Okay, here are all the birds I chose. I don’t think I can get them all on, so if there are ones you really like, let me know! The only other absolute right now is the Simurgh, the only question is which one? Those are the last two photos. I’m leaning toward the last.
From rq. Love that fifth shot, click for full size!
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From Charly, click for full size!
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Buzzards, from Charly, who says there were five of them playing, probably parents with their young on their first flights. Love that last shot, click for full size!
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Long way to go yet, but gettin’ there. Click for full size.
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Got the beak done, hurrah. Now I gotta feed the rats, or my assistants might rebel. Click for full size.
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Getting back to work on the basilisk. The white is just gesso. In today’s art assistant tales: Vala takes a break from trying to burrow down the back of my jeans, to get a drink of paint water, then she dunks her whole effing head in the water, then shakes all over. Sorry, I didn’t get pics ’cause the card wasn’t in the camera. Clickety for full size.
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Dead Cross & Jello Biafra – Nazi Trumps Fuck Off. You can get a nifty T-shirt at Alternative Tentacles.
Via Raw Story.
Jing Lee, a 17th-century Korean mummy. D. H. Shin, Y.-S. Kim, D. S. Yoo.
Jing Lee was born in 1580, during Korea’s long-lasting Joseon dynasty, and died in 1642, at the age of 63. At some point in his long life, he ate a raw, freshwater crustacean, in one form or another. Most likely, he was indulging in a fresh, seasonal treat—raw crabs with soy sauces—or was trying to rid himself of disease, with a dose of crayfish juice, thought to help treat the measles. (Joseon food culture was not to be trifled with.) However, as it happened, his crustacean meal left a lasting legacy in his body: a sac of liver fluke eggs growing happily in his liver, as Haaretz reports.
Four hundred years later, as part of a parasitology study of pre-modern Korean societies, a team of scientists found that egg sac mummified on Jing Lee’s liver. They report their findings in a new study in the Journal of Parasitology.
You can read all about this fascinating find at Atlas Obscura.
Scabieuse et Souci (Scabiosa and Marigold). Scabiosa is commonly known as Pincushion flower. J.J. Grandville, Les fleurs animées.
I couldn’t help myself. Really. :D Click for full size.
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