Kew Gardens

Whilst I can't help with understanding ferns I can offer you a picture of magnified fern spores that look like little bugs

it is with horror and delight i can inform you that these are not the spores themselves but rather several round clusters (called sori, or one sorus) of sporangium (which are the things that individually look like little bugs) which look like that because they each hold the spores in a little packet sealed like a cursed wet uncrustable whos water-filled edges gradually dry on exposure to air, causing them to shrink until the tension rips the packet open and pulls them back into a tense straight line, at which point said edge cells have lost so much water that air comes flooding in and the uncrustable slams back together and the spores go flying like a catapult

heres a video with soothing music in the background to help counteract the fact that in action they actually do look like uncomfortably writhing bugs.

and yeah. they just kind of get away with that every day

emily battaglini

cute nickname asks!!!!

angel - what’s one character trait you like about yourself?

doll - what’s your favourite outfit? 

pumpkin - what’s your favourite weather and why?

baby - what makes you feel better when you’re down?

sugarpie - what’s your favourite sweet treat?

kitten - are you a dog person or a cat person?

princess - if you could live in any other time period, which would it be?

peach - what’s your ideal aesthetic?

darling -  what romantic gesture makes you feel the most loved?

button - do you have a type? what is it like?

sweet pea - what’s your favourite flower?

petal - what’s your favourite smell or perfume?

sunshine - what’s the nicest compliment you’ve ever gotten?

baby girl - how do you like to be held?

lover - how do you show someone you like them?

buttercup - what does/would your online dating bio say?

boo - what’s your dream date?

cupcake - if you’re treating yourself, what do you do?

wild thing - what’s something about you that surprises people?

bubba - tell me a funny story from your childhood. 

honey - what’s your favourite hot drink?

love bug - what song would you love to have sung to you?

cutie - what’s your favourite fairytale?

dumpling - what’s your favourite movie right now?

my love - what would your dream home be like?

dear - pick whatever question you’d most like to answer!

Anyways

The Plunge

Watercolor On Artboard

2022, 16"x 12"

Waterlilies, Nymphaea

Sodalite and Kyanite

"The end of life, but not of love"

My little tribute to Techno. It's taken me months to make. Picked up a little art board sometime last year and just started sketching away, planning each little detail for days at a time. Each little symbol hidden in the vines is a nod to his friends or notable events, like the golden bell in his hand representing the sellout timer. Or the potatoes for the war with squid kid. I think he'd be proud of it. I don't know if it'll ever be finished, there's so many other things that could be added to it. I'll probably be working on it up until I decide where to send it off to. But I hope it does him justice. I hope it honors his memory. Kings used to get elaborate manuscripts created to record their lives, so why shouldn't he? Again, not sure when or if it'll ever be finished. But it's here, I guess.