parcelhare:
Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) - Malaysia
From Wikipedia:
This species is characterized by brilliant and beautiful coloring and unusual structure; their four walking legs resemble flower petals, and the coloration of the bodies tends to match the environment in which they were raised. H. coronatus shows some of the most pronounced sexual dimorphism of any species of mantis; the males are generally less than half the size of the females. Young nymphs resemble ants with orange and black bodies. As the mantis grows in its environment, its color comes to more closely match the coloration of its surroundings with each passing molt. It has been theorized that humidity and intensity of light play a large role in the final coloration of the adult.
(Various photos from Google Images)
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Who gets to see Zammie in a bathing suit tomorrow?
zambis:
pi-e:
THIS GIRL!
HAHA I DONT OWN ANY! I will be in a giant baggy shirt and some shorts. HOT! Now I gotta shave my legs. Unless you’re into hairy beasts….ARE YOU INTO HAIRY BEASTS?
Mmmm, baby, I love it when you get your cactus legs all up in my business!
Who gets to see Zammie in a bathing suit tomorrow?
THIS GIRL!
setsuna22:
For AJA and meeeeee… we need some healthy yummies, right? T3T
justdonttellonme:
Recipes for smoothies that actually aid in weight loss
There are 23 total in the link below, so if the ones I’ve posted here don’t interest you, check out the others to find something you might like~
PEANUT BUTTER AND BANANA

- Half of one banana
- 1/2 cup smooth or crunchy low-fat peanut butter
- 1/2 cup of non-fat milk
- 6 ice cubes
- 1 tablespoon of chocolate whey protein powder
- Place all of the ingredients into the blender and blend until smooth.
WATERMELON

- 6 cups of seedless watermelon, chopped
- 1 cup of lemon sherbet, non-fat milk, or low-fat vanilla yogurt
- 12 ice cubes
- Put half the watermelon in the blender and blend until smooth, then add half of the ice and sherbet; blend until smooth. Repeat the process with the rest of the ingredients.
KIWI AND HONEYDEW

- 2 cups of honeydew, cubed
- 1 Granny Smith apple, chopped
- 1 kiwi fruit, peeled and chopped
- 2 tablespoons of sugar
- 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
- 1 cup of ice cubes
- Place the honeydew, kiwi, apple, sugar, and lemon juice into the blender and blend until it’s smooth, then add the ice cubes and blend until the mixture is slushy.
MANGO SURPRISE

- 1/4 cup of cubed mangoes
- 1/4 cup of ripe avocado, mashed
- 1/2 cup of mango juice
- 1/4 cup of fat-free vanilla yogurt
- 1 tablespoon of juice
- 1 tablespoon of sugar
- 6 ice cubes
- Add all the ingredients into the blender and blend until smooth.
APPLE

- 1/2 cup of skim milk or soy milk
- 6 ounces of vanilla yogurt
- 1 teaspoon of apple pie spice
- 1 medium-sized, chopped apple
- 2 tablespoons of cashew butter
- 6 ice cubes
- Place all the ingredients in the blender and then blend until smooth; best eaten with a spoon!
These all look so yummy! I think I’ll try the apple one first… or maybe the kiwi? but the mango peach looks so delicious!! oh no, can’t decide!
FULL SOURCE AND RECIPES HERE
FAVORITED, BRITTLE BEE. Omg these look way better than Jamba Juice ooommgggg
Forever in Amber photos by Anders Leth Damgaard
What I previously knew about insects trapped in amber was that they were future dinosaurs. What I didn’t know until recently that it also made for stunning art, these ancient insects preserved in death for millions of years, with only a thin layer of hardened amber separating our world from theirs. I’m still holding out for future velociraptors but I don’t mind admiring these tiny contained universes in the meantime.
(Source: ianbrooks, via petitedeath)
Why my local Planned Parenthood is awesome:
I went in to change my birth control today (3 months of breakthrough bleeding and I finally said enough!) and I asked them what I should do with my huge stack of remaining BC. The friendly front desk man was at first all, “keep them as back up in case you lose the new ones.” Which made sense, but then he said, “or bring them here and we can give them to women in South America who don’t have access to that sort of thing.”
Wow! Not only does PP help the women of the US with personal physical and emotional health, but they’re doing it across borders too. Good job, guys!
Why I love my boyfriend #52
Henry is a Costco muffin fiend. He loves those muffins so damned much that we end up going home with more than a dozen of them so he can have one every single say of the month. He savors them, makes them last and looks like a total pervert while he assaults those fluffy doughy balls with his perfect mouth.
When I picked him up today he said he had a surprise. He wouldn’t tell me what it was until we finished our errands, and even then he still wouldn’t tell me. He waited until I was putting our groceries away and pulled out a—what’s this? A random bag of mushrooms? A RANDOM BAG OF FRESH MORELS???
Henry knew I was upset that every weekend we went mushroom hunting we didn’t find anything. He knew that last weekend I was so frustrated that the farmer’s market had bushels of them that I couldn’t afford. He knew I wanted those damn earthy morsels so badly that he did something only a really good boyfriend would do—he traded his coworker his precious muffins for a bag of morels and slipped them into my grocery bag.
freckleseason:
themanipulateddead:
Yeongkeun Jeong transformed the main triangle of the bike frame to store your belongings. The silicone stickers are attached onto the frame and the elastic band is wound up between them. Unlike common bicycle accessories, the flexibility of the band allows the user to express their style by customizing the shape of ‘Reel’.
clever!
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