What the heck is a distaff?

What the heck is a distaff?

Wool and mohair yarn (© Jurate Buiviene/Alamy)

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Jan. 7, 2024Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve, Australia
Jan. 7, 2025Moeraki Boulders, South Island, New Zealand
Jan. 7, 2026Old Rock Day

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Jul. 11, 2024World Population Day
Sep. 16, 2023Oktoberfest begins
Apr. 12, 2025International Day of Human Space Flight
Jul. 4, 2024Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site
Jul. 12, 2025Thomsons gazelles, Maasai Mara, Kenya
Sep. 15, 2023Glenariff Forest Park, County Antrim, Ireland
Jul. 5, 2025Tour de France
Apr. 18, 2024International Day for Monuments and Sites
Fly me to the moon
Aug. 3, 2025Blooming sunflowers
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Dec. 15, 2023SantaPark, Lapland, Finland
Sep. 14, 2023Przewalskis horses, Hustai National Park, Mongolia
Apr. 30, 2026Keukenhof Gardens, Lisse, Netherlands
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Aug. 15, 2025The Canadian National Exhibition is here!
Jun. 10, 2024The city of Osaka at night, Japan
Feb. 19, 2026Dragons Eye, Uttakleiv Beach, Norway
Mar. 11, 2024Koala sleeping in a eucalyptus tree, Australia
Part science experiment, part public park
Sep. 2, 2024Milky Way over the Elbow River in southern Alberta
Jul. 20, 2024International Moon Day
Feb. 2, 2025Groundhog Day
Jan. 23, 2026Þorrablót, Icelandic midwinter festival
Aug. 12, 2024World Elephant Day
Sep. 28, 2025Town of Pienza in Tuscany, Italy
Jan. 27, 2024St. Paul Winter Carnival