collecting dust

bizzy, 24, archivist

[vestalevelata]

[funstealer]

Forest in Usadba Zavetnoye, Russia, between Moscow and Velikiy Novgorod.

[vampire-yearner]

Some travel journal spreads from The Hike Guy on flickr (downloaded them from pinterest)

[trashyayo]

ladylilithtattoo

[valseceleste]

[anitanh]

Found in the Internet Archive by AnitaNH

[clawmarks]

Nouveaux documents décoratifs en couleurs - Jules Auguste Habert-Dys - before 1930 - via Internet Archive

[littlefettuccinealfredo]

weeping over this inscription i found in my secondhand copy of Maurice:

"Harry, I'm glad I met you in 1973. Nathaniel"

[hamletthedane]

Want to learn something new in 2022??

Absolute beginner adult ballet series (fabulous beginning teacher)

40 piano lessons for beginners (some of the best explanations for piano I’ve ever seen)

Excellent basic crochet video series

Basic knitting (probably the best how to knit video out there)

Pre-Free Figure Skate Levels A-D guides and practice activities (each video builds up with exercises to the actual moves!)

How to draw character faces video (very funny, surprisingly instructive?)

Another drawing character faces video

Literally my favorite art pose hack

Tutorial of how to make a whole ass Stardew Valley esque farming game in Gamemaker Studios 2??

Introduction to flying small aircrafts

French/Dutch/Fishtail braiding

Playing the guitar for beginners (well paced and excellent instructor)

Playing the violin for beginners (really good practical tips mixed in)

Color theory in digital art (not of the children’s hospital variety)

Retake classes you hated but now there’s zero stakes:

Calculus 1 (full semester class)

Learn basic statistics (free textbook)

Introduction to college physics (free textbook)

Introduction to accounting (free textbook)

Learn a language:

Ancient Greek

Latin

Spanish

German

Japanese (grammar guide) (for dummies)

French

Russian (pretty good cyrillic guide!)

[hamletthedane]

Want to learn something new in 2023??

Cooking with flavor bootcamp (used what I learned in this a LOT this year)

Beekeeping 101

Learn Interior Design from the British Academy of Interior Design (free to audit course - just choose the free option when you register)

Video on learning to read music that actually helped me??

How to use and sew with a sewing machine

How to ride a bike (listen. some of us never learned, and that's okay.)

How to cornrow-braid hair (I have it on good authority that this video is a godsend for doing your baby niece's black hair)

Making mead at home (I actually did this last summer and it was SO good)

How to garden

Basics of snowboarding (proceed with caution)

How to draw for people who (think they) suck at art (I know this website looks like a 2003 monstrosity, but the tutorials are excellent)

Pixel art for beginners so you can make the next great indie game

Go (back) to school

Introduction to Astronomy (high school course - free textbook w/ practice problems)

Principals of Economics (high school course - free textbook w/ practice problems)

Introduction to philosophy (free college course)

Computer science basics (full-semester Harvard course free online)

Learn a language

Japanese for Dummies (link fix from 2022)

Ukrainian

Portuguese (Brazil)

American Sign Language (as somebody who works with Deaf people professionally, I also strongly advise you to read up on Deaf/HoH culture and history!)

Chinese (Simplified)

Quenya (LOTR fantasy elf language)

[red-flower-red]

Embroidered Book Covers, 15th-17th centuries

[happyheidi]

[vida-imensa]

Frances  

[sosuperawesome]

Miniature Paintings // Amy’s Artistic Studio

[greuzeisfuckingtrash]

Cut-and-woven paper love tokens by Jesse N. Zile (1831-1875) who was born in Maryland and lived his life as a farmer near New Windsor.

Source: liveauctioneers.com

[neshamama]

'this lock of hire i used to ware but i leave it in your care'

[peacefulandcozy]

Instagram credit: aquietdiary

[stremplerart]

W. Strempler, 2022

[joannadox-deactivated20220511]

[soft-lovely]

elaborate book covers