Welcome to another edition of This and That!
On Sunday, Lucky and I passed a grazing deer as we walked the park. The deer didn't care about us and Lucky (still) isn't sure what to make of the deer.
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The Salem witch trials have nothing compared to Scotland. Between 1563 and 1736, an estimated 2,500 people were executed in Scotland for witchcraft. Since 2020, two women have been campaigning for an official apology and some kind of national memorial.
And below is a special tartan plaid made in honor of those who perished.
You can read about this at the Smithsonian website here or listen to a podcast at Haptic and Hue about here. It's a fascinating subject and one I had no idea about until recently.
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Friday's session of giving away plants to neighbors was cancelled. It's been raining off and on since then. Not sure when we will get the plants out and transplanted! How's the weather where you are?
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Wishing you a safe and happy day!
in a word our weather is 'ick'....hot humid rainy gloomy dreary gray and blah...the 7 ugliest dwarfs...
ReplyDeleteWe've had ample rain this spring too but I welcome it even though it delays planting. I'm loving the freshness of the flowerbeds after a rain. PBS has a series called Lucy Worsley Investigates. Season 1, Episode 4 is about witch trials in Scotland/England. You might want to check that out. The other investigations are very interesting also.
ReplyDeleteWe are 33% below normal rainfall. Temperatures swing -- 90's yesterday, 70's today. Thanks to Gretchen's comment that reminded where I learned more about the Scottish witch trials. Lucy Worsley is a wonderful historian!
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