01. Introduce yourself
Hello, I'm Counterfeat! I love anything related to the ocean and enjoy visiting the beach as often as I can during the summer (soon!!). I also collect seashells and enjoy growing succulents and other house plants. As for cryptids, I'm fond of jackalopes!
02. Make your name card
03. Tree
04. Flower
05. An unusual stick
06. Clouds
07. Three different types of leaves
08. Biggest rock you can find
09. Something you think is beautiful
10. Sunrise/sunset
11. Feather
12. Fruit or berries
13. Fungus
14. Lake, pond, river or stream
15. Animal tracks or traces
16. Mammal
17. Bird
18. Reptile, amphibian, or fish
19. Bee, butterfly, dragonfly or moth
20. Creepy crawly
21. Go litter picking,
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22. Go on a picnic
23. Research invasive species in your country
Privet is a shrub-like plant that drastically outcompetes native plants and trees in the US, Australia, and New Zealand. It's able to adapt to many different light conditions, and reproduces through both seeds and severed root fragments, making it extremely difficult to fully eradicate. In forests where it is non-native, privet reduces the number of trees and diminishes plant and insect diversity.
24. Grow something,
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25. Feed or water your local wildlife
26. Write a story
Lumo watched Vero dive, plunging deep beneath the waves. They'd been fishing all morning and their packs—and bellies—were just about full, but as they traveled back across the sea they paused for a few more snacks whenever they caught sight of shadows swimming below the surface.
Waiting for his friend to surface, Lumo hovered in the air and gazed down at the sapphire water. The sky was cloudless, but as Luno watched, a dark shadow moved along the water. A moment later Vero's magenta form burst from the sea, rocketing up faster than Lumo had ever seen him go. He blew past Lumo as he ascended higher and higher, and Lumo beat his wings hard to catch up.
When he stopped moving, Vero's eyes were wide with fright as he stared down toward the ocean.
"What's wrong?" Lumo asked, "What did you see?"
"It was... it was..." His friend was practically out of breath from how fast he'd flown, water still dripping from his mane and wings. "A whale! It was h-huge and purple a-and covered in spikes!"
"What?" That couldn't be. It sounded like Vero was describing a leviathan from the Deeprealms, but... those were just legends. Myths! Maybe he was mistaken? "Are you sure—"
Lumo stopped short at the sound of something breaching the surface. He looked down just in time to see a gigantic whale lunging from the surface. It arced through the air majestically, then fell back down with a massive crash that sent water spraying high into the sky. The shadowy form grew smaller and smaller beneath the waves, then vanished entirely.
The two dragons slowly stared at one another in amazement.
"No one will believe this," Lumo said.
"Not a chance," Vero agreed.
27. Describe your walk
It was late afternoon without a cloud in the sky, and the sun had gone down somewhat, turning an unexpectedly sweltering day into a pleasantly warm afternoon. I headed over to the local pond, where all the plants and trees that were dormant just a couple months ago are now in full bloom. The pond itself is fairly shallow and slow-moving, giving the whole area a very earthy, musty scent. It's not unpleasant, just very... natural. But as I walked by a few of the bushes and trees I could catch the refreshingly sweet floral scent of their flowers.
Despite the nearby bike trail and joggers, there were lots of animals out and about. Birds chirped back and forth to each other from the trees, and there was a noticeable goose presence—the evidence was all over the sidewalk. But just like the plants, the animals were growing too. A mallard and her four babies swam along the mud searching for food, and a pair of geese with three babies of their own waddled along the grass.
I had my eye on the abundance of lily pads and reeds for any sign of frogs, but there were none to be seen. I did catch sight of something brown swimming along the water, though. I was too far away to get a good look, but it definitely wasn't a duck—maybe I spotted a cryptid after all?
Or... maybe it was just a beaver.
28. Make something using natural materials
29. Nature rubbings
30. Draw a plant or animal
31. Create a cryptid
32. Photograph a cryptid
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