to die, to sleep,

to sleep, perchance to dream;

[nemfrog]

"Lines of flow and curves of equal wind intensity, U.S.A." November 28, 1905. 8 AM. Dynamic meteorology and hydrography. 1910. Inverted color.

Internet Archive

[the-night-picture-collector]

Johan Christian Dahl, Moon Night Over Dresden, 1827

[cultofthedarksun]

Gustave Doré

[psikonauti]

Cara Macwilliam (British,b. 1972)

In the Eye of Entanglement

Ink on paper

[picsfromsiberiangirl]

Beast.

[lose-your-fuckin-illusion]

[nobrashfestivity]

Edvard Munch The Kiss, Woodcut  

[petaltexturedskies]

Anaïs Nin, Linotte: The Early Diary of Anaïs Nin: 1914–1920

[nemfrog]

Blue pincushions. Brunonia australis, Smith. The native flowers of Victoria. 1914.

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[sombertouch]

[porcelainapparition]

Christmas by Chris A

[nemfrog]

Silver Fern. Cyathea dealbata. Under side. New Zealand ferns. 1921.

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[gobe]

“Last night I photographed a Barn Owl hovering above prey at a local farm where I have been baiting them for some time, I did attempt this last winter but failed due to the lens misting, still a work in progress” ~ Roy Rimmer

[charnel-grounds]

Henry Fuseli (1741–1825), “Sin Pursued by Death”

illustration to John Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’

engraved by Moses Haughton Jr., 1804

source

[nemfrog]

“The rabbit raiser soon learns the names of the principal points of animal anatomy.” Rabbit raising, a handbook. 1953.

[octowillow]

With you

[twirld]

Self-Portrait with Magic Scene (detail, ca.1635-7) Pieter van Laer