Friday, May 31, 2024

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 31st May 2024



Archibald 2024 Packing Room Prize awarded to Matt Adnate for portrait of Baker Boy, as this year's finalists revealed...


160-year-old artefacts: owner foundHistory Out There ...Lamb House (Brisbane)

JStor Daily 

Atlas Obscura   
Siberia’s Doorway to the Underworld Is Growing  There Are More Parking Lots Than Houses in These U.S. Cities   A Collection of Artful Rare Books  The Life and End of the World’s Biggest Treehouse   Myths of Victorian Postmortem Photos    Discover Orlando's Outdoor Hidden Gems  A Fantastical Bed & Breakfast     Broken Mirrors Weren’t Bad Luck to the Mayans but Otherworldly Portals    Decoding the Secret Language of Prairie Dogs    Meet the People Keeping Vintage Rail Cars Running   Can Music Improve Food’s Taste?   Indigenous Dishes of North America   Dine Like a Basque in Nevada   The Innis House of Sunken Road    This Odd Face Tied to Rudyard Kipling Might Bring You a Bit of Luck  Ottoman-Era Water Fountains Still Dot This Seaside Town A Cathedral Carved in Marble by Mother Nature  Where Royalty Waits When the Trains Run Late   The Daring Desert Pilots Who Inspired a Beloved Children’s Tale   Medieval Chefs Would Have Loved Dessert Hummus    Why Do Dwarves Always Sound Scottish?   What Did Roman Emperors Eat?Remembering Those Lost at Pearl Harbor   An Overlooked Memorial for Locals Who Died During World War I   The ‘Spirited’ Patrons of This Restaurant Might Be Due to Its History of Seances A Cemetery Holds the History of a Gold Rush-Turned Ghost Town A Sculptor’s Modern Take on a Poignant Fairy Tale  Meet Winnipeg’s Beloved Black Bear  10 of the Weirdest Museum Stories You’ll Ever Read  Mapping ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Books   Romania’s ‘Bermuda Triangle’ Is an Eerily Beautiful Forest  The Mystery of the Brown Mountain Lights How and Why Did Finland Get Its Trees to Float?  A Crypt Holding Thousands of Remains and a Few Intestines The Feral Horses of Sable Island 12 Ancient Scientific Instruments You Can Still Visit   The Fluffy Bagels Taking China By Storm   How Did the World Look During Christ’s Time?    Rock Springs  A Mysterious Mausoleum in Lincoln Park An Eclectic Trailer Park Retreat in the Middle of the Desert  The Location of Two Sticks Allegedly Owned By Witches  An Island Made Out of Hundreds of Shells   A Top-Secret Nuclear Bunker Hidden in a Mountain   Montreal’s Giant Orange 


Another very quiet week...... 

Currently Reading
 "The Girl With the Violin" Shelly Davidow ...

from my blogs....

That Moment in Time


FRIDAY FOSSICKING 24th May 2024, interesting blogs, poetry postbox, medieval space bonnet, guide to household spirits, giant stairway, haunted soldiers in Mesopotamia... and much more..

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Never alone with a stack of books to read..





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