Lynne S
@ghirlandia.bsky.social
Books and tea. Curiouser and curiouser. Cats 🐈
Pinned
The inaudible and noiseless foot of Time
Steals ere we can effect them.
All's Well That Ends Well
V, 3
Milo Winter #ShakespeareSunday
Steals ere we can effect them.
All's Well That Ends Well
V, 3
Milo Winter #ShakespeareSunday
December 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The inaudible and noiseless foot of Time
Steals ere we can effect them.
All's Well That Ends Well
V, 3
Milo Winter #ShakespeareSunday
Steals ere we can effect them.
All's Well That Ends Well
V, 3
Milo Winter #ShakespeareSunday
December 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The inaudible and noiseless foot of Time
Steals ere we can effect them.
All's Well That Ends Well
V, 3
Milo Winter #ShakespeareSunday
Steals ere we can effect them.
All's Well That Ends Well
V, 3
Milo Winter #ShakespeareSunday
Reposted by Lynne S
7 Dec: Legend tells of a bird with a broken wing who begged each tree for shelter from the cold. All the trees refused; only a fir tree offered it sanctuary. For this kindness the Frost King decreed that the North Wind should never blow away its leaves in winter. #FolkloreSunday
December 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
7 Dec: Legend tells of a bird with a broken wing who begged each tree for shelter from the cold. All the trees refused; only a fir tree offered it sanctuary. For this kindness the Frost King decreed that the North Wind should never blow away its leaves in winter. #FolkloreSunday
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‘We are all threads woven into the tapestry of time.’ ~ The Quincunx, Charles Palliser.
#BookWormSat
#BookWormSat
December 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
‘We are all threads woven into the tapestry of time.’ ~ The Quincunx, Charles Palliser.
#BookWormSat
#BookWormSat
If only they would all just leave me alone with my books and my letters, I would be content to let life, and the world pass me by.
Innocent Traitor / Alison Weir
#BookWormSat
Innocent Traitor / Alison Weir
#BookWormSat
December 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
If only they would all just leave me alone with my books and my letters, I would be content to let life, and the world pass me by.
Innocent Traitor / Alison Weir
#BookWormSat
Innocent Traitor / Alison Weir
#BookWormSat
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“No,” said Lizzie, “No, no, no;
Their offers should not charm us,
Their evil gifts would harm us.”
Christina Rossetti was born #otd 1830 and her “Goblin Market” tells the cautionary tale of forbidden fruit coming as gifts. At first.
Wrapped up here for #FolkyFriday
🎨 Arthur Rackham
Their offers should not charm us,
Their evil gifts would harm us.”
Christina Rossetti was born #otd 1830 and her “Goblin Market” tells the cautionary tale of forbidden fruit coming as gifts. At first.
Wrapped up here for #FolkyFriday
🎨 Arthur Rackham
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
“No,” said Lizzie, “No, no, no;
Their offers should not charm us,
Their evil gifts would harm us.”
Christina Rossetti was born #otd 1830 and her “Goblin Market” tells the cautionary tale of forbidden fruit coming as gifts. At first.
Wrapped up here for #FolkyFriday
🎨 Arthur Rackham
Their offers should not charm us,
Their evil gifts would harm us.”
Christina Rossetti was born #otd 1830 and her “Goblin Market” tells the cautionary tale of forbidden fruit coming as gifts. At first.
Wrapped up here for #FolkyFriday
🎨 Arthur Rackham
Reposted by Lynne S
'Three Waratahs' (hand painted version) from the series of linocuts of Native Australian flowers by contemporary printmaker Rachel Newling #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
November 30, 2025 at 6:45 AM
'Three Waratahs' (hand painted version) from the series of linocuts of Native Australian flowers by contemporary printmaker Rachel Newling #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
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This week the @artukdotorg.bsky.social
#OnlineArtExchange is looking at the natural world for The Nature of Gothic at Blackburn Museum
'A Red Squirrel Eating a Nut' by Basil Bradley from Manchester Art Gallery
#OnlineArtExchange is looking at the natural world for The Nature of Gothic at Blackburn Museum
'A Red Squirrel Eating a Nut' by Basil Bradley from Manchester Art Gallery
December 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This week the @artukdotorg.bsky.social
#OnlineArtExchange is looking at the natural world for The Nature of Gothic at Blackburn Museum
'A Red Squirrel Eating a Nut' by Basil Bradley from Manchester Art Gallery
#OnlineArtExchange is looking at the natural world for The Nature of Gothic at Blackburn Museum
'A Red Squirrel Eating a Nut' by Basil Bradley from Manchester Art Gallery
The butterfly took wing, and
mounted into the air with little Tom on his back.
Tom Thumb
The Fairy Book
Warwick Goble #BookologyThursday
mounted into the air with little Tom on his back.
Tom Thumb
The Fairy Book
Warwick Goble #BookologyThursday
December 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The butterfly took wing, and
mounted into the air with little Tom on his back.
Tom Thumb
The Fairy Book
Warwick Goble #BookologyThursday
mounted into the air with little Tom on his back.
Tom Thumb
The Fairy Book
Warwick Goble #BookologyThursday
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'The walls of the palace were driven snow. The windows and doors were the knife-edged wind. There were more than a hundred halls, shaped as the snow had drifted...All were lighted by the flare of the Northern Lights.'
-Andersen, The Snow Queen.
🎨Edmund Dulac
-Andersen, The Snow Queen.
🎨Edmund Dulac
December 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
'The walls of the palace were driven snow. The windows and doors were the knife-edged wind. There were more than a hundred halls, shaped as the snow had drifted...All were lighted by the flare of the Northern Lights.'
-Andersen, The Snow Queen.
🎨Edmund Dulac
-Andersen, The Snow Queen.
🎨Edmund Dulac
December 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
But then there was that talk about a spectre cat.
I ain't frightened of much … but when it comes to ghosts and spectres, I take a back seat, and I don't care who knows it.
The Mystery of M. Felix
B L Farjeon, 1890
Mallory Hart #WyrdWednesday
I ain't frightened of much … but when it comes to ghosts and spectres, I take a back seat, and I don't care who knows it.
The Mystery of M. Felix
B L Farjeon, 1890
Mallory Hart #WyrdWednesday
December 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
But then there was that talk about a spectre cat.
I ain't frightened of much … but when it comes to ghosts and spectres, I take a back seat, and I don't care who knows it.
The Mystery of M. Felix
B L Farjeon, 1890
Mallory Hart #WyrdWednesday
I ain't frightened of much … but when it comes to ghosts and spectres, I take a back seat, and I don't care who knows it.
The Mystery of M. Felix
B L Farjeon, 1890
Mallory Hart #WyrdWednesday
Reposted by Lynne S
"Portrait of Rosalind" by English Pre-Raphaelite painter Edward Robert Hughes (1851-1917)
December 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
"Portrait of Rosalind" by English Pre-Raphaelite painter Edward Robert Hughes (1851-1917)
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November 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Mr Pricklepan, Beatrix Potter.
November 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Mr Pricklepan, Beatrix Potter.
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Henry Justice Ford.
The Snow Queen, 1897.
The Snow Queen, 1897.
December 2, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Henry Justice Ford.
The Snow Queen, 1897.
The Snow Queen, 1897.
December 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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1 Dec: The ‘Christmas Rose’ or ‘Winter Rose’ (Helleborus niger) is one of the birth flowers of #December. An old legend says that when humankind fell from grace and Paradise lay shrouded in snow, the angels carried this bloom to earth as a sign of love and mercy. #Plantlore
December 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
1 Dec: The ‘Christmas Rose’ or ‘Winter Rose’ (Helleborus niger) is one of the birth flowers of #December. An old legend says that when humankind fell from grace and Paradise lay shrouded in snow, the angels carried this bloom to earth as a sign of love and mercy. #Plantlore
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 1
‘The village’
Artist: SR Badmin
‘The village’
Artist: SR Badmin
December 1, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 1
‘The village’
Artist: SR Badmin
‘The village’
Artist: SR Badmin
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"A sad tale's best for winter: I have one of sprites and goblins"
("The Winter's Tale")
🎨 Frederick Sandys "Perdita" (1866)
#shakespearesunday
("The Winter's Tale")
🎨 Frederick Sandys "Perdita" (1866)
#shakespearesunday
November 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"A sad tale's best for winter: I have one of sprites and goblins"
("The Winter's Tale")
🎨 Frederick Sandys "Perdita" (1866)
#shakespearesunday
("The Winter's Tale")
🎨 Frederick Sandys "Perdita" (1866)
#shakespearesunday
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St Michael’s Church, Lawhitton #Cornwall
Angels in this detail from a “Bell & Beckham” window of 1900.
#StainedGlassSunday
Angels in this detail from a “Bell & Beckham” window of 1900.
#StainedGlassSunday
November 30, 2025 at 8:46 AM
St Michael’s Church, Lawhitton #Cornwall
Angels in this detail from a “Bell & Beckham” window of 1900.
#StainedGlassSunday
Angels in this detail from a “Bell & Beckham” window of 1900.
#StainedGlassSunday
Reposted by Lynne S
I know all about the facts of life, and I don't think much of them.
Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
#BookWormSat
Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
#BookWormSat
November 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I know all about the facts of life, and I don't think much of them.
Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
#BookWormSat
Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
#BookWormSat
The light of long ago is different from the light of today … But when I think of you, it's as if you've gone away to sea on a ship - out in a foreign brightness where there are no paths, only stars and sky.
The Goldfinch / Donna Tartt
Antal Neogrady #BookWormSat
The Goldfinch / Donna Tartt
Antal Neogrady #BookWormSat
November 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The light of long ago is different from the light of today … But when I think of you, it's as if you've gone away to sea on a ship - out in a foreign brightness where there are no paths, only stars and sky.
The Goldfinch / Donna Tartt
Antal Neogrady #BookWormSat
The Goldfinch / Donna Tartt
Antal Neogrady #BookWormSat
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We said to him: here is your happiness, here is what you spent your whole youth looking for, here is the girl you saw in all your dreams!
How could anyone… avoid a reaction of indecision, then fear, …how could he resist the temptation to escape?
Alain-Fournier
Le Grand Meaulnes
#BookWormSat
How could anyone… avoid a reaction of indecision, then fear, …how could he resist the temptation to escape?
Alain-Fournier
Le Grand Meaulnes
#BookWormSat
November 29, 2025 at 6:48 AM
We said to him: here is your happiness, here is what you spent your whole youth looking for, here is the girl you saw in all your dreams!
How could anyone… avoid a reaction of indecision, then fear, …how could he resist the temptation to escape?
Alain-Fournier
Le Grand Meaulnes
#BookWormSat
How could anyone… avoid a reaction of indecision, then fear, …how could he resist the temptation to escape?
Alain-Fournier
Le Grand Meaulnes
#BookWormSat