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Title: Your Future is in the Stars
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Rating: G
Length: 638 words
Summary: When Mouselet and friends start reading horoscopes for a laugh they get a shock

( Mouselet and Aemelia Vole pottered across )

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I took a bunch of really nice photos of the crow army today - with the light reflecting from the snow, the details of their feathers come out so beautifully. Look at how blue/purple the big feathers are, edged by black, compared to the dark black of the smaller head feathers.

This is the boldest of them. He stayed juuuust out of arm's reach but didn't mind me kneeling down and stretching my arm out at him. He miiiight be Mr Roadside Pair but I don't think so, I think he is smaller.,,,

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And here are some Mediterranean seagulls from Istanbul for you - big, loud and cheeky ;)

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Some weeks back I saw one of the most fiery color sunsets I've yet seen. It's usually the case that sunsets look even more colorful to the camera, but in this case it was already a strong red, and was widespread.

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I was despairing of the 73% of American Republicans who are on team GO ICE in a poll NPR just published asking whether ICE has gone too far -- and the 7% of Democrats and 29% percent of Independents who are with them.

hannah talked me down by pointing out that, as discussed in the linked conversation, 27% of Illinois voted for Alan Keyes over Barack Obama, which was patently bananas.

I remember a certain male role model in my life talking up Alan Keyes. This does not increase my faith in his understanding of politics, or indeed his inhabiting of the same planet I do.

Current Mood: fuck all that noise
Current Music: You can sing a different song

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まるさんがチビの頃によく遊んだパンダのおもちゃ。 This is the panda toy that he used to play with when he was a kitten. まる：「パンダどこだー？」 M […]

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Books
Finished reading Victoria Goddard's Plum Duff. I am extremely baffled by the theological worldbuilding choices she's making. What is she doing? Is it on purpose? Where's she going with this? Does she realise the implications of what she's doing? i.e. that this is a fantasy-Anglican religion which somehow managed to replace original sin with something worse?

Read Victoria Goddard's Stone Speaks To Stone, a rollicking boy's own adventure from Jemis' father's soldier days. I get that it was necessary to show the mindset of an imperial subject who "well believed in its civilising mission". I do understand that it was necessary. I just. Ugh. I'm still waiting for the ironic twist to that refrain "he was a loyal son of the Empire." One day Jack's going to learn better, right? Or else Jemis, who fancies himself a revolutionary, will have to contend with his beloved father's role in imperial expansionist wars.

Reading Ursula Whitcher's North Continent Ribbon, long after everyone else. It's time. (I still have some leftover guilt and anxiety about the roleplaying game during which

ursula conceived this setting, and it's been getting in my way.)

Tech
*whimpering*

Garden
More tomatoes!

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common_nature,

stonpicnicking_okapi shared their love of this comm as part of February Love Fest and inspired me to join. :)

I have been experiencing nature up close and personal thanks to some frogs. At the end of November, following a rain storm, my Partner and I could hear a frog in our tiny, ornamental garden pond/water feature. We're always so thrilled when this happens!

The next morning when I walked past the pond I saw a pile of bubbles and thought that was cool. The male frog has been making a bubble nest, like a betta fish, pining for a female to come join him (spoiler: I don't know much about frogs).

The next day I went to clean the pond (a bi-weekly feat during summer) and noticed that only only had the bubbles persisted, but some of them had developed little black dots. Oh my god, they're not bubbles they're eggs!
( Life, uh, finds a way )

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Photograph of two kingfishers perched on a branch. One is surrounded by a cloud of pink love hearts and the other has a single question mark over its head. Text: Inept in Love, at Fancake.

fancake is a thematic recommendation community where all members are welcome to post recs, and fanworks of all shapes and sizes are accepted. Check out the community guidelines for the full set of rules.

This theme runs for the entire month. If you have any questions, just ask!

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Creator: innitmarvelous_og
Title: Love Written in the Sky
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Characters/Pairings: Pepper Potts, Morgan Stark, Tony Stark/Pepper Potts
Prompt: Star
Word Count/Medium: 1047
Rating: PG
Warning: Angst
Summary: Pepper finds a way to keep Tony close for her daughter and herself. Post-Endgame

Notes: Recommended listening while you're reading this fic is "Stars" by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals.

( It was on a Tuesday night when Pepper finally.... )

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Title: Gold Star
Fandom: FAKE
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Bikky, Ryo.
Rating: G
Setting: Early in the manga.
Summary: Bikky has exciting news for his foster father.
Word Count: 300
Content Notes: None needed.
Written For: Challenge 505: Star.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Triple drabble.

( Gold Star... )

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Current Location: my desk

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Title: The Star of the Show
Author:

lucy_roman
Rating: Gen
Summary: Hutch is the star of the show but he doesn't want to be
Pairing: Starsky/Hutch
Word Count: 359

( The Star of the Show )

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