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 Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:08 am
Loving can hurt
Loving can hurt sometimes
But it's the only thing that I know
This journal belongs to Lavender Hues. Please don't post without her permission.
When it gets hard
You know it can get hard sometimes
It is the only thing that makes us feel alive
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:10 am
We keep this love in a photograph
We made these memories for ourselves
Where our eyes are never closing { E D M U N D }
Name: Edmund
Gender: Male
Essence: Cactus
Ether: Blue Raspberry
Version: Venator
Personality:
Self-assured, frank, private, prickly, sentimental
Likes: Scotch, bitter dark chocolate, deserts, traveling, drinking, photography
Dislikes: Wastefulness, rudeness, boundary invasion, liars, thieves
Post color: #253DB6
Theme song: Photograph - Ed SheeranHearts are never broken
Times forever frozen still
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:13 am
So you can keep me
Inside the pocket
Of your ripped jeans { E S S E N C E } 
A cactus (plural: cacti, cactuses, or cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae within the order Caryophyllales. The word "cactus" derives, through Latin, from the Ancient Greek κάκτος, kaktos, a name originally used by Theophrastus for a spiny plant whose identity is not certain. Cacti occur in a wide range of shapes and sizes. Most cacti live in habitats subject to at least some drought. Many live in extremely dry environments, even being found in the Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on earth. Cacti show many adaptations to conserve water. Almost all cacti are succulents, meaning they have thickened, fleshy parts adapted to store water. Unlike many other succulents, the stem is the only part of most cacti where this vital process takes place. Most species of cacti have lost true leaves, retaining only spines, which are highly modified leaves. As well as defending against herbivores, spines help prevent water loss by reducing air flow close to the cactus and providing some shade. In the absence of leaves, enlarged stems carry out photosynthesis. Cacti are native to the Americas, ranging from Patagonia in the south to parts of western Canada in the north—except for Rhipsalis baccifera, which also grows in Africa and Sri Lanka.
Cactus spines are produced from specialized structures called areoles, a kind of highly reduced branch. Areoles are an identifying feature of cacti. As well as spines, areoles give rise to flowers, which are usually tubular and multipetaled. Many cacti have short growing seasons and long dormancies, and are able to react quickly to any rainfall, helped by an extensive but relatively shallow root system that quickly absorb any water reaching the ground surface. Cactus stems are often ribbed or fluted, which allows them to expand and contract easily for quick water absorption after rain, followed by long drought periods. Like other succulent plants, most cacti employ a special mechanism called "crassulacean acid metabolism" (CAM) as part of photosynthesis. Transpiration, during which carbon dioxide enters the plant and water escapes, does not take place during the day at the same time as photosynthesis, but instead occurs at night. The plant stores the carbon dioxide it takes in as malic acid, retaining it until daylight returns, and only then using it in photosynthesis. Because transpiration takes place during the cooler, more humid night hours, water loss is significantly reduced.
Many smaller cacti have globe-shaped stems, combining the highest possible volume for water storage, with the lowest possible surface area for water loss from transpiration. The tallest[1] free-standing cactus is Pachycereus pringlei, with a maximum recorded height of 19.2 m (63 ft), and the smallest is Blossfeldia liliputiana, only about 1 cm (0.4 in) in diameter at maturity. A fully grown saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) is said to be able to absorb as much as 200 U.S. gallons (760 l; 170 imp gal) of water during a rainstorm. A few species differ significantly in appearance from most of the family. At least superficially, plants of the genus Pereskia resemble other trees and shrubs growing around them. They have persistent leaves, and when older, bark-covered stems. Their areoles identify them as cacti, and in spite of their appearance, they, too, have many adaptations for water conservation. Pereskia is considered close to the ancestral species from which all cacti evolved. In tropical regions, other cacti grow as forest climbers and epiphytes (plants that grow on trees). Their stems are typically flattened, almost leaf-like in appearance, with fewer or even no spines, such as the well-known Christmas cactus or Thanksgiving cactus (in the genus Schlumbergera).
Cacti have a variety of uses: many species are used as ornamental plants, others are grown for fodder or forage, and others for food (particularly their fruit). Cochineal is the product of an insect that lives on some cacti.
From Wikipedia{ E T H E R } { Blue Raspberry }
Blue raspberry is a common flavoring for candy, snack foods, syrups and soft drinks. The flavor originates from Rubus leucodermis, more commonly known as the "whitebark raspberry" or "blue raspberry" for the blue-black color of its fruit.
Food products labeled as blue raspberry flavor often contain a bright blue food coloring, the most common being Brilliant Blue FCF, although this coloring is not an accurate rendition of the actual color of the fruit, which has an almost black hue when ripe.
From WikipediaHoldin' me closer
'Til our eyes meet
You won't ever be alone
Wait for me to come home
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:13 am
Loving can heal
Loving can mend your soul
And it's the only thing that I know { I N T E R A C T I O N S } I swear it will get easier
Remember that with every piece of ya
And it's the only thing we take with us when we die
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:14 am
We keep this love in this photograph
We made these memories for ourselves
Where our eyes are never closing { S O U L S } Our hearts were never broken
Times forever frozen still
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:14 am
So you can keep me
Inside the pocket
Of your ripped jeans { R E L A T I O N S H I P S } Holdin' me closer
'Til our eyes meet
You won't ever be alone
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:15 am
And if you hurt me
That's OK, baby, only words bleed { I N V E N T O R Y } Inside these pages you just hold me
And I won't ever let you go
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:17 am
Wait for me to come home
Wait for me to come home { G A L L E R Y } Edmund, before he decided to join the rest of the Aeterna. He didn't do very much, but he looked gorgeous doing it. 8D
Quite a serious looking fellow, isn't he? Wait for me to come home
Wait for me to come home
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:17 am
Oh you can fit me
Inside the necklace you got when you were 16 { R E S E R V E D } Next to your heartbeat
Where I should be
Keep it deep within your soul
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:18 am
And if you hurt me
Well, that's OK, baby, only words bleed { R E S E R V E D } Inside these pages you just hold me
And I won't ever let you go
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:18 am
When I'm away { R E S E R V E D } I will remember how you kissed me
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:18 am
Under the lamppost { R E S E R V E D } Back on 6th street
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:19 am
Hearing you whisper through the phone, { C R E D I T S } Requiem belongs to Chrystali and Aric Val
Edmund's official art belongs to Aric Val
Edmund's character concept belongs to Lavender Hues
All other artwork belongs to their respective artists
Photograph belongs to Ed Sheeran "Wait for me to come home."
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