This is Daffy,

He had a rather short life!

Usually I try to make Googlies that will stay out in the wild for a while. But when I met Daffy a few weeks ago, I knew this messenger of spring would only have a short life and so I decided to bring him home with me.

But apparently he didn't like that too much. After just a few days he started looking a bit "out of juice" already.

Back then a few friends uttered their concern immediatly, Hive account@hazel420 suggested to administer some milk while Hive account@okkiedot seemed to believe his condition resulted from abstinence. I myself suspected he might be pregnant because he was developing a slight swelling around his neck and I had a faint recollection of learning something about that stuff in biology classes back in school, the flowers and the bees and that stuff.

I had to do a bit of research but my theory checks out:

^{The Angiosperm Life Cycle - source: [wikimedia.org] | learn more: [bioweb.uwlax.edu]}

I guess that means Daffy's indeed a real "daffodil", at least if we go by one of the definitions in the urban dictionary which translates the meaning to:

a man with a vagina

Now... I could go on and praise Hive account@hazel420 for being so on point with identifying the nonexistence of a binary gender in Daffy or go on about how I excel in botany because I immediately diagnosed his early pregnancy correctly... but I've got some bad news and a confession to make.

Daffy's Dead!

😢

Yes, despite promising to take good care of him, I didn't keep up with my commitment. To be honest, I actually completely forgot he was even still here, in the middle of my always cluttered living room table.

I know, shame on me right?! The marvel of life happening right here and I completely failed to pay attention and poor Daffy withered away unnoticed.

But in all of this, his spirit has survived and his message of spring has been received. He might be brittle now and he'll probably turn into dust soon, but he still has a lovely expression on his face... well, considering the circumstances at least.

R.I.P. Daffy

Thanks for the smiles!

The first time you've met Daffy was just 26 days ago. To be more precise: 736.947 Blocks ago, when the message of spring needed to be spread.

_{Daffy, April 6th, 2017,
Block 21,342,534}

_{Dead Daffy, today,
Block 22,079,481}

Leave your #GooglyEyes behind!

_{This post is part of a series in which I want to encourage fellow #GooglyEyes enthusiasts and #GooglyPrize participants to use these wiggly eyes as a tool to a make our physical world a better, a more enjoyable, a more googly place, permanently. (at least for a while, I know those eyes will fall off eventually, d'oh).}

^{By running the #GooglyPrize I have learned to appreciate those #GooglyEyes for more than just my personal hobby and as a vehicle for a multitude of expressions instead. That's awesome! I am grateful for the amazing scope of creativity and expression the contest is able to host, so it really doesn't matter that many of you apply those eyes only temporarily, just for a photo-shoot. It's awesome enough if we can improve our virtual environment. But still, my heart beats for the idea of hiding a cheerful little surprise to be discovered by random strangers many times over, in the real world, too!}

^{Disclaimer: Today's post obviously falls out of line with the above footer text, but I had promised to Hive account@okkiedot that I'd keep him updated about Daffy's progress. So that's what that is! Also, I usually always have hidden engagement prizes in my posts, but today I wanted to try out this steem-bounty-thing so I'll put 2 SBD into that.}

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👀 #GooglyEyes Re-Visited ↩️ Daffy's Diagnosis - Things With Eyes Vol.58 [contains trivia, nonsense and a steem-bounty]