Half Wood-Nymph, Half Princess

[requiem-on-water]

John Royle

[frostedmagnolias]

Purse

early 17th century

gilt metal thread brocaded in coloured silks with landscapes and flowers

England

National Museums Scotland

[questcequecestqueca]

Laura Daddabbo

[fungusamongusblg2]

[expressions-of-nature]

by Mihaylov

[odetopictorialism]

Lotte Jacobi • Shadows in a Doorway, 1950

[lesmiserablesquotes]

“There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.”

— Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

[dame-de-pique]

Arthur E. Morton - Iris germanique, 1910-1915

[morganathewitch]

Forest path~

[moradadabeleza]

Agneta Ekman

[riverwindphotography]

A mossy streamlet, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

(c) gif by riverwindphotography, August 2023

[ghost-era]

Exquisite 19th-century seashell herbarium from the sold archive of my antique shop, GHOST ERA ANTIQUES

[finita--la--commedia]

“Except for your eyes, no blade can control me, no sharpened knife.”

— Vladimir Mayakovsky (Russian, 1894-1930), from “Lilichka  ! (Instead of a letter)”, translated from the Russian by Andrey Kneller

[gacougnol]

Dafni Planta

Hiding in plain sight

[wanderlustfuldays]

Quinta da Regaleira Sintra, Portugal

[stlamb]

[orofeaiel]

Moss growing in the grooves of a tree