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Did you know? Fireflies aren’t flies at all: they're beetles! Of all of the insects in the world, fireflies are among the few to have evolved an extraordinary language of light. Many fireflies use a system of flashes in some of the same ways we use words: to attract, to say, “Here I am,” even to deceive. They emit light from a tiny organ, called a lantern, on the underside of their abdomen, where a biochemical reaction takes place within specialized cells called photocytes. The reaction releases energy in the form of light.

'Pink Roses in a Vase' (1838). Attributed to Pierre Joseph Redouté (French, 1759 - 1840).

Watercolour and gouache over graphite on vellum.

June calendar page for 1898 with a kneeling figure picking flowers surrounded by plants and butterflies by Theo Nieuwenhuis.

Rijksmuseum.

19540 - Liquid Shaving Compound - Jefferson P. Connor

Record Group 241: Records of the Patent and Trademark OfficeSeries: Selected Patent Files 

The Library of the Abbey of St. Gall, Switzerland, contains over 170,000 books and documents, most notably a valuable collection of manuscripts from the 8th to the 10th centuries.

The Phoenicia, built in 2007–2008, is a modern replica of a 600 BC Phoenician merchant ship.

Iris - Above the Clouds (Kumo no Uye) by an unknown artist.

Japan (circa 1910).

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Wikimedia.

An aerial view of Fort Washington

Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of DefenseSeries: Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Joan of Arc at the Siege of Orléans by Jules Eugène Lenepveu, painted 1886–1890

19th C. depiction of Jeanne d’Arc leading an assault on an English fort at the siege of Orléans. Jeanne had been wounded in the foot in the assault on the Augustins, and taken back to Orléans overnight to recover, and as a result did not participate in the evening war council. The next morning, May 7, she was asked to sit out the final assault on the Boulevart-Tourelles, but she refused and roused to join the French camp on the south bank, much to the joy of the people of Orléans. The citizens raised more levies on her behalf and set about repairing the bridge with beams to enable a two-sided attack on the complex. Artillery was positioned on the island of Saint-Antoine.

The day was spent in a largely fruitless bombardment and attempts to undermine the foundations of the complex, by mining and burning barges. As evening was approaching, John of Dunois had decided to leave the final assault for the next day. Informed of the decision, Jeanne called for her horse and rode off for a period of quiet prayer, then returned to the camp, grabbed a ladder and launched the frontal assault on the Boulevart herself, reportedly calling out to her troops “Tout est vostre – et y entrez!” (“All is yours, – go in!”).

Front cover of May 1898 edition of ‘The Black Cat’ with the Black Cat peering out from a bunch of forget-me-nots. illustration by Nellie Littlehale Umbstaetter.

Source: Scrimbab

Restoration by magscanner

'Idle Tears' (date unknown) by Edward Robert Hughes (1851–1914).

Watercolour on paper.