I’ve just been informed that it’s #NationalBananaDay which means I have an excuse to post this gem:

Please enjoy this 17th c. book illustration of a #capybara chilling under a banana tree in Brazil🍌
📕A Relation of a Voyage made in the Years 1695, 1696, 1697 on the Coasts of Africa, Streights of Magellan, Brasil, Cayenna, and the Antilles, by a Squadron of French Men of War, under the Command of M. de Gennes, written by François Froger, published in 1698.
via Bonhams: https://www.bonhams.com/auction/21752/lot/247/froger-francois-a-relation-of-a-voyage-made-in-the-years-1695-1696-1697-on-the-coasts-of-africa-streights-of-magellan-brasil-cayenna-and-the-antilles-by-a-squadron-of-french-men-of-war-under-the-command-of-m-de-gennes-m-gillyflower-and-others-1698/

Knock knock
Who's there?
Banana
Banana who?
#NationalBananaDay
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https://www.gocomics.com/day-by-dave/2026/04/15

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Happy National Banana Day! 🍌 Artwork by the fabulous Elly Walton.

#NationalBananaDay #BananaDay #BananaLove