Oh so finely dressed and gorgeous Black-necked Storks from David. Click for full size!
© David Brindley, all rights reserved.
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Oh so finely dressed and gorgeous Black-necked Storks from David. Click for full size!
© David Brindley, all rights reserved.
The ‘Eye of Elm‘ is actually ‘Eye of Ash’. Ooops. Here’s more of the Ash, and Linden Blossoms. In the first photo, the window at the top right is my apartment. Click for full size.
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Charles Wright’s Champaign Driving Away Real Pain. Theodore Lane, Aquatint coloured, ca. 1824-26. Inscription: Wine Cures the Gout, the Colic and the Phthisic, Wine it is to all men the very Best of Physic. Subject: Charles Wright, Alcoholic Beverages, Wine, Gout, Cholic, Asthma.
My beautiful Grace walked on last month, she’s missed. Here she’s having a delicious skate, cleaning up maple syrup, one of her most favourite things. Click for full size.
© C. Ford, all rights reserved.
From Giliell, click for full size!
© Giliell, all rights reserved.
From David, click for full size!
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A Pied Flycatcher from Nightjar, click for full size!
© Nightjar, all rights reserved.
I have to run to my radiation appt., Rick & Jayne will be picking me up in a while to go back home for the weekend, so things will most likely start late on Saturday, I’m gonna have a snooze in.
Beautiful artwork here. Click for full size.
Habit d’Apoticaire. Nicolas de L’Armessin (1640-1725), Engraving coloured. Subject: Pharmacy, Apothecary.
Peter N. sent this amazing project to me, and it’s absolutely fascinating!
In Amsterdam there’s a public works project going on which has involved draining a river. Archaeologists have been able to search through many feet of sediment for artifacts – which date back 800 years. There’s a wonderful website which describes the project in detail here: https://belowthesurface.amsterdam/en/pagina/de-opgravingen-index
… and one of the pages is a catalog of over 11,000 finds, with beautiful photos and descriptions, arranged in chronological order: https://belowthesurface.amsterdam/en/vondsten
It just thrills me to think that every single one of those objects comes with a story, which, unfortunately, is lost forever – a lovers’ quarrel, a picnic, a flood, a missed arrow shot…
I feel the same way as Peter. Seeing small pieces of history always makes me wonder about all the people and their lives. Peter chose one particular piece for me, and was spot on, I love it!
I’m going to be spending some time gawking at all the amazing things found in this streambed archaeology!