garden of eden

eden, 20

[psikonauti]

Nesting in the crown of Mary at St. Ottilien Archabbey, Oberbayern, Germany.

[imcubo]

frescos in the villa Santo Sospir, by Jean Cocteau

[thegroovyarchives]

“star shine” horoscope illustration by Elizabeth Berube from the Sept.-Oct. 1970 issue of date with debbi comics.

[kundst]

Andrzej Wróblewski (Pol 1927-1957)  Head of a girl (undated) Watercolour on paper (30 x 21 cm)

[nobrashfestivity]

Hilma af Klint

The Dove, No. 13, 1915 

 The Dove, no.1, 1915

[fortheloveofgaudy]

Ferdinando Scianna

Italy, 1988

[trulyvincent]

René Lalique Comb 1900

[adajoon]

Joyce Kozloff & Betty Woodman (1980)

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Brett Whiteley, View of the Garden, 1977.

[daughterofchaos]

Folding screen with dancing figures, anonymous, Paris, 1879

[marisa-ramirez]

mertlene perkins

[tawnygrisette]

cornflowers, hares, mist lying low on empty fields, bare oak trees, old corn crushed into the dirt, the smell of a distant bonfire, eerie silence, candles burning in windows, white cottages with black beams, stacks of firewood, bats at dusk, a pale setting sun, tangles of brambles weighed down with blackberries, the faint screech of an owl, mid morning harvest, rows of thatched roofs, rings of mushrooms, silver birch trees, crows cackling

[wingsandfins]

“This lock of hair I once did wear To you I freely give This little gift will [serve?] to tell If I in your memory dwell – Clarissa”

A valentine with an intricately woven decoration made of hair, ca. 1850.  See more images and a meditation on the changing values of human hair here at Past is Present.

[vigilantebody]

Elderflower for elderflower syrup

[wanderthewood]

[betomad]

Shetland Islands, Scotland photo by punkodelish

[gardenofgod]

Tight Quarters, by Stephanie Wallace.

[fantasydumpster]

ISSEY MIYAKE Berry Mini Bag