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Ravens again today. At least, I'm pretty sure two of the four black birds I saw were ravens. They were significantly bigger than the others, and I'm almost positive one of them had a wedge shaped tail, and I wouldn't have known they were out there if I hadn't heard GWARRNK GWRAAAHRNK noises through closed windows with the storm windows down, and crows aren't that loud, so...

I put down two ravens and two crows on my submission to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

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*eyes Swarovski options in the purple family*
*eyes skin tones*

I should see if they have crystal pearls in black, gray, purple, and yellow. I mean, I know they already have white, it's crystal pearls, duh. It's just that I don't think any transparent purple bead is going to look quite right next to black beads and human skin, and I'm positive that the instant I hand an ace or enby climber off to my coworker who has nicer ears than I do and also significantly darker skin, the purple will wash out by comparison without something to set it off. A decent looking purple or lavender crystal pearl won't have the sparkle of bicone beads but will at least be VISIBLY PURPLE.