Okay, I think it’s time I put the brakes on the succulent obsession.
Why, you might ask?
1. I’m out of usable space! Anything beyond this would mean I was truly decending into insanity.
2. I got one of my “big dream” plants in the mail today, an echeveria cante (1st two photos) and it’s a whopping 11 inches across. Goddamn!!! I’m in love!
It’s true that everyone will have more space in the spring and summer months, but all my older echeverias are actively growing; the arrangement in photo 5 is bursting out of its pot after less than two months. (That’s why all my new arrangements have plenty of growing room.)
I’m thankful that it’s probably the least expensive of my hobbies (traditional art supplies and planted aquariums definitely cost more) but I need to hold on to cash this month because other people need their gifts, and I have a hefty bicycle repair bill to take care of. Oof!
The houseplants really do take the edge off my SAD though, as this is the gloomiest autumn we’ve had since 1983. (No really.)
my all time favourite breeds are crested, spangled, and laced breeds
my #1 are cream brabanters, i just love everything about how they look
another cool breed that looks very similar are pavlovskayas, as far as I know they are unrelated. I just love them and brabanters for their half crescent spangles, they look like hearts its so cute
the most widely available funky breed i like are probably polishes. that being said, i’m not a fan of their reduced vision and sometimes their crest can need to be trimmed (they can also have dome shaped skulls with holes in them but most live fine)
another breed i love are salmon faverolles, they just look like toasted marshmallows and very huggable. they’re also one of the more dimorphic breeds, the roosters are black with light hackles and saddles
I was thinking of getting a faverolles but the only downside is their eggs are on the smaller side and my family wanted good layers.
so far all the breeds i listed are ones i’ve actually had no experience with so obviously i have to talk about ones i’ve owned. wyandottes are easily the most eye catching + reliable dual purpose you can get imo, plus the rose comb has less frostbite risk although lady columbian wyandotte has the biggest wattles of all my chickens. my SL wyandotte daisy is my baby and i’d die for her.
finally, there’s easter eggers (generic brand ameraucanas). If you’re in the hobby farm scene you’ll know both EEs and ameraucanas are an all-time favourite right now. their green or blue eggs are a novelty and you’ll always get wows from people who don’t know chickens can do that, so it’s really easy to sell or give away extra eggs. they come in a huge range of colours and the feet are green or blue, no two EEs look the same. they have a good temperament, and their tiny pea comb + absence of wattle is basically the most anti-frostbite you can get, which is great if you live in a cold climate. basically if you want a unique and cold resistant backyard breed my top recommendations are EEs or ameraucanas.
I have so many breeds i can talk about but its late and this post is getting really long
Also Me: I Need This Site So I Can Yell About My Current All-Consuming Interest Of The Month, Because If It Were, In Fact, Deleted, I Would Be Strangled Within Minutes For The Greater Good.
Chain mail shirt from England dated to the 14th Century on display at the Museum of London
This shirt or habergon is made up of riveted iron rings. Making such a piece of armour was expensive and time-consuming as the mail is made up of small rings, in most cases closed using an iron rivet (an average of 28,000 rings was used in a mail shirt like this). Such mail was very expensive so most soldiers were simply equipped with a thick padded jacket called a gambeson. By the 14th century, advances in metal-working made plate armour cheaper to produce.
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