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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May 2, 2025Striated heron on a Victoria water lily, Pantanal, Brazil
The most active volcano in the world
Bryce Canyon hoodoos in winter
Check out these ‘sea cows’
A world within a world
May 18, 2026International Museum Day
Sep. 18, 2025Dunquin Pier, County Kerry, Ireland
Nov. 6, 2023Lago Pehoé, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
Aug. 17, 2025International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend
Mar. 9, 2026Grey seal sleeping on the beach, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Oct. 27, 2023Sligachan Old Bridge, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Nov. 8, 2025Bandon Beach in Bandon, Oregon, United States
Feb. 16, 2026Banff, Alberta
Stairway to heaven?
Dec. 10, 2025Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
Apr. 24, 2024The white trilliums in Ontario, Canada
Mar. 17, 2025Happy St. Patricks Day!
Nov. 15, 2023Rapa Valley in Sarek National Park, Sweden
All is calm
Jan. 26, 2024Northern hawk-owl
City of ice
Nov. 5, 2023Playa del Silencio, Spain
Mar. 31, 2025Ostuni, Apulia, Italy
Mar. 21, 2025Happy International Day of Forests!
Apr. 22, 2025Earth Day
Jul. 3, 2024World Meerkat Day
May 24, 2024Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park
Jul. 29, 2024International Tiger Day
Nov. 10, 2023Badlands National Park anniversary
May 21, 2026International Tea Day