Today’s Canadian painting is “Sunset, Algonquin Park” painted by Tom Thomson in 1916.

Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part IIIb: Children and Childrearing This is the back half of the third part of our series (I, II, IIIa) discussing the patterns of life for the pre-modern peasants who made up the great majority of humans who lived in the past. Last …

This week on the blog: Our look at the structures of life for peasant farmers continues with children and childrearing.

We model some plausible birth patterns for an ancient peasant farming society (Roman Egypt) and think through the implications for daily life.
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Night night sweet dreamies

Your body whispers before it shouts.
Listen early, rest often

Pause.
Breathe.
You matter more than your to-do list.

A mackerel tabby in a box, one white sock back paw visible, tail resting on a box flap, chin resting on the opposite corner

If i fits, i sits! happy #caturday

A Google alert announces Chappell Roan concert tickets, but the image is of Weird Al

You sure about this, Google?

Apollo 13 movie poster

everyone watch apollo 13 today in honor of jim lovell!!!!

I did forget vitamins, hope you remembered yours

A tabby cat, 4 paws and a little upside down face, pink nose foremost, whiskers akimbo, sleeping.

Boop!

Today’s challenge:

Describe meownself in three words only.

I’ll go first :

• Diligent
• Hardworking
• Hungry

The FC’s input :
• Menace
• Narcoleptic
• Hungry

So, so cute! you are clearly old enough to have excellent taste

I think it's bottoms up, not sure. Fat, black, white and yellow monarch cat chewing away on Asclepias tuberosa leaf. Note the chewed leaf just below.

Look closely. One very small, fuzzy, tufted haired orange and black milkweed tussock moth cat.

Hiding under the Asclepias tuberosa leaf is a smaller monarch cat. Not as long or fat but equally colorful.

A vibrant swallowtail cat, neon green, with black and yellow markings, is balancing and chewing on long, thin dill leaves at the same time.

The milkweed has a couple monarch stages living on different floors. Found a lone stranger sharing the space and discovered it's a milkweed tussock cat. Across town, the swallowtail cat is living it up on the dill. I am one happy landlord! #nativeplants #gardening 🌱

Excellent, thanks

#Canadian #Premier #WabKinew #Manitoba

Dancing at 19th annual ManitobaAhbee Pow Wow

Wise words, thanks George

Good morning & welcome to Roast Dinner Day

Alone we are drops of hope.

Together, we are a sea that overflows with kindness

Stunning!

Fake savings ads: ‘One of the most sophisticated scams we have seen’ People tricked into depositing cash which is then siphoned off by fraudsters impersonating financial firm Wise and others

Fake savings ads: ‘One of the most sophisticated scams we have seen’

Ewwww!

The view from the International Space Station as an aurora meets the sunrise in space.

Sunbathing, bask while the sun is out

It’s my birthday and I’ll give away books if I want to.

Spend £20 on books at bertsbooks.co.uk today and I’ll send you a paperback I think you’ll love - at no extra cost!

Excludes subscriptions, UK only.

The thing about PBS is that LeVar Burton was to me what MrBeast is to kids today.

A graphic reading "25 books by Black Canadian authors to read in honour of Emancipation Day" by CBC Books. 5 books are featured.

Today is Emancipation Day in Canada, across the Caribbean, and other regions - marking the day slavery was abolished in the British Empire. My book, The Book of Possibilities, has been featured on a few Emancipation Day reading lists, and I'm grateful!

Lemme tell y'all a bit about the day:

Adventures with Pedro! 🐧💙

Pedro explored new sights and sounds around the seal and sea lion habitats. These adventures help the fuzzy chick get comfortable with different environments as he continues to grow and thrive.

#babyanimals #penguin #cuteanimals

You're here! Hell yeah!

Thirdle looks fun, haven't seen that one before, thanks

Ice cream aisle. Or bakery!

Gorgeous

Cool! I have often wondered about wingspan, putting it on the Christmas list

Night night sweet dreamies

This moment won’t last forever.
Neither will this feeling.
But your ability to get through anything? That’s always with you.
Even if you forget sometimes