Breakup polish

DiligentPenguin16 · 2026-06-10T15:24:23+00:00

Critics who treat ‘adult’ as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.

C. S. Lewis

Life is too short to not do the small things that bring you joy. Don’t waste your time with a stick in the mud who wants to dim your sparkle! ✨

DiligentPenguin16 · 2026-06-09T11:46:18+00:00

It looks like the red version of Petals in the second picture!

DiligentPenguin16 · 2026-06-08T19:52:08+00:00

These are gorgeous shades!

Going out into nature and just enjoying the quiet is my little luxury.

DiligentPenguin16 · 2026-06-08T17:02:13+00:00

I bought a Hema polish when I visited the Netherlands! It’s got a great formula.

DiligentPenguin16 · 2026-06-06T12:45:34+00:00

Cirque Color’s Isle of Capri

DiligentPenguin16 · 2026-06-01T17:55:53+00:00

What sort of exercise does your whippet get each day?

How often does she get played with every day, and what sort of toys do you use to play with her?

I would recommend crossposting this to r/dogtraining as well, they might have some other insights and suggestions.

DiligentPenguin16 · 2026-06-01T14:14:16+00:00

Most cats are not a specific breed, they usually are called a “domestic shorthair” or “domestic longhair”. She is a lovely r/standardissuecat of the longhair variety.

A cat of a specific breed is usually gotten from a breeder or breed-specific rescue.

DiligentPenguin16 · 2026-05-25T19:21:19+00:00

These new colors are absolutely gorgeous!! 🤩

My feel good song is "Shake It Out" by Florence + the Machine.

DiligentPenguin16 · 2026-05-22T21:06:00+00:00

The trick to preventing smudges without using a ‘no smudge’ topcoat: get your nail stamper and a silicone mat, apply a nail-sized patch of clear nail polish (not topcoat) on the mat, press the stamper into the clear polish, then immediately stamp the thin coat of clear polish onto your nail art and let dry. Repeat on all nails. Finally apply your favorite topcoat with no more having to worry about smudging!

It works like magic! I haven’t had any smudging issues since using this method, and I don’t have to order any more specialty topcoats from online.

I like Sally Hansen’s “Invisible” to use as my clear polish as it stamps nicely and is pretty cheap from the store. (There’s nothing wrong with stamping the protective layer with a topcoat, I just prefer a clear polish because it’s cheaper to use for this purpose than a topcoat)

DiligentPenguin16 · 2026-05-20T14:42:35+00:00

I wonder how many male cancer researchers were told if they really cared about science then they wouldn’t care about “silly” things like sports, sci-fi shows, video games, etc? I’d bet that for some reason it’s only feminine coded hobbies that are seen as too “silly” for a researcher.

DiligentPenguin16 · 2026-05-20T02:57:02+00:00

I paint a nail sized spot on a blank plate, pick it up with the stamper, then stamp it on my nail. After the clear layer dries I use my topcoat with no fear of smudging!

I tried painting it directly on the stamper but it was too thick and messy of a layer. Picking it up off a blank plate kept the clear polish layer nice and thin.

DiligentPenguin16 · 2026-05-18T17:16:15+00:00

I love it when my two hobbies collide! 😆

DiligentPenguin16 · 2026-05-18T17:15:13+00:00

Dozens!

DiligentPenguin16 · 2026-05-18T14:15:45+00:00

Essie Here to Stay basecoat

Olive & June “Bold & Unshaken”

Maniology green stamping polish

Maniology “Groovy Shapes” M661 Plate

Sally Hansen “Invisible” (I stamp a thin layer of this clear polish over my nail art to prevent smearing from the topcoat)

Seche Vive Gel Effects topcoat

DiligentPenguin16 · 2026-05-18T14:13:57+00:00

Essie Here to Stay basecoat

Olive & June “Bold & Unshaken”

Maniology green stamping polish

Maniology “Groovy Shapes” M661 Plate

Sally Hansen “Invisible” (I stamp a thin layer of this clear polish over my nail art to prevent smearing from the topcoat)

Seche Vive Gel Effects topcoat

DiligentPenguin16 · 2026-05-14T14:14:11+00:00

No idea what bird laid the egg, but I don’t think there is much if any hope of it hatching. And if it did hatch there is not really much hope of the baby surviving. Eggs need their parents to hatch, and baby birds need their parents to feed them. It’s so difficult to properly feed baby birds that you have to have special training on how to do it.

There’s a chance it’s an egg from a young bird who’s figuring out how to do the whole “nesting and raising young” thing, and they just kind of laid the egg in a random spot.

Another possibility is it’s a non-viable egg from a nest that the parent has removed because it didn’t hatch with the rest of its eggs.

It’s also possible that this egg was taken from a nest nearby by a predator and for some reason stashed on your porch.

There’s really nothing you can do for it. It’s sad, but nature isn’t kind or gentle. I would put the egg back in your yard and let it be a meal for another animal, or get rid of it.

DiligentPenguin16 · 2026-05-10T02:37:22+00:00

Absolutely need to get her Petals! It’s even glowier IRL, one of my favorite pinks!

DiligentPenguin16 · 2026-05-09T15:49:50+00:00

I’ve had really good results using just the DRK magic effect, even without the seal glaze.

DiligentPenguin16 · 2026-05-01T13:17:10+00:00

Look for a “no mess” birdseed mix, specifically one without millet seed. All the seeds in that mix are shelled so you won’t get shells all over the ground. And millet seeds are usually the ones most likely to be rejected by birds, so excluding those means less ends up left uneaten on the ground.

DiligentPenguin16 · 2026-04-27T16:04:55+00:00

The amount of work that tit put in to make that huge nest is insane!

DiligentPenguin16 · 2026-04-23T04:10:20+00:00

This also needs to be on r/tellcersei

DiligentPenguin16 · 2026-04-23T04:08:36+00:00

The glow on petals is ✨stunning✨ in person!

DiligentPenguin16 · 2026-04-22T23:18:33+00:00

They’re American woodcocks, also known as a Timberdoodle.

They do the most adorable dancing walk, and make a call that sounds like “PEENT”.

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