September 27, 2011 - 11:49pm — MissButterflyCaught
The animal swished its tail, nibbling on what was left of a swathe of green grass. Fall was coming, so the grasses were becoming tougher, wilting or freezing depending on the flux of hot and cold weather. Iphea raised his head, inhaling the crisp air before he began his trot in to the First Forest. His destination was the Great Oak, smiling as he went. A meal awaited him there, a meal of acorns.
Iphea's instincts took him to find more acorns than he could eat. The closer to winter, the more the stag had to bulk up. There would be no food soon, with all of the plants beginning to go dormant for the seasons of sleet, ice, and snow again.
The shade of those huge branches was dappled with even darker shades. Little, semi-round achenes littered the ground. They ticked and scuffled as the big stag walked through them, snuffling to find the ripe kernels. They crunched between his lower-teeth and the hard palette that replaced his upper ones, such as would be found in any other deer. The distinct taste of acorns filled his senses, and he grunted in appreciation. He would fatten himself up off of them for the next months.
(I am placing this here for now. Will be moved if it winds up turning in to something or someone. Feel free to show me your interpretation of this, through pictures or words it really doesn't matter how.)
September 25, 2011 - 12:42am — MissButterflyCaught
The leaves whispering above tell secrets. They always have, though nobody listens. Some who refuse to climb in to the trees to listen fell them in an attempt at reaching the most brilliant secrets from the highest branches. But, to fell a tree means to lose the secrets it has to tell. Or maybe, they hate the gossip of the trees.
Some creatures just don't want their secrets whispered among the canopy.
My heart tells me to speak aloud in a quiet forest, tell it my secrets and lighten my heart. A light heart means my ability to live... to be lively and whistle brilliant tunes, to leap and frolic and all that. It's my job, anyway. I help others to be lighthearted. Without a heart-soother, a whole bevy of us could fall in to depression. It's not very appropriate for my kind NOT to be lighthearted and jovial.
I am 17 years old, have a valid Michigan Enhanced ID, and a Military ID, as well as a birth certificate and social security card and all that.
I am going to college and am very far away from home. My friends and I were planning on taking a day-trip to Canada this weekend.
I have heard in many places that I need a notarized permission slip from my parents to go. Is it still applicable if I am a 17-year-old college student? Do I really need one of those notes? I'll be in a car full of adults.
