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The British Oak
Thank you for your comment Feb. 14, 2023, in answer to my previous question Feb. 13, 2023!
Nut-based flour such as acorn flour interests me.
Online sources list such nutty ;-D sources as almond-, cashew-, chestnut-, filbert-, hazelnut-, pecan ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/06/2024
Safety in British Mountains
Your last comment intrigues me about "how humans survived the Ice Age."
It made me think of the pre-Flood peoples and the post-Flood survivors.
Some online sources seem to suggest the Ice Age as a second divine worldwide cleansing. Would there ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/06/2024
Beauty and the Beast - How Different Artists Saw the Beast Differently
The third subheading, Exotic, considers the mercantile context that socioeconomically claims Beauty and her father and his family.
What does the merchant occupation draw up as a socioeconomic domain? Does it put Beauty in a socioeconomic niche ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/06/2024
Beauty and the Beast - How Different Artists Saw the Beast Differently
The second entry, as 6. Edmund Dulac (1882-1953). under the third subheading, Exotic, describes the exotic headwear of Beast and Beauty.
Do you find, like me, the paternal headwear on the William Mulready (1786-1863) illustration and the Belle ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/06/2024
Beauty and the Beast - How Different Artists Saw the Beast Differently
The scary aspect appeals to me less than the strange aspect.
That strangeness comes out in the Cocteau film. The black-and-white filming emphasizes the categorical goodness of Belle ("Beauty") and the unsettling strangeness of Bête ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/06/2024
Beauty and the Beast - How Different Artists Saw the Beast Differently
Maybe. Everybody looks calmer while sleeping.
Tolovaj, on 04/05/2024
Beauty and the Beast - How Different Artists Saw the Beast Differently
Almost all artists made the Beast as a mixture of human and monstrous characteristics.
Tolovaj, on 04/05/2024
Beauty and the Beast - How Different Artists Saw the Beast Differently
Yes, it was my first thought as well. The Beast is under spell.
Tolovaj, on 04/05/2024
The Gardens of the British Working Class: a review
After the war people were exhausted, some subjects meriting research might have been neglected.
frankbeswick, on 04/05/2024
Edible Flowers
Many of the explorers were Protestant and had no interest in Mary.
frankbeswick, on 04/05/2024
The Haunted Hill Fort: Chanctonbury Ring
I do not know the area well enough to hazard a guess.
frankbeswick, on 04/05/2024
Tryfan and the Glyders: One of Wales' Toughest Walks
It is likely that such an effort will be made, but keeping up with changes is not easy.
frankbeswick, on 04/05/2024
The Gardens of the British Working Class: a review
Thank you!
A Dig for Victory Unitedstatesian equivalent nowadays might involve government employees noticing particularly economical, efficacious farming and plant-growing.
Might there have been some attention on that order for the Dig for ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/05/2024
Beauty and the Beast - How Different Artists Saw the Beast Differently
The Anne Anderson Beast has something around his neck.
That neck-choker is unsettling as a neck-choker. It's somewhat unsettling, because of invoking collar-like associations, but less so, as neck jewelry of someone of power and wealth.
Might ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/05/2024
Edible Flowers
Thank you!
Blue-flowering plants are in evidence in the south upper yard with blue periwinkle (Vinca major), grape hyacinth (Muscari armeniacum), violets (Viola spp) and Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica). More, such as chicory (Cichorium ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/05/2024