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Parfrey's Glen in Wisconsin: a Creek, a Gorge, and a Waterfall, and Their Unique Fauna and Flora
Parfrey's Glen communicates comfortably compelling colors year-round.
A favorite fancy featured the clear day where everywhere I found myself favored with blue figurings: blue sky and blue water in a landscape blued by blue birds. blue flowers ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 12/20/2025
Norah's Cafe in Taubman Museum of Art: A Great Cup of Coffee Over Art in Downtown Roanoke, Virginia
This article acted as a catalyst for my appreciating comfortable accommodations and compelling appetizers at Norah's Cafe even as I achieved its entire appearance in three afternoons.
The above afternoons initiated my subsequent inclusions of ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 12/20/2025
Virginia Historic Garden Week 2016 Is By Tradition April’s Last Week
The 2026 Historic Garden Week comprises 29 tours, according to the announcement posted by the Garden Club of Virginia.
Historic Garden Week 2026 will showcase "more than 120 of Virginia’s most beautiful private properties, as well as historic ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 12/19/2025
Ring-Tailed Ground Squirrels (Notocitellus annulatus): Mexican Mammal Drawn by Jean-Jacques Audubon
Revision of the North American Ground Squirrels With a Classification of the North American Sciuridae numbers among eight issues of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) North American Fauna series written by Arthur Holmes Howell, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 12/19/2025
Danish Weasel Beer: Mikkeller ApS, Southeast Asian Civets, and Vietnamese Coffee Beans
Six types of tickets are sold for 2026 MBCC Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen, according to the event's page, "Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2026," on Mikkeller's website.
(URL @ https://mikkeller.unitedtickets.dk/event/mikkeller ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 12/19/2025
Jamaican Fruit Bats (Artibeus jamaicensis) and Coffea Diversa Garden Varietals in Costa Rica
Coffea Diversa features a "Hotel Boutique" ("Boutique Hotel") comprising Cabaña Amarilla ("Yellow Cabin") and at least seven canasto (coffee basket-shaped) lodgings, according to the "Hotel Boutique Coffea Diversa" page in the "Experiencias" ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 12/19/2025
Monkey Parchment Coffee: Formosan Rock Macaques (Macaca cyclopis) and Specialty Brews From Taiwan
For those asking about Formosan rock monkeys described by Robert Swinhoe:
English naturalist Robert Swinhoe (Sep. 1, 1836-Oct. 28, 1877) opened his description of the Formosan rock monkey (Macacus cyclopis) in Proceedings of the Zoological ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 12/19/2025
Jacu Bird Coffee From Brazil: Biodynamic Agriculture, Cosmic Cycles, and Organic Farming
For those asking about Jacu Bird merchandise at Fazenda Camocim:
A Jacu Bird Cap (Boné do Jacubird) is offered in a black, baseball cap style, according to the "Todos Os Produtos" ("All Products") page of Fazenda Camocim's ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 12/19/2025
Monkey Parchment Coffee: Biodynamic Methods and Cosmic Cycles on Indian Organic Farms With Civets
For those asking about the purpose of Pachagavyam at Balmades Estates:
Pachagavyam numbers among the Rudolf Steiner-influenced organic practices observed at Balmades Estates, according to the "About Us" page of the niche producer's ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 12/19/2025
White Nosed Coati (Nasua narica): New World Ringtail With Noxious Scent Glands for Defensive Volleys
For those wondering about Richard Lydekker's description of the white-nosed coati's snout as "upturned and . . . capable of a considerable amount of motion" in the caption for the illustration of Nasua nasica by Victorian era natural history ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 12/18/2025
Ring-Tailed Ground Squirrels (Notocitellus annulatus): Mexican Mammal Drawn by Jean-Jacques Audubon
For those asking about A.H. Howell, author of Revision of the North American Ground Squirrels (1938), the source of the illustration of the ring-tailed ground squirrel by Ernest E. Thompson, alias of Ernest Thompson Seton (Aug. 14, 1860-Oct. 23, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 12/18/2025
Jamaican Fruit Bats (Artibeus jamaicensis) and Coffea Diversa Garden Varietals in Costa Rica
Coffea Diversa Academia's (Academy's) participants select five plants from varieties, which are listed as:
Laurina (Bourbon Pointu) Rojo
Laurina (Bourbon Pointu) Amarillo
Montecristo Rojo
Montecristo Amarillo
Montecristo Rosado
Geisha Rojo ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 12/18/2025
Danish Weasel Beer: Mikkeller ApS, Southeast Asian Civets, and Vietnamese Coffee Beans
MBCC Mikkeller Beer Celebration Cophenhagen comprises four sessions at two sessions for each of the event's two days, Friday, May 22, and Saturday, May 23.
Each day's first session schedules from 10:00 Central European Time (CET) to 14:00 CET. ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 12/18/2025
The Eagle Diamond: The Mysterious Origins and Fate of the Most Famous Dihexagon in the World
For those asking about the "Star of India," which numbered among the gems in the Eagle diamond theft and which was recovered:
George Frederick Kunz (Sep. 29, 1856-June 29, 1932), the first Unitedstatesian gemologist and Tiffany and Company's ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 12/18/2025
Virginia Historic Garden Week 2016 Is By Tradition April’s Last Week
Tickets are priced from $25 to $75 per person for 2026 Virginia Historic Garden Week.
A child's ticket, applicable to ages 5 to 17 and priced at $15, debuts for the event in 2026, according to the announcement posted by the Garden Club of ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 12/18/2025