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Information courtesy of Johnson County (Tennessee) Historical Society:

A pump-lever car on the Laurel Railway (Mountain City, TN to Laureldale, VA--Laureldale was located about 1.5 miles south of Damascus, VA, about where today's intersection of highways US-58 and TN/VA-91 is), circa 1916. (The building in the background is the Laurel Railway's Laureldale depot.) People in the pic, left to right: John Lethcoe, Milton Hensley, Walt Comer, John Wolfe, Ben Broady. (The Laurel Railway's former roadbed is today's highway 91.)

I just thought this was so cool. I love learning about the old railroads in East Tennessee.

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aaaaand the main antagonist - Eide aka the Ghost 

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The holy trinity

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Sometimes I wonder where I got my absentminded personality from - and then there's my grandfather. He's an old fellow who has seen much in his life. Fled during the war and lived in the GDR until the German Reunion, and my grandparents live in that same house today still (at least 40 years by now).

My grandfather, my dad (his son-in-law) and I were standing in my grandpa's garage the other day.

Grandpa: * opens random drawer while talking * "Oh look, carbine rifle ammo!"

Dad: "What, how did you even get that?"

Grandpa: "To be honest, I don't remember. Maybe from my time in the army? Yeah, probably there. Anyways, do you need a drill? I still got this somewhere..." * opens closet and pulls out a gigantic drill *

Dad: "Umm, no, I got one at home already, but thank you."

Grandpa: "Don't worry, this one doesn't work anyways, I only still have it for show. You sure?"

And at that point we all just burst into laughter. Not the best story, I know, but I think I'll remember it a long time.

Never change, grandpa. I love you. <3

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goblins be like

“lmao i have dirt on me shoes”

“oh my god i need those fingerless gloves”

“every time i go to the beach i collect as many shells as i can carry and before i leave i bury them in a hole i made for ~safe keeping~”

“nO DONT KICK THE SHINY I WANT IT”

“abolish capitalism lmao”

“who wants to make a dirt cake?”

*sees slug on the ground* “oh FUCK IVE FOUND MY FIRST BORN CHILD”

“no u don’t understand, i need this leaf. it’s gonna go in my leaf journal”

someone: “go to bed” goblin: “time isn’t real. string cheese is. just let me eat”

“mmmmMMMM wötre”

“yes, linda, i do need twelve different small spoons. kindly fuck off”

“did u know that soda can tabs are worth a penny a piece? that’s why i have fucking thousands of them. what do u mean ‘so why haven’t u cashed them in yet?’ i’m keeping them forever”

“knives good, basically”

*goes into a depression* “hozier is my only solace”

“no i will not fix my dresser drawers, i like to see them all wonky like that”

“embrace the moss or it will embrace you”

“worm??? good??????”

“can u have a pet bee without having to worry abt being stung? i don’t like those suits that beekeepers wear”

“backpacks and pants with many and/or large pockets?? sign me the fuck up!!!!!!!”

“acorns and mushrooms are valid bc it looks like they have hats on”

referring to a cactus: “i love my spiky son”

“isn’t it cool how i intentionally misspell words to convey the gobliney emotion behind the text?? isn’t that groovy???”

“:>”

“i have achieved 2 (two) things in my life. both involve obtaining many, many bottle caps”

“cosmo sheldrake is the only person who Truly Gets Me”

“i have a pair of ceramic teeth that i keep in my room”

“ooh a pebble!”

“i always kinda wanted to break all my earrings n keep the stones in my hoard”

“companionship? never heard of her. gonna fuck off into the woods one day” someone: shows them even the slightest affection goblin: “companionship good. gonna fuck off into the woods with the One I Love”

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The trees and the moss and the earth have been calling my name again, and if things don't start changing soon I might just answer them.

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🍄Mushroom Earrings!🍄

I've made a new pair of earrings! This couple has a golden chanterelle mushroom and a black chanterelle, or as we call it in Spain, trumpet of the dead 👀

As I said in my other post, these are made with kids air dry clay (that light and bouncy one), watercolors, and nail polish. I'll probably make new ones in the future

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drift to sleep,,,🍂🌲

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You know what’s more fun than worldbuilding that makes some fantasy races EEEEVIIIIIIILLLLL!!!!? Worldbuilding that gives the different races cultural differences that help explain why there’s a lot of conflict between them:

Goblin culture doesn’t have a concept of “Property”. A stick on the ground and a tool in a locked shed are equally up for grabs if a thing needs doing. They casually take and leave things all over their communities, eat from communal pots, and genuinely Do Not Understand why the Core Races are so Angry and prone to Violence all the time.

Consequently Goblins who live near Core communities develop a reputation as “Thieves” despite not even having a *word* for that. (The closest word they have is more like “Greedy” and it means a person that hides things so nobody else can use them, and it’s a surefire fight-starter to call a Goblin that)

Common Orc Spiritual beliefs hold that a Soul can only grow stronger by overcoming Challenges in life, and see intruding on another person’s Challenge unasked for as not just Rude, but Deeply Harmful. You’re Stealing their chance to Grow. Asking for help is deeply personal and doing so can be both a way to grow closer with them or a too-personal intrusion, depending on your existing relationship with them. An exception is Children, as far as most Orcs are concerned, all Children are fundamentally the responsibility of the Whole Community, regardless of whose child they are, or even if said child is an Orc at *all*.

This means that Orcs who live near Core neighbors often seem Rude and Standoffish if not outright hostile, because they neither ask for nor offer aid even in times of trouble, and respond to unasked for aid themselves with Anger. There are even rumors that they Steal Children, because if an Orc finds a child lost in the woods they’re pretty much immediately going to start feeding it, and if they can’t find where to bring it back to, or it doesn’t seem to be well cared for, they’re just gonna keep it. 

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Them : but, what about the curse, don’t you care ?

Goblims : what you don’t understand in FrEe SoÜp bro