Links that may or may not be related to gardens, food, travel, nature, or heterotopias and liminal spaces but probably are. Sources in parentheses.
photo essay: GLORIOUS ABUNDANCE IN A PINT-SIZED GARDEN (Karen Chapman/Le Jardinet). Photos and ideas from a flourishing small residential garden in Chelmsford, England.
observation photos: “Moth Ball” observations by JoAnne Russo in Lyme NH (Northern Woodlands/iNaturalist). New Hampshire naturalist JoAnne Russo spotted 89 moth taxa in Lyme NH on the night of 7 June 2024, including rosy maple moths, twin-spotted sphinx moths, red-fringed emeralds, an American lappet moth, and an apical prominent moth.
9-min video: A short analysis of the genius of Looney Tunes director Chuck Jones (Every Frame A Painting/YouTube). An exploration of “the evolution of his sensibilities as an artist, … a look at how a good artist became a great one.”
cocktail recipe etc: The Spirits #132: The Lychee Martini Plus: Comprehensive proof that lychees are sea creatures (Richard Godwin/The Spirits). No, it’s “not a Martini as, say Myrna Loy would recognise it. It contains no gin and I don’t recommend you put an olive in it.” But it sounds summery and worth a taste.


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