The Offbeat Bear
I make ornaments and gifts, usually with the sole intent of making people laugh or feel special. I post some on here, along with other internet laughs.
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** shop's on hold while a galavant through asia. stay tuned for more funny cats and monkeys!
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Photoset reblogged from Loki-has-stolen-the-TARDIS
Tashiro-jima (or Tashirojima), 田代島, is a small island in Japan. It has become known as “Cat Island” due to the large stray cat population that thrives as a result of the local belief that feeding cats will bring wealth and good fortune. The cat population is now larger than the human population on the island.
There is a small cat shrine Neko-jinja (猫神社) in the middle of the island, roughly situated between the two villages. In the past, the islanders raised silkworms for silk, and cats were kept in order to keep the mouse population down (because mice are a natural predator of silkworms). Fixed-net fishing was popular on the island after the Edo Period and fishermen from other areas would come and stay on the island overnight. The cats would go to the inns where the fishermen were staying and beg for scraps. Over time, the fishermen developed a fondness for the cats and would observe the cats closely, interpreting their actions as predictions of the weather and fish patterns. One day, when the fishermen were collecting rocks to use with the fixed-nets, a stray rock fell and killed one of the cats. The fishermen, feeling sorry for the loss of the cat, buried it and enshrined it at this location on the island.
There are at least ten cat shrines in Miyagi Prefecture. There are also 51 stone monuments in the shape of cats.
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Photoset reblogged from Into the Strenuous Briefness
“So my amazing daughter, Emma, turned 5 last month, and I had been searching everywhere for new-creative inspiration for her 5yr pictures. I noticed quite a pattern of so many young girls dressing up as beautiful Disney Princesses, no matter where I looked 95% of the “ideas” were the “How to’s” of how to dress your little girl like a Disney Princess…We chose 5 women (five amazing and strong women), as it was her 5th birthday but there are thousands of unbelievable women (and girls) who have beat the odds and fought (and still fight) for their equal rights all over the world”
- Jaime Moore, Not Just a Girlobviously my future daughter will be subjected to this
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Post reblogged from Loki-has-stolen-the-TARDIS
(Source: whatsgoingon12)
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Thailand rings in the new year with a festival called Songkran, a 3-day waterfight across the entire country. It’s chaos and hilarious, you never get used to buckets of ice water being poured down your back!
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Absolutely outrageous heat in Koh Tao, Thailand. Always in the 40’s with blistering sun. Saw many a bad sunburn that week.
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Hooo weeee!
Happy to be home but still adjusting to the chilly climates of BC. Spent the first week or so randomly falling asleep like a drooly narcoleptic. Jet-lag is a doozy!SO excited to catch up with friends, spend some time by the ocean, and eat unending amounts of sushi!
Already missing the energy of Thailand’s streets, the amazeballs massages whenever you want, the fresh delicious fruit, and the randomness of travel. Home or away it’s always a bit of an adventure anyhow.
