Wednesday, February 13, 2008

daffodil bud, heavy metal, monkey love

The paper-thin membrane, which covers the bud of a daffodil, wrinkles and begins to fall away as the bud opens.



"I'm not a silver person, " says a woman in a fashion shop, to explain to the owner her lack of interest in the silver necklaces, bangles and other trinkets on offer. Pleased with the description, she repeats: "I'm not a silver person."



Yara and Thiego, a pair of red titty monkeys in the rain forest zone of the London zoo, I read in today's paper, are so devoted to one another that they sleep with their tails intertwined.

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