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a place to hold all the wonders of the world // alias @guillemelgat/@quatregats profile photo by pure julia, header photo by kirsten mills

[pomgore]

i love learning about animals ive literally never seen or heard of before. what amazing diversity of life on this planet earth. what the hell is a japanese serow

[pomgore]

goat dog

[mothmiso]

Alta Vall del Ter (2) (3) by visol

Via Flickr:

(1) La Roca de Pelencà, Vilallonga de Ter (3) Ritort, Espinavell     

[seabeck]

Mossy rocks

[wawa-pi-wawa-pi-wawa]

ston-yaqsu

[inatungulates]

Lesser mouse-deer Tragulus kanchil

Observed by wildpokedex, CC BY-NC-ND

[morbidology]

Spotted Lake is located in British Columbia. It has high concentrations of magnesium sulfate, calcium, and sodium sulfate. In the summer, the water evaporates, leaving dry areas in which people can walk.

[davidstanleytravel]

Fine bas-relief carvings cover this pediment at 10th century Banteay Srei Temple, Cambodia.

[mammalianmammals]

Northern Hog Badger (Arctonyx albogularis), family Mustelidae, Kaziranga Tiger Reserve, Assam, India

Once considered to be a subspecies of the Greater Hog Badger, A. collaris, which has now been split into 3 species.

photograph by Soumyajit Nandy

[bovineblogger]

hes squeakin!!

[irenes-tender-world]

cave waters

[libraford]

Googled something about quick hydration and it suggested big jug of water, couple tbsp pickle juice, dash of lime juice.

Its surprisingly tasty????

[libraford]

Pleased to report that after a day of this i am not longer craving caper brine and my mouth is not dry as usual. There's some good suggestions in the notes too that I want to try.

-ancient roman posca: water, red or white wine vinegar, honey, salt, herbs (coriander, mint, thyme)

-switchel: water, ginger, vinegar, sweetener, lemon, salt

-ayran: yogurt, water, salt, mint

-Agua pepino: water, cucumbers, lime, sugar, optional mint.

[libraford]

I have been reminded of:

-shrub: vinegar, sida water, elderberry (or other berry), sugar.

[libraford]

I have now been informed of

-sekanjabin: honey, vinegar, mint, water.

[libraford]

"Wow, I wonder why this post was popular this week."

-sees the reports of the heatwave in Europe-

"... ah."

[fashionsfromhistory]

Evening Dress

Girolamo Giuseffi

c.1912

Indianapolis Museum of Art

[fluentisonus]

having posted that can I say how much i love this particular style of detachable sleeves you get in this period:

[buried-in-stardust]

Using mortise-and-tenon joints to build an entrance way with 35m width × 6m depth. According to other sources, this is in Longnan, Gansu, and was built by 36 carpenters and 4 joinery experts over 6 months, costing around 5M RMB in total.

[gwendolynlerman]

This is so cool!

[bijoumikhawal]

Paranda (India/Pakistan) + Tlacoyales (Mexico) + Safa/maqasis (Egypt) + Lacha Dori (Nepal)

[findlight]

Hazel McNab, Rockpool, Cape Cornwall, linocut.

[smsomah]

Idnan; Niger, 1998. Scanned from the book Les tenues des Touaregs; Fonds documentaire de Michel Vallet; 2019; Catherine Vaudour

[reunionsdereve]

Indigenous children take part in the process of fishing and drying large Salmon catches, a Nivkh community in Kamchatka, Russia