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kevinscottgardens · 2 years

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23 au 29 mai 2022

Monday through Wednesday was hectic. Monday morning the masons arrived and started working on the collapsing stone wall supporting the walkway. I found two Pistachia dug up and placed in my Gator. Why doesn’t anyone have conversations ? I then noticed that they covered another area the same size again that I had removed plants on Friday. They were going to squash them all under plastic. I said I would remove them and that all they need to do is ask. I also told them each plant costs 10€. I moved around another 40 plants. In the evening was a nice gathering at Denis and André’s for an early birthday dinner for André.

Tuesday I managed to lightly trim all the Pistachia in the prairie and lightly thin the Reseda lutea. I showed Thomas where the taps are and hopefully he’ll be watering for me while I’m away. It rained a little and we had lots of lighting and thunder Tuesday evening. I had a nice chat with Jody. The Iberis sempervirens I ordered finally arrived; they are tiny. I’m glad I went out Monday to purchase some nice big Limonium perezii for a pot that Laurie has been asking me to change for a few weeks.

I also bought a Convolvulus sabatius for another pot on the patio in dappled shade.

Wednesday I had to have a Covid test in the morning. Then I had my hair cut in the early afternoon then had an adjustment and a massage. Most of the Champagne flutes I bought from Ikea arrived, one box short. I’m going to see if things sort themselves out on this, I’m out of time.

Thursday very early I started my journey to LA for the first time in almost three years. British Airways, Economy Plus, via Heathrow, to LAX. Thankfully I’m still Silver so I can use the lounge during my layover. I was able to stop by Fortnum and Mason to buy a few gifts for Kerry and Sheryl, Yeah!

Friday the last box of Champagne flutes was delivered; I’m wondering where they are sitting. Sadly, Thomas’ mum died, I didn’t even know she was ill. Janet, Stacy and Piper arrived from Wisconsin. We enjoyed a good day of catching up. Saturday Kerry, Mike and Matthew drove down; Jeffrey was working at REI. Eric, Sofia, Heather, Kent and Megan all arrived around noon. Dianne and Ken hosted a really nice mini family gathering all afternoon. Janet and Heather had never met. That evening the Reilings took me back to San Gabriel.

Sunday Eric, Heather et al. met Kerry and me at Mt. Lowe Brewery, then they came over to Dad’s house for a barbecue in the evening. It was really nice to spend time with them. Heather and I have a bit of a bond. I hope we stay in touch now.

Plant of the week

Campanulaceae Campanula rapunculus L.

common name(s) - rampion bellflower, rampion, rover bellflower, rapunzel; français : campanule des haies; Deutsch : Rapunzel-Glockenblume; italiano : campanula commestibile, raponzolo infraspecific(s) - Campanula rapunculus subsp. lambertiana (A.DC.) Rech.f. synonym(s) - Campanula calycina Boeber ex Schult.; C. castellana Pau; C. coarctata Gilib.; C. decurrens Thore; C. elatior Link & Hoffmanns.; C. esculenta Salisb.; C. fastigiata S.G.Gmel.; C. glandulosa Banks ex A.DC.; C. patula var. rapunculus (L.) Kuntze; C. rapuncula St.-Lag.; C. rapunculus f. hirsutissima Faure; C. r. subsp. rapunculus; C. r. subsp. verruculosa (Hoffmanns. & Link) Nyman; C. r. subsp. verruculosa (Hoffmanns. & Link) P. Silva; C. r. var. bracteosa Willk.; C. r. var. calycina (Boeber ex Schult.) A.DC.; C. r. var. cymosospicata Willk.; C. r. var. hirsuta Schur; C. r. var. hirta Murr; C. r. var. micrantha Beyer; C. r. var. racemosopaniculata Willk.; C. r. var. reclinata Griseb.; C. r. var. strigulosa Batt.; C. r. var. verruculosa (Hoffmanns. & Link) Steud.; C. r. var. verruculosa (Hoffmanns. & Link) Vatke; C. verruculosa Hoffmanns. & Link; C. virgata A.DC.; Neocodon rapunculus (L.) Kolak. & Serdyuk.; Rapunculus verus Fourr. conservation rating - none native to - Europe to Mediterranean and Iran location - Domaine de l’Orangerie leaves - stem is erect, lightly hairy, branched on the top; basal leaves are petiolated, ovate, slightly toothed and arranged in a rosette, while the upper leaves are sessile and narrow lanceolate flowers - hermaphrodite; clustered in a racemose inflorescence, with a bell-shaped, light blue or violet corolla; are arranged along the stem in a fairly narrow one-sided facing cluster fruit - fruit is a dehiscent capsule in the form of inverted cone with many seeds habit - biennial, herbaceous, to 1m tall habitat - prefers limestone soils and grows in dry meadows, cultivated beds, forests of oaks and pine trees, along roadsides, from sea level to 1,500m pests - generally pest-free disease - generally disease-free hardiness - to -10ºC (H4) soil - sandy and loamy, moist and well-drained, neutral to basic (mildly alkaline) sun - full sun to part shade propagation - self-seeds; surface sow May/June in situ, usually germinates in two to four weeks at 18°C pruning - none nomenclature - Campanulaceae, Campanula - small bell, refers to the bell-shape of the flower; rapunculus - diminutive of the Latin rapa (turnip) and means little turnip, which refers to the shape of the root NB - once widely grown in Europe for its leaves, which were used like spinach, and its parsnip-like root, which was used like a radish; The Brothers Grimm's tale Rapunzel took its name from this plant

References :

Gledhill, David, (2008) “The Names of Plants”, fourth edition; Cambridge University Press; ISBN: 978-0-52168-553-5

IUCN [online] http://www.iucnredlist.org/search [22 May 22]

Plants for a Future [online] https://pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?LatinName=Campanula+rapunculus [22 May 22]

Plants of the World [online] https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:140952-1 [22 May 22]

Wikipedia [online] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campanula_rapunculus [22 May 22]

World Flora Online [online] http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000828443 [22 May 22]

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blogbirdfeather · 1 month

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Rampion Bellflower - Campaínahas-rabanete (Campanula rapunculus)

Carnaxide/Portugal (14/03/2024)

[Nikon D850; AF 105mm Micro-Nikkor F2,8 with Nikon TC-14A; 1/200s; F8; 400 ISO]

#plants #plant photography #herbs #rampion bellflower

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francescointoppa · 2 years

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Raperonzolo (Campanula rapunculus L., Campanulaceae)

#photographers on tumblr #digital image processing #original photographs #flowers #Campanulaceae

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nantosueltas · 1 year

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"And at last I see the light

And it's like the fog has lifted

And at last I see the light

And it's like the sky is new"

This piece was really fun to make and I know I'm saying that to each one I finish but probably my favorite so far haha 🌟

The flower I chose for this one is the magical flower that gives Rapunzel powers but here's a fun fact for you: the flower that mostly inspired Rapunzel's name in the original tale is named Campanula rapunculus and it's one of the flowers she uses to adorn her hair after she braided it in the movie 🌷🌟

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davidwfloydart · 1 year

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Raperonzolo (Campanula rapunculus L., Campanulaceae) #flowerpower #flowerphotography #raperonzolo #wildflowers #naturesbeauty (at Catalina Foothills, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/Clq4vQqLysI4GH9OPg0hxgF1bHhk-8TlJUtee00/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#flowerpower #flowerphotography #raperonzolo #wildflowers #naturesbeauty

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t3ov7 · 2 years

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Bellflower(Campanula Rapunculus L. by Plantnet) is a biennial herbaceous plant in the family Campanulaceae. This plant can reach a maximum of 100cm of height. The hermaphrodite flowers are clustered in a racemose inflorescence, with a bell-shaped, light blue or violet corolla, about two centimeters long. It is native to northern Africa, western Asia and most of Europe! Η Καμπανούλα (Campanula Rapunculus L. σύμφωνα με το Plantnet) είναι ένα διετές ποώδες φυτό στην οικογένεια Campanulaceae. Αυτό το φυτό μπορεί να φτάσει το 1μ. ύψους. Τα ερμαφρόδιτα λουλούδια συγκεντρώνονται σε ταξιανθίες, με σχήμα καμπάνας, χρώματος ανοιχτό μπλε ή ιώδες και μήκους περίπου δύο εκατοστών. Κατάγεται από τη βόρεια Αφρική, τη δυτική Ασία και το μεγαλύτερο μέρος της Ευρώπης! Ανοιξιάτικη Ανθοδέσμη 45. Spring's Bouquet 45. #travel #greece #pelion #spring #countryside #nature #garden #flowers #plants #beautiful #campanula #macrophotography #naturephotography #photographer #picoftheday #photooftheday #bestoftheday #flowerstagram #instagram #facebook #twitter #tumblr #volos_photographers #placesingreece #discovergreece #exquisite_greece #discoverpelion #discover_peliongr #click4amemory #photonetmagazine (at Pelion Pilio Πήλιο) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgTfoIZjeLeZXFFqrwS00wH13HBHay-8M60ZkY0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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stefano-bonalume · 5 years

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Campanula rapunculus

#stefano bonalume #campanula #campanula rapunculus #plant #plants #countryside #country #rural #flowers #green #meadow #grass #grassland

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jaell-o · 6 years

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Now I get why Rapunzel wears purple..... maybe.......

Campanula rapunculus

#rapunzel #campanula rapunculus #i'm procrastinating again

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disneydarlin · 2 years

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The Disney Princesses’ Gardens - Part 2

8. Mulan: In this picture, Mulan’s hair has grown back. She adorns a traditional Chinese Red colored kimono. The attire is decorated in gold embroidery. In addition, the hero of China is also carrying a parasol with a red Chinese cherry blossom tree painting design on it. Although her surroundings don’t show this, Mulan is most likely taking a scroll in a Chinese Garden. There must be pink cherry trees in bloom because, the flower petals are blowing past Mulan in the wind.

9. Merida: Perhaps this princess isn’t too fond of flowers. However, Merida is no stranger to the wilderness. Instead of flora, Will O’ the Wisps surround this headstrong young woman. In the picture, Merida is wearing a thick fur-lined cloak. With the orange tint around the painting’s edges, it appears the red-head is standing in the woodlands around the Autumn or Fall months. Although Merida may not like flowers too much, she may enjoy the smell of pine trees when she’s outdoors.

10. Tiana: Roy The Art must have been inspired by the scene where Tiana is turned back into a human. With the vail flowing behind Tiana, it’s clear the determined African American woman had recently tied the knot a moment ago. Fireflies are glowing all around the bride within the swamplands of New Orleans. It’s more than likely Tiana had an arrangement of white Water Lilies floating in the pools, if not American Lotuses, across the swamp for her big day.

11. Rapunzel: This illustration of Rapunzel may not be cannon, but the curious princess looks gorgeous. Since the sheltered young woman has always wanted to explore the natural world around her, it makes sense she would be surrounded in a garden filled with wildflowers from all types of colorful species. Due to this, it might be hard for Rapunzel to pick a favorite. However, the golden Campanula rapunculus flower might be one of her top picks.

12. Elsa: Flowers don’t bloom in the winter or icy areas. Despite this, the ice goddess doesn’t seem to mind. She most likely loves all the large ice crystals within the cavern. These shards seem to range from purplish blue to clear, but they all contain a holographic pink reflection. In the end, the cold never bothered Elsa anyway. If Elsa did have a favorite flower, it would most likely be Snowdrops.

13. Anna: With a love for warmer seasons, it’s no wonder Anna is featured in a summer environment. The newly free princess appears to have wandered into an apple tree forest. Specifically, a Fuji Apple Tree forest. This type of apple tree produces delicious edible fruit. Before bearing fruit in the spring, the old apple tree is covered in glittering white blossoms. This could mean summer is close to an end. Although the white flowers are lovely, Anna seems to like yellow daffodils.

14. Moana: Living on an island means the entire landscape is Moana’s personal garden. In this image, Moana is enjoying springtime on a flower vine swing with a wooden base. The chief’s daughter is surrounded by hibiscus flowers, which are endemic to the islands. Although most of these flowers might be Chinese hibiscus and their hybrids, the vivid blooms come in hues, which range from bright pink to white.

What do you think? Do you like Roy The Art’s work? If not, why? Please share with me!

#disney #article #disney princesses #fan art #roy the art

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blogbirdfeather · 1 year

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Rampion Bellflower - Campaínhas-rabanete (Campanula rapunculus)

Lisboa/Portugal (5/04/2023)

[Nikon D7100; ∑ 18/300mm DC Macro OS HSM with Circular Flash Nissin MF 18; 1/320s; F22; 400 ISO]

#plants #plant photography #herbs #bellflowers #rampion bellflower

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francescointoppa · 1 year

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C - Campanula rapunculus L. - Campanula commestibile (Campanulaceae)

#photographers on tumblr #digital image processing #original photographs #flowers #Campanulaceae

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theparanormalperiodical · 3 years

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The REAL Story Behind The Crooked Man And The 7 Other Fairy Tales & Nursery Rhymes With *Even More* Disturbing Backstories

It was 4 years ago that we first met the Crooked Man.

With a *sickening* reveal via rottweiler fit for the latest season of Rupaul’s Drag Race, the suited gentleman staggered his way from The Conjuring 2 (2016) into our nightmares.

But his ashy undertones, gnashing teeth, and general aura of “I’m a demon, or something, which means I have no real motive apart from wanting to kill you” isn’t the only thing that fits the film far too well.

The Conjuring universe is the definition of ‘based on a true story’. And the Crooked Man fits the brief.

In the opening scenes of the film we see lovable and bulliable Billy stutter through a nursery rhyme:

There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile, He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile; He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse, And they all liv'd together in a little crooked house.

Accompanied by a totally-cursed-i-mean-just-look-at-it zoetrope (it’s a bit like a mini projector that shows you a moving cartoon), Billy introduces us to one of the handful of extra entities terrorising London’s most haunted house. You can discover more about the true story of 284 Green Street which inspired The Conjuring 2 here.

But Billy also introduces us to a real nursery rhyme inherent in British culture - and British history.

Yes, the nursery rhyme, like many, is based on dark and twisted reality softened for a bedtime story. And amongst this history was a real person. Unfortunately, the Crooked Man is not the only fairy tale monster or nursery rhyme entity that will be haunting your dreams.

Are y’all tucked in?

The Crooked Man

The nursery rhyme was first told sometime in the 17th century during the reign of King Charles I. But the Crooked Man was not the Stuart King - it was allegedly inspired by Scottish general Sir Alexander Leslie and the covenant he signed.

The covenant secured religious and political freedom for Scotland despite prevailing animosity between the English and the Scottish.

The crooked stile is the awkward alliance between the two parliaments and the crooked house refers to the collective union the Scottish and English lived together in. But the ‘crooked’ part works on another level, too.

The great recoinage of late 17th century meant sixpences - which feature in the rhyme - were made of very thin silver and thus easy to bend.

An alternative origins story links it back to Lavenham, a village in Suffolk (England). The half-timbered houses leaned at off angles as if supporting each other, creating a crooked aesthetic that matches the nursery rhyme.

The Pied Piper Of Hamelin

I distinctly remember hearing the story of the Pied Piper when I was about 7 years old. I was there, sat crossed-legged on the wooden floor in assembly and listening to the headteacher tell us the tale of the musical maverick with an overhead projector.

I remember it being far more nostalgic and not so traumatising.

The story goes that sometime in the 13th century a peculiar man dressed in brightly-coloured clothes (pied clothing) was hired by the town to rid them of the rats with his pipe-playing abilities. Hamelin had been suffering from an infestation that would threaten the locals with the plague. The piper was to play his pipe, entice the rats with his magical music, and lead them to a river where they would promptly drown.

He was hired and he did the job - but they didn’t pay up.

The piper couldn’t exactly refund his services. Instead, he sought vengeance, luring away the children of the town with his magical pipe. He waited until Saint John and Paul’s day where the adults would be in the church, dressed in green like a hunter, and played his pipe. The children of the village swarmed to him, all 130 of them, following him out of the town and into a cave. Three were unable to follow due to being blind and deaf and thus told the villagers what had happened.

The real story:

Some versions of the story claimed he made them walk into a river, others claim he returned them after payment. But what we do know for sure is that there is a street in Hamelin called Bungelosenstrasse. On this street - ‘the street without drums’ according to translation - the children were seen last. No music and no dancing is allowed on this road.

Bluebeard

We open on a typical Medieval scene: a powerful and wealthy man is looking for a young wife to replace the last one who mysteriously went missing. Bluebeard’s been through quite a few women, actually, but it’s his latest bae that stars in this story. Bluebeard marries his neighbour’s daughter and goes on a business trip.

He tells her he can stay alone in their house but she cannot open a certain door.

Of course, she opens the door and finds the corpses of his ex-wives. Her and her sisters band together to kill Bluebeard, showering themselves with a wealthy inheritance.

The real story:

This tragic tale of murder and mystery is unfortunately all too true.

There are many alleged origins of the folktale. Let’s start with the Medieval ruler of Brittany, Conomor the Cursed: his new wife agreed to marry him to prevent him from invading her father’s lands but accidentally walked in on a room full of his dead, old wives. She was visited by their ghosts who warn him if she falls pregnant, he will kill her, preventing a prophecy that claims he will be killed by his own son.

She gets knocked up, gives birth, and then she gets her block knocked off.

An alternative inspiration could be a similarly brutal figure: Gilles de Rais (15th century). He was accused of murdering approximately 140 children who suddenly went missing in the Nantes countryside. He was condemned to death and executed in 1440.

Snow White

It’s one of the most popular fairytales of all time.

The story goes that a queen gives birth to a baby girl but dies in childbirth. The king’s new wife is wicked and vain, asking her magic mirror ‘who is the fairest one of all?’ on a daily basis. When the child turns seven, the mirror changes its answer from the queen to the child, Snow White (yeah, that’s weird). The queen hires a huntsman to kill Snow White, but she begs for mercy and says she will live in the woods and he can pretend he killed her.

She finds shelter in a cottage belonging to seven dwarfs who agree to let her stay as a maid until the evil queen asks the mirror her favourite question. It claims Snow White is still alive and the fairest of them all. She goes through several methods of attempting to kill Snow until she falls into a deep coma. The dwarfs host a funeral, a prince comes along, and he, uhhh, kisses what he assumed to be a corpse and she is awakened.

They then get hitched but don’t invite the queen to the wedding. The queen asks the mirror yet again the identity of the fairest, assuming Snow is well and truly deceased but the mirror breaks the bad news to her again. The queen tries to kill her once more but Snow’s hubby forces her to wear red-hot iron slippers and dance in them until she dies.

There’s a lot going on here.

But rather than unpacking everything that's wrong with all of this *gestures to everything*, let’s just get to the dark reality beneath it all.

The real story:

The inspiration is generally deemed to be Margaretha von Walbeck, a young woman who had a terrible relationship with her stepmother. She was forced to move to Brussels and fell in love with Phillip II of Spain, a romance not popular with her parents.

Suddenly, however, Margaretha died. Rumour has it she was poisoned.

Another detail of her life also links her to Snow White: her father’s copper mines were often filled with child labourers whose growth was stunted by working in them, mirroring the ‘dwarves’ in the story.

But Margaretha is not the only contender: Maria Sophia Margaretha Catharina Freifräulein von Erthal *inhale* also hated her stepmother. This - and the fact that her stepmother was given a mirror as a gift by her husband - also ties her to Snow White.

Hansel And Gretel

It’s possibly the most simple fairy tale up for discussion: a brother and sister are sent out to the woods by their father. The mother asked for him to send them away so they can survive a famine. But Hansel uses stones to trace their steps back home. One day, however, he uses crumbs. They get eaten by the local wildlife, so the kids get lost.

They then discover a witch's house, a gingerbread cottage. She lures ‘em in, fattens up Hansel, and prepares to feast on his flesh. The kids plot against her, throw her in the oven, and steal her stuff before heading back to live with their father.

Okay, so maybe this one isn’t based on a true story. It’s based on true stories. Yep - plural.

The real story:

Child abandonment and infanticide was pretty common during plagues, famines, and all other circumstances of poverty. In fact, this particular tale is believed to come from the Great Famine which stretched across Europe from 1315 to 1317. Child abandonment surged during this time.

Rapunzel

Turns out Disney lopped off a lot of Rapunzel’s real story to make it a family friendly movie. Yep, this is a weird one.

A pregnant woman begins to crave a kind of salad leaf (Campanula rapunculus, also called rapunzel) in the garden of the house next door. He goes out to nick it but is caught by the homeowner - a witch. She says he can take the rapunzel, but in return he must give her the child once it is born.

The witch raises Rapunzel as her own but locks her away in a tower when she is 12 to protect her from the outside world.

A prince eventually rocks up and decides to climb her immensely long hair. Unknown, probably PG-13 and probably not consensual acts happen. Still, given it's the medieval era they agree to get hitched after escaping.

The witch discovers her plan, cuts off her hair, exiles Rapunzel, and uses the locks as bait for the prince before throwing him to the briar roses below where he is promptly blinded. Rapunzel gives birth to twins and the prince finds her, identifying her only by her voice. Her tears restore his voice.

The real story:

Being kidnapped or being kept hidden away from the rest of the world is pretty common, well, all of the time. But Saint Barabara, a Greek saint, was the main inspiration for the tale.

She was locked away in a tower in Turkey in the third century by her father in an attempt to protect her Christianity. But her Pagan father’s efforts did not succeed and she discovered the ways of Jesus. She escaped but she was eventually caught by her father who then tortured and beheaded her.

Religious intolerance, y’all.

Beauty And The Beast

Time for another Disney classic with a heavily edited plotline.

The father of a family seeks shelter in a grand palace during a storm. In the morning before he leaves he takes a rose from the garden but is caught by a beast who threatens to kill him for nicking a flower. But the beast agrees not to kill him if his daughter takes his place instead.

The daughter moves to the palace but asks to go see her family for a week. She is then convinced by her sisters to stay at home. A magic mirror then reveals the beast is dying because she isn’t with him. She returns to him and her love breaks the curse that makes him appear so monstrous.

The real story:

Petrus Gonsalvus (1637-1618) was born with hypertrichosis. This meant he had a thick layer of hair all over his body - his physical difference didn’t go down very well. He was kept as a ‘wild man’ in a cage and fed raw meat.

When he was 10 years old he was gifted to the king of france. But he wasn’t kept as a ‘beast’. He was educated like a nobleman and was taught to read, write, and speak three different languages. He was then married off to the daughter of a court servant.

He was married to her for over 40 years and they had seven children together.

(Aww.)

Three Blind Mice

Three blind mice, three blind mice, See how they run, see how they run, They all ran after the farmer’s wife, Who cut off their tails with a carving knife, Did you ever see such a thing in your life, As three blind mice?

The real story:

It's one of those nursery rhymes you grow up with - and 17 years later you realise how traumatic it actually is.

This nursery rhyme can be traced back to the reign of Bloody Mary (16th century) who had a tricky relationship with Protestants. And by that I mean she burnt them alive, hence the nickname.

The three blind mice represented three Protestant bishops who may have been blinded before their execution or spiritually blind for following Catholicism. Another reference to Queen Mary was her as a farmer’s wife.

Her husband, Philip of Spain, owned several estates and thus was technically a farmer.

Welp, there goes your childhood.

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So in class a week ago, we learned how to use excel. We had to do a bookstore style spreadsheet and stuff, and I wanted to use real books. I noticed everyone else did a play on the words (tinkersmell was a memorable one).

I decided to use real books, then change up the words ever so slightly:

Also I kept the genres the same, or at least similar.

I read these books too, unless stated otherwise.

Try to guess what the original books are!

The referances are under the cut!

4891 is a play on Nineteen-Eighty four (1984) by George Orwell, just with the numbers reversed (that's why you would also prounounce it as "fourty-eight ninety-one)

The Right Hand of Lightness is a play on Ursula K. Le Guin's book, The Left Hand of Darkness.

Unlucky Starr and the Small Sun of Mercury is a wordplay on Isaac Asimov (who was writing under the pen name Paul French) book, Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury. Fun fact, my second-hand copy of the book actually says "Lucky starr and the Big Sun Mercury" on the cover. If you open the inside title page, It says "Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury". Weird.

There is a romance book that, according to google, is called "The other side of Midnight", written by Sidney Sheldon. I changed that into The Other Side of Lunch. (and technically I'm not wrong; the opposite of midight is noon, and you usually eat lunch at noon). I never read that book before so idk what it's about.

The Very Full Caterpiller. This one is a play on the iconic "The Very Hungry Caterpiller", by Eric Carle (R.I.P., his books were a lot of people's childhood including mines).

Spinelessness: The power of frigidity and Procrastination. I'm a little proud of this one; based off the book Grit: the power of passion and perseverance, by Angela Duckworth. I had looked up antonyms to some of the words, and I was cackling like a canadian goose when I found Spinelessness.

Kerrie. Do I need to explain anything else? Think about it: It's labled as horror (i made it a point to keep the genre the same or at least similar), and if you say the name outloud, what horror book/movie comes to mind? Stephen King's Carrie, of course!

Dragonpen: A logbook of a Voyage through Space and Time is a little obvious, especially if you look at the first word: It's based off of D.J. MacHale's book, Pendragon: Journal of an Adventure through Time and Space. Idk if you see some of my reblogs, but I like these books. A lot. So it was actually one of the first ideas that sprang to mind when I heard of this assignment.

Krondor: The loyalty. I know that some of you probably played the video game, but I read the book novelization, Krondor the Betrayal, by Raymond E. Feist. (For those of you who don't want to google the video game name, It's called Betrayal at Krondor)

The Essential Muri. I needed to spice up the genres, so I decided to slap some poetry in the fake bookstore. The aforementioned poetry was The Essential Rumi, by, well, Rumi! I never tackled his poetry before, so I definately need to look for them.

Useless Things. Ohhhh I had my giggles over that one! I read my first Stepen King book when I was 12, I think, and the book was Needful Things. Personnally, I like the book, but I know some people dislike it.

Campanula rapunculus. You all remember Rapunzel, written by Grimm Brothers, right? You know how she was named for that herb that (in the original story) her mother had a craving for when the mother was preggers with Rapunzel? (the witch caught the father stealing her herbs, so she was like, hey you can have'em, but only if i can have that kiddo when their born, and the father was like, lol fine, as long as my wife stops whining about that herb shit). Did you know that the scientific name for Rapunzel is "Campanula rapunculus"? Yeah, I googled the name.

Life of Decimal. Y'all heard of Life of Pi, written by Yann Martel? Good.

Rio de Janerio Ghoul. Ok, so this one requires a little bit of a google search: You see, the opposite of the world from Tokyo is Rio de Janerio. I read Tokyo Ghoul, by Sui Ishida, when I was younger because of a recomendation from a friend. I needed more genres, so now Rio de Janerio Ghoul exists. I know it should be in comics/mangas, but I didn't think of adding that genre at the time.

Valley of the Anime Figures: Matune Hiko. This one is a little harder, since I slapped the "Matsune Hiko" at the end because when I think of anime figures, Hatsune Miko is what I think of. The original book is called "Valley of the Dolls", by Jacqueline Susann. I never read that book before either hahahaha.

Celsius 232.778. Oh that was fun. I thought of the book Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, and I decided to convert fahrenheit to celsius because I am Canadian. Thus, Celsius 232.778

The Found Darkness. Calling all Transformers fans! Especially people who are fans of the comics. Think: What is the opposite of found? Lost. What is thd opposite of darkness? Light. The Lost Light, written by James Roberts. I actually got confused when I first saw this (it was a week after I wrote these), and it took me a minute of hard thinking to remember it. AND I'M THE ONE WHO WROTE THE LIST. I haven't gotten very far in the more than meets the eye comics though, so I definately need to keep reading them (I think I'm at the dark cybertron part, but since i found out you need to jump through different comic series, I sorta gave up on it. I'm too lazy for it and it's not that helpful that idw and hasbro like to reuse names. Plus I have a shit time trying to navigate the read comics online website. I did read the tfwiki page on dark cybertron though! Even then, I still think I'm missing some side stories, so I am throughly lost. I tried to find the reading order, kindly provided by articles on the internet and the kind, kind people on tumblr, but when I realized reading all the comics would take me roughly a week, assuming I let my homework go to the scraps, I gave up. It's too bad, because that bit of the fandom seems really cool and I want to understand the jokes and stuff so much. I also want to check out the 2019 idw comic (YAS KOBD and I got legititmately sad when I found out that one character dies, IF IT'S THE SAME COMIC WE'RE TALKING BOUT HERE. I read the 2019 version a while ago, I know I read the chapter "The world through you eyes" Or was it my eyes? I forgot), Anyways, I figured it would be obscure enough that I could add it on. (Sorry MTMTE)

Halvin and Cobbes. I read the original comics, Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson, during class when I had free time. I liked the comics.

The Old Avengers. So my friend introduced me to the Young Avengers comics, according to wikipedia, written by Allan Heinberg, and I thought it would be funny to change it to The Old Avengers

And that's it! This totally wasn't a a way for me to talk about how #I know i'm just gonna clog the these lovely fandoms with this thing but likemuch I like these books, hahahhahaha...

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