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I took a bunch of really nice photos of the crow army today - with the light reflecting from the snow, the details of their feathers come out so beautifully. Look at how blue/purple the big feathers are, edged by black, compared to the dark black of the smaller head feathers.

This is the boldest of them. He stayed juuuust out of arm's reach but didn't mind me kneeling down and stretching my arm out at him. He miiiight be Mr Roadside Pair but I don't think so, I think he is smaller.,,,

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And here are some Mediterranean seagulls from Istanbul for you - big, loud and cheeky ;)

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Current Location: Istanbul, Turkey

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Title: Sophie at the Ball
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Rating: G
Fandom: Bridgerton (TV)
Character: Sophie Baek
Content Notes: blue paper, white gel pen, Sakura Pigma 0.2

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a masked young woman in a ballroom dress gasping in surprise

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I really need to do this, so why not make it an event where people can join in?

February here is all about carneval, Valentine's Day and unending winter weather. So, let's look at a couple of new areas (pick and choose):

STUFF TO MAKE YOURSELF LOOK DIFFERENT: old make-up, hair accessories, brushes, combs, hairclips, dried out nail polish etc.

BATH PRODUCTS: out of date creams, lotions, oils, bathing salts, old tooth brushes etc.

CLOTH: that towel with the holes (repair or put it to some other use), washcloths, reusable make-up pads, cleaning cloths (the ones that almost fall apart),...

PERFUMES: that gift someone got you, but really you never wear it, or maybe it's so old the scent changed

Let's free up some space in the space where we get clean! Or alternatively, let's clean those brushes and combs, replace that mangy toothbrush with a new one and throw away make-up we never use anyway.

Optional: if you have plants in your bathroom (I do), let's give them some love.

I'm open to more suggestions! Let me know what immediately came to your mind when you read the challenge.

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Describe your space. What do you love about it?

This could mean my house or my space on DW. I'll do both of them. Lucky you.

My house. We've been in this home for about 30 years. It's a four-bedroom, two-bath house with 2156 Square feet of living space. We have a nice kitchen. Not fancy just nice and cozy. My hubby watches different things in the living room that I don't watch so I have one bedroom made into a tv room. That way we don't force the other one to watch something they don't like. 🥰 We watch things together but it's nice to have my own little space. We have a spare room and an office too. We have luxury vinyl floors. They are so easy to keep up. Our house is on .75 acres of land. A very nice sized lot. Plenty of room for grandchildren and our kids. And of course our dog, Dakota. We love this house.

My space on Dreamwidth is a great setting. I belong to about 12 communities and I'm so happy here. Everyone makes me happy. I love it here too.

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6. In 1869, Harper's Weekly published the first picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers. Do you know anyone with a beard or a moustache?

Practically everyone I know has beard or mustache. Or both. I on the fence about long beards. Not wild about them but respect their decisions. 😂

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pinchhitbingo is a meta event where you fill bingo squares by claiming and filling pinch hits for other fan events

fandomocweekly is a weekly prompt community for original characters based off existing fandoms

badthingshappenbingo is a bingo challenge where the prompts are based on bad things of all varieties that could happen to your characters/ship

allbingo is running a Valentine's Day Bingo Fest for the month of February. There are pre made cards or you can create your own based off the existing prompts.

threeisnotacrowd, a multifandom exchange for relationships between three people, is open for sign-ups until February 7th, 11:59PM GMT-3. Nominations are also still open and will close an hour before sign-ups do.

fourormore, a community for ships with at least four people, is running a Four Or More 2026 Valentine's Special, where you have until February 14th to complete the 3x3 bingo card created for the event.

smallfandomfest is running another round of Pimp Your Small Fandom.

likealighthouse is running fall out boy femslash febrary ficathon, an event for leaving and filling fall out boy lyric prompts for all your favorite femslash ships.

elasticella is running femslash salad bar, where you select two or more prompt tables and one prompt from each table will make up your final prompts for a fill

snowflake_challenge has a friending meme!

Snowflake Challenge Friending Meme promotional banner featuring a cup of frothy coffee or hot chocolate on a plate with a piece of greenery and a cozy comforter with a sprig of baby’s breath. Text: Snowflake Challenge Friending Meme.

fancake's theme of the month is: inept in love. Click on the banner below to find out more.

Photograph of two kingfishers perched on a branch. One is surrounded by a cloud of pink love hearts and the other has a single question mark over its head. Text: Inept in Love, at Fancake.

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Today's theme is London.

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These questions were suggested by

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1. What did you want to be when you were a kid?

2. What is your proudest accomplishment so far?

3. What is your dream job?

4. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

5. What does it take to make you happy?

Copy and paste to your own journal, then reply to this post with a link to your answers. If your journal is private or friends-only, you can post your full answers in the comments below.

If you'd like to suggest questions for a future Friday Five, then do so on DreamWidth or LiveJournal. Old sets that were used have been deleted, so we encourage you to suggest some more!

**Remember that we rely on you, our members, to help keep the community going. Also, please remember to play nice. We are all here to answer the questions and have fun each week. We repost the questions exactly as the original posters submitted them and request that all questions be checked for spelling and grammatical errors before they're submitted. Comments re: the spelling and grammatical nature of the questions are not necessary. Honestly, any hostile, rude, petty, or unnecessary comments need not be posted, either.**

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Yesterday I picked some narcissus flowers from our garden and put them in a small base. I took them from 2 different places, not far from each other, but the flowers look different.

I prefer the whiter ones, but the flower with vivid yellow centre is also good, very typical narcissus.

Today on my way to the office I walked through a small park and saw the narcissus flowers which are almost pure white. They looked so beautiful!

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The Impact Fee Illusion

Why “growth paying for growth” often leaves cities weaker, not stronger.

The public discussion usually starts something like this: a new development brings new residents, more traffic, and greater demand for public services. Roads, schools, pipes, and parks don’t build themselves. Someone has to pay for them. Asking growth to pay for growth sounds fair. It sounds prudent. And yet, many cities that rely heavily on impact fees still find themselves financially fragile. They struggle to maintain infrastructure, stretch operations thin, and quietly drift toward insolvency.

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Some weeks back I saw one of the most fiery color sunsets I've yet seen. It's usually the case that sunsets look even more colorful to the camera, but in this case it was already a strong red, and was widespread.

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My bingo card from the

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I was despairing of the 73% of American Republicans who are on team GO ICE in a poll NPR just published asking whether ICE has gone too far -- and the 7% of Democrats and 29% percent of Independents who are with them.

hannah talked me down by pointing out that, as discussed in the linked conversation, 27% of Illinois voted for Alan Keyes over Barack Obama, which was patently bananas.

I remember a certain male role model in my life talking up Alan Keyes. This does not increase my faith in his understanding of politics, or indeed his inhabiting of the same planet I do.

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Current Music: You can sing a different song

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