Lily White and Poppy Red

She/Her - Costume Designer/Seamstress - Equestrian - Historical Costumer - Cat Mama - Welcome to the Home of my Hyperfixations!

[carrotchipper]

my little lascaux

[pocketss]

smile, dog!

[ship-to-starboard]

[saturnvs]

i hear the wind across the plain a sound so strong, that calls my name

[ltwilliammowett]

Chiclet - the mascot of the Mary A. Whalen (1938), a decommissioned oil tanker, Brooklyn, New York

[70sscifiart]

Ice Ship, 1976, uncredited black light poster

[armouries]

mine mine mine

[lizardsfromspace]

"Sex is what makes us human" is stupid. Almost every species fucks. Humans are the only species that jumps motorcycles over school buses that are on fire. Some other things too probably

[cringecorp]

they say you can't pour from an empty cup but i've been doing it my whole life and aside from all of these mysterious ailments it's working out great for me

[thefuzzydave]

[drinkyourjuiceshelby]

[stupidbeecandle]

I lived and worked in a lighthouse at a previous job.  There was a thick line painted in a circle around the shack where the fog signal was kept.  The line represented how close you could get to the fog signal without experiencing physical harm in the form of eardrums shattering or worse.

Even in the house it was LOUD.  Probably the loudest thing I have ever experienced but at a normal, predictable interval.  You would begin to time your sentences with little pauses with the rest of the lighthouse crew so you would talk like this while making your………..HORN…………. tea and then carry on talking because you knew when it would go off.  It rattled the walls and the dishes in our cabinet.

At least one girl had died there. They kept photos of her everywhere “in honor of her sacrifice” because she had decided to take the winter watch alone and died in a storm where bounders the size of mini vans had been lifted out of the ocean and left scattered across the island, to say nothing of the ice chunks.  People weren’t allowed to be alone on the watch after that.

One day a dead moose washed up on shore and it took my entire crew all day but we managed to rig up a line to hang it up to dry because we thought having a moose skeleton in the house would really spice the living room up a bit.  It did.  Weird shit happens when six of you are left alone, like ALONE ALONE, no cell reception, no wifi, just a radio to contact the real world and not a lot of reason to do that.  People don’t go on lighthouse jobs if they want to stay connected, I’ve found.

That said Id do it all again, I really do treasure those days

[glowingghosty]

[mcnerds]

you know you could’ve just said “no they don’t have wifi” and that would’ve answered the question

[stupidbeecandle]

But then you wouldnt have known about the moose

[earl-grey-hot]

The Even Chance

[ghostbees]

Happy belated summer solstice! Which means another glorious round of @holmestice! I got to draw something for the inimitable Coat who requested a @beekeeperspicnic fanwork, which I had very conveniently just finished playing. The text is a quote from an E. M. Forster letter.

There were just so many great offerings this round, as always, so you should have a nosey yourself and maybe... join us in the winter round? I very much enjoyed this other Beekeeper's Picnic piece by... also Coat, you can never get enough of a Lion's Mane remix. Obviously, I am still not over my incredible gift, a beautifully written The Case of the Silk Stocking story by @althusserarien. Other favourites of mine were this neat G&S crossover, a gorgeous Abbey Grange rewrite, a dreamy Rathbone scene, and this amazing post-Hound Granada story with a touch of later Raffles.

[beekeeperspicnic]

Finally a version of this I can reblog! :D It's so, so beautiful, I don't really have the words so I'm just going to point at it emphatically.

[enki2]

[filthybonnet]

As a curator, all these people saying museum are expensive...the one I work at is $3 to enter. But there are also plenty of free museums in my area. If you are saying museums are expensive you need to open your eyes to the world of museums beyond big institutional ones. There are so many small, historical houses, historical parks, little art galleries, out there that are free or have small fees. There are also museums that have free or discounted days. There are museums that offer student discounts, senior discounts, military discounts, museums that offer free or discounts if you have SNAP benefits.

Almost all museum memberships have reciprocal benefits. It's a little more up front, but if you become a member at one museum (It's usually like $50 for a year) you get a membership card and there's usually a list of other museums that card will get you into for free.

Also you can always sign up to be a volunteer. Then you can look at the stuff all the time for free. I got my start 10 years ago as a volunteer, fell in love and made it my career.

[whetstonefires]

also lots of public libraries keep a stock of free museum passes at the circulation desk for check out

[uss-edsall]

Does anyone have this picture

But it’s a parody of Master and Commander’s opening title

I swear I have seen this before and I cannot for the life of me find it

[kesslersymbolic]

This image?

[uss-edsall]

YES

[eddardsharpe]

[bacony-cakes]

PNG'D! (i didn't know the font so this is taken directly from the image)

+ bonus italian navy vessel

[ritshoe]

Kudos to fanfiction writers for writing about all the trauma and emotional and mental turmoil that the original content creators dont acknowledge when putting characters through hell

[saltoftheao3]

This has evolved to one of fanfiction’s major assets in my eyes. To every author that cares enough about the characters in their stories to examine trauma, but also the slow, tedious processes of healing and recovery: your stories mean so much to me and other persons with mental health problems. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[liveandletcry23]

Society: We don’t talk about how anger is Often just masking grief

A 17 year old with a blorbo and a laptop: Don’t mind if I do tho

[s0ftpillow]

Aliens abducting a Paleolithic horse 🐴✨🛸

[anais-mirliaz]

frolicking with mama :)

[help-help-i-need-an-adult]

[akelafang]

Can you imagine if Roach had a foal? Geralt would be the proudest, most doting horse grandpa ever!

[thequeeninyellowlace]

Also the most paranoid, terrified papa ever.

He’s out at three in the morning in the snow, making sure Baby Roach is not chilly.

He keeps Baby Roach’s hooves cleaner than any horse in history.

Baby Roach coughs once. Geralt physically carries Vesemir to the stable and drops him in front of the baby because she might die.

Baby Roach has fifteen handmade horse blankets. They get hand-washed in gentle soap weekly.

Baby has more fresh straw than any other horse have ever seen.

Baby Roach’s tail has never had a tangle. Ever.

Flies near Baby Roach? Geralt almost burns down the whole stable Igniing them with extreme prejudice.

Baby Roach bit Lambert? He obviously deserved it.

Jaskier’s lullaby for Baby Roach? Acceptable. Now must be sung nightly as Baby clearly enjoys it.

(Jaskier catches Geralt singing it to Baby Roach one night. He cries a little.)

[0dde11eth]

💕💕💕 yesssss