Patrick Lee Worthington

Your daily horoscope:
Today you will feel like a cat - a sleepy and slightly sinister master of all you survey.

Design, yellow with red dahlia like flowers, birds.

Morris & Co

Just did it myself.
Just because.

Gold and pink flower and foliage design.

William Morris

We forget what an incredible artist May Morris was.

A day late on the anniversary of Jane Morris’ death, but I do love Evelyn Pickering De Morgan’s portrayal(s) of her.

A C19 Ottoman pillow cover from Turkey in the 'William Morris and Art from the Islamic World' exhibition today at the William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow.
The influence of such on his work and products is obvious. Another great (& free) exhibition from WMG. To 9 March.

Today we are spotlighting fellow creative and friend of Evelyn De Morgan, Jane Morris, on the anniversary of her death in 1914.

Evelyn De Morgan rarely painted portraits and so this picture demonstrates the strong bond between the two women.

“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.”
W. Somerset Maugham, born on this day in 1874

The puffier the better, I say.

A Georgian time capsule—St. John the Baptist, Pilling, Lancashire, England.
One might expect Jane Austen herself to step through the door, bonnet askew, pausing to take in the quiet dignity of this space. ✨⛪ #GeniusLoci

22 Jan 1666: d. Shah Jahan, 5th Mughal Emperor, militarist, who built the Taj Mahal for his wife Mumtaz #otd #India (© Yann Forget / Wikimedia Commons)

Pray come in; do come in. You will find some friends here.
#JaneAusten #Emma

Avec. Always avec. And not just Rod Taylor.

N° 1., amended to read: books, baked goods, & gin. Thank you.

A stone gateway with trees beyond

The way into the wood

Collection of postcards with naively charming drawings of Santa on them. In several of them Santa is visibly drunk

Orson Welles made Christmas cards for his friends and he kind of had a theme.

"But I am always writing parts for you, Ernest. The trouble is that somebody called Gladys Cooper will insist on playing them."

—Somerset Maugham to Ernest Thesiger

Happy Gladys Cooper's birthday!

Last night the time came, and without a great deal of warning, everything was soon happily over. We have now another girl, a present plaything for her sister Cassy and a future companion. She is to be Jenny.
Rev George Austen to Mrs Walter
Happy birthday, #JaneAusten!
Jane Austen

You don't need to fit in.
Be yourself.
Live in a castle made of books. Cultivate a magnificent beard of barnacles. Wear elk antlers festooned with wildflowers.
The world needs your weirdness & dark beauty now more than ever.

Wine & Woe (…..and regrets)

lol!

I’d better read the essay. (Nabokov though? I don’t know…) Can you share the link? Thank you kindly Sir.

“…that livid spot” - I’m in!

Dear Miss Lee: A LETTER TO SANTA CLAUS. Dear Santa: I was à good little girl last year and you sent me a big doll and a small carriage. When I saw dollie would not fit in it I was angry, but mama said that maybe you made a mistake and gave some one else my carriage. One day a little girl said to me, "What's the matter with your doll, she is always sitting up and I never saw her lying down?" So I told her all about it and she said, "Oh my dollie is 30 big that she slides all around her carriage. I have to tie her to it." I said, "Oh, you must have my car- riage and I have yours. Let's change carriages." "All right," said the little girl. So

we changed carriages and she went home so happy she did not know what to do. Oh! Santa, I forgot to tell you also that dollie had a terrible accident last week. She fell out of her car- riage and fell on a big stone and broke her head in a thousand pieces So I hope you will not forget me and bring me another doll and one that will fit in my carriage. Your loving little friend,. CATHERINE ANDERSON.

Will someone please retroactively give Catherine Anderson some sort of award for her spectacular storytelling--I truly was breathless with anticipation right up to the end--and also a dolly that fits in her carriage.

Made me look…

4. It’s always 4.

Happy Diwali 🪔 Everyone!

Umlaut fangs

There is no more dangerous creature than a wealthy person who thinks they might have to pay taxes.

Just blown away by this poem. I wasn't familiar with it and am so glad it was posted on twitter by @sathnam.bsky.social