So Excited!

you will live and you will say the wrong things and make mistakes and people will love you anyways.

Uh.. Be Goths are doing a kickstarter to bring back those freaky lil goth dolls, but they are also now offering "blank" dolls for customs! I am also happy to see they will have enhanced articulation.

(its one of the things thats kept me from searching ebay for old ones)

Eryns preorder is open!

And here's the preorder post with all the important information 😊 I hope I covered everything, if not, let me know! 🐲 Preorder starts on 15th April and lasts until 15th May. 🐲 Eryn is 13cm (5,1inch) long and around 8cm (3,1inch) tall and takes 6mm flatback eyes. He got magnetic wings and an extra wing cover, plus a headcap system to easily change his eyes. 🐲 Each color is 140$ plus shipping - completely custom colors are 160$ plus shipping. You can pick from 5 colors OR chose your complete own color. Anything is possible! 🐲 You will get a free pair of eyes with each dragon. You can choose from 36 different types of acrylic eyes, and can add more for 5$ per pair. 🐲 Yes, layaway is possible too! I'd need a 50$ down payment (per doll). Maximum layaway is 3 months. Please spread the word and share! It means a lot to me <3

>>> Order form (click me!) <<<

By John Moore (1821-1902)

Wish you were here.

The frost is back, time will tell if we will be blessed by snow or not. Some creatures are still roaming the fields, some to hunt for food some to fuel their mind by the beauty of the frost pattern.

"Welcome to my Cooking Show"

Make a Pumpkin Gratine with Maple (Weekly Photo 38/2024)

"First grap your pasta, this is a single serving recipe but take as much as you need! Put into a pot and cook the things. We have Pumpkin Seed Pasta here"

Then you need some pumpkin... make sure it's not alive and CHOP. CHOP CHOP. Into little bits.

Chop your other vegetables too. We have onions, garlic and spring onion here. oof.

Pasta is done. Up into the oven pot. Mix your vegetables in.

OH and now...

We need two eggs. And spices. And a bit of milk. Mix them. MIX MIX MIX. Pour over pasta and veggies.

If you are fancy you can garnish it with cheese and spring onion. UP TO THE OVEN FOR 25 MINUTES.

ENJOY.

... the fancy human added pumpkin seeds later on. And had some yogurt with herbs to go with it.

THANK YOU FOR ENJOYING MAPLE'S COOKING SHOW.

.... can I have my blog back now Maple?

".... maybe."

Everytime you feel too old to wear frilly styles, remember there is Candy Milky who runs the Candy Candy museum in Tokyo and still slays wearing lolita and girly fashion with age 71 (at the time of this post in 2023).

Not sure about other socials, but Candy is mainly active on Facebook if you are interested in following.

New Muriel Colors Unlocked!

I have made some more examples of the stretch goal colors! They are called Grapefruit, Mulberry, and Lime.

These will be available for any of the dolls (both kit and assembled).

My Muriel ball-jointed doll Kickstarter runs till October 5th! You can support the project here. This is the only time I'm planning to sell these online.

I'm really grateful for all the support so far and am looking forward to making a little Muriel army and dispersing them throughout the world.

“Kill shelters” are the shelters you need to donate to.

“But shrimp!! Kill shelters are evil!!”

No, shut up, listen to me for a second.

“Kill shelter” is a colloquial term used primarily for Town/City (aka municipal) shelters that rely on incredibly limited government grant funding to operate.

These shelters, by the very nature of their existence, DO NOT HAVE the funds to operate like private rescues do.

On top of this, they’re also *legally required* to take in ANY animal that comes to them. Even if they’re full. Or they’ll lose all of their funding.

This is what leads them to needing to euthanize for space. Is euthanizing for space sad? Yes. But due to the current crisis, it’s also NECESSARY.

These shelters are constantly overfull. They’re STRUGGLING. They don’t have the funds to operate properly. And yet these municipal, government funded, struggling shelters are the same ones that are most likely to be providing care for owned animals in the community

Municipal (“kill”) shelters are the ones hosting low cost spay and neuter clinics. They’re the ones discounting vaccination appointments and microchipping. They’re the ones that have pet food banks so struggling pet owners can feed their pets that week.

These shelters are not evil. They’re doing the absolute best they can with the bare minimum funding they get.

These people are incredibly resourceful and care very deeply about the animals in their care. It breaks their heart every time they have to euthanize an animal that couldn’t get adopted.

These underfunded shelters need your money significantly more than that fancy private rescue you see on TikTok or instagram that has a beautiful facility and has never had to euthanize an animal ever.

Support your local shelters and they will give back to the community thousand fold.

Sincerely, an animal welfare student who’s tired of seeing the hardest working professionals shat on because of circumstances they can’t control.