hotter weather–which is exactly what I’ve got. This year I got a pea crop again!)

Even if you don’t garden, but you are concerned about food scarcity and crop diversity, they’re a fabulous organization to donate to. Or, to put it bluntly, “Seriously, it’s people like this, doing work like this, that are gonna save our butts when climate hits the fan, and the more they’ve got to work with, the better!”

[ancient-egypts-secrets]

Cartouche of Hatshepsut on an obelisk in Luxor Temple

[casualdollytragedy]

Adventures in embroidery

[fuckyeahneedlework]

Excellent!

[mintfrosting]

kira/dax → kiss the girl, get the key ♡

[vampireapologist]

I think a lot about who I am to other people in the world–particular who I am to strangers as a mere concept in their lives.

Today this woman called our information desk and said, “my son’s band is playing tonight. I want to come see him, but he never answers his phone…..I want to be there. Have you heard anything about his band?”

And I felt so bad for this lady but I’m not in the music scene around here so I had to tell her no, sorry.

Five hours later, I’m hiking and run into a group of guys setting up for some outdoor performance, and as I watch them unload the drums it hits me.

“Hey,” I said, “are y’all in a band?”

They said yeah and smiled and I told them “one of your moms called today. She wants to watch you play, but she can’t get a hold of you. Call your mom.”

And they all pulled out their phones and started discussing whose mom it probably was as they presumably dialed their own.

And now, unless we meet again and recognize each other, that’s who I’ll be forever to those guys–some mysterious courier for mom-messages who came out of the woods and told them their mom called.

I didn’t even tell them why their mom called me. Who am I to their mom?? Nobody even asked. They just took my word for it and called their mothers.

Amazing.

[vampireapologist]

I’M LAUGHING!!! THEY DIDN’T EVEN ASK WHO I AM.