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1 month agoThanks Scott.
1 month agoBeautiful shot!
1 month agoSo cozy! It makes me feel claustrophobic just looking at it. I’m so glad I’m not a snail!
1 month agoRachael and I had a few for the first and last time last fall, somewhere in southern Spain. They were one of a series of small delicacies. Interesting.
1 month agoChuckle!
I tried snails once... while in Spain in 1977. Seemed chewy with a hint of dirt flavor. Maybe I'm just not European enough.
I think I'll pass on that...
1 month agoYou might like to eat them...
if you were French.
Looks like sea lavender
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/77758-Limonium-sinuatum
Smash all you can!
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They are edible though... but taste like dirt to me. In any case, you can cook them up if in a pinch for lunch.
Looks like Sunday afternoon in a French country town. Amazingly deserted!
1 month agoIn a nutshell, working on minimising my recognisable digital footprint.
1 month agoWhy have you changed your name to Penguin?
2 months agoGood choice
2 months ago
OK, this is nervy. But Roger's back problems are causing me to have sympathetic back pain. I'm too empathetic! To make my back feel better, I'm going to offer unsolicited advice.
1 month agoEvery back is different, but I was able to cure my back problems using Esther Gokhale's book "8 Steps to a pain-free back". It doesn't work instantly but for me, it led me carefully to a life without major back pain. I can't recommend it highly enough.
I hope Roger heals and doesn't need it! But if he's interested...