[gothiccharmschool]

From the book Murder Ink: The Mystery Reader’s Companion.

I want this nightgown. Of course I do.

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[creativespark]

Salman Toor, The Reader, 2022 oil on linen, 18" x 24"

[vanmatre]

Picnic 1974, Burgundy, France

Harry Gruyaert

[ionomycin]

wild strawberries

[rasarnava]

Katzenversammlung (The Cats’ Assembly) by Quint Buccholz, 1995

[drafthearse]

Grasshopper and Beetles. 1951. Leonard Baskin. Linocut. Plate 23 from A Little Book of Natural History. [source]

[lukegauthier]

[hidekomoon]

I did it again (my other edits here)

1. Godward’s A Fair Reflection (1915) and Waterhouse’s The Soul of the Rose (1908)

2. Frank Cadogan Cowper’s Damsel of the Lake (1924) kissing the lady in Auguste Toulmouche’s The Kiss (c.1870)

3. Waterhouse’s A Song of Springtime (1913) and Auguste Toulmouche’s Woman and Roses (1879)

4. Evelyn De Morgan’s Ariadne in Naxos (1877) with Waterhouse’s Sweet Summer (1912)

5. A woman from Charles Perugini’s Dolce Far Niente (1882) about to wake up Victor Gilbert’s Sleeping Beauty (date unknown)

please reblog if you save! (except terfs, “gender critical” radfems and general transphobes, y’all can block me please)

[whizpurr]

[guooey]

Vladimir Nabokov, Letters to Véra

[huariqueje]

The night rests against the balcony door   -   Leif Engström ,  2023.

Swedish, b. 1992  -

Oil on canvas,    253 x 230 cm. frame.

[tofublock]

on the way

[camilicy]

Surround yourself with people who love you 🐰✨

[oldpaintings]

Danseuse assise aux bas roses, 1890 by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864–1901)

[darflores]

soup!

Bread and Soup, Diane Fraser / Grilled Cheese & Tomato Soup, Noah Verrier / Bowl of Soup & Sterling Silver Spoon, Marie Fox / Vegetable Soup, ARThouse / Bowl of Soup, Susan Avis Murphy / Bread and Soup, Mary Byron

[ec-phrasis]

Eva Gonzales, Woman Awakening, 1876