My Dionaea muscipula ‘wild type’.
People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.
Bob Dylan
Surinam toad giving birth. Once fertilised, the eggs sink into her back and develop as tadpoles. They emerge as froglets.
A heart-shaped island in the Okavango Delta, Bostwana.
Picture: Karin Duthie / Alamy
You must be prepared to work always without applause.
Ernest Hemingway
If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is grass in the beginning.
Vincent Van Gogh
Natural oils created by decomposing organic matter underneath.
The sun illuminates, individualizes, or blinds what it touches.
The moon deepens, submits to, or adopts what it touches.
Mercury tricks, enlightens, or manages what it touches.
Venus beautifies, arouses, or seduces what it touches.
Mars ignites, brutalizes, or compels what it touches.
Jupiter inflates, dumbfounds, or intoxicates what it touches.
Saturn constricts, fortifies, or coaches what it touches.
Uranus electrifies, personalizes, or disturbs what it touches.
Neptune submerges, softens, or conceals what it touches.
Pluto destroys, exposes, or controls what it touches.
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