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Guest - Aislinn Dyestuff Citizen Science.

09. Oktober 2026

This is a great project. I look forward to the results. Thanks for letting us know.

Guest - Aislinn Time for...

09. Oktober 2026

Looks delicious!

Guest - Katrin Sprang Discussion

18. September 2026

Hi Rachel, I have looked for more photos of you, but that was not very successful. I found a link on...

Guest - Beatrix Sprang Discussion

15. September 2026

That lozenge pattern element is not a photograph, but a scan. So it should be to scale. But I pinned...

Guest - Katrin Sprang Discussion

15. September 2026

I was not referring to Rachel's reconstruction (is the reconstruction you refer to the one photograp...

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Dienstag, 23. Juni 2026

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Two things for today: It's still too damn hot, and the Little Cat has some issue with her bladder and we have a vet appointment to go to. Hopefully it's nothing too bad...

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