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Dorothy L. Sayers appreciation, bees, books, and knitting, among other things...

[janeaustentextposts]

[helenish]

Remember when Gilbert Blythe said “there’s another, not a sister,” and looked RIGHT AT Anne Shirley? 

[helenish]

remember when Anne Shirley tossed aside Roy Gardner’s violets and wore the lilies-of-the-valley that Gilbert sent to Redmond graduation AND the pink candy heart necklace he got for her, and then on the way to graduation, Phil told her she’d heard Gilbert and Christine were engaged to be married and Anne reached up and BROKE THE CHAIN of the necklace and stuffed it in her pocket, eyes burning?

[sayersbird]

to-the-fishies mentioned you in a post “This is random, but: if I had a random surfeit of moneys lying about,...”

…this one for @ sayersbird or @kivrin.  Or something

This made my day :) I haven’t been online for a while. That dress is gorgeous and I love it!! 

[nellyben]

I like how everybody is paired off haha

[larssonadam]

#this looks more like an awkward sixth grade slow dance than it does hockey

[itsacpsideblog]

I FINALLY FOUND OUT WHY THIS HAPPENS. You see this all the time when there’s a fight or a scrum and suddenly everyone pairs up with a member of the opposite team and they just sort of …hold each other.

Someone on reddit asked about it. And it turns out there’s a logical-ish reason:

all of the other players pair off with their man to prevent anyone else entering into the fight … so it’s a form of self policing. 

[…] The players basically want to prevent 2 on 1, etc. fights and by finding a “hugging” partner so there’s no ganging up on one guy, even on accident. They do it because it’s fair. And it’s kind of cute sometimes.

so now we know! it’s fair…and cute.

[animentality]

Aw best part is no ones left out at this dance

[castiel--for--king]

[legotheeggo]

[as-my-whimsy-takes-me]

Through the silvery rents that bar the sky we seem to catch a glimpse of the great hope and grandeur that lies around this little throbbing world, and a breath of its scent is wafted us on the wings of the wild March wind.

Jerome K. Jerome (via as-my-whimsy-takes-me)

[setheverman]

when you’re the piano player in the wild west when harry potter is being shown at the movie theater

[fripperiesandfobs]

Designs for dresses from the workshop of Jean-François Bony ca. 1803

From Cora Ginsburg

[snime]

how did erik start coaching christine. like was she just singing in the bath one day and she heard a distant echo saying “you’re sharp”

[wizzard890]

“also I’m an angel, so spying on you in the bath is so not even an issue. don’t make this weird, Christine.”

[tastykake]

#don’t make this weird Christine #a summary of the phantom of the opera in five words #“yes I live in the basement; don’t make this weird Christine” #“yes I wear a mask don’t make this weird Christine” #“yes I have a full-scale model of you in a bridal gown; don’t make this weird Christine” #“yes I killed a dude; don’t make this weird Christine” #“yes there’s a Persian police officer asking suspicious questions; don’t make this weird Christine” #“yes I do identify with a character who seduces ingenues in a mask; don’t make this weird Christine” #“yes I’ve now kidnapped you twice; don’t make this weird Christine” #“yes I’ve captured your fiancee and the Persian police officer and am threatening to blow up the opera house if you don’t agree to marry me #DON’T MAKE THIS WEIRD CHRISTINE” (tags via notbecauseofvictories)

[phoebe-buffay]

[palmist-blog]

i love this blooper 

[nokiabae]

who else thought Martha’s Vineyard was an actual vineyard owned by martha stewart

[byjoveimbeinghumble]

Link to tweet Link to article

[archaeologistproblems]

Archaeologist problems: Winter blues.

via Archaeology in Acadie

[s-b-atkinson]

hahahah

[thebrainscoop]

omg you guys.

[werewolfbneimitzvah]

modern horror story: a single 200 chapter fic on ao3 summarized as a “collection of drabbles.” it is tagged for 200 different fandoms and every single character who so much as breathes in any of the chapters. it takes you an hour to scroll past. it is always at the top of your search results because it updates three times a week.

[michaelmoonsbookshop]

old books

[professorpski]

Stellar Stripes from American Style and Spirit

This evening gown was worn by a member of a Wisconsin family whose centuries of wardrobes are now on display at the Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. The exhibit, American Style and Spirit, is running now through April 2 of this year and it offers everything from corseted 19th Century gowns to 1980s dresses. In between are some remarkable beauties that I will be featuring in the future. Today, I offer this silk taffeta gown, an exact reproduction created by Edward Maeder of a favorite evening gown worn by a college student in the 1930s but now too fragile to display. Notice all the ways stripes are used: from the standing pleats at the top of the front bodice, to the pleated sleeves caught with a bias trim at the edge, to the gathered back flounce that makes dancing all the more graceful. Ribbons bows trim front and back. No wonder it was her favorite. I want it myself.

For more info on the exhibit go here: https://www.thehenryford.org/current-events/calendar/american-style-and-spirit-exhibit/

I will be reviewing the book that accompanies the exhibit next week.

[sayersbird]

I miss my good sewing machine and the easy way it stitches through fabric, all the while making a pleasing mechanical noise! I also miss having a place to keep it out consistently.

this useless plastic piece of nonsense that I have to lug down from the closet every time I want to use it is barely worth the trouble. 

I need to make more quilts.

[memecucker]

do people actually read books while in the bathtub

how do you not get everything wet

[karnsway-deactivated20190708]

[rosalui]

why is this making me laugh so fucking hard

[tophatfloof-deactivated20170320]

[girlslutz]

THANK YOU FOR ADDING A VISUAL OMG

[spoopycreepietreat-deactivated2]

This is something I would do