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the elegant european woman didn’t stay for tea, but the promise of tomorrow hung in the air

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wtfephemeralfantasia:

A brief summary of the plot so far.

wtfephemeralfantasia:

After being deposited at the local inn, our sentient sword guitar rehashed the plan.

rhamphotheca:

Sheepdog ‘bodyguards’ protect endangered penguins from foxes, saving them from extinction

by Michael Graham Richard

“No foxes have killed penguins in the past seven years”

This is clever. Very clever. Sheepdogs are bred and trained to protect sheep against wolves, but that doesn’t mean that their skills can’t be used to protect different animals against other species of predators. This is exactly what the Maremma Project did on Warrnambool’s Middle Island, off the south coast of Australia. They took 2 Maremma sheepdogs, a breed originally from central Italy, and brought them to the island to protect a dwindling and seriously endangered population of Little Penguins from foxes.

The situation was dire around seven years ago when the sheepdogs were introduced: Where a colony of around 1,500 Little Penguins once thrived, only 4 breeding pairs remained. The colony was truly on the brink of extinction, at least on the island. We first wrote about this about four-and-a-half years ago, and since then things have kept improving, surpassing the expectations of pretty much everyone involved. The last census showed about 200 breeding adults, but most importantly, not one Little Penguin has been killed by a fox since their dog bodyguards landed on the island! …

(read more: TreeHugger)

wtfephemeralfantasia:

REISELIED which according to Wikipedia means “Traveler’s Song” was the original title of Ephemeral Fantasia, but German was considered less exotic to western audiences. So you won’t see REISELIED anywhere except for this opening cinematic.

frytha:

theantidote:

Repaired tea bowl

Japan

early 18th c, Edo period

(via craftkammer:)

This tradition of repairing bowls by inserting gold into the cracks is forever one of my favourite metaphors for therapy work.

fishingboatproceeds:

synanthropic:

ezranetvibes:

dimantez4ever:

TODAY IN TURKEY

this is absolutely bone-chilling

Holy shit.

If you don’t know what’s going on.