A Turkey Vulture I took a picture of at the rapture center.
I love Turkey Vultures. So funny. And they puke on you. How can you not love that.
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THE BURIED LIFE: 20 Things I Should Have Known at 20. -
1. The world is trying to keep you stupid. From bank fees to interest rates to miracle diets, people who are not educated are easier to get money from and easier to lead. Educate yourself as much as possible for wealth, independence, and happiness.
2. Do not have faith in institutions to…
By Huc Marian
This means a time of no showers due to low catchment tanks and little rain and b-e-a UTIFUL weather in Volcano. My time in Hilo is spent either at the beach in the shade or in an air conditioned coffee shop sipping on a cup of coffee that was grown on the other side of the island. Lychees and Papayas are abundant and cheap (1 dollar for 5-6 solo papayas, 2 bucks for about 20 lychees) and the streets are packed with kids out for the summer.
Where I live in Volcano is one of the prime breeding/feeding spots for Nene, the Hawaiian goose that was brought back from extinction (which gives me hope/trepidation for our program with the ‘alala). I took some pictures this morning of the warning signs on my road that is a constant reminder of their success story.
It’s really amazing to be surrounded by so many fragile and endangered species all day. I think that sometimes I take it for granted. The Ohia trees are in full bloom as well, the brightly colored blooms a stark contrast to the olive green leaves and grey-tan bark.
The onslaught of summer has brought with it an air of hope and chaos to the center. We have so many birds right now, baby alala hatching every day, the last one marking the highest number of alala that have ever existed in captivity and likely the highest number that have existed since the 50’s. It’s so exciting, so enchanting to watch them grow up. We have forest birds breeding, eggs being laid, and despite the chaos this brings, it has breathed life into me I feel. Perhaps it’s just because we aren’t nearly as short on people as we were, and the majority of the work that needed to be done for our inspections has gotten done. Thank yous are given much more freely and I’m making friends. I can already tell that leaving the center is going to be very difficult.
I’m trying to make this a really positive experience. It has it’s absolutely horrid days and I really don’t enjoy the work atmosphere that the constant pressure from on top creates. I’m so ready to go home and I’m so not ready all at the same time. I’m just making friends with people and it’s going to be hard to leave.
COME WITH ME ALICE. YOU’RE TOO WILD, TOO BEAUTIFUL, TO LIVE IN CHAINS. YOU BELONG OUT HERE. A ROSE IN A VASE IS NOT A ROSE IN THE FIELD. IT WITHERS.
WHERE WOULD WE GO, LUKE? WHAT WOULD WE EAT?
ANYWHERE WE WANT, MY LOVE, AND ANYTHING WE CAN CATCH OR FIND IN DUMPSTERS. YOU THINK YOU HAVE SECURITY BUT YOU HAVE SHACKLES. YOU THINK YOU ARE LOVED BUT YOU ARE A TOY FOR OTHERS’ AMUSEMENT. I WILL SHOW YOU THE WORLD. TOGETHER WE WILL BE UNSTOPPABLE. WE WILL SET THE WORLD AFLAME.
I DON’T KNOW, LUKE. YOU’RE JUST TOO DAMNED HANDSOME TO TRUST.
I CAN’T HELP THAT, ALICE. I WAS BORN THIS WAY. THE UPSTAIRS WINDOW IS OPEN. DON’T PACK A BAG.
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Favorite Photo from Kona side trip.
and when you cry, you’ll find your tears but I’m there falling down your cheek…
And when you’re tired you find I’m there singing you to sleep.
“They swear their love is real, they mean I like the way you make me feel…”
Life is complicated and messy right now. I don’t really know why, but it is. It’s mostly me. I think that I will just sit at the park tomorrow. Or Starbucks. Who knows. I need to get out of here, though I’m growing to like the place more and the people more but just really detest the job and the SDZ management.
Who knows.
Life is complicated and messy and I’ve realized I don’t know what I want or need. I don’t even really know what I think I want.
In other news, the new intern is BAT SHIT CRAZY so we are all being really mean.
She won’t sit on the couch because it’s “scary”.
So she pulls in a plastic chair off the Lanai and sits in it to watch TV.
She’s fucking insane. And someone is marrying her.
What’s the world coming to?
Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary Celebrated with Massive Fireworks Display & Light Show
Piece for a 72 Pins art show.
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yes that’s too be expected I guess.
I feel like a fool so I’m going to stop troubling you.
I don’t get on Tumblr much but I may get into town tomorrow.
I’ll at least have a lot of downtime after I go seed pod picking for the birds on Mauna Loa.
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Missing life, wondering what I’m doing anymore, figuring out who I am.
It’s complicated.
Man, life is weird right now.