[walkwithursus]

Matched with a guy on a dating app. Chatting about our interest and Pirates of the Caribbean comes up. I tell him I’ve written fanmail to one of the cast members.

“Orlando Bloom?” he asks

No, honey. It gets worse

[the-art-of-mourning]

MOURNING BROOCH c. 1861

Source

[closertotheheart]

[frachella]

[speciesbarocus]

Antonio del Ceraiolo - The judgment of a soul by the Archangel Michael. Detail.

[ltwilliammowett]

Watch fob seal with amethyst intaglio bearing a depiction of a ship, early 19th century

Source

[eclrwrld]

[boylerpf]

Magnificent gold and enamel plique-à-jour pendant/brooch designed as a “Morning Glory”. It was once part of the collection of Ada Rehan, a popular actress of the late 19th century who starred in several Shakespearean plays.

Work signed Marcus & Co around 1900. Via The Newark Museum of Art collection

[imalittleoutthere-deactivated20]

There’s something that’s been driving me crazy lately: How did they get from the Caribbean to Singapore in Pirates of the Caribbean? When they get to Singapore, they say they need a ship and a crew. Wouldn’t they already have a ship in order to get to Singapore in the first place?

[cristalplanetheart]

[cristalplanetheart]

[tindomielthings]

edgeofdreaming

[detailedart]

Details, part III: “Arabesque” series, contemporary. Painter: Daniel Abel.

[ripempezardexerox]

[nikswonderland]

nighttime beach

[bijoux-et-mineraux]

Rare Cretaceous Gastropod epigenized in Dendritic Agate - Betul, India 

[thatlittleegyptologist]

Your day would be better if you saw an Ancient Egyptian glass fish

[chaotic-archaeologist]

So true