Soup of This Day #129: Blown Round By The Wind, Thrown Down In A Spin
The Red-Legged Golden Orb-Web Spider (Nephila inaurata) of Madagascar. It’s web is so strong that it can sometimes trap birds or bats. It’s a shock for all concerned – Photo: Bernard Gagnon, 2007....
View ArticleSoup of This Day #143: The Urge Is Righteous But The Face Is Wrong
The main clubhouse of the Belmont Cricket Club, circa 1900. The club was located at Chester Avenue and 50th Street in Philadelphia and was a hotbed for American cricket. The US national cricket team is...
View ArticleSoup of This Day #150: Look Out On A Summer’s Day
Detail from Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night – Image: Vincent van Gogh, 1889. Vincent van Gogh is not affiliated with Longworth72. Image cropped by Longworth72. Getting to 150 not out in cricket is...
View ArticleSoup of This Day #270: Everywhere I Hear The Sound Of Marching, Charging Feet
This is moss. A Rolling Stone will not gather it. The lazy sods – Photo: KirinX, 2007. KirinX is not affiliated with Longworth72. Image cropped by Longworth72. Michael Clarke is not your stereotypical...
View ArticleSoup of This Day #278: Burns Like A Red Coal Carpet
The skyline at Worlds End State Park in Pennsylvania. It’s a confusing place – Some know it as Whirl’s Glen and from 1934 until 1943 it was officially called Whirls End – The lack of apostrophes...
View ArticleSoup of This Day #281: I Smell The Blood Of An Australian
This is a sandgroper, a subterranean insect that is related to grasshoppers. Since the 1890’s Western Australians have been referred to as Sandgropers. Maybe this is because we’re all into tunnelling...
View ArticleSoup of This Day #284: Behind Those Doors It’s A Wilder Ride
Curling is a gentle, well-paced winter sport. In this instance it is being played at Fingask Castle, Perthshire in Scotland. No doubt there’ll be some single-malt awaiting the competitors at the timely...
View ArticleSoup of This Day #322: Take More Than A Doctor To Prescribe A Remedy
A rare golden tiger, coming in off a long run-up and arrowing for the timber – Photo: Dave Pape, 2006. Dave Pape is not affiliated with Longworth72. Image cropped by Longworth72. When I was young, my...
View ArticleSoup of This Day #336: Well Isn’t This Nice
The Kraken came in from the deep, crushed some toes, uprooted the stumps, disturbed the furniture and left its opponents floundering, all at sea – Image: Pierre Denys de Montfort, 1810. Pierre Denys de...
View ArticleSoup of This Day #356: Lord, They Really Help Themselves
The Sumatran tiger is the smallest of all of the surviving tigers, weighing in as it does, at around 1/2 of its larger Siberian cousins. In spite of this disparity, and the look of indifference on this...
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