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@circeto.bsky.social

Bookfrog Nineteenth-century Lady Like books, History, Art, chocolate and Tom Sturridge's nose Write pointless fanfics. https://archiveofourown.org/users/Circeto

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Hello - it’s western Jayvik here 🀠✨✨
#jayvik #arcane

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21.02.2026 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 97    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

If my mother, who is very fond of Eddie Redmayne, knew what fate I have in store for the character inspired by him, she would disinherit me on the spot. πŸ˜…

Sorry mam'...

21.02.2026 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œ

21.02.2026 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
rough sketch of viktor leaning towards a sleeping jayce, trying to steal a kiss, but stopping right before doing it

rough sketch of viktor leaning towards a sleeping jayce, trying to steal a kiss, but stopping right before doing it

sketch
wanted to draw a pining viktor
he doesn’t have the courage to go further though
#jayvik

21.02.2026 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 235    πŸ” 71    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Happy 40th old friend.

21.02.2026 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 5605    πŸ” 1902    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 8
An illustration of a woman and a skeleton and a graveyard circle in each other

An illustration of a woman and a skeleton and a graveyard circle in each other

Darkling I listen; and, for many a time

I have been half in love with easeful Death...

John Keats (1820)
#BookWormSat
🎨 Abigail Larson

21.02.2026 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A young Eddie Redmayne (inevitably) inspires me an adorable supporting character.πŸ₯°

21.02.2026 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Painting of winter landscape, yellow sky.

Painting of winter landscape, yellow sky.

β€˜Midwinter spring is its own season
Sempiternal though sodden towards sundown,
Suspended in time, between pole and tropic.’ ~ Eliot, Little Gidding, Four Quartets.
@racheldeering.bsky.social very late for #BookWormSat unavoidably delayed partly by cake. 🍰 πŸ–ΌοΈ Monet

21.02.2026 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

🀣

21.02.2026 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#jayvik 🌿

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🀝

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#jayvik on a roadtrip part 16: water fight!!🌊

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The ship, which isn't my usual ship, is cute in this flashback. I really enjoy writing it. πŸ₯°

21.02.2026 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Crop of a painting by Haeko-Maruda showing a skull from which strange blossoms are blooming.

Crop of a painting by Haeko-Maruda showing a skull from which strange blossoms are blooming.

"Chattering finch and water-fly
Are not merrier than I;
Here among the flowers I lie
Laughing everlastingly,
No; I may not tell the best;
Surely, friends, I might have guessed
Death was but the good King's jest,
It was hid so carefully."

- G K Chesterton, 'The Skeleton'
#BookWormSat #poem #poetry

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Writing point : ✍️

Chapter 12 : THE Flashback (πŸ’”)

This chapter is written in the first person. I haven't written using "I" for years. Time to step out of my comfort zone...

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Painting of a woman in a white dress in a forest. Light pink flowers.

Painting of a woman in a white dress in a forest. Light pink flowers.

'I'd like to get away from earth awhile
And then come back to it and begin over.'
-Robert Frost

@signemaene.com welcomes you to #BookWormSat.

🎨Charles Courtney Curran

21.02.2026 08:03 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Drop a crush from your youth...

Dickon, the boy from "The secret garden".

(My childhood crush, along with Marty McFly.)

(I already liked guys who talked to crows. πŸ˜…πŸ˜†)

21.02.2026 08:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The More Loving One
W. H. Auden

Looking up at the stars, I know quite well
That, for all they care, I can go to hell,
But on earth indifference is the least
We have to dread from man or beast.

How should we like it were stars to burn
With a passion for us we could not return?
If equal affection cannot be,
Let the more loving one be me.

Admirer as I think I am
Of stars that do not give a damn,
I cannot, now I see them, say
I missed one terribly all day.

Were all stars to disappear or die,
I should learn to look at an empty sky
And feel its total dark sublime,
Though this might take me a little time.

The More Loving One W. H. Auden Looking up at the stars, I know quite well That, for all they care, I can go to hell, But on earth indifference is the least We have to dread from man or beast. How should we like it were stars to burn With a passion for us we could not return? If equal affection cannot be, Let the more loving one be me. Admirer as I think I am Of stars that do not give a damn, I cannot, now I see them, say I missed one terribly all day. Were all stars to disappear or die, I should learn to look at an empty sky And feel its total dark sublime, Though this might take me a little time.

"How should we like it were stars to burn
With a passion for us we could not return?
If equal affection cannot be,
Let the more loving one be me."

-Excerpt from "The More Loving One"
W. H. Auden
#BookWormSat

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β€œI have drowned my candle’s light;
The night drifts in through the open pane,
Softly enfolds me, lets me be
Her friend, her kin.”

(Hermann Hesse)

🎨 Ludwig von Zumbusch

#bookwormsat #goldenageofillustration

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Painting of a girl holding her clothing (purplish) in a windy landscape. Grass, trees in distance, yellow flowers in her hair.

Painting of a girl holding her clothing (purplish) in a windy landscape. Grass, trees in distance, yellow flowers in her hair.

'Let roses fling afar their crimson spray,
And virgin daisies splash the fields with white,
Let bloom the poppy hotly as it may,
Within my heart is melancholy night.'
-Dorothy Parker

🎨John William Waterhouse
#BookWormSat

21.02.2026 08:06 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Meredith Frampton 1894-1984 
Tate Gallery. 
The subject, Marguerite Kelsey,was a professional artist’s model. Her dress and shoes were chosen by Frampton and the style is deliberately modern. The simple pale dress, low heeled shoes and straight hair were elements of the 1920's 'garΓ§onne' style, developed by designers Chanel and Patou ...

Meredith Frampton 1894-1984 Tate Gallery. The subject, Marguerite Kelsey,was a professional artist’s model. Her dress and shoes were chosen by Frampton and the style is deliberately modern. The simple pale dress, low heeled shoes and straight hair were elements of the 1920's 'garΓ§onne' style, developed by designers Chanel and Patou ...

He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong.
Auden
Funeral Blues 1936
#BookWormSat
πŸ–ΌοΈ Marguerite Kelsey 1928 by Meredith Frampton

21.02.2026 06:07 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@theblueone56.bsky.social 🀭

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Illustrations made this year

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Gouache painting of Jayce from The Line is covered in Jellyfish, all in purple with a warm yellow rimlight hitting the right side of his face. He is looking off to the left wistfully and wearing fluffy furs while his hair blows in the wind

Gouache painting of Jayce from The Line is covered in Jellyfish, all in purple with a warm yellow rimlight hitting the right side of his face. He is looking off to the left wistfully and wearing fluffy furs while his hair blows in the wind

Gouache painting of Viktor from the fanfic The Line is Covered in Jellyfish, all in purples with a yellow light on the right side of his face. He is looking wistfully to the right, wearing fur with his hair blowing in the wind

Gouache painting of Viktor from the fanfic The Line is Covered in Jellyfish, all in purples with a yellow light on the right side of his face. He is looking wistfully to the right, wearing fur with his hair blowing in the wind

@staroverlord.bsky.social belated birthday gift of some sad men in the snow πŸͺΌβ„️
#jayvik

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Second notebook of this story completed.
Notebook No. 3 will probably be the last.
I only have four chapters left to write. 😁

20.02.2026 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Gift For The Traveler (2023)
Leonardo da Vinci is a key figure in my world's lore, with all the strange stories surrounding him and his life, he makes for an interesting character. #oc #fantasy #illustration #digitalart #scifi

19.02.2026 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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THE DEATH COACH or CΓ³iste Bodhar is said to appear after a BANSHEE attack. It Looks like a funeral coach drawn by black horses & is driven by a vampiric fairy spirit who collects the soul of the victim, without making a sound (Wentz, 1911) #GothicFolklore

19.02.2026 11:14 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A digital illustration of a grey cat with a moss covered fluffy tail and a brown witch hat. It is sitting on a pile of books, surrounded by plants.

A digital illustration of a grey cat with a moss covered fluffy tail and a brown witch hat. It is sitting on a pile of books, surrounded by plants.

You are magic ✨🌿

[ #cuteart #illustration ]

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