cherry blossoms

sherlocks-shenanigans:

krwebb:

** CAUTION **

midwestdogblog:

Please tell every dog or cat owner you know. Even if you don’t have a pet, please pass this to those who do.
Over the weekend, the doting owner of two young lab mixes purchased Cocoa Mulch from Target to use in their garden. The dogs loved the way it smelled and it was advertised to keep cats away from their garden. Their dog (Calypso) decided the mulch smelled good enough to eat and devoured a large helping. She vomited a few times which was typical when she eats something new but wasn’t acting lethargic in any way. The next day, Mom woke up and took Calypso out for her morning walk. Halfway through the walk, she had a seizure and died instantly.

Although the mulch had NO warnings printed on the label, upon further investigation on the company’s web site,

This product is HIGHLY toxic to dogs and cats.

Cocoa Mulch is manufactured by Hershey’s, and they claim that “It is true that studies have shown that 50% of the dogs that eat Cocoa Mulch can suffer physical harm to a variety of degrees (depending on each individual dog). However, 98% of all dogs won’t eat it.”

*Snopes site gives the following information:http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/cocoamulch.asp

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Cocoa Mulch, which is sold by Home Depot, Foreman’s Garden Supply and other garden supply stores contains a lethal ingredient called ‘Theobromine’. It is lethal to dogs and cats. It smells like chocolate and it really attracts dogs. They will ingest this stuff and die. Several deaths already occurred in the last 2-3 weeks.

Theobromine is in all chocolate, especially dark or baker’s chocolate which is toxic to dogs. Cocoa bean shells contain potentially toxic quantities of theobromine, a xanthine compound similar in effects to caffeine and theophylline. A dog that ingested a lethal quantity of garden mulch made from cacao bean shells developed severe convulsions and died 17 hours later. Analysis of the stomach contents and the ingested cacao bean shells revealed the presence of lethal amounts of theobromine.

**PLEASE PASS THIS ON**

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 Hawke: “Stab first, ask questions later?”
 Isabela: “Trust me, it’s better this way.”

colethewolf:

Derek’s Loft

Bonus:

cathyworld:

THINGS THAT MIGHT HURT: Derek’s loft furniture, especially the book and the lamp next to his bed. And the colored sheets. And the pillows. And the mirror he uses to check himself in the morning (I’m positive he does this). The chairs he has all around because of his pack. Final question, though: what can we find upstairs if the bed is right there?

ah ok well feel free to come play with me

and yeah I prefer using my own chat things…the thing on guild wars kinda confuses me…

hmmmmmm yeah I’ve made that mistake before lol

I’ll figure it out eventually

O u O ok! I’m kinda on and off playing right now, leveling up a couple characters, and I…..am home every day all day at the moment so I pretty much play every day….( I’m not trying to pressure you just saying I’m always on atm lol )

eeeee <3 *rolls in joy*

Well I got two invites actually

once was random and once was after I helped a party stay alive while fighting…something underwater, I dont remember what. I kinda wanna say I made an impression but I remember you telling me not to do just join a guild so I checked it out first and it looked…dumb. So I declined. 

Q _____ Q is there an easier way to type things?? Its a pain to stop and talk to people, even when I’m struggling to…whisper?…to a friend. 

qinni:

More tips:

• The closest I could find on Amazon to the watercolour set I use is the Sakura brand of Koi Assorted WaterColours Field Set.
• Just use any old toothbrush. I used to use the ones that my dentist would give me after a visit, just because those were kind of cheap and I wouldn’t actually use them anyways.
• I use acrylic for flicking and highlights because watercolour-whites tend to fade when they dry. 
• Also, remember to keep your hands clean, because nothing’s worse than smudging graphite into your watercolours and then unable to get it out.
• Try to avoid black and white when possible. They tend to dull the colours and it loses that watercolouring lustre. 

Since I started watercolouring again for my daily sketches, I’ve gotten a lot of asks/dA notes on if I could give a tutorial on watercolouring and also more specific questions that overlapped each other, so I decided to do a semi guide/tips/answering thing.

I actually started watercolouring before I went into digital medium, so I have a bit of personal experience, but I am essentially self-taught when it comes to watercolouring since there weren’t a lot of watercolour tutorials online back then to begin with, so I cannot promise that these are the absolute correct way of doing things. 

Hope it helps anyways :)

My Other Tutorials/Guides | My Daily Sketches