Originally published March 11, 2009 Black and white photographs that have been stored in a shoebox for sixty or seventy years may be as clear and unfaded today as they were the day they were made. The reason is that the image in black and white photographs is made of stable silver compounds protected by … Read more
Originally published February 3, 2009 by Tamara Colloff-Bennett Mandarin ducks breed in densely wooded areas near shallow lakes, marshes or ponds. They roost high in trees and nest in tree hollows found near bodies of water in eastern Siberia in Russia, China, and Japan. During the winter, they migrate to southern China and Japan. The … Read more
Originally written and published February 1, 2009 by Tamara Colloff-Bennett Towards the end of the eighteenth century when the famous classics author Jane Austen made two long visits to Bath and then when she lived in the city from 1801 to 1806 after her father the Reverend George Austen retired to live in the area, … Read more