Keeper of a Private Notebook

If you're interested in my fics, I'm Still_and_Clear over on Ao3

[yama-bato]

Harold Altman

[yama-bato]

Harold Altman

[nemfrog]

A page from a scrapbook by children of the Shinn family of Fremont, California. 19th century.

California Revealed via Internet Archive

[leztat-deactivated20230701]

I was never gonna be who you wanted. Sooner or later, you were just gonna kill me. It’s just what you do.

[historicalbookimages]

🐘 The ivory king;. New York, C. Scribner’s sons, 1886.. Original source Image description: Elephant illustration from historical archives

[history-of-fashion]

ab. 1860 Silk dress (skirt and bodice) (Hungary)

(Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest)

[taibhsearachd]

To everyone who is feeling a little sad right now... close your eyes. Hold out your hands.

I am gently offering you Ring with Cat and Kittens, 1295–664 BCE.

[unhelpfultarot]

Eight of Wands reversed and Three of Wands

It didn't work to throw everything at it as quickly as possible. Now you have to be more strategic with what you have left.

[outdoormagic]

Warkworth Castle by Graeme Pattison on Flickr.

[tim-dennis]

Warkworth Castle

[themaninthegreenshirt]

Warkworth Castle, Northumberland  

[tim-dennis]

Sunset bursting through amble harbour

[archivist-crow]

BARGUEST

The Barguest is a native of Yorkshire, Northumberland and Durham. It takes a variety of forms, predominantly as a black mastiff with fiery eyes, horns and fangs, but also as a bear with glowing eyes and huge claws. Reports state that it drags a chain, or that it is wrapped in chains like Marley's ghost in Dickens A Christmas Carol, symbolic of the chains of sin. Specific Barguests appear around their own locality; for example, the one in Leeds causes all the dogs of the city to bark when it makes its appearance. It has been suggested that the name has been derived from the German bahrgeist or 'spirit of the bier'.

Text from The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures by John and Caitlin Matthews (HarperElement, 2005)

[thesilicontribesman]

Roughting Linn Prehistoric Petroglyphs, Northumberland

[maureen2musings]

Full "Buck Moon" rising over the medieval ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle

@mje_photography_ne

[iamscotlandyard65]

Bird watching on The Holy Isle, Lindisfarne, Northumberland.

[maureen2musings]

Comet at Dunstanburgh Castle

danmonk91