Look through the keyhole into my soul.

Hey I'm Aria, and I have no clue why you are here, but thanks for stopping by. You will probably see a lot of history stuff, pretty dresses, occasional original art (art tag is art? ), and a mess of whatever else is on my mind. Really, I'm a mess, but thank you for taking a moment to look through the keyhole into my soul.

[abyss-no-ishi]

I was in Sailor Moon mood 🌙✨💖

[swan-princess-aria]

Do you ever just feel so trapped? and there’s absolutely nothing you can do to escape?

[historical-nonfiction]

Lost Arthurian Kingdom May Be Found

You probably are familiar with Camelot and Avalon. Legendary places in British legends, they were places the Knights of the Round Table and King Arthur visited or lived, sometime in the unsettled 500s between the collapse of Roman power and the coming of Saxon invaders. One of the less-well-known places in Arthurian legend is Rheged. It was home to a famous knight in the legends: Sir Owain, son of King Urian and Morgan le Fay, the man who killed the Black Knight. And now archaeologists may have found Rheged.

The researchers were drawn to Trusty’s Hill, a hill fort in Galloway in Southern Scotland, because there are pictish symbols carved into its bedrock. They are unique in the region, and archaeologists (plus 60 volunteers) wanted to survey what they could about the mysterious Picts. And in the course of their examination in summer 2016, archaeologists realized they had accidentally uncovered something else: the Pictish symbols seemed to form a symbolic entranceway, which in many sites in Scotland is associated with royalty. Had they found a royal stronghold? Then the dig uncovered pottery from France, and a workshop exclusively to produce costly fine metalwork and jewelry, which support that the site was a significant trade center at the time.

Putting everything together, it seemed they had accidentally uncovered a royal hillfort stronghold, which flourished sometime around 600 CE under the rule of Britons who lived in Galloway. The region’s wealth, demonstrated by the finds at Trusty’s Hill, make it the strongest contender we have for the legendary kingdom of Rheged.

We are pretty sure Rheged existed, and hence are looking for it, because we have two sources. First, Rheged is mentioned in Arthurian legends dating to the 1100s, and second, Urien of Rheged was praised in verse by Taliesen, a poet we know lived around the 500s CE.

[inkxlenses]

Ralph & Russo Eden Pumps in Rose Gold

[ciufciufs]

[steampunktendencies]

Train car of King Ludwig II of Bavaria. Constructed c. 1860 

[swan-princess-aria]

Can the science side of tumblr explain why one of my eyes are currently blue and the other is currently green?

[swan-princess-aria]

I’ve been getting back into writing (poetry more specifically) and was wondering if I made a blog for my writings if anyone would be interested in that?

[richarddmadden]

[haandotexe]

The Snadger

[prettycakemachine]

Eggs Benedict was a very good model for my Neko Atsume cookies.

[wizardinremission]

!!!!

[rainnecassidy]

omg those cookies <3

Are you telling me that cats name is Eggs Benedict

[prettycakemachine]

I told him that Tumblr thinks he’s handsome and he seems very pleased.

He’d want me to thank you, so here is a photo of him synchronized sleeping with his sister, French Toast.

[let-itbebabygirl-deactivated202]

Breakfast cats omfg

[icouldbemuchworse]

Eggs Benedict is the best thing to name a cat. What is its nick-name though? Egg? Eggie? So many questions..

[prettycakemachine]

He gets called:

Bennie, Eggs, Eggy, Eggypoo and Benedict Cattyfats.

[prettycakemachine]

I SHOULD ADD THAT THEY HAVE A NEW SISTER. So for the people who have asked, there are 3 total breakfast cats.

The third kitty is Hash Brown. She is very small.

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

If you are having a bad day please just know that these cats exist <3

[ubiquitous-pearl-deactivated201]

I feel like a lot of people on Tumblr need to see these cats right now

[yesterdaysprint]

Some of these headlines sound like they'd come out of the Harry Potter world

The Courier-News, Bridgewater, New Jersey, July 18, 1910

[swan-princess-aria]

I watched Descendants 2 and finally decided to post my Descendants OC: Hadria daughter of Hades. Her hair changes from blue to pink when angered and gas her fathers powers, or at least she would outside the magical barrier.

[imperial-russia]

Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna of Russia, the ill-fated consort of the last Tsar. 

(Original black and white image shared by Tatiana Z)

[enjoy-the-life-baby]

[different-landscapes]

[hzerodawn]

“Now I can do the same for you.”

[aru]

Tumblr Code.

[geekishchic]

If I ever see any of you in public, the code is “I like your shoelaces”

that way we know we’re from tumblr without revealing anything

I’m just going to say this to strangers until i find a tumblr person

must keep reblogering!! Im going to be so suspicious if any one tells me this now!

Remember the answer is: I stole them from the president.

always reblog tumblr identification

[hobbinch]

This is an absolute tumblr relic. I feel like an archaeologist right now. This is incredible that this is on my dash.

[squided]

this is from an era long passed