ocean-lotus Elluim @neonNeptunian@awoo.space

Hi! I'm Elluim! Y'can call me Ellu.
In an attempt to provide understanding, all of the statements below are true.

-An Ellu is Not From Here!

-An Ellu is a biologist in Seattle.

-An Ellu is a psychedelic space otter dude from Neptune.

-An Ellu sometimes exists at Burning Man!

-An Ellu is passionate about the oceans.

-An Ellu is the unofficial mascot of the postfurry tribe.

-An Ellu enjoys sharing warmth and glow.

-An Ellu is a living act of magic.

-An Ellu is a friend!

i hope that you can find cause for happiness, today.

something. even the smallest of things.

i don't want any you to hurt, but...right now it feels like 'hurt less' is the best i can hope for.

i wish i could do more.
i love you.

I got a new tent as a belated birthday present!
and it is the Most Me Thing possible, eeeyay. :DDD

(this isn't even at full-bore sunlight, more like 'partly cloudy'.)

Like, in case it wasn't obvious, yo, it basically me and all my friends?! Like, basically this is our aesthetic wheelhouse. We're /in/, folks.

And that just makes me gush so hard. it's so good. <3

So Janelle Monáe, pop musician, pretty damn mainstream (like Rolling Stone magazine cover mainstream) released an album called Dirty Computer today

and with it made an 'emotion picture'- a collection of music videos to go with the album

about a pan triad of queer PoC trying to resist a dystopian regime's attempts to reprogram-mindcontrol

IN CASE IT WASNT OBVIOUS ITS QUEER AS HELL AND ABSOLUTE JOY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdH2Sy-BlNE

i actually don't have any good takes to make about this other than 'oh gosh plants figuring out to do iridescence aaaa how pretty'

so, aaaaa how prettyyyy, lookit!

https://gizmodo.com/this-glitter-filled-algae-is-a-living-opal-1825359233

(h/t to pinkottr@birdsite!)

LB: soft encouraging noises for you all. 💜

It's a bit grey and chilly today.

But we can still find ways to make color inside, so it doesn't have to be /all/ grey, ya?

I hope that wherever you are,
and whatever may happen,
that today treats you with kindness and love. 💜

I just wanted to say, to all of my friends who have found a shape that fits them better, no matter what that may be:

I see you, and I am so overjoyed to see you. You're all so wonderful, and I hope to continue to support you on your voyage.

I love you all so much. 💜

Thankingsall for stopping by! And for puns. And for shitposts.

And for being a friend. 💜

I hope today treats you kindly;

and if it does not, then let just
the passage of time
carry your pains away
like flower petals
in vernal winds.

(woah dang this toot popped off)

A gentle blessing for the day:

May flowers grow in your footsteps.

💜

Today I learned: Ursula K. LeGuin spent a chunk of her life making an album of world music for a paracosmic civilization from one of her books. (' Music And Poetry Of The Kesh', paired with the book 'Always Coming Home')

Also that she was working in her last days on seeing it being reissued, and now it's on Bandcamp? Just...to buy? And that's really beautiful in its own way.

Thanks for one more story. <3

https://daily.bandcamp.com/2018/03/22/music-and-poetry-of-the-kesh-ursula-le-guin-interview/

Mood, of music having been stuck in heads from long ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AslPYSm7jfg

(hecking heck has it been six years)

http://time.com/4885569/honeybee-population-increase/

so on the whole, at the very least, bees are doing okay in america, or at least pulling away from being severely endangered.

The bugs are makin' trends towards okay. 💜

There's not much to report here?
I just hope that today is not too utterly terrible for you.

In fact, y'know what?
I'll be wishing for you to have a *good* day
That you can find some warmth and happiness

a full meal
shelter and comfort and friendship

and the knowledge that you are loved.

This ott is wishing that for you. 💜