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              1. New tattoo day. This is kind of about my (late) parents. The frog is just a wood frog though.
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            Tattoo by Nat Burkey of juniperstudiotattoo.com/ -- whom I've followed for a while on IG. She has an awesome one-woman tattoo right here in Bellefonte. Beautiful and inviting with plenty of light and just her, which made me WORLDS more comfortable doing this.
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          It's also inspired my childhood and death and life and spring and things I love, including the frog.
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        This frog is so cool btw??? "These frogs have adapted to cold climates by freezing over the winter. During this time, they stop breathing and their hearts stop beating. Their bodies produce a special antifreeze substance that prevents ice from freezing within their cells... 1/2
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      2/2 which would be deadly. Ice does form, however, in the spaces between the cells. When the weather warms, the frogs thaw and begin feeding and mating again." ICE DOES FORM, HOWEVER, IN TEH SPACES BETWEEN THE CELLS. WHEN THE WEATHER WARMS, THE FROGS THAW. !!!
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    So I mean "just" a wood frog...
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      look at the range of these wood frogs! Just frogging on up wayyyy North like it's nbd.
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        The National Wildlife Federation has this really simple facts page: bit.ly/335c2CO mine is about actual size.
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      Either I am brilliant for scheduling a dental implant and tattoo on bookends of a weekend because might as well just do the most in one go OR I have really set myself up for a world of hurt as I heal. What an exciting adventure!