tide in, tide out

[enchantedbook]

Illustration of the Great Comet of 1577, from the book Tarcuma-I Cifr al-Cami by Mohammed b. Kamaladdin, 16th century AD.

[historicalbookimages]

🥕 Flore médicale Paris: Imprimerie de C.L.F. Panckoucke, 1833-1835. Original source Image description: Historical botanical illustration of a tea plant branch from “Flore médicale” (1833-1835). The detailed drawing shows vibrant green, serrated leaves along a brown stem, two white flowers with bright yellow centers, and green spherical fruits. Additionally, there is an enlarged depiction of a yellow, three-lobed seed or fruit segment and small black-and-white botanical sketches of the flower’s internal structures at the bottom left. The page number 339 appears at the top. The image combines artistic and scientific elements to highlight the key parts of the tea plant for medicinal and botanical study.

[the-evil-clergyman]

Wings of the Morning by Edward Robert Hughes (1905)

[mermaidenmystic]

Wiegen und Schmiegen im Elfenhag (Swaying and nestling in the elf hag) by Alois Broch (1864-1934)

[mermaidenmystic]

“Your preciousness lies in your essence; it cannot be lost by anything that happens." ~ Chuang Tzu (Chinese philosopher, 369 BC-286 BC)

Louis Moe (Norwegian painter, illustrator and writer, 1857-1945)

[yesterdaysprint]

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Pennsylvania, October 10, 1925

[oldpaintings]

Hans Printz (Austrian, 1865--1925)

[mermaidenmystic]

Brian Froud

[petitworld]

by Jessica Lowery

[sorrrowfull]

[twirld]

Interview with the Vampire illustrations by Anne Yvonne Gilbert

[oldpaintings]

The Death of the Virgin by Guillaume Dubufe (French, 1853--1909)

[oldpaintings]

Mermaids and Sea Nymphs by Eric Pape (American, 1870-1938)

[frozen1349]

[sorrrowfull]

[maureen2musings]

massimosimigliani

[thepaintedchateau]

...the magic cannot leave you when it is you...