@The_Fence_Mag I'd just got divorced and chose to spend the festive season volunteering in London far from friends and family. I was staying in an empty basement flat, which had no tv, no internet and almost no heating. I had a chest infection that I couldn't shake. Never felt more alone.
🌿✨🌿The Rowan - known also as the wicken-tree or witch-tree - is believed to ward off evil. It is fortunate to have one growing beside your home, and a necklace made from its scarlet berries is said to protect the wearer from spells and enchantments.
#FolkloreSunday
🌲 Sécheresses et incendies mettent en danger les séquoias millénaires en Californie. Les scientifiques tentent de les sauver en replantant de jeunes plants cultivés en laboratoire, suscitant toutefois de vives critiques. https://t.co/mZzl4QGATD
Tomorrow marks publication day of @fjd65's remarkable book, An Almost Impossible Thing.
Please do join us next Tuesday evening at the
@LindleyLibrary as we celebrate and launch her absolutely brilliant book.
Tickets here: https://t.co/ViYMn94M8X
Ancient glazed tile relief (detail) of the ‘Lion of Ishtar’. From the Processional Way, ancient city of Babylon (modern-day Iraq), c. 575 BC.
Glyptotek Museum. 📷 my own
#ReliefWednesday#Archaeology
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