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Tulips are non-toxic and edible, unlike most other bulb flowers
I did not know this fact from the life of Audrey Hepburn, but I shall remark in passing that, unlike nearly all bulbous flowers, tulips are not merely non-poisonous but perfectly edible. Tulip bulbs are sometimes baked, and they resemble baked potatoes. The stems, leaves and blooms of tulips
Faith · Art · Mores · Ethnography
Easter Subjects in Kustodiev's Paintings and “Khristosovanie” of 1916
Kustodiev's Easter paintings: The Exchange of Easter Greetings, Bright Resurrection, Easter Day, The Easter Service, Easter Eve. The most famous, of course, is The Exchange of Easter Greetings of 1916, with a merchant and his wife kissing before a rich festive table laid with kulich, paskha, eggs, meat,
Faith · Books · Moscow · Mores · People · Ethnography
Artist Boris Kustodiev on Easter in Moscow, the Kremlin cathedrals and the sound of bells
“And on the first day of Easter, after that great and joyous night, you go to the Kremlin, and there, in a sheltered spot, in the sun, sit the pilgrim wanderers, resting. They peel crimson-dyed eggs, and the coloured shells lie scattered all around, and somehow this goes so
NB! · Faith · London · Observations · Mores · Humour
How Did They Prepare for the Easter Ball in Georgian England?
How did they prepare for the Easter ball in Georgian England? Mark the caption: Dandies and Dandizettes. An excellent feminine form, and one that ought to be put into circulation; do join in
Faith · Observations · Ethnography
Red eggs for Easter, blue and violet ones for memorial days, yellow for Trinity
Warmest congratulations to all on the approaching feast of Easter! For those who are only now getting ready to dye their eggs, I remind you of the custom of dyeing Easter eggs red. Violet and blue, however, are for a family that has lost someone in the course of the
Cinema · Books · Observations · Pop Culture
The recently released trailer for "Pishcheblok" once again draws attention to Russian television series: it looks intriguing, stylish and atmospheric
The recently released trailer for "Pishcheblok" once again draws attention to Russian television series: it looks intriguing, stylish and atmospheric. The makers have plainly succeeded in recreating the atmosphere of the Soviet era. For those who are not well versed in our contemporary literature, this is an adaptation
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Abandoned single-storey house behind a corrugated metal fence
Architecture · Books · Observations · Heritage
The Crumbling Kalitin House in Oryol and the State of the City's Literary Sites
“A bright spring day was drawing towards evening; small rosy clouds stood high in the clear sky and seemed not to drift past but to sink into the very depths of the blue. Before the open window of a handsome house, in one of the outlying streets of the provincial
NB! · Monarchies · People · Society Pages
This morning Elizabeth II was spotted inspecting her horses and the carriages of the late Prince Philip
This morning Elizabeth II was spotted inspecting her horses and the carriages of the late Prince Philip. The Queen wore an ash-grey hooded trench coat and a headscarf.
NB! · Architecture · Geography · Observations
Never before had I seen a monument to ore
Never before had I seen a monument to ore. Still less a double one. The plaques commemorate the days on which the first and the billionth tonnes of iron ore were extracted at the quarry of the Mikhailovsky GOK in 1960 and 2004 respectively
NB! · Architecture · Geography · Society
The KMA: This Business Must Be Pursued with the Utmost Energy
The KMA: this business must be pursued with the utmost energy. Such is the mention of the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly on the pedestal of the monument to Lenin in the central square of the city of Zheleznogorsk in Kursk Oblast, beside one of the largest iron-ore open-pit mines