roboticonography:

This is one of the scenes I was thinking of when I wrote this about Steve:

He was one of those people who was incredibly graceful in motion, but seemed to be forever at a loss for how to stand still. In terms of body language, he was apparently going for ‘casual,’ but wound up looking more like he’d just realized he had elbows and was trying out new and innovative ways to use them.

ex-libris-blog:

“But Maria explained and painted their life cycle. Their metamorphosis from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. She not only explained that process, she showed which plant species each butterfly species was dependent upon. This book revolutionised the study of insects in Europe. But it also helped Maria raise the funds to embark upon a journey to study the more exotic creatures that she knew she would find in the tropical regions of the Dutch empire.”

David Olusoga, Civilisations, ep. 6 ‘First Contact’ (BBC 2018)