Marginalia Update: everyone please look at this picture of a cat playing a fiddle
which was drawn on the page about cats in a 13th c. bestiary
[British Library, Harley MS 4751 fol. 30v]
the long-tailed tit is a small passerine bird found in europe and asia. fondly nicknamed the ‘flying lollipop’ due to their round body and pointed tail, these birds are almost entirely insectivorous, and feed on grubs, worms, beetles, and more. around half of long-tailed tit pairs have a ‘helper’ or multiple when raising their young; it increases the chicks’ chances of survivability along with giving the helpers parenting experience.
Fred Colbourne
Claude Paradin, Devises Heroïques, 1557
Sterling Silver Snake Ring by PapadeliJewellery
Look, sometimes murders of crows will blacken the sky at your coming and ravening wolves are gonna follow in your wake, and you’re just gonna have to deal with that, and everybody else in the Costco is just gonna have to deal too
it’s done 🦌
René Magritte
Photographer: Alain Audet