APR 29, 2026, American satire: results of DT's first impeachment trial (birds'-eye view)

 Reprise, originally posted February 9 and 10, 2020.

Authors' Note: Readers might want to check out prior posts, including that of Feb 9, entitled "Anagrammatic tribute to a Senator", and those of January 1, 9, 10 and 11, dealing with great egrets. The photos of birds were obtained from Giorgio Coniglio's personal collection, whereas those of political leaders were obtained from readily available online sources.

We hope that you enjoyed this playful photo-art. You can find 30 more submissions, mostly poetic on this topic in 5 collections on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE to start! 

APR 27, 2026, selected pics: brown-pelican yoga-student

 

Authors' Note:  

APR 25, 2026, submitted palindromes: RANDOM PILES 52

 

 

 You have reached the "Submitted Palindromes" thread on the blog "Daily Illustrated Nonsense", a light literary entity. Owing to advancing age and other considerations, the frequency of outpouring, 30 posts per month for the first 60 months, has been reduced stepwise after December 2024 and now numbers 10 per month. But each month you can still find a collection of palindromic phrases proferred by our seven palindromic assistant editors.

You can access this delightful entertainment right here by entering submitted palindromes in a search bar at the top of this post and scrolling downwards through the wordplay posts that you will discover.

Devotees of palindromic wordplay can further explore limericks and other short verses about the classic palindromes (and quite a few recent concoctions) that are randomly scattered on this blog after September 2000, or collected into grouped postings on our more scholarly blog "Edifying Nonsense" -- start HERE.  

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APR 23, 2026, decorative touches: "Ravenel Bridge" (fabric art)

Decorative Touches: Ravenel Bridge

Continuation from "Pictures at a Renovation -- finishing touches" (fabric artwork), September 22, 2023. 

                                                                                fabric art by R.C.H., presented with thanks

APR 21, 2026, handyman's lesson: restoring your old greenhouse, introduction

You can watch for further lessons in the restoration process on April 20.

A NOTE FOR (potentially) DISAPPOINTED READERS !!!

Athough the Palm Court has been closed for renovations, portions of the Conservatory facility remain open, If you can't manage to come by for a look yourself, you can still take in the joys of a visit by clicking HERE. 

  

APR 19, 2026, selected pics: anole patrol

Authors' Note:  The above photos show the activity in our yard once the lizards return in April.

You can review an illustrated poem about the green anole HERE.

APR 17, 2026, selected pics: brown-pelican yoga-instructor

 

"Sorry! I have a frog in my throat"

Authors' Note:  The above photos document the bizarre positioning adapted by these birds in digestibng large chunks of jagged, even sharp fish-carcasses, tossed away by fisher-guides after an expedition (see posts about the 'pelicatessen').

APR 15, 2026, selected pics: seals rehearsing

 

APR 13, 2026, selected pics: brown pelicans in synchronous flight

 

a single pelican takes off from the same dock

APR 11, 2026: reprehensible modern history: The Turco-Italian war

 

poetry lyrics:/ A historic mistake I deplore:/ the Turco-Italian war./ On the web

 it's explorable./ Repercussions are horrible./ Have you heard of this conflict before? 

Authors' Note: The Italo-Turkish War, also known as the Turco-Italian War, 1911–1912, was among the neo-colonial adventures pushed by the European powers (Britain, France, Italy, etc.) who took advantage of the decline of Ottoman Turkey just before the outbreak of the First World War. The territories conquered by the Italians (most of current-day Libya and also the Dodecanese islands in the Aegean Sea) remained under their control through the Second World War, with Mussolini's National Fascist party in power in the Kingdom of Italy for most of this period (1922–1943).

The treaty to end the conflict was named after the resort facility in Lausanne, Switzerland at which it was signed by the belligerents, becoming known as the Treaty of Ouchy (oo-SHEE).

View the entire collection of poetic assertions on this topic  at our more encyclopedic blog 'Edifying Nonsense', by clicking HERE.

APR 9, 2026, selected pics: bird with a serious itch

 

APR 7, folio-entry, couples: white-faced capuchin monkeys

 

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cAPR 5, 2026: American satire: on reflection

 

  ON  REFLECTION

On reflection, the charges were quaint,

As I acted with tact and restraint:

Prosecutor (distortion), 

"Damage done? A whole portion." 

"Makes you think I'm a vandal. I AIN'T!" 

Giorgio Coniglio

APR 3, 2026, selected pics: berry-imbibing songbirds

cedar waxwing

 

cedar waxwing, defunct:
presumed cause of death: head injury striking plate glass window;,
cardboard covering window not efficiently applied;
R-I-P

APR 1, 2026, selected pics: juvenile "green" anole

 

Authors' Note:  Photo obtained in the authors' garden in the Carolina lowcountry. These cute little creatures are rather shy, and as they are strictly insectivorous, it's hard to entice them with food. Much to my chagrin, as well as that of the lizards, they are often misinterpreted as 'snakes', even by longterm human residents. 

You can readily find on these pages, a post with an illustrated poem about Carolina green anoles, and photo-collages highlighting their appearance in the suburban setting, HERE, and HERE.