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
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Chilling out on an ice floe
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Jun 19, 2024Reticulated giraffe mother greeting calf in Kenya
Jan 18, 2026White Sands National Park, New Mexico, United States
Dec 8, 2025Christmas lights on buildings of Domaso, Lake Como, Italy
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Mar 2, 2025Megalong Valley, Blue Mountains National Park, NSW, Australia
Jun 16, 2024Happy Fathers Day!
Centuries of time in a Delicate Arch
Jul 2, 2025Spine-cheeked anemonefish
Have a merry little Christmas
Jan 6, 2025Flooded crypt, Basilica of San Francesco, Ravenna, Italy
Jan 30, 2025Rolands Breach, Spain
Jul 13, 2024Fairy chimneys and cave dwellings in Cappadocia, Türkiye
Nov 5, 2024Ranakpur Jain temple, Ranakpur, Rajasthan
Whos in this creepy copse?
A real fun guy…er, squirrel
Feb 3, 2025Ribblehead Viaduct, North Yorkshire, England
Lighting the world
In the tropics, land greets sea warmly
Sep 20, 2023Aqueduct, Arkadia Park, Poland
This clever bird passes with flying colours
Nov 30, 2025Christmas market in Leipzig, Germany
Jan 29, 2026Milwaukee City Hall, Wisconsin, United States
Behold the architectural marvel
Singing the blues
Jul 3, 2024Meerkat family
Fly me to the moon