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Cellophane flowers of yellow and green, towering over your head. Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes, and she's gone.

[aaaangel444]

[oldjewelryfeed]

Vintage Angel Skin Coral Grapes Brooch

[paper-fairy]

"You smell like flowers and... and fresh things," he cried out quite joyously. "What is it you smell of? It's cool and warm and sweet all at the same time."

The Secret Garden, Chapter XVIII by Frances Hodgson Burnett

[candiedspit]

Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded by Molly McCully Brown

[cherryheavenbabe]

[thecellophaneflower]

It opens! I mean, the crocus bud. A frilled explosion of healthy yolk, And the only veins purpler than mine. You asked: Where are they, the star-worlds? They hide here, in the gradient. You asked: Where does the labyrinth begin? It hides there, in the root ball. My hands are too small to hold all that we have, But too large to pry open her petals.

— Giselle DaMier, from “Sticky Little Deaths”

[singing-river]

mother of pearl fans

[stonedstonecollecter]

Hellenistic Greek Cast Glass Pomegranate Vase

2nd century B.C.E. — 1st century C.E.

[thecellophaneflower]

Many of my followers on Tumblr have gone dormant...but if any of you are still active, my poetry chapbook was just released.

If not for Tumblr, this book very well may not exist.

Thank you for everything, and I hope you enjoy Sticky Little Deaths.

Order here: https://bottlecap.press/collections/bottlecap-features/products/sticgd

[frostedmagnolias]

Butterfly Hairpin

c. 1906

by Henri Hamm, Paris

Musée des Arts Décoratifs

[walzerjahrhundert]

Louis Majorelle & Daum

Magnolia, pair of table lamps

1903

[voguefashion]

Bianca Jagger in YSL, photographed by Eric Boman for British Vogue, March 1, 1974.

[laundryandlilacs]

Art Nouveau Mosaic Fireplace at Casa Navas in Reus, Catalonia, Spain built between 1902 and 1908

Lluis Domenech i Montaner

[vangoghcore]

by gettymuseum

[thecellophaneflower]

Paris, People-Watching, Whimsy, Wine...

Whimsical stories about meeting eclectic people in Paris...

Does that sound like your vibe? Follow my Substack!

On My Terrace in Paris | Giselle DaMier | Substack

Escape to a Parisian terrace and indulge in short stories about the quirky characters in the City of Light. Click to read On My Terrace in P

[mournfulroses]

Katherine Mansfield, from a letter to John Murry, featured in The Letters of John Middleton Murry and Katherine Mansfield

[mote-historie]

Morning Glory Pendant-Brooch

Marcus & Co., American

1900’s

The petals and leaves applied with various colors of plique-à-jour enamel, the branches applied with translucent green enamel.

Art Nouveau