August 24, 2026
Tag: Dyes
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God, Glory and Gold vs. God, Glory and … Dead Bugs
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The cochineal is an insect slightly larger than a poppy seed. The bug’s carcass is the prime ingredient in creating a natural dye using carmine. Primarily a parasite, they are native to tropical and subtropical South America and up through North America and are collected from the pad of prickly pear cacti.
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November 24, 2022 4 Comments
Most things in life becomes stale and boring after a while, but that doesn’t seem to be the case with Dame Agatha Christie’s murder mystery The Mousetrap. The stage production has been drawing new audiences for 70 years and there is no sign that the doors will be locked anytime in the future.