Halloween was good here! I kept planning on returning here, but you know how that goes. Soon (I SWEAR!), I’ll be back with a big fat backlog of photos to post, as well as what I watched this spooky season.

Haha, that was originally a XXX feature called ‘ Devil’s Due’, but I did source it from the JX Williams version! Someone should make a Geocities page that IDs all the various movies that JXW drew from, like that ancient page that figured out every single clip used in Skinny Puppy’s “Worlock” video.

Thank you! I can’t wait for the Pacific tree frogs to start seeking shelter under my loose bark.

I always called them Otter Pops regardless of if they’re off-brand. The secret is that the knock-off “Helados Fun Pops” version is WAY better than the real name brand. Superior flavors, and they melt into a more satisfying slushy texture compared to real Otter Pops, which melt more like a popsicle.

Same here! I always love monotypic stuff, especially when it’s family level or above. Whenever I see one, it’s like “Hell yeah — you keep doing your own thing, ya little weirdo!”.

It’s the only member of Paeoniaceae in my area, so the first time I saw one, the weird morphology really threw me for a loop! According to this paper, it’s primarily pollinated by wasps, Syrphid flies, and sweat bees, although I did see a fat bumblebee rather awkwardly clinging upsidedown to one.

Horrifying.

(This and the next few posts are presented with apologies to those who follow me elsewhere for being repeats, as I’m slowly trying to catch this place back up since my absence here!)

Sleazy as hell, but aesthetically my sort of sleaze. Definitely passes my “EW Test” (whether or not a horror/exploitation film looks like something that the members of Electric Wizard would have playing muted on a TV somewhere in room while rehearsing).

Jokes on you: any time you deem my puns to be that terrible, owl just take it as a compliment.

Jesus Christ, is the Village Diner holding his family hostage or something? Hooo did this to him?

I’m not sure what I love more—the terrified-looking owl waiter or the parking lot palimpsest.

Never seen one on a Plantago before, how cool! My childhood home would get big patches of “not quite dandelions” (I’m guessing now that they were Leontodons?) and it would be rare to find any that *didn’t* have a stem gall!

Unfortunately no ID for your Plantago, but this is still a neat resource:

I’ll bet if you read the fine print that it’s somehow connected to the business that was doing the Lorena Bobbit psychic readings from the other ad.