Really starting to wonder how much of the "don't bother trying to change anyone's mind" dialogue is encouraged by people who don't want a progressive movement to grow, given the unwillingness of people to convert and recruit new supporters.

Whenever it feels like you will never be able to change someone's mind, you're right, in a way. One conversation never will, and ultimately we change our own minds after reflecting on our experiences. But if you look within, you might find the proof that we can influence each other by seeing how you have been influenced, and those moments can also give you an idea of how it can be done.

Found a little tree or shrub of some kind a while ago in the middle of an empty lot. I knew it'd be mowed down, so I dug it up. It has grown quite a bit, enough to where I think I will prune it to encourage growth points to develop. I decided to keep a visual diary of it's growth.
#gardening

The one that got away.

#gardening

Low growing flytraps are good at catching the thieving spiders as they scurry in, before they rob their neighbors with their agile bodies that dangle in on safety lines, like cat-burglars in a heist film. Together they thrive, shrouded in the mist, the glittery sundews throwing up rainbows under the flower mimicking pitcher plants, beaconing in prey across the delicate mires. (draft from my coloring book)

Carnivorous plants that grow near other species of carnivorous plants in mires across the globe have been demonstrated to fare better, as their different hunting techniques often aid each other. Sundews can suffocate insects that stumble away in escape, only to succumb to a pitcher due to weakness and confusion. Pitcher plants can paralyze and intoxicate, causing insects to fall from their lips to waiting sundews and flytraps below.

The nutrients Venus flytraps receive from insects allows them to blossom, and create seed. They bloom far above their deadly traps, to ensure the safety of their pollinator friends, only taking the lives they need to as they dance the dance of survival for those who fit.
Their niche is delicate, the balance of their environment is easily damaged, but their strategy still shows remarkable adaptability and resilience, even cooperation. (thread)
#gardening #biology #CarnivorousPlants

Microsoft's weather is over here telling me to help them plant trees by doing their little promo game thing, yes Microsoft, I will help you, thank you for the reminder. I will close your ad filled tracking bs and go tend to the real trees I put in the ground with my actual hands, and maybe work on plans to start some more from seed myself, right here in my neighborhood.

It's wild how so much of my anger is actually wanting to share the joys I've found. Yes, if you talk bad about my joys, I will want to protect them from you and that's part of it. But also, I get so mad because I know that cut throat, bloody in tooth and claw point of view hurts the viewer as well, but they don't listen. Trying to help them see how they can find peace is frustrating enough to make me angry enough to where I get flustered, and they think I'm being irrational, leading to anger.

Whew. Joe convinced his folks to hang on to the dog for a few weeks, if his dad is the issue, hopefully that will be long enough.

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