Andy Goldsworthy - Horse chestnut tree torn hole stitched around the edge with grass stalks moving in the wind, 1986
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You know that scene where scrooge mcduck is swimming in a vault full of gold coins? Yeah, gimme that, but with bees instead.
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Took me ten minutes to figure out how to write a post it's been so long This website has gone to shit it's just flowers, flowers, women empowered I mean it's nice and all but do you guys talk about anything else?
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Facts from the 2014 UK Editions of Harry Potter
Before the Hogwarts Express, some young wizards and witches made their way to Hogwarts on broomsticks and in enchanted carriages
There are other fractional platforms at King’s Cross station. Try 7 1/2 for a trip to wizard-only villages in Europe.
It took five and a half minutes for the Sorting Hat to decide whether to place Minerva McGonagall in Gryffindor or Ravenclaw
Several Hogwarts students have caused mayhem at King’s Cross by dropping suitcases full of newt spleens or biting spellbooks all over the Muggle Station.
Peeves the poltergeist caused a three-day evacuation of Hogwarts in 1876 after escaping a trap set for him armed with several dangerous weapons.
The one exception to the general magical aversion to Muggle technology is cars. Even the Ministry of Magic owns a fleet, modified with various useful charms.
Many wizards were unhappy with the invention of the Muggle-like Knight Bus, and refused to use it when it first hit the streets.
Headmasters and headmistresses of Hogwarts can teach their magical portrait to act and behave exactly like themselves.
Sir Cadogan’s most famous encounter was with the Wyvern of Wye, a dragon-like creature, whom he accidentally killed with his broken wand.
Only one non-magical person has ever managed to get as far as the Hogwarts Sorting Hat before being exposed as a Squib.
Of the Eleven wizarding schools in the world, the African school of Uagadou is the only one to select pupils by Dream Messenger, leaving a token in the child’s hand whilst they sleep.
The 1809 Quidditch World Cup final turned into a human versus tree battle when one of the players managed to jinx an entire forest to attack the stadium.
The Hufflepuff ghost, the Fat Friar, was executed after senior churchman became suspicious of his ability to cure the pox by poking peasants with a stick.
Every year St. Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries treats at least one injury caused by homemade Floo powder.
Before she became a teacher at Hogwarts, Minerva McGonagall used to work for the Department of Magical Law Enforcement at the Ministry of Magic.
Part of the process of becoming an Animagus requires you to carry a leaf from a Mandrake in your mouth for an entire month.
A Dark wizard called Raczidian was devoured by maggots that appeared from his wand when he unsuccessfully attempted to cast the Patronus Charm.
Any part of a person’s body can be added to the Polyjuice Potion to allow the consumer to take their form, including hair, toenail clippings, dandruff or worse…
Remus Lupin’s father, Lyall, was a world-renowned authority on magical creatures like poltergeists and Boggarts.
It took 167 Memory Charms and the largest mass Concelment Charm ever performed in Britain to modify a muggle steam engine and create the Hogwarts Express.
Students from the Russian Wizarding school, Koldovstoretz, play a version of Quidditch where they fly on entire, uprooted trees instead of broomsticks.
Yes, these are all canon. Thought I’d type it up to have it as a text reference. Enjoyyy.
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what? bring your own beer? hahaha, sorry brah, i brought a bird. here it is:
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the signs on Halloween
Aries: ENLISTED IN THE SKELETON WAR
Taurus: ENLISTED IN THE SKELETON WAR
Gemini: ENLISTED IN THE SKELETON WAR
Cancer: ENLISTED IN THE SKELETON WAR
Leo: ENLISTED IN THE SKELETON WAR
Virgo: ENLISTED IN THE SKELETON WAR
Libra: ENLISTED IN THE SKELETON WAR
Scorpio: ENLISTED IN THE SKELETON WAR
Saggitatius: ENLISTED IN THE SKELETON WAR
Capricorn: ENLISTED IN THE SKELETON WAR
Aquarius: ENLISTED IN THE SKELETON WAR
Pisces: ENLISTED IN THE SKELETON WAR
YOU’RE ALL ENLISTED, GET IN LINE FUCKBOYS
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floccinaucinihilipilificationa and their comics give me life.
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