The aroma of ripening quinces on the Autumnal Balouch prayer carpet pervades the Quirin Press office... turn me to sweet scented jelly they whisper...

Well it is 50 BCE... surely we shall find archaeological evidence of Babaorum, Aquarium, Loudanum, and Petitbonum... after all, we have reliable contemporary maps!

Spotted this excellent mural on a school building today while on a bike ride.

Does this count as classical reception?

#AncientBlueSky 🏺

The Yatate: A Tool of Practical Beauty — Waddingtons.ca Calligraphy has been an integral part of Japanese culture since its introduction from China in the early 5th century C.E. As Japan developed its own national identity, language, and tradition, the Jap...

on #yatate, just found this site that gives a good overview

www.waddingtons.ca/the-yatate-a...

Our copper #yatate 矢立 are of the ladle or pipe shape variety, with the brush-tube attached directly to the inkwell.

The bamboo one is a good e.g. of an inrō-shaped 印籠 or "stamp case" yatate, with the brush-tube and inkwell connected by a string.

A 3rd early variety was fan-shaped / Hiogi-gata 檜扇型

How the Pentads and Breaths seem to flutter by…
already it is Gǔyǔ 穀雨 Grain rain
yet I feel Shuāngjiàng 霜降 Frost’s Descent 😉

See our:
Chart of the 24 Breaths & 72 Pentads of the Year.
‼️with corresponding 🌏 antipodean equivalents
Free pdf download on our KoFi page
ko-fi.com/s/16216f98b7

The *inkwelk* is an inkwell that holds a world of words...

JP portable inkwell & brush #Yatate 矢立
(lit. quiver, named by metonymy from the inkstone & brush carried in battle along with the arrows)

The inkwelk is crammed with any material that will hold ink: cotton, horsehair, beard trimmings...

Tucked into the belt...
When dry just add water or spittle!

Time for weeding if only I could find the forest for the trees !

至子祀

開端丰端

To all the Sinologists: I keep finding little dedications on the first volumes of books at the bottom within the stitching of the spine (both front/back). Is there a specific term for this?
As far as I can decipher them, the two examples here read: 至子祀 and 開端丰端
#ChinaBooks

Title page of the 繪圖廣注山海經

Depiction of various creatures from the 山海經

Creature riding a dragon

Two women walking on water

Found a beautiful Shanhai jing #山海經 in our collection today. While the #illustrations in our 繪圖廣注-edition are reminiscent of Jiang Yinggao’s 蔣應鎬, they have something far more ornamental to them and at times feel almost comical. Really enjoyable read! #ChinaBooks

in Rome it's oft the thinner "vermicelli all P." with some origano as well as parsley
Naples uses the more robust "spaghetti"
That's what great about la cucina regionale, each region has it's own twist to classic dishes, at times it's simply a different shape of pasta, or a single ingredient…

I'd translate "Spaghetti alla puttanesca" as "hustler's pasta,"
da piccolo innocente a Roma, se diciva sempre
"'am vedi quant'é bona!"

Thank you... I'll need to look for it... a kindred thinking by the sound of it!

Paint-brush flower / Blood flower / Ox-tongue flower / Haemanthus coccineus flower... by any other name...an autumn-herald flower

Macro/micro garden essentially blur the line... a mountain to an ant a mole hill to a mouse... a vast expance in the palm of a hand

Easter eggs galore

Easter Sunday and 清明 qīngmíng

Clear and Bright; the Chinese spring festival on the 19th of the 2nd moon, when honour is paid to departed spirits.

Dawn... a soft rain falls on the reflection pond

Trump 24-karat gold coin approved by hand-picked federal panel The coin, intended to mark the nation's 250th birthday, should be "as large as possible", says one panel member.

In Trump We Trust (to make a fool of himself)... the only good thing is that if you buy one now... you should be able to melt it down by 2028 and get your money back!

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Spring Equinox or Autumn's Equinox
You'll find your Northern/Southern hemisphere bearing with our

Chart of the Twenty-four Breaths and Seventy-two Pentads of the Year.

Freely (but you can always buy us a $3 Kofi ) available on our
Ko-fi site...

ko-fi.com/s/16216f98b7

@crumbsey.eurosky.social morning star over the sea

植樹節 Zhíshùjié

China's Arbor Day (March 12th), also known as National Tree Planting Day
Set as 12 March in commemoration of the death of 孫逸仙 Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925).

婦女節
fùnǚjié

Abbreviation for = 國際婦女節 Guójì fùnǚjié

International Women's Day (March 8)

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I'm sure it would be an aesthetic improvement...
chicken bone erupts from brain...
evolutionary new path...
homus os pulli erectus...
I can see the headlines... 🧠🍗😎

Much better than the current 🍔🧠 in the white-🏛

P.S. chicken soup for you I hope... heal thyself chef !

If only my brain's gaping wound could be healed with a chicken drumstick 🧠👩‍🍳🍗

Autumn ginko leaves

Ginko leaves

dedicated to our Accidental Gardener @thecrowstoes.bsky.social during this leave-gathering times