Deanna Raybourn

Among my favorite half-dozen topics is the field of Victorian female explorers, the intrepid women who packed up their parasols and petticoats and roamed the world in search of adventure. Some were scientists, some artists, some unabashed curiosity-seekers who simply went out to see what they could see.

American Author

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

What a circus act we women perform every day of our lives. Look at us. We run a tightrope daily, balancing a pile of books on the head. Baby-carriage, parasol, kitchen chair, still under control. Steady now! This is not the life of simplicity but the life of multiplicity that the wise men warn us of.

American Writer

Suzi Quatro

I'm totally active. I am just this side of hyper. I jog and go to the gym every day. When I'm on the computer, I'm reading, I'm writing, I'm never quiet. My brain is very rarely not engaged. Every now and again I will fall asleep under the parasol in the sun, but that's a rarity.

American Musician

Parasol is mainly used outdoors to provide shade in sunny conditions, rarely indoors.

Outdoor Usage

Unlike umbrellas, parasols are usually not waterproof and are not meant for rain.

Not for Rain

Parasols can also be a fashion statement or part of a traditional costume.

Fashion Accessory

 and so on. They were all grumbling, and so they boycotted him. They wouldn't go listen to him. But the young people all came. And they brought this kind of a jeweled parasol, and they put it on the ground. And as soon as they had laid all these,

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 squirrel and the only squirrel species that we have in this particular area couple of squirrels in South Africa including the ground squirrel which uses its tail as a parasol Johnny is rather amazing right squirrels have disappeared

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 warming already by about a degree so we already are doing solar engine there's lots of ideas about how to do this people have looked at everything from building giant parasols on the

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 ground squirrels have ready-made parasols under the shadow of their fluffy tails they can resume foraging while the Sun is still high in the sky

Parasol

Outdoor Usage

Not for Rain

Fashion Accessory

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