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Two colour forms of Aristolochia baetica, near Maro in Andalusia, Spain. Growing within a few paces of each other. Also found in south Portugal, Algeria and Morocco. I shot these in 2017.
December 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Two colour forms of Aristolochia baetica, near Maro in Andalusia, Spain. Growing within a few paces of each other. Also found in south Portugal, Algeria and Morocco. I shot these in 2017.
In Morocco? Difficult to see if the flowers are on pedicels when they are that packed together. Not as bitter as the other Apteranthes I have nibbled (all cultivated, I should add).
December 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
In Morocco? Difficult to see if the flowers are on pedicels when they are that packed together. Not as bitter as the other Apteranthes I have nibbled (all cultivated, I should add).
We gets tens of people popping in to the most famous church in the UK. Hasn't happened for years. Some of them didn't run away when we approached them.
December 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
We gets tens of people popping in to the most famous church in the UK. Hasn't happened for years. Some of them didn't run away when we approached them.
Calendula is named for having flowers in all seasons.The name is a diminutive related to calendar and calends. Love to you from me and my dictionaries.
December 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Calendula is named for having flowers in all seasons.The name is a diminutive related to calendar and calends. Love to you from me and my dictionaries.
You might want to put USA in your profile to help potential customers.
December 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
You might want to put USA in your profile to help potential customers.
Looks like a winter-flowering viburnum to me, like Viburnum x bodnantense. Should smell delicious, despite the cold. Can flower continuously from October to March and only suffers from a really deep freeze, then makes more buds. Tough as old boots.
December 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Looks like a winter-flowering viburnum to me, like Viburnum x bodnantense. Should smell delicious, despite the cold. Can flower continuously from October to March and only suffers from a really deep freeze, then makes more buds. Tough as old boots.
You still get to be called Mr. President for the rest of your life, right?
December 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
You still get to be called Mr. President for the rest of your life, right?
No need to worry but you should get very angry. I'd be spitting blood about it.
December 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
No need to worry but you should get very angry. I'd be spitting blood about it.
Lava cools rapidly. Therefore a lava stream would be the ideal place for a data centre. Point me at the venture capitalists, I need funding.
December 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Lava cools rapidly. Therefore a lava stream would be the ideal place for a data centre. Point me at the venture capitalists, I need funding.
Before or after the rockets have stopped blowing up?
December 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Before or after the rockets have stopped blowing up?
The tale of a star-crossed whoremonger.
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The tale of a star-crossed whoremonger.
Eric Idle was one of Rob's close friends. Do you really think Rob would have minded being associated with The Rutles and The Comic Strip on this sad occasion? Rob was part of a great tradition and he knew it. His knowledge of other great works informed his own great original works.
December 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Eric Idle was one of Rob's close friends. Do you really think Rob would have minded being associated with The Rutles and The Comic Strip on this sad occasion? Rob was part of a great tradition and he knew it. His knowledge of other great works informed his own great original works.
They should stay quiet until the truth is known. Nasty gossip is one of the evils of social media that should be resisted.
December 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
They should stay quiet until the truth is known. Nasty gossip is one of the evils of social media that should be resisted.
That is a Samaritan stone. The Samaritans believe they have the only uncorrupted version of the Pentateuch, as provided to Moses by God. Rabbinic Jews believe the Samaritans are heretics and vice versa. God has stayed shtum on the issue. Schism is eternal and unending.
December 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
That is a Samaritan stone. The Samaritans believe they have the only uncorrupted version of the Pentateuch, as provided to Moses by God. Rabbinic Jews believe the Samaritans are heretics and vice versa. God has stayed shtum on the issue. Schism is eternal and unending.
My favourite film: El Dia de la Bestia. Priest decides that the best way to win the Apocalypse is to start it now by calling up the Antichrist and decide the field of battle. So he does. Ethically sourcing virgin's blood for the ritual is tricky and hilarity ensues.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0112...
www.imdb.com/title/tt0112...
The Day of the Beast (1995) ⭐ 7.3 | Action, Comedy, Crime
1h 39m | R
www.imdb.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
My favourite film: El Dia de la Bestia. Priest decides that the best way to win the Apocalypse is to start it now by calling up the Antichrist and decide the field of battle. So he does. Ethically sourcing virgin's blood for the ritual is tricky and hilarity ensues.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0112...
www.imdb.com/title/tt0112...
The only beat you need to dance.
December 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The only beat you need to dance.
Looks like ethnobotany to me, to be more specific.
December 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Looks like ethnobotany to me, to be more specific.
"The European Sperm Bank accepted these limits had "unfortunately" been breached in some countries and it was "in dialogue with the authorities in Denmark and Belgium"." I don't suppose there are criminal penalties but it seems they happily break ethical guidelines for profit. Somebody should pay.
December 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"The European Sperm Bank accepted these limits had "unfortunately" been breached in some countries and it was "in dialogue with the authorities in Denmark and Belgium"." I don't suppose there are criminal penalties but it seems they happily break ethical guidelines for profit. Somebody should pay.
They are nowhere near even planning the picking up dustbins part of it and are just testing a semi-autonomous vehicle that can drive around a pre-mapped route. Picking up bins is probably a lot more complicated than you imagine.
December 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
They are nowhere near even planning the picking up dustbins part of it and are just testing a semi-autonomous vehicle that can drive around a pre-mapped route. Picking up bins is probably a lot more complicated than you imagine.
So which one are you starting on? I am sure there are megabucks waiting for you from the dustbin-emptying sector.
December 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
So which one are you starting on? I am sure there are megabucks waiting for you from the dustbin-emptying sector.
Nor me. Two of my great-grandparents and their little children came through England from Ukraine. Took one look at New York and booked their passage back to Liverpool. Another grandfather was Irish.
December 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Nor me. Two of my great-grandparents and their little children came through England from Ukraine. Took one look at New York and booked their passage back to Liverpool. Another grandfather was Irish.
Let us know when your devices are ready. Tesla can't even make a robot that can stand up.
December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Let us know when your devices are ready. Tesla can't even make a robot that can stand up.