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
Jan 7, 2026Old Rock Day

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Nov 25, 2024Maasai giraffes in Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Feb 25, 2026Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska, United States
Pearl among the emeralds
Jul 27, 2026Tiffany Dome, Chicago Cultural Center, Illinois, United States
Jan 25, 2026Burns Night in Scotland
Mar 28, 2026African buffalo, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
Aug 24, 2024Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, United States
Jul 26, 2025International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem
A window to the Pacific
Oct 17, 2024Kochia, Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Dec 10, 2023Sand dunes in the Sahara, Algeria
Mar 26, 2025Manatee in Crystal River, Florida, United States
Mar 14, 2025Lathmar Holi
A scented sea of purple
Don’t look down!
Sep 21, 2023International Day of Peace
Warm light through an ancient forest
Jul 10, 2025Guru Purnima
Nov 30, 2023Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
Jan 4, 2026Kings Mountain, Chugach Mountains, Alaska, United States
Dec 13, 2023Svolvaer, Lofoten Islands, Norway
Scenic Mount Michener
Oct 13, 2024Royal Alcázar of Seville, Spain
Aug 30, 2024International Whale Shark Day
May 9, 2024Tulips at Emirgan Park in Istanbul, Türkiye
Jul 25, 2025Colourful houses of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Jan 8, 2026Starling murmuration over the ruins of Brightons West Pier, England
Nov 4, 2024Grasmere, Lake District, Cumbria, England
Underwater underground
Nov 3, 2025Jellyfish swimming in the Pacific, Guerrero, Mexico