Heather Jane Steeley

things i am inspired by ♥ my own work can be seen at www.hjtanner.com

[heaveninawildflower]

Silver Mirror (Roman, 4th century C.E).

Image and text information courtesy The Met.

[alltheprettyancientthings]

The Roman Baths, Bath.

England.

[venustapolis]

Fall of the House of Usher - Illustration from Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Arthur Rackham, 1935)

[enchantedbook]

'The Lady of the Lake' by Alan Lee

[literaryvein-reblogs]

a list of "beautiful" words for january

to try to include in your next poem/story

Accollé - in heraldry: entwined about the neck; also: collared, gorged

Bacciferous - bearing berries

Commorient - one of two or a number of persons perishing at the same time by the same calamity

Dreikanter - a three-faced pebble faceted by wind-blown sand

Estaminet - a small café

Frondescence - the condition or period of unfolding of leaves; foliage

Graveolent - having a rank smell

Hwyl - fervor, excitement

Ichnite - a fossil footprint

Jardiniere - an ornamental stand for plants or flowers

Knop - a usually ornamental knob

Lacustrine - of, relating to, formed in, living in, or growing in lakes

Mucedinous - having the nature of or resembling mold or mildew

Nomistic - based on or conforming to moral law

Oblivescence - an act or the process of forgetting

Pabulum - intellectual sustenance

Quodlibet - a whimsical combination of familiar melodies or texts

Risorgimento - a time of renewal or renaissance; revival

Saeculum - a period of long duration

Trouvaille - a lucky find

More: Lists of Beautiful Words ⚜ Word Lists ⚜ Writing Resources PDFs

[artistlowry]

The Lake, 1951, L.S. Lowry

[alatii]

“The crumbling castle, looming among the mists, exhaled the season, and every cold stone breathed it out. The tortured trees by the dark lake burned and dripped, their leaves snatched by the wind were whirled in wild circles through the towers. The clouds mouldered as they lay coiled, or shifted themselves uneasily upon the stone skyfield, sending up wreathes that drifted through the turrets and swarmed up hidden walls.”

—Titus Groan, Mervyn Peake

[heatherjanesteeley]

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Evening Chimes by Venetian Trio

Victor 18018-A Disc 1916

[dame-de-pique]

Florence, Jardins de Boboli, l'allée couverte, Italie vers 1880

[the-almost-fashion-historian]

tea gown, c.1894 by Liberty and Co.

The designer at Liberty and Co. at this time, E. W. Godwin, was a member of the Aesthetic Movement, which favoured artistic dress, which featured medieval-esque styles.

This dress can be found in: The V&A South Kensington

[steampunktendencies]

The Great Train Graveyard in Uyuni, Bolivia is a unique tourist attraction in addition to the famous salt flats and red lakes. The area is home to a collection of abandoned, vintage trains that were originally intended to expand the transportation network in the early 19th century. However, due to technical challenges and conflicts with local indigenous communities, the project was never completed. The trains were later used to transport minerals to port cities, but when the mineral resources depleted in the 1940s, the miners left and the trains were left to deteriorate in the desert. Over time, exposure to salty winds has caused the trains to corrode, creating the fascinating landscape of the Great Train Graveyard that exists today.

Credits: Keith Alexander

[aperiodofsoftness]

Joe Hall

[cloudswamp]

the body artist, don delillo

[oldpaintings]

John Fabian Carlson (Swedish-born American, 1874--1945)

[florianpainkesblog]

All the While the Distance Grows

2016-12-30 / 6.1775

[maureen2musings]

Eryri, Wales

m_l_robbins

[mournfulroses]

D. H. Lawrence, from a letter featured in The Selected Letters of D. H. Lawrence