Links that may or may not be related to gardens, food, travel, nature, or heterotopias and liminal spaces but probably are. Sources in parentheses.
short video: Pastel hues (Pinterest/Good Curation). Notice the shadows!
essay with photos: Loskop to Swakop: Four Days in the Namib Desert (Stan Engelbrecht/The Radavist). He and others make a four-day bike tour from Omaruru to Swakopmund on the Namibian coast. “Water is scarce, the sun wants to kill you, and its little towns are widely scattered. In fact, [Namibia] is one of the most sparsely populated places on earth. … This area, like many others in Namibia, is rife with mines. Some were abandoned many years ago, but most are fully operational and strangely unseen, hidden in the sparse landscape. Massive explosions that rip open the earth are an unfortunate downside of this geologically rich environment.” I can’t help but notice the food and drink: ice cold Coke, cold beers, pan fried gnocchi with a classic Italian tomato sauce, gin & tonics, green bean and potato stew with polenta, cold grapefruit Schöfferhofers, and restaurant burgers & ribs (or “Namibian staples like Oryx steak”).
article with photos: Flies That Can Eat You (if you’re a tiny invertebrate) (Chris Helzer/The Prairie Ecologist). All about predatory flies (61,000 species), including robber flies, longlegged flies, and tiger flies. Great photos.
short essay: Meetings with plants in winter: fennel (Andrew Timothy O’Brien/Bramble & Briar). [I planted fennel in 2011 or so and it’s still there, still propagating.]
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