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Leitfaden der Botanik für die oberen Klassen der Mittelschulen - Richard von Wettstein - 1914 - via e-rara

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Happy Mother's Day!

Three cheers for this little hide and seek champion who is the whole reason I get to celebrate today. :)

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a review from the cispontine end of london bridge, 8th of april 2023

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Splynutí duší, 1896 by Max Švabinský (Czech, 1873–1962)

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We were gifted a set of Corduroy books for Easter.

If you've never read the original, Corduroy is just a cute little teddy bear who wants to find his missing button so that someone will buy him from the department store where he lives. He has cute, quiet, little toy adventures.

These books start off in the same vein.

Then they get a little...radical. Go for it, I guess, you little bear.

Um, but I don't think that you have access to this kind of equipment, Corduroy.

Now this is just ridiculous, go home Corduroy!

#Corduroy jumped the shark

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Crocus/krokus. Värmland, Sweden (March 30, 2024).

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István ef Zámbó — Landscape with Sewn-Up Mouth (oil on fibreboard, 1972)

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Zoology: Animals including Birds - F.A. Brockhaus - 1850 - via David Rumsey Map Collection

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Xanthoria calcicola

This foliose lichen grows on calcareous rock and stone work (and occasionally dusty trees) in eutrophic, well-lit, mild-temperate and costal regions of Europe and the Mediterranean. It has a yellow-orange to dark orange foliose thallus forming pleated lobes growing in large rosettes up to 20 cm in diameter. The center of the rosettes are covered in knobbly warts and granular isidia, and it only rarely produces apothecia. The presence of these isidia and the lack of apothecia is the best way to distinguish this lichen from the very similar looking X. parietina which is a lot more common and often grows on bark.

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#ah the national arboretum

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Bryan Pearce (British, 1929-2007), Pink Flowers in Glass Jug, 1982. Oil and pencil on board, 60.5 x 50.5 cm.

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Jadeite cabbage

National Palace Museum (ROC),

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Wardha Shabbir - The Hope of A Sanctuary, 2024

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a 2024 Singaporean stamp released for the Year of the Dragon

[id: a postage stamp with a heavily stylized illustration of a dragon. the dragon has four legs, no wings, and a colorful mane. there is an abstract pattern on its body. the face value of this stamp is 2 Singaporean dollars. end id]