Feathers are epidermal growths that form the distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on birds, other extinct species of dinosaurs, and possibly pterosaurs. They are considered the most complex integumentary structures found in vertebrates and a premier example of a complex evolutionary novelty. They are among the characteristics that distinguish the extant birds from other living groups. Although feathers cover most parts of the body of birds, they arise only from certain well-defined tracts on the skin. They aid in flight, thermal insulation, and waterproofing. In addition, coloration helps in communication and protection. Plumology (or plumage science) is the name for the science that is associated with the study of feathers. That's what the wikipedia says.. More styles of feather art which I put on paper today... It took me two sessions to complete this one.. a YouTube tutorial and sketch pens, pencil colors and white watercolor and a nice thin brush to give t...
It all started with a quick meet in India with my darling roommate from college when she came to visit me from Ireland. She wasn't her chirpy and happy self and I saw the sadness in her eyes. When we started chatting, I realized I always wanted to go and visit her in Ireland and this might be a good idea to plan a trip and stay with her, visit places around Ireland and make her feel good. Instead the idea turned into trip planning chatter when we decided to go see the castles in Transylvania. Considering that option we said, why not go inter-railing across mid and eastern Europe. Start with the city of love and end with the city of sins. Here we were cheering and drinking to our friendship and around 3 weeks later both our eyes were glued to the sky-scanner website to start the ticket booking process. By Jan 28th our tickets were booked for Paris and I was fiddling around the options of he travel companies who will eventually "help" me out with my Visa(Oh and that i...
Ingredients Carrots Potato Green peas (fresh) Mustard oil Jeera (cumin seeds) Green chillies Salt Turmeric Mix of Coriander powder, Cumin powder and black pepper powder Recipe Put 2 tablespoons of mustard oil in a pan. Put one pinch Cumin seeds. Put the cut vegetables (potato, carrots and peas) in the mix. Then put salt, turmeric, green chillies and the mix of the powders in it and stir. Cover it for 15 mins and stir it in between and check once the potato is cooked. Yummy winter food ready. Serve it with tadka dal and rice and enjoy.
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