And now about the spiders
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common_natureThis big and scarysmall and not scary at all spider was discovered on our ceiling. It was my macro lens that made it big and scary ;)
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The Friday Five for 13 June 2025
Jun. 12th, 2025 05:25 pmanais_pf posting in thefridayfiveThis week's questions were suggested by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pleepleus.
1. What item would you be embarrassed for people to know you own?
2. What is something you splurged on just for you?
3. What is something that you own with no real world value that is priceless to you?
4. Do you collect anything?
5. What item belonging to a friend/family member do you covet?
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pleepleus.1. What item would you be embarrassed for people to know you own?
2. What is something you splurged on just for you?
3. What is something that you own with no real world value that is priceless to you?
4. Do you collect anything?
5. What item belonging to a friend/family member do you covet?
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Chicks of the laughing dove
Jun. 12th, 2025 12:36 pmpilottttt posting in common_natureIt was their first day out of the nest, which they spent on a branch just opposite our window.
For more information (in Russian), see here.
Adventures Elsewhere — May 2025
Jun. 11th, 2025 10:55 pmhelloladies posting in ladybusinessAdventures Elsewhere collects our reviews, guest posts, articles, and other content we've spread across the Internet recently! See what we've been up in our other projects. :D
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Our Favourite Media of May 2025
Jun. 10th, 2025 10:51 pmhelloladies posting in ladybusinessEach month, we look back over the media we loved in the previous month, from books to film to video games and more. This entry in the series was written a while ago, but we haven't posted a favorite media since then, so we're posting it now for maximum completion!
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Photos: Lake Charleston Butterfly Gardens
Jun. 10th, 2025 01:52 am
Crown Point Vista House
Jun. 8th, 2025 01:38 pmyourlibrarian posting in common_nature
Just returned from a road trip through Oregon and part of Northern California. On leaving Portland we followed the route of a tourist trolley and started out at Crown Point Vista House. The views of the Colombia River were indeed impressive and well worth the twisty drive up to its height. The structure itself with its stone and stained glass was also interesting to see. The bathrooms on the basement level were all marbled -- not the usual for tourist stops!
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Let's Get Literate! June 2025 Hopefuls
Jun. 8th, 2025 01:48 amrenay posting in ladybusinessWe're counting down until mid-year!
Myy May TBR turned out to be more of a suggestion.
I read What Moves the Dead because I managed to read What Feasts at Night. And although I didn't get to The Brides of High Hill, I did reread The Empress of Salt and Fortune and grab When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain on my way to it. :D
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Myy May TBR turned out to be more of a suggestion.
- The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo
- Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life you Deserve by Drew Afualo
- What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
- Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
- Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky
I read What Moves the Dead because I managed to read What Feasts at Night. And although I didn't get to The Brides of High Hill, I did reread The Empress of Salt and Fortune and grab When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain on my way to it. :D
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Get companies to stop advertising on GB News
Jun. 7th, 2025 01:58 pmrydra_wong posting in thissterlingcrewThe Good Law Project and Stop Funding Hate have teamed up to let you email companies which claim to support LGBTQ+ people while advertising on (virulently homophobic and transphobic) GB News:
https://action.goodlawproject.org/pick-a-side-hate-or-pride
https://action.goodlawproject.org/pick-a-side-hate-or-pride
Catholic school 1940's Quebec
Jun. 5th, 2025 07:17 pmtimemidae posting in little_detailsHi!
I've been reading up on the historical Catholic school system in Quebec, and I've gathered that until 1960 there were commonly Catholic schools that were supported by public funds (officially ended in the 90's). I've been able to find the names of some of the girl's schools, but haven't been able to easily find the names of any of the mixed or boy's schools below the high school level.
Anyone know any specific schools that could have served a 10-year old, working class, Catholic boy in Montreal or Quebec City ~1940?
Thanks!
I've been reading up on the historical Catholic school system in Quebec, and I've gathered that until 1960 there were commonly Catholic schools that were supported by public funds (officially ended in the 90's). I've been able to find the names of some of the girl's schools, but haven't been able to easily find the names of any of the mixed or boy's schools below the high school level.
Anyone know any specific schools that could have served a 10-year old, working class, Catholic boy in Montreal or Quebec City ~1940?
Thanks!
The Friday Five for 6 June 2025
Jun. 5th, 2025 03:38 pmanais_pf posting in thefridayfive1. Have you ever been to summer camp?
2. Have you ever made a s'more?
3. Have you ever slept under the stars (no tent/tarp)?
4. Have you ever had a member of the opposite sex sleep over at your house?
5. What type of bed do you have (queen, twin, bunk, etc.)?
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2. Have you ever made a s'more?
3. Have you ever slept under the stars (no tent/tarp)?
4. Have you ever had a member of the opposite sex sleep over at your house?
5. What type of bed do you have (queen, twin, bunk, etc.)?
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Sunset between storm fronts, en route to Publix and Walgreen’s.
Jun. 1st, 2025 03:35 pmfull_metal_ox posting in common_natureTaken on 21 June 2024 at 20:33 US Eastern Daylight Savings Time, as I hurried up the street through the break in the rain.
My limited equipment does the scene nothing even remotely resembling justice: neither the gauzy rainbow-sherbet luminosity nor the grand theatricality of the skyscape, with the air of a vintage book illustration or a meticulously painted film backdrop. A detail I particularly like is the small dark cumulus cloud at bottom center that suggests a person astride a charging (pig? bear? huge dog?)
My limited equipment does the scene nothing even remotely resembling justice: neither the gauzy rainbow-sherbet luminosity nor the grand theatricality of the skyscape, with the air of a vintage book illustration or a meticulously painted film backdrop. A detail I particularly like is the small dark cumulus cloud at bottom center that suggests a person astride a charging (pig? bear? huge dog?)
Photos: House Yard
Jun. 2nd, 2025 12:17 amysabetwordsmith posting in common_natureThese pictures are from Sunday, but it's after midnight, so the post says Monday.
( Walk with me ... )
( Walk with me ... )