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When the going gets tough, the tough get growing

it's ghost pipe season in the forest here. ghost pipe (monotropa uniflora) is a parasitic plant which doesn't make chlorophyll and gets its nutrients from the mycorrhizal networks found on tree roots. it's ephemeral, appearing fast and disappearing within days, and is psychoactive 🌱

uniformly white ghost pipe (monotropa uniflora) plants next to the dried remains of last year's ghost pipes, in a forest not far from my house in vermont

𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜. -$3 𝘨𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘳 *𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵* 𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯

I have strong critical thinking skills: ⚪️ strongly disagree ⚪️ disagree ⚪️ neutral ⚪️ agree 🔘 strongly agree I often stand up quickly and bang my head into the upper cabinet door I just opened so hard I see stars: ⚪️ strongly disagree ⚪️ disagree ⚪️ neutral ⚪️ agree 🔘 strongly agree