Cardiff Hill

"Cardiff Hill, beyond the village and above it, was green with vegetation and it lay just far enough away to seem a Delectable Land, dreamy, reposeful, and inviting."

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INVALESCO 

[verb] 

1. I become strong.

2. I strengthen.

3. I increase, prevail, predominate.

Etymology: Latin, from in + valēscō, “grow strong”.

[Michael C. Hayes - Fire and Blood]

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FKA twigs covers Sia’s Elastic Heart for BBC1′s Live Lounge

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Embroidered space necklace by Baobap Handmade on etsy 

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Wood forget-me-not / Myosotis sylvatica by stoplamek on Flickr.

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I Am a Storm by Neia Bonita Via Flickr: In Budapest. Breathe.

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Princeza by Neia Bonita Via Flickr: Princeza je kraljica, zapravo.

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May you be compensated for all the years you lost to pain and fear.

- Tapiwa Mugabe, tapiwamugabe.tumblr.com (via tapiwamugabe)

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mythology meme | Slavic gods & goddesses - Morning Star

In Slavic mythology, the Zorya are the two guardian goddesses, known as the Auroras or as the Morning Star and the Evening Star. Both sisters serve the sun god Dažbog, who is in some myths described as their father. The Morning Star opens the gates to his palace each morning for the sun-chariot’s departure. At dusk, the Evening Star closes the gates once more after his return.They guard and watch over the doomsday hound, Simargl, who is chained to the star Polaris in the constellation Ursa Minor, the “little bear”. If the chain ever breaks, the hound will devour the constellation and the universe will end. 

The Morning Star is Zorja Utrennjaja (from Russian utro, meaning “morning”), a goddess of dawn who is depicted as a fully armed and courageous warrior. As the wife of Perun, Zorya Utrennyaya accompanies her husband when he rides out to do battle, and amid the fray lets down her veil to protect those warriors she favors and save them from death.She is a patroness of horses, protection, exorcism, and the planet Venus. Ancient Slavs would pray to her each morning as the sun rose. 

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Light by Neia Bonita.

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Hubble scientists released this image of the star cluster Westerlund 2 to celebrate the telescope’s anniversary. ©NASA/ESA

Friday, April 24 marks the 25thanniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope. In its quarter-century of operation, Hubble has broadened our understanding...

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DIY Embroidered Tee Shirt Cuff Tutorial from Melmaria Designs. You can use a tee or jersey fabric for this colorful embroidered DIY wrap cuff. At the link there are resources for finding tutorials for learning basic embroidery stitches.

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CALEMBOUR

[noun]

a pun (joke or type of wordplay).

Etymology: French.

[Catalin Anastase - We Make A Nice Pear]

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You know the world at large was like a little rag doll

We were the big bad pitbull

Try to get out but we just keep sticking around

Cause it is a Very Good Bad Thing we found

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KAIZEN

[noun]

Japanese: continuous improvement; positive change.

Etymology: from Japanese 改善 (kaizen, かいぜん), from Middle Chinese 改善 (kój-dʒjén) (compare Mandarin gǎishàn, 改善), from Old Chinese 改善, “to correct errors”. 

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PRINTEMPS

[noun]

spring - the season after winter and before summer, in which vegetation begins to appear, in the northern hemisphere from March to May and in the southern hemisphere from September to November.

Etymology: French, from Old French prim, prin, from Latin primus, “first”. + Old French temps, from Latin tempus, “time; period; age”.

[Paolo Domeniconi - Springtime]

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Mala Fatra, Slovakia (by pxls.jpg)