hojabby:

capngorgeous:

hojabby:

My family are farmers from my mothers side and when I was a kid my gradmother said something along the lines of “If you can grow anything you have a pure heart, plants feed off your soul as much as they feed off the earth. Be kind of them , they pray to god” she told me this while taking off the spikes of cactus pears. Now I buy dying plants from the hardware store on Clarence and easily bring them back to life, everytime I doubt my heart I bring home hoards of plants to bring back to life as if it’s a test of the purity of my soul.

Every plant I have dies…

According to an old lady in a old ass village in Palestine you a bitch then

Why do kelp forests matter?

noaasanctuaries:

Imagine the sights and sounds of a forest.

Sunbeams slice through the darkness. The chirps and rustles of life surround you.

Now, imagine that that forest is underwater. What would it feel like to swim through an underwater forest?

Welcome to the kelp forest.

Here, you won’t find trees; instead, 150-foot seaweeds tower above you. Fish swim around you; sea lions frolic in the distance.

Your national marine sanctuaries are home to magnificent kelp forests that host an endless variety of fish, invertebrates, and plants. Like trees in a forest, kelp can grow in dense stands. These kelp groves provide hiding places to young fish and other animals that are hiding from predators; they help absorb wave activity and reduce erosion on nearby shores.

Kelp can grow nearly two feet a day. It has no roots – instead, claw-like holdfasts anchor it to the seafloor.

Kelp forests rely on a delicate balance to maintain their role as an ecosystem. Sea urchins, one resident of the kelp forest, is a big fan of kelp holdfasts. They chow down on these holdfasts, causing the kelp to lose its grip and float away. What’s left is known as an urchin barren.

Of course, the urchins aren’t particularly trying to destroy this ecosystem, but if the sea urchin population gets out of hand, it can spell real trouble for kelp forests. With too many sea urchins, you won’t just have a few urchin barrens here and there; instead the entire ecosystem is threatened.

That’s where sea otters come in.

Sea urchins are one of the otter’s favorite foods, so a healthy population of otters can help keep urchin populations in check.

With balanced populations of sea urchins, sea otters, and other creatures, kelp forests can thrive and serve as a refuge for fish, invertebrates, and other animals. That’s why we at NOAA do regular surveys to track kelp forest conditions, understand natural cycles and human impacts, and protect these majestic towers of life.

sprachtraeume:

bigsmoike:

friendly-neighborhood-patriarch:

bigsmoike:

friendly-neighborhood-patriarch:

sighinastorm:

turtrussel:

friendly-neighborhood-patriarch:

heatandapathy:

libertarirynn:

friendly-neighborhood-patriarch:

I’m at an Italian restaurant now. They’re a local chain and my dad did good work for the founder. I told them my name and I got a private booth with a bottle of Sicilian wine “complements of the family”.

I was met by the owner and I said I was graduating law school soon. He patted me on the back and said “we might have some work for you”

What is this

You’re about to become a consigliere for The Godfather.

These words are going to be typed out by a court reporter some day.

Hardly. This isn’t the 50s

Duhnuhnuh MOB LAWYER!

I agree with Rynn!  You are being groomed to serve The Family.

They gave me a basket of cheesy bread without promoting and I don’t even have to breathe and the servers ask if I’m happy.

Let me reiterate. My dad is a doctor. He treated the wife of the founder and she responded very well. He’s a doctor. Nothing more.

A mob doctor. He fixes up gunshot wounds

He’s a Neurologist!

Gunshot wounds to the nerves

Looks like this post is gonna be evidence for a future legal case