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I love Josephine's completely disconsolate look. It is a hopeless case - and she's worked that out

OW mod accompanies reluctant newbie: "Oh, don't worry so much - once you're one of us, you'll never want to leave!"

How true!

Tobias and the Angel by Andrea del Verrocchio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_del_Verrocchio wrote:Several great artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Lorenzo di Credi passed through his workshop as apprentices.

Soooo true

Wondering 'What's with the fish on a string?' I had a wander around the internet to find the story of Tobias and the Angel and on the way the Wiki entry for the painting says that Leonardo may have painted the fish (and the fluffy dog!)

Is this "taking one under one's wing?"

This lad is definitely under a very useful wing

I presumed that the fish on the string represented the Christian fish symbol with, perhaps, string to tie him to the Christian faith? Or perhaps to make sure that he can keep a firm grip on the fish rather than let it slip through his fingers? The fish appears in Early, Renaissance, and Gothic art and is still used commonly today.
The Fish is a very early Christian symbol used from the first century. The Greek word for fish, Ichthys, upon which a rebus (word puzzle which uses pictures to represent words or parts of words) was created, is derived from the first letters of Greek words meaning "Jesus Christ, son of God, Savior."

Who's that swimming at their feet?
Looks like a guinea pig, but that wouldn't be right.

Newbie OW'ers reviewing the Transcribing Guide together.

Very nice!

Caro receiving flowers from the OW community as a great big Thank You for all her hard work in 10 years of moderating.

Happy Birthday, Caro! Hope it's a good one.

And thanks to Dean for the image!

Happy Birthday, Caro!!!

I love the dress and earrings!

Oh gosh - well - that's some dress code. You look quite stunning Caro Have a very happy birthday! Don't worry about those beautiful white roses. Lieutenant Scrawl will have some water in a flower vase for them on the main deck

Excellent job Dean and Chris

Thank you very much, Chris, Dean, Michael and Joan.
I must say I'm looking a lot better in that portrait than I usually do!
The earrings are great. I've got a few similar pairs.

Caro- Happy birthday! I can see you were quite a precocious young woman when you started ten years ago. I had pictured you as a scholarly person with eyes tired from working on a computer screen- not a young woman in the most beautiful dress with stunning eyes.
Congratulations on both your birthday and the success of the past 10 years.
Morgan

Thank you, Morgan.

OW'er speaking of citizen science to his gathered colleagues, hoping to win them over to the cause.

I did this recently - at work, we've started doing something called "Lightning Talks" where one person gives a short, informal (no PowerPoint) presentation on something that interests them.
So I used this to talk about citizen science - not just OW, but the Zooniverse and BOINC/WCG too.
It went very well, people said it was quite interesting. A couple even said they will consider joining the cause!