Looks like a white specimen too, rather than the more usual pink. So much of this around me - on the east coast of England - has suffered due to the drought last year and is pretty much dead. Not all though, and we will get a better view of how it is doing when the flowers open in another few days
In the immediate wake of the first Star Wars film I was soaking up everything I could about the film and its influences. Taoism was mentioned in relation to ‘the force’ of course and that sent me straight to a three volume Readers Digest encyclopedia that we had on the shelves, which had a brief but informative entry on it. I didn’t go a lot further for a good many years, but it was the first spark.
Germany has cut greenhouse gas emissions faster than the UK since the 2015 Paris agreement to limit global warming, further undermining the Sunak government’s claim to global climate leadership....
I’m a depressed web developer who’s hypothetically thinking about a possible career change. The issue is I live in a rural area. I’m wondering what kind of new career paths would be available to me out in the country? Two I can possibly think of would be a welder and construction, but I have no idea beyond that. Plus...
When I left IT and changed careers, I became a tree surgeon for a while and then a wildlife ranger, which I stuck with for 20-odd years.
It has to be said that you need a particular motivation to work as a ranger though - at least in the UK. You certainly don’t get into it for the money.
I spent some time when most of what I was doing was leading volunteer groups and giving talks and tours etc, some years as the only permanent resident on what was effectively an island and quite a range in between. It would depend entirely on where you are, I think.
Either way, I had no regrets and wished I had made the change some time earlier.
On a field of blue, the flag displays a yellow emblem of a crown and crossed arrows. This is the emblem attributed to St Edmund, king of East Anglia, shot with arrows and decapitated Vikings in 869. A shrine and cult later developed in Bury St Edmunds, and the emblem gradually came to represent the county as a whole.
That’s a slightly different tale. M.R.James was very much in favour of the Three Crowns of East Anglia, which includes the arms attributed (much later) to the Wuffing dynasty which ruled East Anglia a couple of centuries earlier - and who seem to have come from Sweden - which also uses these arms - and based his tale on those arms.
Evidently a crown was dug up near the Wuffing palace at Rendlesham in the C15th and melted down - as in James’ tale - but, according to legend, Edmund’s crown was recovered soon after his death. The legend tells that a wolf guarded his decapitated head until it was found - still wearing the crown, according to most depictions, however improbable that seems.
Recently rendered to protect the badly weathered local Septaria from which it was built - and which is both scarce these days and difficult to work with. The render is similar to the lime mortar that the castle was originally covered with when built in the 12th century.
I have wrinkles, I have grey hair, I have back problems, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, I can’t remember anything, the world seems confusing and complicated to me now and I wish things were simpler (which is why I like Lemmy). I definitely don’t get kids today or their music....
Earth Heritage is produced twice yearly to stimulate interest in geodiversity and a broad range of geological and landscape conservation issues within the UK and further afield. It is free in pdf format....
Former environment minister Lord Zac Goldsmith and Green party MP Caroline Lucas are among at least 22 members of the Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat, Green and Scottish National parties calling on Rishi Sunak to back a moratorium on mining in international waters....
It was when the third or fourth thing ended up persistently broken after an update and the whole system became too much of a pain to use. I honestly don’t recall if it was XP or Win 7.
I had used a couple of Linux flavours before for a short periods and originally planned to dual boot, but this time, just never got around to putting a new Win partition on and found that I had no need for it anyway.
The most drought-tolerant of the UK heathers, which has left it in a good place on the lowland heaths of England’s east coast this year. Ling and Crossed-leaved heath are suffering.
July 1770, during the Russo-Turkish War. The Russian fleet, led by Admiral Alexey Orlov, destroyed a large part of the Ottoman navy, stationed in the Bay of Cesme on Turkey’s western coast.
Ling or Heather (Calluna vulgaris) in bud, UK (i.imgur.com)
Looks like a white specimen too, rather than the more usual pink. So much of this around me - on the east coast of England - has suffered due to the drought last year and is pretty much dead. Not all though, and we will get a better view of how it is doing when the flowers open in another few days
How did you discover Taoism?
Hello, everyone! I’d like to introduce myself and also ask how you all started your Taoist journey....
UK outpaced by Germany on emissions cuts since Paris accord (archive.is)
Germany has cut greenhouse gas emissions faster than the UK since the 2015 Paris agreement to limit global warming, further undermining the Sunak government’s claim to global climate leadership....
Le Fantôme de la liberté - Luis Buñuel (1974) (lemmy.world)
What career paths are available out in rural areas for someone looking for a career change?
I’m a depressed web developer who’s hypothetically thinking about a possible career change. The issue is I live in a rural area. I’m wondering what kind of new career paths would be available to me out in the country? Two I can possibly think of would be a welder and construction, but I have no idea beyond that. Plus...
Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris), UK (i.imgur.com)
I saw this little guy when I was walking home, I live in Sweden [SOLVED] (lemmy.world)
Flag of Suffolk, UK. An armorial banner attributed to the canonised King Edmund of East Anglia, killed by vikings in 869. Adopted as the county flag in 2017. (www.flaginstitute.org)
On a field of blue, the flag displays a yellow emblem of a crown and crossed arrows. This is the emblem attributed to St Edmund, king of East Anglia, shot with arrows and decapitated Vikings in 869. A shrine and cult later developed in Bury St Edmunds, and the emblem gradually came to represent the county as a whole.
Weld or Dyer's Rocket (Reseda luteola) (i.imgur.com)
Along with madder and woad, one of the staples dyes of the ancient world.
The keep of Orford castle, Suffolk, UK (i.imgur.com)
Recently rendered to protect the badly weathered local Septaria from which it was built - and which is both scarce these days and difficult to work with. The render is similar to the lime mortar that the castle was originally covered with when built in the 12th century.
I feel like such an old man, but I'm 46. (lemmy.world)
I have wrinkles, I have grey hair, I have back problems, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, I can’t remember anything, the world seems confusing and complicated to me now and I wish things were simpler (which is why I like Lemmy). I definitely don’t get kids today or their music....
Earth Heritage – Free UK Geological and Landscape Conservation Magazine - issue 59 out now. (www.earthheritage.org.uk)
Earth Heritage is produced twice yearly to stimulate interest in geodiversity and a broad range of geological and landscape conservation issues within the UK and further afield. It is free in pdf format....
FriYay thread
Its Friday, we’re nearly at the weekend....
Lady's Bedstraw (Galium verum) (i.imgur.com)
MPs call for UK pause on deep-sea mining to protect biodiversity (www.ft.com)
Former environment minister Lord Zac Goldsmith and Green party MP Caroline Lucas are among at least 22 members of the Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat, Green and Scottish National parties calling on Rishi Sunak to back a moratorium on mining in international waters....
why did you switch?
Hey everyone,...
Bell Heather (Erica cinerea) (i.imgur.com)
The most drought-tolerant of the UK heathers, which has left it in a good place on the lowland heaths of England’s east coast this year. Ling and Crossed-leaved heath are suffering.
How much "data" do you personally have?
Data as in information (photos, contacts, messages, etc…), not your mobile internet allowance....
EU politicians pass vote on controversial Nature Restoration Law (www.irishtimes.com)
WONKA | Official Trailer (youtu.be)
In theaters December 15th 2023
Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) (i.imgur.com)
In the UK, with a soldier beetle in attendance.
Battle of Cesme at Night - Ivan Aivazovsky (1848) (lemmy.world)
July 1770, during the Russo-Turkish War. The Russian fleet, led by Admiral Alexey Orlov, destroyed a large part of the Ottoman navy, stationed in the Bay of Cesme on Turkey’s western coast.