New Artwork – Ian Rogers – A Murder of Crows
Another collective noun – today, a murder of crows. This marks the halfway point in this abecediary of collective nouns…
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Shari Blaukopf – Sketches
Wandering through the interwebs today, I found a blog that consists entirely of artists’ sketchbooks, Sketches and Jottings. It’s a great site worth checking out on its own, but the real find for today was a link to Shari Blaukopf’s…
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New Artwork – Ian Rogers – a Leap of Leopards
Another collective noun – today, a Leap of Leopards. Leopards are the smallest of the big cats, but are the best climbers. A leopard can carry a kill many times its own weight up a nearly vertical tree in its jaws, where…
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New Artwork – Ian Rogers – a Knot of Toads
Another collective noun – today, a Knot of Toads. Looking for some toad trivia? In the Middle Ages toads were believed to have a magical gem inside their heads that acted as an antidote to poison.
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New Artwork – Ian Rogers – a Jury of Owls
Another collective noun – today, a Jury of Owls. My regular list of collective nouns has no entries under “J” but by going down some online rabbitholes I came across a satirical dictionary from 1923 by Elbert Hubbard, “The Roycroft Dictionary and Book…
