The Distant Dad

Merry Christmas from London, folks 🙂

On one of my sojourns, deep into the Sahara. It's a stunning landscape that I'll miss when I leave.

Superb!

Direct...and to the point...😳

This can get in the bin.

Something tells me that my week in North Wales is going to be a tad different...

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I suspect a coyote did this.

Photo of a Bronze Age socketed axe head with a zoomed in thumbnail of a finger print on one of the faces towards the blade edge. The axe is dark green with oxidation and the surface of the blade edge has been lost.

There’s something extraordinary about this otherwise pretty standard Late Bronze Age axehead:

A human fingerprint. A real, visible and tangible connection to someone from 3000 years ago. If that doesn’t give you goosebumps, idk what will. 🥹
#FindsFriday

Link to record: finds.org.uk/database/art...

Can we all stop kidding ourselves about carrots and broccoli?

This is 90% of why we like a Sunday lunch...

#roasties

Not sure why, but that resembles a cat hiding behind a much bigger cat.

Weird.

Also..,

Dropped in the bath.

Orcas Sometimes Give Humans Presents Of Food And We Don’t Know Why Combined with their recent fad for sinking yachts, killer whales are starting to look like the Robin Hoods of the sea.

🐋 Wild orcas offer prey to humans

In a rare set of encounters, killer whales were observed giving fish, mammals, & even seaweed to humans at sea. Scientists suggest it may be a form of interspecies altruism.

🔗 www.iflscience.com/orcas-someti...

#SciComm #AnimalBehaviour #Orcas 🧪

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Dog opinions matter too! 😁😉❤️

A fluffy black moorhen chick with a red and yellow beak paddles at the margins of a pond contemplating whether or not to go for a swim.

A muddle-minded mini moorhen, meekly meandering the mossy margins, most miffed at the mere mention of moisture.
#WeekAForAlliteration
#AlphabetChallenge

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” Maya Angelou

And we can find wonder in many things if we want to.
Well said as ever by Maya Angelou

They make a welcome change from the critters I'm used to dealing with!

There's only so many scorpions, snakes and camel spiders that I can cope with. Do love the desert though.

#BookSky

We need this everywhere 💚

A house on the river Lea in sunshine It’s red bricked and there are plants surrounding

#getoutside
#blueskyartshow
Hackney marshes

😂

I've seen a lot of animals in the wild on my various travels. However, when back in London, I visit the zoo.

Nothing like the sight of penguins!

I could literally stay here forever.

Discontinued in 2023.

Hence the easiness of the challenge.

I think Fanta Pineapple and Grapefruit is the same stuff.

I personally find Dryanuary a huge challenge.

Not as straightforward as 'No Lilt February'...

How's the weather where you are?

It's a little on the warm side here...

Seeing all the mother's day post reminds me of the card that the boy got for me for the last father's day.

He bought a birthday card by mistake but 'fixed it' with some tape and a pencil...

I picture a sparrow mistaking it for a bird feeder and now I won't sleep tonight...

Land subsidence risk to infrastructure in US metropolises - Nature Cities Ohenhen et al. used space geodetic measurements to rigorously quantify land subsidence in the 28 most populous US cities. They find that over 20% of the area in each city is sinking, affecting approxi...

🌆🛰️ The US is Sinking

New research shows 34 million people in 28 major US cities live on sinking land. Groundwater extraction is the main cause, threatening buildings and infrastructure.

🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s442...

#SciComm #Subsidence 🧪