Extinct in Ireland, September 17th, Pheasant’s Eye (Adonis annua)
Another pretty flower with a pretty name – pretty names, indeed, as Adonis annua has a pleasingly alliterative ring. And extinct in Ireland. I came across this elegy for Adonis…
Extinct in Ireland, September 16th, the wild boar
This is one of those entries in this month of Irish extinctions since the coming of humanity which can provoke a double-take. For the wild boar, as I have blogged…
Liszt : St. François de Paule marchant sur les flots, Deux Légendes II
Not that St Francis (of Assisi), but t St Francis of Paola patron of the Calabria region, boatmen, mariners, naval officers. This is one of Liszt’s “Deux Légendes”, the first…
Detangle
Originally posted on Haiku out of Africa:
electronic days ~ we disconnect to connect ~ to be real again — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Russian Modernism and Byzantine Iconography – another false dichotomy
A recurrent pattern in the history of ideas is a dominant narrative creating dichotomies that, at the time, did not exist. I have blogged about these before – false tension…
Extinct in Ireland, September 15th, The Beautiful Moss Beetle, Hydraena pulchella
Another day, another extinct species. And another evocative common name (and again a translation of the formal name), this beetle is, according to the RedList No 1: Hydraena pulchella The…
September 14th 1869: the global celebrations of Alexander von Humboldt’s centenary
Alexander von Humbolt is not exactly obscure: he is much celebrated in the Germanic speaking world and is still commemorated by an eponymous current, mountains, a penguin and much else.…
Extinct in Ireland, September 14th, The Diminutive Diver (Bidessus minutissimus)
Continuing my September postings on species extinct in Ireland since human habitation, consider the beetle. Many insects often have wonderfully evocative names – both formal and common – that deserve…
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