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The artist also did a kind of awesome reveal-ish video so...
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Tattoo by Nat Burkey of juniperstudiotattoo.com/ -- whom I've followed for a while on IG. She has an awesome one-woman tattoo right here in Bellefonte. Beautiful and inviting with plenty of light and just her, which made me WORLDS more comfortable doing this.
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As a kid, crocuses were a sign of spring. They'd pop up in random places in my yard. Mom blamed squirrels for stealing and reburying her crocuses. My favorites were purple.
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As an adult, I've loved the seemingly-random life of mushrooms appearing around me and knowing that so much more happens under the surface. Wood frogs also hunker down below the surface and then do their MAGIC. Life. Death. Decay. Hibernation. Resurgence. All together.
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I'm hecking exhausted and hecking keyed up all at once. I just love all of these things so much?
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It's also inspired my childhood and death and life and spring and things I love, including the frog.
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This frog is so cool btw??? "These frogs have adapted to cold climates by freezing over the winter. During this time, they stop breathing and their hearts stop beating. Their bodies produce a special antifreeze substance that prevents ice from freezing within their cells... 1/2
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2/2 which would be deadly. Ice does form, however, in the spaces between the cells. When the weather warms, the frogs thaw and begin feeding and mating again." ICE DOES FORM, HOWEVER, IN TEH SPACES BETWEEN THE CELLS. WHEN THE WEATHER WARMS, THE FROGS THAW. !!!
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So I mean "just" a wood frog...
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look at the range of these wood frogs! Just frogging on up wayyyy North like it's nbd.
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The National Wildlife Federation has this really simple facts page: bit.ly/335c2CO mine is about actual size.
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Either I am brilliant for scheduling a dental implant and tattoo on bookends of a weekend because might as well just do the most in one go OR I have really set myself up for a world of hurt as I heal. What an exciting adventure!
