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Re: Word game: Last letters link
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2024 12:56 pm
by Randi
Perhaps
Goldenrod
would stand out without showing the dirt too much?
Re: Word game: Last letters link
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2024 8:50 pm
by pommystuart
But would the
odor
of Goldenrod set off the drug detectors?
Re: Word game: Last letters link
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2024 10:13 pm
by leelaht
Not if the sunflower bag is made of
organdy.
Re: Word game: Last letters link
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 8:17 pm
by Randi
Can you use sunflower petals to
dye
organdy yellow?
Re: Word game: Last letters link
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 8:42 pm
by pommystuart
Yes.
The seeds make better color but you could follow this recipe
How to extract color from flower petals?
Safety first
Pick your flowers (remember to ask permission) – enough petals to fill a coffee cup, packed moderately. Find a small jar in which to cover the petals with warm or boiling water. ...
Add 2–3 drops of vinegar and a pinch of salt. ...
Using a sieve, strain the liquid into the jar and the ink is ready to use.
Re: Word game: Last letters link
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 9:59 pm
by leelaht
sunflower seeds make a purple dye. Coffee as a dye seems popular. I wonder if
espresso
can be used.
Re: Word game: Last letters link
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2024 7:12 pm
by Randi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dye:
The majority of natural dyes are derived from non-animal
sources
such as roots, berries, bark, leaves, wood, fungi and lichens. However, due to large-scale demand and technological improvements, most dyes used in the modern world are synthetically produced from substances such as petrochemicals. Some are extracted from insects and/or minerals.
Re: Word game: Last letters link
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2024 10:46 pm
by pommystuart
I am dye(ing) to
escape
this thread on flora.
YES, I know it's not spelt that way, it just fitted.
Re: Word game: Last letters link
Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2024 11:18 pm
by leelaht
How about a thread on dyeing
people.
[Not dying people.]
Re: Word game: Last letters link
Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2024 8:55 am
by jil
I wonder where that would
lead
?
Re: Word game: Last letters link
Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2024 9:34 pm
by pommystuart
I don't know where it would lead buy I am sure it would be another great
adventure.
Re: Word game: Last letters link
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2024 11:27 pm
by leelaht
An adventure I don't want, a red tattoo...
Red
tattoo pigment is the most likely to cause negative reactions in the body including allergic reactions and itchy skin.
Re: Word game: Last letters link
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2024 12:20 am
by pommystuart
Well, its good to get some
edification
now and then.
Re: Word game: Last letters link
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2024 1:02 am
by Randi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tattoo
Spanish depiction of the tattoos (patik) of the Visayan Pintados ("the painted
ones
") of the Philippines in the Boxer Codex (c. 1590), one of the earliest depictions of native Austronesian tattoos by European explorers.
Re: Word game: Last letters link
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2024 12:04 am
by leelaht
Patik is also a traditional handmade sock. A tradition since the 7th century B.C. in Anatolia, Turkey. Long valued as
essential
and practical home apparel for all seasons, they are also a mark of Turkish hospitality. Wearing exterior footwear indoors is frowned upon so hosts pride themselves on keeping their guests comfortable and warm by offering patiks. Patiks are even offered as a gift to newlyweds by family, relatives and neighbors.
Re: Word game: Last letters link
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2024 10:27 pm
by Randi
I wonder if in the Andes they make socks from
alpaca
wool.
Re: Word game: Last letters link
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2024 12:25 am
by leelaht
I have this thing about terror birds
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorusrhacidae. And just read this evening about Brazilian farmers often using their closest living relatives, the red-legged seriema, as guard animals against livestock predators and burglars. So I introduce to you
Cariama
cristata.
Re: Word game: Last letters link
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2024 5:31 am
by pommystuart
Thank you.
Long
may
the Cariama live.
Re: Word game: Last letters link
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2024 9:15 pm
by jil
Aye
Re: Word game: Last letters link
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2024 1:15 am
by leelaht
The largest bird skull
yet
found belongs to Kelenken guillermoi. It's 71 cm long, 46 cm for the beak. They think it stood 3 m tall. These terror birds were so nimble, quick (48 km/hr ...not as fast as a cheetah) and such competitive hunters that mammalian predators opted for forested habitats to avoid the more successful and aggressive avian predators on the open plains.