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Friends, let's play a round of 'Which Lovely Library?'

#WhichLovelyLibrary is this?

You made the librarians of this lovely library very happy today!

Hamnet-era mourning jewel from celebrated painting rediscovered after 400 years Exclusive: pendant appears in 1635 painting Sir Thomas Aston at the Deathbed of His Wife that hangs in the Manchester Art Gallery

Wonderful find of memento mori jewellery. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

This is a hell of a thing. Y'know, I'm used to hearing Johnson all crackly and obviously old, but this is crystal clear.
If you've ever listened to a blues song in your life, you need to hear this one. And if you haven't, too.

I thought you’d taken up pilgrimage!

A mannequin is dismantled ‘neath a sign reading “looks we love” near the entrance of a Macy’s

Looks we love

I might look to translate the chapter about electronic systems on the ufo next. #bsky #broken

Flying Saucer Flight Manual (excerpts from: 2) Flying Saucer Flight Manual (excerpts from: 2)Translated by Greville TombsEverything’s status is cold and inert.Cold dead seas of the cold dead worlds wish to lay yet more still and yet more …

I want to return to writing my ufo manual poetry this summer. thedarkthrow.wordpress.com/2024/07/24/f...

We've nearly reached full Pius XIII.

A grainy black-and-white photograph shows a woman lying curled on her side across a narrow, worn platform or stage. She is positioned horizontally from left to right, with her knees bent and her body facing away slightly, while her head is turned toward the camera. Her expression is distant and tired, and one eye is clearly visible beneath tousled, light-colored hair that falls messily around her face. One arm is bent under or near her head like a pillow, while the other rests forward, with her hand partly covering her forehead. She wears a loose, oversized jacket or shirt that bunches around her torso and hips, along with sheer or very light-colored tights or stockings that make her legs appear bright against the dark background. Her lower legs extend toward the left side of the image, resting beside a thick, padded cylindrical object laid across the platform. Around her are several large, industrial-looking vertical poles or supports wrapped in padding, with metal chains hanging down from above, giving the setting a rough backstage, warehouse, or performance-space feel. The overall composition is stark and moody, with heavy shadows dominating the background and most of the scene rendered in deep blacks and soft grays. The bright curve of the woman’s body and the pale highlights in her hair stand out sharply against the dark, nearly featureless surroundings, creating an atmosphere that feels raw, vulnerable, and theatrical.

Bob Gruen • Debbie Harry, ‘78

Folklore Horror Short Stories by Flame Tree publishing

⚡️Coming soon!⚡️ I wrote the preface for the new volume in the Gothic Fantasy series by Flame Tree Publishing. FOLKLORE HORROR features classic and new tales about ancient rituals, folkloric monsters and primeval mysteries.

flametreepublishing.com/folklore-horror-short-stories-isbn-9781835628041.html

It’s interesting because the other person (offline) I showed it to said they hoped I would write music for it. I not thought about it.

Thank you. That means a lot to me ☺️

Wonderful. Or as my initial autocorrect put it “wind wet full”.

Baptisms by A W Earl — Full House Literary

Utterly delighted to have this poem of mine on the Featured Creators section of @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social

It’s about old friendships and the things that tear us apart.

www.fullhouseliterary.com/poetry/bapti...

In these stunning chromolithographs from 1851, Jean Baptiste Vérany realizes his ambition — to accurately render “the suppleness of the flesh, the grace of the contours, the transparency and the coloring” of cephalopods: publicdomainreview.org/collection/verany-cephal...

Born #onthisday in 1762, Giovanni Aldini, the Italian "galvanist" whose experiments in animating the muscles of the dead with electricity inspired Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. More here in Sharon Ruston's essay: publicdomainreview.org/essay/t... #otd

Black-and-white photo of a person standing in a sunflower field with a large sunflower bloom completely covering their face. Both arms hang loosely among the broad leaves, with a ring visible on one finger. The bright flower is centered against a glowing sky, creating a surreal, eerie portrait with other sunflowers and dark tree silhouettes in the background.

Eikoh Hosoe

pressed flower in book

a flower in the Yasna Avesta for you all today

National Geographic Award winning photograph of the year.
So beautiful. 🐝🐝🐝

Silver single stemmed flower necklace giving impression of the stem going through neck.

I feel this is of interesting relevance to some of my followers.

A Swedish poster featuring Lili Damita for Red Heels (1925). Artwork by Eric Rohman.

UFO Expert Nick Pope, Who Knew 'Secrets', Dies After Stage 4 Cancer Battle Nick Pope, the renowned UFO expert for the British government, passed away after a courageous battle with cancer. Discover his impactful work in uncovering aerial mysteries and his lasting influence o...

www.ibtimes.co.uk/nick-pope-br...

The Easter Bunny treated our ambassadors extra special this year 🐰🥚

And now the gothic weather. Tumultuous thrashing.

Thank you! 💚

After the minute's silence comes the encore This is...  After the minute's silence comes the encore When I was young I struggled to express my fate. Well, today my insides are still ...

My happy poem has just dropped.

grevilleandthetombstones.blogspot.com/2026/04/afte...