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Nature thread

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I though it might be nice to have a thread that we can take into the summer and beyond, as the Spring thread will soon be redundant.

Please remember not to upload an image in the same post as words or it might break the thread - please add your words by replying to the image.

Thank you.

Yesterday  sent me down a rabbit hole when she mentioned this book on the 3 Good Things thread:

https://lithub.com/a-book-to-conjure-nature-when-we-need-it-most/

I then looked at this book:

www.thelostwords.org/.../

The reason for the book made me sad:

“When the most recent edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary — widely used in schools around the world — was published, a sharp-eyed reader soon noticed that around forty common words concerning nature had been dropped. The words were no longer being used enough by children to merit their place in the dictionary. The list of these ‘lost words’ included acorn, adder, bluebell, dandelion, fern, heron, kingfisher, newt, otter, and willow. Among the words taking their place were attachment, blog, broadband, bullet-point, cut-and-paste, and voice-mail…."

Please add anything related to nature that interests you.

Thank you.

Parents

  • I put a spider outside today who was almost drowned in the bath.

    He looked confused.

    I then thought that's anthropomorphism.

    Then I thought not as I would be confused if I was happily swanning around in my bath and someone picked me up and placed me in the garden.

    Or is that proof of anthropomorphism?

    Do other people ascribe creatures with human feelings/expressions etc?

  • in reply to B
    B said:
    Do other people ascribe creatures with human feelings/expressions etc?

    Yes, I think most people do. I think the mosquito who bit me was angry - but it was just being a mosquito. I think my neighbour's cats visit because they like me - but they don't know the meaning of 'inside' and 'outside' and use my bungalow as a short cut to the gardens at the back. I like to think robins are friendly but they have adapted to connect a human + a spade with juicy worms and leatherjackets. Despite this, I go on thinking creatures, also plants, have human feelings because if represents a kind of hope about the world.

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  • in reply to B
    B said:
    Do other people ascribe creatures with human feelings/expressions etc?

    Yes, I think most people do. I think the mosquito who bit me was angry - but it was just being a mosquito. I think my neighbour's cats visit because they like me - but they don't know the meaning of 'inside' and 'outside' and use my bungalow as a short cut to the gardens at the back. I like to think robins are friendly but they have adapted to connect a human + a spade with juicy worms and leatherjackets. Despite this, I go on thinking creatures, also plants, have human feelings because if represents a kind of hope about the world.

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  • in reply to Marianne72

    Robins are particularly engaging. I have seen them land on the bird bath and look as if to say, where is the water? It works as I then fill it up. When we first arrived at our house, moving feeling like a challenge, there was a thick layer of fallen leaves. As I was sweeping the robin was the first bird to visit. I heard a light sound and there it was nearby. It felt like it was saying, all will be ok. There are now two, but the original one had a distinctive light patch.