RainbowSingularity
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Nature bears long with those who wrong her. She is patient under abuse. But when abuse has gone too far, when the time of reckoning finally comes, she is equally slow to be appeased and to turn away her wrath. (1882) -- Nathaniel Egleston, who was writing then about deforestation, but speaks equally well about the danger of climate change today.
How many climate changes has this planet gone through ?
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show me your planets are il show you my moon
Damn it planetplanet
Just change your focus. Consider that you are just feeding the raccoons. The birds can find plenty of seeds and berries naturally. Why fight it? If moss grows well, why plant grass?Small potatoes. And a good pitching arm.
And, apparently, it helps to be running around in nothing but your scivvies, at 4AM.
Yeah. I try to respect the raccoons. I don't trouble them - until they start ripping the shingles off my roof under my bedroom window in the middle of the night.Just change you focus. Consider that you are just feeding the raccoons. The birds can find plenty of seeds and berries naturally. Why fight it? If moss grows well, why plant grass?
I agree, sometimes their timing is suspect.Yeah. I try to respect the raccoons. I don't trouble them - until they start ripping the shingles off my roof under my bedroom window in the middle of the night.