Annie Bannany
@annashi.bsky.social
Music maker, historian of 17th century popular culture, print, astrology, magic and politics. Sometime modern politics and culture too. I’m an eclectic person. Dja Dja Warrung country Australia.Living outside my timeline and ancestry.
My Candle in the window. Happy Solstice. Let the light shine on you all.
December 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM
My Candle in the window. Happy Solstice. Let the light shine on you all.
The new bath arrived. My bathroom now officially supports St Kilda, naturally.
December 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The new bath arrived. My bathroom now officially supports St Kilda, naturally.
Hail in the summer. This is climate change I believe. It was intense but nothing broken.
December 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Hail in the summer. This is climate change I believe. It was intense but nothing broken.
I was pretty happy to find two matching lights second hand for a cheap price, which I fitted today in my kitchen. I got my friend to help as one of them is up really high.
December 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I was pretty happy to find two matching lights second hand for a cheap price, which I fitted today in my kitchen. I got my friend to help as one of them is up really high.
Excitingly my new book on King Henry VIII personal fool, William Sumer, arrived and I’m already enjoying it.
December 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Excitingly my new book on King Henry VIII personal fool, William Sumer, arrived and I’m already enjoying it.
Full moon through my window.
December 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Full moon through my window.
My book Fool arrived at the bookstore. I love my bookstore because they will order things and you can pay them off. Flexibility for the foolish, money challenged, scholar.
November 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
My book Fool arrived at the bookstore. I love my bookstore because they will order things and you can pay them off. Flexibility for the foolish, money challenged, scholar.
The rich man’s dinner with death.
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The rich man’s dinner with death.
The British do it so much better in Buckingham Palace.
November 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The British do it so much better in Buckingham Palace.
It’s amazing to me that my Grandfather died from this war, obviously before I was born. It’s like another completely lost generation to even remember anything about WWI, yet there were Avenues of Honour in every town in Australia.
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
It’s amazing to me that my Grandfather died from this war, obviously before I was born. It’s like another completely lost generation to even remember anything about WWI, yet there were Avenues of Honour in every town in Australia.
Snailposting a photo from the British Library.
November 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Snailposting a photo from the British Library.
That’s the weirdest thing, seeing soldiers lining up for food while Trump decorates his new gaudy ballroom. I don’t think we should be allied with such a corrupt country that doesn’t feed its’ soldiers.
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
That’s the weirdest thing, seeing soldiers lining up for food while Trump decorates his new gaudy ballroom. I don’t think we should be allied with such a corrupt country that doesn’t feed its’ soldiers.
Here is the picture of that very submarine stolen and recovered by AI.
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Here is the picture of that very submarine stolen and recovered by AI.
I did my own little Beltane ritual last night with beautiful spring flowers everywhere. Happy Beltane from the southern lands.
October 31, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I did my own little Beltane ritual last night with beautiful spring flowers everywhere. Happy Beltane from the southern lands.
The Gelding of the Devil
c. 1700
The good Wife of this news was glad;
So she left the Devil almost mad;
…
How she had couzen'd the Devil of Hell;
Which pleas'd her Husband wondrous well.
c. 1700
The good Wife of this news was glad;
So she left the Devil almost mad;
…
How she had couzen'd the Devil of Hell;
Which pleas'd her Husband wondrous well.
October 31, 2025 at 5:29 AM
The Gelding of the Devil
c. 1700
The good Wife of this news was glad;
So she left the Devil almost mad;
…
How she had couzen'd the Devil of Hell;
Which pleas'd her Husband wondrous well.
c. 1700
The good Wife of this news was glad;
So she left the Devil almost mad;
…
How she had couzen'd the Devil of Hell;
Which pleas'd her Husband wondrous well.
This photo taken at Prince Andrew’s house appears to be the gathering for all the wrong people all at once. Wrong people with other wrong people.
October 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM
This photo taken at Prince Andrew’s house appears to be the gathering for all the wrong people all at once. Wrong people with other wrong people.
The American Dream
How it started.
How it’s going under Trump.
How it started.
How it’s going under Trump.
October 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The American Dream
How it started.
How it’s going under Trump.
How it started.
How it’s going under Trump.
On my reading list next to my bed, synchronicity.
October 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
On my reading list next to my bed, synchronicity.
I still believe unicorns are miraculous.
October 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I still believe unicorns are miraculous.
Stupid mismanagement yet again.
October 23, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Stupid mismanagement yet again.
The Rich Man by Hans Holbein the Younger siting with Death who is taking his money. It’s such a great metaphor for today with so much greed in our world. We need one with Trump and his Crypto holdings.
Germany © Trustees of the British Museum.
Germany © Trustees of the British Museum.
October 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The Rich Man by Hans Holbein the Younger siting with Death who is taking his money. It’s such a great metaphor for today with so much greed in our world. We need one with Trump and his Crypto holdings.
Germany © Trustees of the British Museum.
Germany © Trustees of the British Museum.
He failed to pull out the sword.
October 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
He failed to pull out the sword.