The Japanese emperor or great purple emperor(Sasakia charonda), is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is native to Japan, the Korean Peninsula, China, northern Taiwan and northern Vietnam.
The caterpillar of the species (above) feed on hackberries.
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Butterflies will sometimes land on a Caiman and drink its salty, crocodile tears to in order to survive. This helps the Caiman to feel both less sad and more fabulous.
“Quand on commence à mieux connaître l'autre, ses caractéristiques physiques s'estompent peu à peu. On se laisse envelopper par son énergie, par l'odeur de sa peau. On devient plus sensible à l'essence de son être et moins à son apparence. Voilà pourquoi on ne peut pas tomber amoureux de la beauté. Elle nous flatte, on la convoite, on peut même la posséder. Elle charme les yeux et le corps mais pas le cœur. Et c'est pourquoi aussi, lorsqu'on crée un véritable lien avec quelqu'un, les imperfections physiques ne comptent plus.”
Skirret is a perennial root vegetable that is native to China. Romans brought it to the British Isles in medieval times, where in 1677, English horticulturalist John Worlidge raved that it was: “the sweetest, whitest and most pleasant of roots,” in his Systema Horticulturae. Long before the arrival of the Andean potato, Irish Catholic monks cultivated this sweet parsnip and carrot relative. The first two photos are of a plant lifted today to experiment with shipping divisions to a customer. The fourth is from April when we consolidated our skirret patches, hoping to provide beautiful flowers and then seeds from this crop. It hardly produced any seeds, despite prolific flowering. Fifth photo, also from April: We harvested some roots for dinner and combined them with potatoes, as suggested by Wolf D. Storl in the Curious History of Vegetables. They are sweet and lovely. #skirret #siumsisarum #apiaceae #umbelliferae #perennialvegetables #seedkeeping #seedsaving
NOBODY ever talks about north americas most unappreciated mammal,
Bassariscus astutus, also known as a Ringtail or Ring-tailed cat. Its not cat though, its actually in the raccoon family! They can be found in Texas, California, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado.
