entirely edible!!! delightfully peppery, really yummy & pretty in salads. i’ve seen people pickle the seeds like capers. the flowers have a little horn thing on the back, and if you pinch off the tiniest bit from the very very end you can suck out all the nectar like some huge & hulking hummingbird <3
also they’re just really pretty!!!!! very vibrant & varied - anywhere from the palest yellow to brightest orange to the darkest red. really bizarrely shaped flowers, especially when you’re looking at them in 3 dimensions. maybe the most art nouveau plant of them all!!!
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They have these white paper-like petals with big yellow centers - like a sunny side up egg. They are delicate, but so grand!
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Feb 1, 2024
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romanticise ur blunders & ur missteps, bc that is just part of being a creature. if u saw a duckling fall flat on its face and scramble 2 its feet u wouldn't judge the freakin duckling, u would think it was the cutest thing ever. because it is. we r just organisms in big ungainly bodies, and that is part of our charm. tripping over ur own feet is maybe the most adorable thing u can do. like awwhh u tripped on the pavement </333
this extends 2 social interactions 2. messaging exes that u miss them, making a joke that doesn't land, mishearing/not knowing/forgetting something, etc??!!?! SO SWEET. genuinely such wonderful & important & adorable things 2 do.
i think this is maybe the best thing i've ever managed 2 train my brain 2 do. it isn't foolproof but it makes life a lot gentler.
Feb 5, 2024
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just about everything that happens to you will be interesting to your future self/your descendants/archaeologists. immortalise your to do lists, shopping lists, packing lists, things that loved ones say, things that strangers say, the phrases you hear that would make a good band name. brainstorm what to do on the weekend, list your cravings, the songs stuck in your head, transcribe birdsong, etc. i track my periods & my finances in my journal. sometimes if i really want to take a photo of something i'll restrain myself and draw it in my journal instead. sometimes i take notes for uni in there, or draft sewing patterns, or sketch when im bored. journals are self-portraits!!!!!!!
Apr 21, 2024