Looking back over old posts makes me think I was funnier in the past. Actually it was Harvey/George who was funnier. It's a bit much when your dog is more amusing than you are.
A bright though breezy day so we took Toby for a walk in Clyne Gardens.
Here we have a bare Derwen Twrci or two. Not from Turkey but from southern Europe, it's the fastest-growing oak in the UK, amd, according to the sign, Central Park in NYC has a famous avenue of Turkey oaks.
Bluebells, the ones native to this country, are just beginning to bloom. En masse they are fabulous and have a colour unlike any other. Sadly I can't smell them any longer but believe me when I say they smell delightful too.
Right, off to make cawl (lamb stew with root veg and leeks) for dinner and to listen to the radio while doing so. As the schedule for Radio 4 Extra has changed recently I looked it up yesterday to see what I would be listening to while making cake. It said RadioLab with something about seagulls. Fair enough I thought; we have plenty of seagulls around here: it would be good to learn more about them.
I did learn something about seagulls but it wasn't necessarily what I was expecting. The programme considered the history of homosexuality in America. Not its history: the politics around it. Back in the 1970s one of the main arguments against it was that it went against nature. It was unnatural.
Then scientists discovered lesbian seagulls. And the rest, as they say, is history. So there you are. Fascinating. I wonder what gems I'll discover today.
Oh, and the cake I made yesterday was for a birthday in Zac's tonight. At least my icing writing's getting neater I think.
6 comments:
Yes, your icing writing is very nice and neat! If there's cake left over, I hope you'll give it to the local lesbian seagulls.
Lucky Craig!
Homosexuality is not uncommon in the animal world. Some fish change sex, too, so there's nothing new under the sun - or sea.
There was a zoologist Karl name escapes me, who did great studies on the greylag goose, many of whom are same sex oriented. It was hard to get his studies published! Shock! Horror! Gay geese!
I met a few gay animals in my pet care business, obvious same sex orientation.
Konrad Lorenz, clearly both names escaped me.
I am used to listening to BBC radio overnight on my local NPR station, but I had no idea that shows from the States migrated over to your side of the ocean.
I have seen photos of masses of bluebells, and I love them.
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