Southern ॐ Serenade

Hey y’all! Kick off your shoes, come on in and catch a seat! Now, allow me to tell you a bit about me; My name is Nicolas, Im currently living in South-Central Alabama I and I was raised to be a proper Southern gentleman. I, for-the-most-part, have traditional values and morals although "judge not, lest you be judged". Im an open-minded, tree-hugging, Libertarian member of the Eastern Orthodox Christian Church. Some current obsessions that you will find on my tumblr these days include, but are not limited to: Antique books, bones and skulls, altars, candles, succulents/cacti and carnivorous plants, all things lunar related, Herbology & Natural Medicine, Christian icons and statuary, nature and wildlife... I do hope all yall enjoy your stay on my blog and if you thoroughly take a liking to it please feel free to Follow! Also, for more updates, feel free to add me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Urbanx0xHippie !!

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Ravens by lindsey kustusch

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Icthyologiske contribution to the Greenlandic fauna 

By Reinhardt  J. (Johannes), 1816-1882 Publication info  Kiöbenhavn, 1838 Contributor University Library, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign BIODIV LIBRARY

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800-Year-Old Tombs Tell the Story of an Ancient Chinese Couple

Two 800-year-old tombs belonging to a man named Lord Hu Hong and his wife née Wu, who carried the title Lady of Virtue, have been discovered at a construction site in Qingyuan County, in China’s Zhejiang province.

An inscription says that Hu Hong is the “Grand Master for Thorough Counsel.” He and née Wu lived at a time when China was divided between two dynasties, with Hu Hong serving the southern Song dynasty that controlled southern China, according to the researchers who described the findings.

The lengthy inscription discussing Hu Hong’s life was found inside his tomb. A translation of the inscription states that it “has been inscribed on this stone to be treasured here, in the hope it will last as long as heaven and earth!” Read more.

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I am so tired of waiting, Aren’t you, For the world to become good And beautiful and kind?

Langston Hughes, Tired (via saraafri)

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The Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) is thought to travel the largest migratory distance of all birds. Each year the tern travels from its breeding grounds in the Arctic to Antarctica and back. The bird’s migratory distance covers around 40,000 km, that is close the circumference of the Earth!

Image Gazzettiere americano

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Alison Scarpulla, ‘Vision 20’, 2010 Source

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Kotatsu

Just a reminder for all of you UK folk that I’ll be at Hyper Japan Christmas Market in London next weekend from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th at table X-16 with all of my Inktober prints, hopefully a bunch of Mahō and other goods!

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Halamshiral - The quarters of the Empress

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Term of the day: Ecumenical councils. https://hagiasophiaturkey.com/discussion-pages/discussion/ecumenical-councils

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Ernst Haeckel - tropical landscapes

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Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius in Sergiyev Posad near Moscow (town’s Soviet name: Zagorsk)

Two postcards from 1988