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Why I Write by George Orwell (by James A. Reeves)

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You guys make my life look like shit

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Autumn Love Affair

(sources, top to bottom: Zara Tcherneva, katebartnik, blmiers2)

Today I posted about writing and the seasons, and couldn’t resist posting these pictures here, too. Love that little crab apple.

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“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.” ― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

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The Vladimir Tiara, Russia,c.1890.

Made for Grand Duchess Vladimir, aunt of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II, the tiara was smuggled out of Russia during the Revolution by a British diplomat. In 1921 it was sold by the Grand Duchess’s daughter, Princess Nicholas of Greece, to Queen Mary, who adapted the tiara to take fifteen of the celebrated Cambridge emeralds as an alternative to the original pearls. The tiara was inherited by Queen Elizabeth II from her grandmother Queen Mary in 1953. (via Scala Regia)

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history casting ~ bambi northwood-blyth as mary i

Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558) was the Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death. Her opponents gave her the sobriquet “Bloody Mary”. She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. Her younger half-brother, Edward VI, succeeded Henry in 1547. When Edward became mortally ill in 1553, he attempted to remove Mary from the line of succession because of religious differences. On his death, their cousin Lady Jane Grey was at first proclaimed queen. Mary assembled a force in East Anglia and successfully deposed Jane, who was ultimately beheaded. In 1554, Mary married Philip of Spain, becoming queen consort of Habsburg Spain on his accession in 1556. As the fourth crowned monarch of the Tudor dynasty, Mary is remembered for her restoration of Roman Catholicism after the short-lived Protestant reign of her half-brother. During her five-year reign, she had over 280 religious dissenters burned at the stake in the Marian Persecutions. Her re-establishment of Roman Catholicism was reversed after her death in 1558 by her younger half-sister and successor, Elizabeth I. (x)

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Love this book #theperksofbeingawallflower (Taken with Instagram)

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TRICK OR TREAT BADA BING

EEEEEEYYY WHATSA GUY GOTTA DO TO GET A CANDY SITUATION UP IN HERE

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In which Blaine is done having to do what Kurt wants because he’s a firebender, and Kurt thinks he won’t stand a chance.

Glee; Avatar: The Last Airbender