Don't let the bastards get you down.

[halloweenatdusk]

by ghost‏

[gentlemanmotorslifestyle-deacti]

[dankmemes]

[poisonappleprintshop]

I recently finished this uplifting drawing, inspired by my shamanic plant journey with Henbane during @persephonespath’s Poisonous Plant Medicine Lv. 1 course last Autumn. (I highly recommend everything Kathryn has to offer!) During the meditation, I laid down in a field of Henbane and felt the plant envelope me, hiding me from view and creating a safe space where I felt its protective, cleansing powers. As I was working through a lot of hardships at the time, Henbane comforted me and helped me shed the pain, of which I was fearful to let go. When I was ready, it then uncovered me and lifted me up, supporting the energetically lighter, more confident version of myself that I had evolved into while under its care. Next, I was set on my feet and Henbane placed a garland of itself on my shoulders that grew into a cape as the plant sent me on my way, evolved and energized. It was quite an impactful experience. The plants’ embracement followed by the uplifting revealed Henbane’s watery associations with emotion. I had to be consumed in the shadow and sit with my pain in order to understand and release it. In my drawing, the skulls represent the toxins drawn out of my being as Henbane helped me to rise above and embrace my true self, a somewhat symbolic death and rebirth that speaks of the plants necromantic associations. I have no doubt the lifting of my body was a nod to Henbane’s inclusion in the infamous witches’ flying ointments that aided in spirit flight, for at the time I was longing to reconnect with my own spiritual self that had been wounded by my hardships. In lore, the dead were crowned with Henbane to help them forget the pain of remembering and to help ease their transition into the underworld. Henbane granted me this power as it helped ease the pain so I could more easily let go and move forward. In the end, it cloaked me in its powers of protection and gave me a newfound strength in my entire being as well as my own boundaries. I have learned so much from this poisonous plant and today, it is my hope that this drawing can pass along some of the uplifting qualities the spirit of Henbane has to offer. 🖤 #poisonappleprintshop #Henbane #sketchbook https://www.instagram.com/p/B9fLNbwnoJF/?igshid=4je6u63z5q0k

[broderiemyworld-deactivated2020]

roniy-stitch.com

[oldfarmhousefallfeatures]

Red lipstick. A little black dress. A white colonial with a black door and 12-over-12 windows and a stone wall. The classics are always in style 💄#simsburyct

http://instagram.com/thefrontdoorproject

[nemfrogfilms]

Behold the mushroom.  Encylcopedia Brittanica Films. Introduction To Biology. 1952.

Internet Archive

[virgomoon-deactivated20240514]

playlists for the signs. mix and match with your moon and rising signs.

CAPRICORN SZN.  ambitious, sensitive, passionate, cautious.  [listen] AQUARIUS SZN.  free - spirited, charming, witty, stubborn.  [listen] PISCES SZN.  dreamy, sensitive, romantic, moody.  [listen] ARIES SZN.  assertive, dominate, strong, impatient.  [listen] TAURUS SZN.  realistic, loyal, domestic, short - tempered.  [listen] GEMINI SZN.  adaptable, sociable, flexible, changeable.  [listen] CANCER SZN.  emotional, vulnerable, tender, passive.  [listen] LEO SZN.  fearless, fiery, headstrong, self - centered.  [listen] VIRGO SZN.  competent, diligent, organized, skeptical.  [listen] LIBRA SZN.  elegant, seductive, flirtatious, selfish.  [listen] SCORPIO SZN.  possessive, sexual, charismatic, aggressive.  [listen] SAGITTARIUS SZN.  energetic, exuberant, bold, irresponsible.  [listen]

[heaveninawildflower]

Phases of the moon taken from ‘A Popular Guide to the Heavens’ by Robert Stawell Ball.

Published 1905 by George Philip & Son, Ltd.

Gerstein - University of Toronto

archive.org

[stuffaboutminnesota]

Two Harbors, Minnesota

[stuffaboutminneapolis]

Minneapolis by Spencer Bergen

[black-culture]

[exportings]

[oldfarmhousefallfeatures]

You know what’s hiding under there, right? Treasure!!!

#hardwarerestoration #sashwindows #sashwindow #sashlock

🌟please scroll and read comments entirely, more informative info & thoughts. edit-

Here is the after pic of what was hiding under all that paint! Don’t doubt the treasures that lazy painters bury!

edit- loving all the comments on this post, it's the exact excitement I dreamt it would be. FYI. When I created@oldfarmhouse I wanted it to be about old houses with historical fiction and authenticity. Anyone can pick out pretty pictures then post. I didn't want to go in that direction. Thank you for letting me know how y'all feel, I appreciate this. 💟

#restored #woodwindowrestoration #historicrestoration #historicpreservation

[not my story]

photocredit: http://www.instagram.com/thecraftmanblog

[felixdeon]

Le Monocle Club was a lesbian club in Montmartre in Paris, which was a successful bar in the 1920’s and 1930’s. This painting is inspired by Le Monocle Club, and the photos were taken there, several by the great photographer Brassaï. The club owner, who is the only one who appears by themself (in the fourth photo), also appears as a bartender in some of the subsequent photos. The club was ultimately shut down by the Nazis during the German occupation of Paris, as a reprisal against queer lifestyles. The club was named after the early 20th century lesbian fashion for wearing monnocles, which acted as an advertisement of one’s queer sexuality. You can find this painting as a print in my etsy shop. Just click on the link

[sunbursts-and-marblehalls]

[teeething]

Literally gave myself a blister finishing this (find me on instagram: pyrrhics)