I’m not a botanist, but I’m like 99% sure those are rosehips.
A little bit. Different groups might engage more with different aspects of my personality, so I find myself naturally emphasizing different parts of myself accordingly. Code switching isn’t that unusual, I don’t think.
Lavender syrup is very strongly flavored in my experience.
But your example is also anecdotal? Catholics aren’t more like your friend or more like his. They’re both Catholic. It’s a diverse group. Sweeping generalizations don’t help anyone.
Anecdotally, we’ve had some pretty solid results reducing losses to birds by placing reflective pinwheels around the garden. Like these:![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/7787ef88-f5f5-4bda-ab20-5929d70ddea0.webp)