Links that may or may not be related to gardens, food, travel, nature, or heterotopias and liminal spaces but probably are. Sources in parentheses. Unless mentioned, all links should be free of paywalls.
short article: Potter Wasps Making Pots (Mary Holland/Naturally Curious) We have potter wasps in the yard and now I want to find their artwork!
essay with photos: Hiding On Their Favorite Plant (Chris Helzer/The Prairie Ecologist) Helzer visits the family prairie (160 acres) in early August and finds narrow stink bugs hiding very effectively on sideoats grama grass, dragonflies ovipositing, and other interesting insects at close range.
website: Henri Matisse and the Chapelle du Rosaire (Ville de Nice) In French or English. Monique Bourgeois, a Dominican nun and model for Matisse, and Brother Louis-Bertrand Rayssiguier, “who was passionate about modern art and convinced of its positive impact on religious art,” were instrumental in convincing Matisse to design and decorate a chapel for the nuns in Venice
essay: your tiny guide to romanticising august (Hannah Bay/Midnight Crumbs) ideas galore, including “pick one evening and behave as though the mediterranean has somehow moved into your postcode. make paella, garlic prawns, mussels, or anything that requires lemon wedges and too many little bowls. pour something cold and over ice, put the good plates out, open the windows and let dinner take longer than usual. i’m personally planning enough seafood to suggest i’ve recently inherited a tiny coastal restaurant.” Also, arrive at the golden hour; go someplace you can visit only in summer; become devoted to one august fruit (peaches, nectarines, watermelon, blackberries, figs, et al.).
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