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Aesthete. Atypical. Anarchist.

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Morning meditation

27.10.2025 06:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
CHUUNIBYOU DEMO KOI GA SHITAI REN

CHUUNIBYOU DEMO KOI GA SHITAI REN

CHUUNIBYOU DEMO KOI GA SHITAI REN

26.10.2025 03:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a square filled in with pinkish gray color  #cfc8c4.

a square filled in with pinkish gray color #cfc8c4.

#CFC8C4

18.10.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Dark bronze statuette of the naked youthful god Mercury standing on a plinth. He's standing contrapposto, all the weight on his right leg, with the left foot back and the heel lifted. A cloak is draped over his left shoulder and arm, and his left hand is lifted at a 90ΒΊ angle, clutching a missing object - the shaft of the missing silver caduceus. His right shoulder is held lower than his left, and he holds the small marsupium - money bag - in his lowered right hand (it has tied off little arms and he's clutching its neck, obvious that this used to be a small animal's skin, perhaps a rabbit). He looks to his right and slightly down, his hair short but shaggy, with wavy curls. His cheeks are slightly plump, as if he were still very young. His body is muscular, with a broad thickly-muscled chest made more noticeable by the shiny copper nipples. The base is round, with pale silver and dark niello inlaid palmette designs.

Dark bronze statuette of the naked youthful god Mercury standing on a plinth. He's standing contrapposto, all the weight on his right leg, with the left foot back and the heel lifted. A cloak is draped over his left shoulder and arm, and his left hand is lifted at a 90ΒΊ angle, clutching a missing object - the shaft of the missing silver caduceus. His right shoulder is held lower than his left, and he holds the small marsupium - money bag - in his lowered right hand (it has tied off little arms and he's clutching its neck, obvious that this used to be a small animal's skin, perhaps a rabbit). He looks to his right and slightly down, his hair short but shaggy, with wavy curls. His cheeks are slightly plump, as if he were still very young. His body is muscular, with a broad thickly-muscled chest made more noticeable by the shiny copper nipples. The base is round, with pale silver and dark niello inlaid palmette designs.

It's remarkable to see a pristine surviving high-end sculpture like this one. Depicting the god Mercury, it may have once decorated the tablinum of a Roman patrician's home. The figure originally had a gold torc and held a silver caduceus in his left hand. 🏺 1/

Gallo-Roman, 120-140 CE. πŸ“Έ me

23.10.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 122    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
A tiny gold earring of a head covered in a cap, with hook.

A tiny gold earring of a head covered in a cap, with hook.

Gold earring - 3rd Century BCE

Such beautiful workmanship in creating a tiny object nearly 2,300 years ago!

This Etrurian example was found in Volterra & is 1.85 cm high.

It has an amber head & has a cap covered in granulations.

Now in Guarnacci Etruscan Museum, Volterra.

#FindsFriday

24.10.2025 07:58 β€” πŸ‘ 160    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

'Tis the season for coughs + colds.

27.10.2025 06:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Jane Austen's 250th birthday is coming up in December and I hope you'll celebrate by taking a turn about the room, acquiring a passion for dead leaves & closet shelves, and taking a fancy to the last person you could ever be prevailed upon to marry.

26.10.2025 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 496    πŸ” 114    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 5
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Olive Oil Granola With Dried Apricots and Pistachios (Published 2009)

I just made this oldie but goodie again and it has made me happy on a gloomy afternoon, so sharing: cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1012...

26.10.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
a square filled in with brilliant orange color  #f19345.

a square filled in with brilliant orange color #f19345.

#F19345

26.10.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Eggs benedict on biscuit halves on a yellow daisy plate.

Eggs benedict on biscuit halves on a yellow daisy plate.

Ever since I learned the fast, no fuss, darn near foolproof way to make a small batch of hollandaise, eggs benedict has become an easy option, limited only by my arteries.

This uses up the last of the sage and cheddar biscuits very nicely. 🍜🍽️🍳πŸ₯š

26.10.2025 10:43 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Butternut squash soup 🍜
Perfect for a relaxing Sunday.

26.10.2025 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a square filled in with dark yellowish green color  #2a4c1a.

a square filled in with dark yellowish green color #2a4c1a.

#2A4C1A

23.10.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

'Awakening can appear sudden, but that moment is the flowering of countless unseen steps taken in silence.'

27.10.2025 06:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Light mauve hydrangea

Light mauve hydrangea

πŸ‘€ Coffee time β˜•οΈβ˜•οΈπŸŒΊ - #DownhamMarket #Norfolk

Hydrangea still flowering -
πŸ“· 25.10.2025

#elevensestime

26.10.2025 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Qui ne tente rien n’a rien

[He who risks nothing, has nothing]

25.10.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a square filled in with pale reddish purple color  #b990a3.

a square filled in with pale reddish purple color #b990a3.

#B990A3

25.10.2025 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
PERFECT BLUE

PERFECT BLUE

PERFECT BLUE

23.10.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
KAGUYA-SAMA LOVE IS WAR ULTRA ROMANTIC

KAGUYA-SAMA LOVE IS WAR ULTRA ROMANTIC

KAGUYA-SAMA LOVE IS WAR ULTRA ROMANTIC

24.10.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a square filled in with yellowish gray color  #a5a396.

a square filled in with yellowish gray color #a5a396.

#A5A396

25.10.2025 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A gold and silver torc that was discovered in south-west Norfolk in 2003 on the surface of a ploughed field. Iron Age in date, the torc is now part of the collections at Norwich Castle.
πŸ“Έ My own. #FindsFriday #IronAge #NorwichCastle

17.10.2025 06:48 β€” πŸ‘ 154    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Modesty, and all that, is very well in its way, but really a little common honesty is sometimes quite as becoming.
#JaneAusten #NorthangerAbbey

20.10.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

'Something Hannah Arendt writes in β€œBetween Past and Future” about Ulysses, in which he sees who he has become only when his life is narrated back to him.'

25.10.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Booker Prize Foundation launches Children’s Booker Prize

The Booker Prize Foundation has launched the Children’s Booker Prize, the charity’s first award for children’s fiction. πŸ‘‡ #BookSky

24.10.2025 07:14 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 7
a square filled in with pale orange yellow color  #e8cb8f.

a square filled in with pale orange yellow color #e8cb8f.

#E8CB8F

23.10.2025 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Paella with chicken thighs, aged chorizo, and prawns with lemon slices and herb garnish in a pan.

Paella with chicken thighs, aged chorizo, and prawns with lemon slices and herb garnish in a pan.

I made paella tonight. πŸ₯˜πŸ½οΈπŸœ

24.10.2025 05:39 β€” πŸ‘ 144    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0
A blue bowl with pappardelle, a thin sauce, slightly wilted, arugula, topped with salmon, salt and pepper, and chives.

A blue bowl with pappardelle, a thin sauce, slightly wilted, arugula, topped with salmon, salt and pepper, and chives.

Pappardelle with half a TJs lobster bisque (save the cooking water, you’ll need it) with arugula and topped with buttered salmon and chives . No complaints! I should have put a little ricotta on it but I was too sleepy. 🍜🍽️

25.10.2025 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My brother tells me that Silo is worth watching.

25.10.2025 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a square filled in with deep orange color  #c5761b.

a square filled in with deep orange color #c5761b.

#C5761B

24.10.2025 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My super modern regulatory plan is that any entity named for a thing from Tolkien has to publicly explain why Tolkien wouldn’t immediately throw it into Mount Doom

16.10.2025 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1860    πŸ” 393    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 18
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A new LACMA exhibit uses art and science to unlock hidden histories Artist Tavares Strachan's first L.A. show blends his research into climatology, ocean science, aeronautics, chemistry, genealogy and undertold scientific breakthroughs by Black people to create a mult...

Tavares Strachan loves to blur the lines that separate art, science and historical reckoning β€” as well as past, present and future.

16.10.2025 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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