Romance languages folks….. is there a term in any Latinate language for rooing, that is, plucking or pulling sheep wool off a sheep by hand as opposed to using shears. Especially old Romance tongues? Asking for a friend….
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🖼️ Will McPhail (British Illustrator, born 1988)
"Picnic Time", 2024.
Publication: The New Yorker
Date: December 23, 2024.
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Today in Jeremy's salad: collard greens, hibiscus, and cactus
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Heavily abraided Pieta? This one is from Sizun further West
Your wildflowers are so lovely - I am growing rudbeckia and gaillardia from seed for my formal beds this year (UK) when they just appear in your sward!
We call 4 o clocks ‘Marvel of Peru’ in UK. They were hard to grow - too much damp, cool weather - but climate change is making summers warmer and they are easier now. So lovely. Are yours scented?
The wing could be from a sparrowhawk. When we lived in Devon, a sparrowhawk regularly took pigeons to a little corner at the top of the garden and leave only the gristly wing/shoulder joints. Every time. Like leaving its crusts.
The magpies stuck to young birds and fledglings.
🌞nature!
