of a narcissistic former actor and hotel manager against the backdrop of Cappadocia's rugged valleys in the Palme d'Or-winning Winter Sleep (2014), the 59-year-old filmmaker casts his attention onto the trials and tribulations of youth in his latest Chekhovian effort, The Wild Pear Tree. Co...
1500+ foraging pictures of common wild edibles in alphabetical order. Grouped by edibility, plants and mushrooms. Pictures within plants ordered by season.
In Kortkeros, however, the fieldwork was done in late autumn, therefore additional questions had to be asked to clarify the names of species, some respon- dents used books with pictures and botanical names of the plants to identify the plants. Hence, since it was pos- sible to identify ...
Actually I’ve no idea what kind of cactus this is. Anyone? So which pictures do I post and write about? Why, those two. They’re not the prettiest things we saw, just the rarest. Rare = Special. Why is that? Is the answer too obvious, or too subtle to perceive? Rain, Rain…Pl...
Rose is considered the most balancing of all plants for the skin. This old fashioned recipe stands up to modern expensive facial care products. Witch hazel is a tree with bark that is very astringent and healing. It is extracted in water, usually with about 15% alcohol as a preservative. ...
l.Cashew Nut. This nut grows in all tropical climates, on a spreading evergreen tree that reaches a height of 40 feet. The leaves are normally 8 inches long and 4 inches wide; the flowers are yellowish pink. The fruit is thick, pear-shaped, pulpy, and red or yellow when ripe, with...
Running last week was great from a running point of view as the weather was dry and windy and I have learned that taking pictures of flowers is best left for days with little or no wind. The dogs loved the faster pace and once again we had a photogenic moment when Seamus and Maebh st...
Concept illustration and pictures by N. Phan and N. Joshi. Similarly, other tunnel-nesting species emerge in early spring, such as the sweat bee, Augochlora pura. Female bees search for an abandoned burrow (tunnel) of some other insect to utilize as a starting point for their nest [112...
9. What do you call a goat who paints pictures? Vincent Van Goat! 10. Why is it hard to have a conversation with a goat? They always butt in! 11. Why did the goat run off the cliff? It didn't see the ewe turn! 12. What's 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat and 1/2 goat?
When I came back to take some pictures, it first tried to backslide its way to freedom. When it slid back into the base of a small hill it switched tactics and went for the traditional I'm-a-scary-rattlesnake posture instead.Desert Trails RV Park, Pima County, Arizona—May 6, 2009 ...