Go talk to your Iranian friends, students, postdocs, colleagues. Offer to take on their tasks at work. There is little contact with Iran right now from outside - most of us have no idea what it is like not to have contact with family members while they are being attacked.
A pean to Athens. Too broke for Paris’s runway, too dignified for London’s awful weather, Athens shows up with a chipped marble column, a plate of grilled meat, and the audacity of a city that invented the party 3,000 years ago and never stopped. www.ekathimerini.com/leisure/dest...
Well, bless my cotton socks! The royals are right up there with the Trumps.
Stay Classy www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
As the Ukraine war grinds into its fourth year, Xi Jinping weighs whether to invade Taiwan, and American bombers pummel Iran with no clear objective, the great man (or not-so-great man) theory of history is overdue for a reconsideration. lnk.thebulwark.com/4s2dLin
Last year’s photo of the bluebells at #ThreeCreeksMetroPark. Most beautiful part of #OhioSpring. Too muddy to climb down there this year! (Bet I could if I use two walking sticks)!
#GardenGrewPeas
you wouldn't believe the reasons they give you either, while on day 5 of taking up an ER bed bc they can't find a place that'll take you/person in crisis
one was "well we take your insurance but we don't work with the people who administrate *your specific plan* so we're refusing to admit [pt]"
goddamn is this a breath of fresh air after Allred 2024
#PutinsPuppet is a busy bee….
Holy cow, Ukraine offered to help the US prepare to counter Iranian drones, but the Trump regime turned them down, too focused on pushing the narrative that Ukraine “has no cards” and should surrender to Russia.
But now the US is back, asking for help after attacking Iran and getting fire back.
Photo of a redbud branch, in front of native evergreen holly trees. The redbud branch has no leaves, but purplish flowers are beginning to appear on the branches.
The native redbud trees are beginning flower! 😃 🌱
#zone8a
#gardening
#bloomscrolling
#nativetrees
Infuriating
Hoping it was a tiny beacon of hope….
This Flower Garden quilt is about to be hung in our hallway. It was pieced by my mother and grandmother, quilted by my aunt. #quilts #farmcore #gardengrewpeas
Pegasus striking his hoof on the ground of Mount Helicon and creating the Hippocrene
BL Royal MS 6 E IX; Convenevole da Prato, Carmina regia; c. 1335 CE; Italy (Tuscany); f.28v
@blmedieval.bsky.social
Love this. What a treasure!!!!
Indeed
G’nite from #BrookSide Senior Living. This place is flooded with pneumonia, bronchitis, and flu but if we don’t mention it, it will go away. Meanwhile Fire Alarm heuchera soldiering on our Garden Club beds!
#GardenGrewPeas
#Gardening 🌱
This mosaic of a dog wearing a collar and leash and looking ready to play rather than fight is now held at the MAN Napoli.
✨ Cave Canem - Beware of dog✨
Monday off to a rough start? We’d be barking mad not to suggest you take a moment to enjoy this top doggo from Pompeii who was doing their best to keep the entry safe.
#MosaicMonday #AncientRome #Pompeii #Dog
My photo shows a Roman floor mosaic depicting an octopus. The octopus is composed of small black tesserae (tiles) and has eight writhing arms with suckers and narrow curling tips. It is set against a white tesserae background. Octopus detail from a monochrome marine mosaic featuring Triton with a cherub and various sea creatures, including the octopus, dolphins and a cuttlefish, at the women’s changing room at the Central Baths in Herculaneum.
Spectacular octopus from the floor of the women’s changing room at the Central Baths in ancient Herculaneum.
📷 by me
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
Hokkien mee
Country #103 of my Cooking Round the World challenge is MALAYSIA 🇲🇾
Hokkien Mee is a stir fry of egg noodles, shrimp, chicken, onions, garlic, bok choy, & beansprouts in a sauce of soy sauce, kecap manis, & oyster sauce.
snow covers pulled back,
the body of March lies bare
to the blinding sun
#haiku
the story of a portrait and the woman who painted it
#womenshistorymonth
#EllenDayHale
Sailboat, Holland (1902)
by Alexander Koester
Some Hyacinth orientalis from my garden #gardenshour
Purple and yellow crocuses
Evening all!
Vicarious, because I was doing other people's gardens but not my own. Back home now, building work done, I'm hoping to sow some seeds and get planting this week after we've cleared up 🌱
#GardensHour #Bloomscrolling
The Rhododendrons are starting to bloom 🌱 #GardensHour
A tub of miniature daffodils with a pot of late season snowdrops, which are called 'polar bear' iirc, behind them
Spring bulbs doing a lot of the heavy lifting in my garden at the moment 🌱
#GardensHour #Bloomscrolling
Early insect heaven. Reaching peak primrose. #Gardenshour #Mygarden #Gardening
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