What the heck is a distaff?

What the heck is a distaff?

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Jan 7, 2024Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve, Australia
Jan 7, 2025Moeraki Boulders, South Island, New Zealand

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May 3, 2025Happy International Astronomy Day!
Nov 1, 2025Bison grazingin Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States
Aug 11, 2024Wooden path to Kennedy Lake, Vancouver Island, Canada
The festival of colours
The pillar of democracy
Sequoias of the sea
Revered ruins
Sway with the Amazonian canopy
Aug 25, 2025Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States
Warm light through an ancient forest
Sep 21, 2024Munich, Germany
What are these beautiful sandy waves?
Spring is coming
Dec 17, 2023Bohemian waxwings
Nature’s blue wonder
There’s more to Pisa than leaning towers
Feb 22, 2024Bathing boxes at Brighton Beach, Australia
Jun 18, 2025Asian swallowtail butterfly on a red spider lily
Feb 23, 2024Haghartsin Monastery, Armenia
Aug 21, 2025Wheatear, Peak District National Park, England
What waterborne wizardry is this?
Apr 15, 2024Centraal Station, Antwerp, Belgium
Dec 24, 2024Silent night, sparkling lights and hearts full of joy
In the tropics, land greets sea warmly
Dec 1, 2024Antarctica Day
Oct 28, 2025The Gothic Gate in the Adršpach-Teplice Rocks, Czechia
Nov 25, 2024Maasai giraffes in Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Centuries of time in a Delicate Arch