Plant of the Day
Thursday 16 November 2023
This is a young plant of Parrotia persica (Persian ironwood, iron tree, ironwood) which becomes a wide-spreading, normally multi-stemmed deciduous tree or large shrub. In autumn the leaves turn yellow, red and purple falling to reveal the trunks of flaking bark and small crimson flowers on bare twigs.
Jill Raggett
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Blossoms of crabapple and dogwood are reflected in the pond of this woodland garden.
Home Landscaping: Ideas, Styles, and Designs for Creative Outdoor Spaces, 1988
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Happy Holidays from Tairn, Sgaeyl and Andarna
Art by @parenteillustration on Instagram
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That bloodstained son of Tuoni / struck the man with his sword,
struck fear with his hunger. /
Threw him to the stream of Tuonela / to the Underworld's underlake.
— Kalevala, rune 14, lines 445–8; 451-2.
My rendition of Tuonenpoika, the guardian of the Finnish underworld, Tuonela; This gore-covered son of Tuoni fishes for unwanted visitors downstream, slaying them. He is said to collect the belongings of all the dead flowing down river Tuoni.
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JOMP Book Photo Challenge
May 18, 2023 - Book Gradient
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My Adventures With Superman making me cry with Clark believing he's a weapon sent to hurt people and his friends insisting that NO, what you are or what you were created for doesn't matter, what you choose to do matters. and just. I don't know a lot about comic!superman so maybe it just comes from that, but. I can't help but see...
Iron Giant. a weapon who chooses to be Superman. the creators of this show have to know that, probably grew up on it. I can't help but see the cyclical nature of inspiration and folk mythology. if Superman helped the Iron Giant, did Iron Giant help Superman too? this young Clark who is not the near omnipotent god that renders his narrative meaningless, but a real person. In the same sense that we recognize the Iron Giant as a person.
This Clark's story is one where they address the very real world parallels between Clark and immigrants, between him and so-called 'aliens,' a story addressing the real world parallels of seeing the horrible things 'your people' do and hating that they are a part of you. hating yourself for being anything like them. I just. it's so well-done. and interesting. and impactful in a way Superman has never been for me.
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remember when i said that i should make a discord server for wlw fantasy books? well, a lot of people were interested in the concept so i did it!
the server includes the priory of the orange tree, the masquerade, the burning kingdoms, among all others (which i've tagged this post with!) here's the link if you're interested in joining:
co owned by me and @ephemeralzenith 🫶
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