#cedar sylvester

[cedar-sylvester]

If I were to give u a kiss

Would u give me a kisssy kiss back

“… Erm… well- uhhh…”

*Cedar froze, his hands tightened around his hips in distress*

“Why would you want to kiss me?! I hardly know you… and don’t you think it’s a bit rude to randomly kiss me?-“

*Cedar chuckled nervously*

#cedar sylvester #loving father #oh my #I mean… he might #he IS a gentleman #but he’s confused

[gl1tched-r4bb1t]

*Dramatically gives up*

I seriously don’t know why I can’t get my inner artist back. How do I lure it in? With peanut butter??

#art #oc artwork #art wip #Cedar Sylvester #Iris has a daddy #Sylvester Family

[iris-sylvester]

HOLD UP- I DISAPPEAR AND COME BACK TO WHAT LOOKS LIKE IRIS FAMILY MEMBER??? Explain?!??!

Oh honey…

You sure missed a lot.

#Cedar Sylvester #Iris doesn’t have daddy issues #Iris has family #Sylvester Family

[ofmymuses]

꒰♡꒱ —  NAMES BY AESTHETIC.

part one of ??  ;  under the cut, you’ll find a bunch of name ideas based on different aesthetics  (academia, cottagecore, etc). if you find this post useful, please consider giving it a like / reblog so that i know ♡♡

academia—

agnes

archibald

bernard

beatrice

camille

carmelo

carmen

claude

esther

edward

frances / francis / francisco

guinevere

klaus

mathilda

maude

montgomery

norman

oliver

percy

simone

sylvester

thea

theodore / theodora

thomas

victor

violet

véronique

william

flowercore—

anemone

acacia

birch

blossom

basil

begonia

bryonia

cedar

cherry

clover

daisy

fern

flora

fleur

ginger

hawthorn

hyacinth

hollis

iris

jacinta

juniper

lavender

linden

lupin

lily

magnolia

marigold

maple

oakley

oleander

orchid

peony

petunia

primrose

posey

rosemary / rose

sage

sakura

tansy

tulip

yarrow

zinnia

cottagecore—

arthur

ambrose

august

beckett

brooks

cricket

cecilia

clementine

dorothy

eden

elliott

eloise

fauna

fleur

freddie

finch

georgia

gideon

grey / gray

greta

heidi

henry

harriet

harvey

ida

imogen

luna

linus

maisie

miles

mae

millie

milo

olive

ophelia

penelope

philippa

peter

river

rowan

rhys

simon

sawyer

shiloh

winston

wilder

wren

willow

#namelist #name lists #masterlist ♡ #names masterlist ♡ #mine. #mine.*ml #names by aesthetic

[ausetkmt]

What started as an accusation from a white woman from the nearby town of Sumner, would become an escalated situation of retaliation and the eventual massacre of an entire community, as well as the complete destruction of Rosewood, an unincorporated black community in Levy County, Florida.

Rosewood was a community built in 1845, nine miles (14 km) east of Cedar Key, near the Gulf of Mexico. Powered by the timber industry, the community was purely black-populated, with the closest communities around it housing white people.

With two pencil mills nearby in Cedar Key, the existence of turpentine and sawmills in Sumner helped support local residents, as did the farming of citrus and cotton.

And with a growth that required further development, a post office as well as a train depot on the Florida Railroad in 1870, were built.

In January 1923, just around a period of the repeated lynching of black people around Florida, a white woman, Frances “Fannie” Taylor, a 22-year-old married to James, a 30-year-old millwright employed by Cummer & Sons in Sumner accused a black man from the town of Rosewood of beating her and eventually raping her.

From the accounts of what happened, Frances and her husband lived with their two young children and James was mostly at work from early in the mornings. Described as “meticulously clean and scrubbing her cedar floors with bleach so that they shone white,” other women attested that Taylor was aloof; no one knew her very well.

On January 1, 1923, the Taylors’ neighbor reported that she heard a scream while it was still dark, grabbed her revolver and ran next door to find Fannie bruised and beaten, with scuff marks across the white floor. Taylor was screaming that someone needed to get her baby.

According to her, a black man was in her house, who she said came through the back door and assaulted her. The neighbor found the baby, but no one else.

Taylor’s initial report stated that her assailant beat her about the face but did not rape her. Rumors circulated—widely believed to be by the whites in Sumner—that she was both raped and robbed. It would emerge later though that she lied concerning what happened as what did happen was that she was beaten by her lover while her husband was at work.

She decided to pick the more vulnerable black people of Rosewood to lay the blame on them to save herself the embarrassment.  

She might not have hoped that it would escalate but upon hearing her lie and noting that in Florida at the time, the charge of rape of a white woman by a black was inflammatory, men from her Sumner community invaded the Black community, lynching a number of them.

The black citizens had to defend themselves and so they did. In their attempt against further attacks, several hundred whites re-organized themselves with many coming in from all over upon hearing the news combing the countryside in a hunt for black people to kill and to set fire into almost every structure in Rosewood.

It was a complete massacre!

Sylvester Carrier took up arms and did a brave thing by fighting against the men, killing two whites before he was taken out in that shootout. His bravery was short-lived but it encouraged them.

By the time the mob had dispersed, the town had been almost totally destroyed, with businesses, churches, and homes in ruins or burned to the ground.

Surviving residents fled, with many settling down in nearby Gainesville or moving to cities in the North. Although state and local authorities were aware of the violence, they made no arrests for the massacre in Rosewood.

Although the surviving members of Rosewood went away and forgot about the town and all that happened there, in 1982, Gary Moore, a journalist for the St. Petersburg Times, resurrected the history of Rosewood through a series of articles that gained national attention.

At that point, the living survivors of the massacre, most of them in their 80s and 90s, came forward led by Rosewood descendant Arnett Doctor and demanded restitution from Florida.

The action led to the passing of a bill awarding them $2 million and created an educational fund for descendants. The bill also called for an investigation into the matter to clarify the events, which Moore took part in.

Further awareness was created through John Singleton’s 1997 film, Rosewood, which dramatized the events.

#A lie and a gang of White men destroyed an entire Black community #Rosewood #Rosewood Florida #florida #kkk massacres #Rosewood Florida Massacre #white supremacy #white lies #white women #white women lies #white women who killed whole towns of Black people with white lies #white women are liars

[dexterouslycharming]

Ok so, I thought I should lay out how Ever After Highs's school system works within my universe, particularly to sort out the ages for my ocs so y'all know what's going on.

Eah works like an (American) highschool, in which there are four years the students attend. It starts with their first year, which the students have dubbed the Prologue year. It's the start of students learning more about their stories and how to properly play their roles. Their second and Third years are often called Act I and Act II, and these years are where they take classes that will aid them in making sure their stories play out correctly. They end with their Epilogue Year (more commonly called Legacy Year), in which they sign the Story Book of Legends and follow in their parents footsteps.

In the au I have with my OCS this is how everyone is year wise

Prologue Year - Declan 'December' Hare, Kingston White, Chancellor Cheshire, Humphrey Dumpty, Nina Thumbell

Act I Year - Winonah Pooh, Peony Porcelet, Cedar Wood, Ginger 'Breadhouse', Tucker Belle, Farrah Goodfairy, Faybelle Throne, Hopper Croskington III, Willow Darling

Act II Year - Dexter Charming, Darling Charming, Apple White, Kitty Cheshire, Lizzie Hearts, Madeline Hatter, Raven Queen, Holly O'Hair, Poppy O'Hair, Aspen O'Hair, Tillie Tigger, Briar Beauty, Ashlyn Ella, Courageux Lâche, Penelope Rabbit, Cerise Hood, Chase Redford, Rosabella Beauty, Pearson Pan

Epilogue - Augustine Ella, Emmaline White, Sylvester Bishop, Nacrine Neptune, Daring Charming, Oleander Beauty, Ramona Badwolf, C.A Cupid, Juliette Pendragon, Rosie Midas, Harriet Lapine, Dorian Dormouse, Katherine Boots, Duchess Swan, Justine Dancer, Hunter Huntsman, Jeremy Cricket, Jillian Beanstalk, Mindy Pillar, Melody Piper

#to those of you who can spot new names good job #if you send in an ask about them tou night get new tidbits #eah #ever after high #poppy's eah ocs #poppys ocs #my ocs #eah ocs #raven queen #apple white #madeline hatter #briar beauty #augustine ella #sylvester bishop #holly o'hair #dexter charming #daring charming #darling charming

[flowerycharacterslist]

↑ ↑ ↑

The tournament is up there, with the rules, my open askbox etc.

Names' ideas from the characters list below (they're examples I've gathered or you submitted, THIS ISN'T A LIST OF CONFIRMED CONTESTANTS. If you want them in the bracket you have to submit them) :

Acerola, Aerith, Ainsley, Almond, Althea, Alyssa, Alyssum, Amaranth, Amarantha, Amaryllis, Amy Rose, Ananas, Anemona, Anemone, Angel Lily, Angelica, Angélique, Anthea, Anthy, Apple Bloom, Araluen, Arum, Asami, Ash, Ashleigh, Ashley, Aster, Artremisia, Ayano, Azalea, Azami

Basil, Begonia, Belladonna, Bellossom, Berry, Bloom, Blooms, Blossom, Bluebell, Botan, Bougainvillea, Briar Rose, Briony, Bryony, Buttercup, Byakuren

Calanthe, Calla (Lily), Camellia, Campion, Carmilla, Carnation, Cassia, Cedar, Celandine, Cerise, Cherry, Cherry Blossom, Chloe, Chrysanthemum, Clove, Clover, Cosmo, Crocus, Cucumber, Cynthia

Dahlia, Daisy, Dandelion, Daphne, Daphnes, Delphine, Delphinium, Dendro, Dendrobium, Diantha, Dianthus

Eglantine, Elanor, Erica, Erika

Fearne, Fields, Ficus, Fig, Fleur, Fleur de Lis, Fleur-de-Lys, Flora, Florence, Flores, Flower, Flower in the Night, Flowey, Flox, Forsythia, Foxglove, Fuchsia, Fuji, Fujiwara, Fuuka

Gardenia, Garlic, Gentian, Geranium, Gladiolus, Gladion, Goldmary, Guzma

Hana, Hanadera, Hanajima, Hanako, Hanami, Hanasaki, Haruka, Hau, Hazel, Heather, Hemlock, Hibiscus, Hinata, Holly, Hollyhock, Hollyleaf, Honeysuckle, Hortense, Hortensia, Hua, Hyacinth, Hyacinthe, Hyacinthus

Iantha, Ianthe, Ibaraki, Iolanthe, Iris, Itsuki, Ivy

Jacinda, Jaskier, Jasmine, Jessamine, Jessamy, Juniper

Kalen, Kalina, Kanon, Kasen, Katniss, Kiku, Kikyo, Kiryu, Kiwi, Kugisaki, Kukui, Kuroba

Laura, Laurel, Lauren, Lavender, Leif, Lemon, Lian, Liana, Lilac, Lili, Lilia, Lilian, LilianaLilium, Liliya, Lilja, Lillian, Lilliana, Lillie, Lillium, Lilly, Lily, Lime, Linnea, Lusamine, Lychee

Magnolia, Mallow, Mandelstam, Maple, Margaret, Marguerite, Marigold, Marlowe, Meadow, Mei, Mentha, Miki, Mimosa, Mint, Minty, Momo, Momoka, Moobloom, Myrrh, Myrrha, Myrtle

Nadeshiko, Narcissus, Nasreen, Nemona, Nepeta,

Orange Blossom, Orchid

Padma, Padmé, Pema, Peasley Peony, Pepper, Periwinkle, Pervinca, Petunia, Pimpernel, Plumeria, Poppy, Posey, Posy, Potpourri, Primrose, Pumpkinhead

Quince

Ran, Rapunzel, Raspberry, Ren, Riko, Ringo, Roisin, Rosa, Rosalie, Rosalina, Rosalind, Rosaline, Rosamund, Rosalyne, Rose, Rosella, Roseluck, Rosemary, Rosemaster, Ronsencrantz, Rosethorn, Rosetta, Rosie, Rosita, Rozaliya, Rue

Sage, Saki, Sakuko, Sakura, Salvia, Samantha, Seagrass, Sensui, Sequoia, Smilax, Sour Grapes, Sprig, Spruce, Strelitzia, Sue, Sumire, Sumireko, Susan, Susannah, Susie, Suzanne, Sweet Grapes, Sylvester, Sylvia, Sylvie

Tamar, Tamara, Tansy, Thalia, Thistlefoot, Thorn, Toph, Tsubaki, Tsubomi, Tulip, Turnip, Twoflower

Utena

Vanilla, Vasily, Venus, Veronica, Viola, Violet, Violetta

Whitley, Willow, Wisteria,

Xion, Xochitl

Yasamin, Yasmin, Yasmina, Yotsuba, Yuri

Zara, Zahra, Zinnia, Zisu, Zhou Xu

[nameballs]

Nature-ish name ideas!!

🌼 Sprout

🍄 Pebble

☘️ Canopy

🌼 Maple

🍄 Bambi

☘️ Fern

🌼 Juniper

🍄 Everest

☘️ Flora

🌼 Sylvester

🍄 Grover

☘️ Wisteria

🌼 Cedar

🍄 Bubble

☘️ Fawn

🌼 Lotus

🍄 Willow

☘️ August

🌼 Dawn

🍄 Birch

☘️ Orchid

I tried to pick names that I don't see very often, and included feminine, masculine, and gender neutral names!!

#name ideas #name inspo #name suggestions #noun names #aesthetic names #character names #pet names #name list

[thepastisalreadywritten]

'I need an outlet': Grieving relatives talk to lost loved ones on phone in the forest

By Matt Mcknight

13 June 2023

OLYMPIA, Washington, June 12 (Reuters) - In the middle of a serene forest four miles from Washington state's capital, Olympia, sits a vintage rotary phone.

It is not connected to a telephone line and looks out of place.

But it has become a literal lifeline for people to speak words out loud to lost loved ones; words they never got the chance to say while they were still alive.

Corey Dembeck, 41, created and installed the original wind phone in the Pacific Northwest's Squaxin Park in late 2020, after learning about the death of their family friend's four-year-old daughter.

It was inspired by the original wind phone set up in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, ten years earlier.

"One morning, I woke up and went downstairs, and my wife looked shocked. She was like 'Joelle died,'" says Dembeck.

He has since moved away from Olympia but keeps in touch with the Sylvester family, whose young daughter Joelle Rose died suddenly after becoming sick with strep throat that triggered sepsis in her body.

"It messed me up, so I was like, right then and there, I'm going to build one of these things for them."

Dembeck, a U.S. Army veteran who worked as a photojournalist from 2000-2005, brought the phone, supplies and tools into the city-owned park and attached it to an old-growth cedar tree in a quiet area off a trail.

Dembeck, standing beside the phone almost three years later, says his reasoning behind sneaking it into the park was that it was better to ask for forgiveness than permission, especially because it was going to be something that was hard to explain.

After people learned of the phone and started visiting it in droves, the city decided to make it an official installation, removing it from the tree and working with Dembeck to create a signage board and plaque memorializing Joelle.

The plaque reads:

"This phone is for everyone who has ever lost a loved one. The phone is an outlet for those who have messages they wish to share with their friends and family. It is a phone for memories and saying the goodbyes you never got to say."

'I NEED AN OUTLET'

During a recent afternoon, Joelle's family paid a visit to the phone to celebrate her life.

Erin Sylvester, Joelle's mother, said they sometimes have pizza parties and invite friends to join them.

"I need the phone. I need an outlet. Because it's dedicated to my daughter, I feel like it's different than for someone else to come and use it," says Sylvester, 34, her eyes welling up with tears.

"Not being able to hear her voice on the other side of that phone can be very gut-wrenching. So, I usually come when none of my other coping mechanisms are working and I'm looking for a last-ditch effort."

Joelle's brothers, Jayden, 12, and Jonah, 8, and her sister, Joy, 5, take turns speaking into the handset, telling her how much they love and miss her, and place new photos on the post and keepsakes that she loved on top of the phone.

During their visit, a speckled brown and white barred owl lands on a branch of the cedar tree, just above the phone. The family is mesmerized.

Erin says owls were Joelle's "baby theme" when she was born. The same type of owl visited them recently in a similar way but at a different location.

"It's got to be a sign. There's no other way I can think about it ... that's not a fluke," says Joelle's father, Andre Sylvester, 37, wiping tears from his eyes.

Moments later, he picks up the phone to speak to his late daughter.

"I miss you. Thanks for showing up today. I miss you a lot."

Sylvester says, looking up at the branch where the owl perched moments before.

"I wish we could go take a walk around the block while I smoke my cigar and you tell everybody hi, and you pet every dog. I miss that."

Since the installation of Olympia's telephone, word of it has inspired other Americans to create ones across the country.

Dembeck has spoken by email and phone with many others who have installed a phone in honor of their loved ones.

He estimates there are now 50 across the United States.

Dembeck says everyone who tells him about using their phone also told him a tragic backstory.

"The fact that something simple like this immensely helped them, it's been really humbling," he says, adding he feels it's the greatest thing he has ever done.

#vintage rotary phone #Corey Dembeck #Pacific Northwest's Squaxin Park #Olympia #Washington #Erin Sylvester #Andre Sylvester #Joelle Rose Sylvester #Telephonr of the Wind #telephone #loved ones #grief #death #family

[forestspencilsblog]

A breakdown of the couples and children in this au (and whether they love each other or not lol)

Timeline will be AS (After Signing)

Ramona and Cobbler- Accalia and Conan, born 3 AS

Apple and Darling- Lily White (Born 8AS, Died 19AS), Honor (Born 10 AS), Prowess (Born 15 AS)

Hunter and Cerise (marriage of convenience)- Ruby Hood (Born 14 AS), Archer Huntsman (Born 17 AS), Forest Huntsman (Born 19 AS, Died 38 AS)

Cerise and Kitty- Sylvester Cheshire (Born 36 AS)

Dexter and Raven (unmarried)- Dante Charming (Born 10 AS)

Dexter and Ashlynn (marriage of convienience)- No children, both carrying on extramarital affairs.

Rosabella and Daring- No children.

Cedar- Oak, carved in 16 AS

#eah au #ever after high

[cookingcreatkr]

@iris-sylvester

@cedar-sylvester

Iris was originally created for a mafia romp, it disbanded so now she’s just her own character now with a few associations with them. Her dad is getting hit on though.

I'm hitting on him too<33

[cedar-sylvester]

don't worry your daughter technically isn't a cannibal because she doesn't eat other members of her species (to my knowledge)

...she kinda just goes into bezerk mode sometimes and I can't remember why

also good to meet you sir, I'm a friend of Iris!

-@mafia-voidmin

“Oh! Thank you for that knowledge. And any friend of Iris is a friend of mine…”

*Cedar smiled, and gave a slight bow*

“I’m glad someone has been there for Iris.. I really do hope she’s doing well. I worry she still resents me for letting everything go down.. but besides that, it is a pleasure to meet you…”

*Cedar was gesturing as in to ask for your name*

#cedar sylvester #loving father #they would so get along #mafia voidmin

[gl1tched-r4bb1t]

New OC!

Cedar Ivester!

Iris Sylvesters father :)

#Cedar Ivester #iris sylvester #crime boss #he chilling #he has a monocle and cane #forget to add them #oc artwork #oc art #oc #my ocs

[iris-sylvester]

(this probably takes place in a Sept encounter from the fainting one.. but maybe voidmin woke up in iris's arms and immediately said this)

IRIS

YOUR FATHER

P L E A S E

“What- my father?! I havnt talked to him in months- what’s wrong with him?!”

(GIRLIE IS WORRIED AND CONFUSED)

@cedar-sylvester

#iris sylvester #gang iris #cedar sylvester

[someonesawsomething]

Eldie Martin Sylvester

Someone Saw Something - Eldie Martin Sylvester Eldie was last seen on April 20, 1970 #Unforgotten #Unsolved #ShareThisPost #Ontario #ChristianIsland #CedarPoint #Canada #Indigenous #MMIMB #MMIWAwareness #veteran

Eldie Martin SylvesterMissing since: April 20, 1970Missing from: Christian Island, Ontario, CanadaFrom: Cedar Point, Ontario, CanadaYear of birth: 1929Age at disappearance: 41 yearsGender: MaleEthnicity: IndigenousEye Color: BrownHair: BrownHeight: 170cm / 5ft 7inWeight: 91 kgs / 201 lbsPhysical Build: MediumEldie was last seen wearing: A green hat, red reversible jacket, and black rubber…

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#Canada #Cold Case #Indigenous #Missing #Missing Person #Ontario #Share This Post #Unforgotten #Unsolved #veteran

[joedaytoday]

Thursday, July 27, 2023

Got packed up this morning.

Returned home to the Land of Lakes by this afternoon. It really is quite pretty from above.

You can see the Minneapolis skyline in the center of the above photo if you squint or enlarge the photo ;). Some of the Minneapolis chain of lakes are just below downtown - Cedar Lake to the left, Lake of the Isles in the center, and Bde Maka Ska (formerly Lake Calhoun) to the right.

Flying over Lake Harriet.

My alma mater, Washburn High.

You can barely see Lake Hiawatha in the distance to the left. Lake Nokomis is to the right.

Just about to MSP!

95 degrees with a dew point of about 67 when we landed. Sylvester was so happy to see us upon our return. We were equally happy to see him!