A male Baltimore Oriole perches on the branch that is holding the hanging nest with his nestlings.
Today is Octidi the 28th of Prairial in the year 234.
Prairial is the month of meadows.
Today we celebrate thyme. #JacobinDay
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The Dangerous Colour Green
Colouring botanical plates was a dangerous business up to the 1890s. The Cyanide in the the Cassava could kill you - but so could the Arsenic in the green inks you used.
A short history -
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