#April showers ink

[eclecticcrafting]

So I’m working on redesigning the cover art for A Stranger’s Offer so I played around with my new inks from Ferris Wheel Press - this was a pretty quick piece so I may do a different version later.

Over all really happy with how this came out!

[env0writes]

Impure Pilgrimage, 5.4.24 “Cracks in the Snowglobe Clock"

@env0writes C.Buck   Ko-Fi & Venmo: @Zenv0 Support Your Local Artists!   Photo by my friend Mika

And the years, oh, they go faster Every minute, every day How I watch myself grow older In each and every way

With every blade of grass That grows longer than my hairs Waiting on sentences to be read Stacked higher than closed books pairs

Downhill sprint tumble Snowballed, in effect As ice crystalled memory Recalls as a mirror might recollect

Dizzier as my dossier grows full Time after time, I’ve still grown a fool

[pocketwish]

using shimmer fountain pen ink in my journal for the month of april and truly feeling like a sorcerer with a temperamental + willful wand

[euesworld]

"You are beautiful like flowers, beautiful like April showers.. a force of nature with untold power. You are beauty, you are grace.. and looking upon your face leaves the most wonderful taste in my mouth."

She's a goddess - eUë

[brownsugar4hersoul]

“April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.” | T.S. Eliot |, The Waste Land

[writesailingdreams]

Thinking about how I wish there was more mainstream talk about older animation (1920s to the 1950s) as works of art

[once-upon-an-idiom]

Procrastinating again

[rcahnadoosm-23]

Rainy Days 🌧

April showers bring May flowers 🌸 🌻

[viva-la-topknot]

For a while I was making coloring pages featuring various furry characters. Here we’ve got a selection of everyday scenes from Knights of Nodd.

Garish helps Taxi put on feminine makeup, possibly for the first time.

Kitti and Rose practice some advanced gymnastics.

Gilad shows Rose some of her harvest.

Gilda, Brag, Gin, and an unhatched Shaman-Ai egg enjoy some time in the garden.

Glitter and Gold worry that Garish is getting carried away with her ideas about a big, weird cave she found.

Brag and April Showers flock together somewhere in the Cheshire Woods.

I’d still love to see folks color these, so if you try your hand at it please make sure to tag me so I can see!

💫  Knights of Nodd  🎨 General art tag.    

[niteshade925]

April 12, Xi'an, China, Qinglong Temple/青龙寺 (Part 3 - History):

A model of Qinglong Temple in Tang dynasty (618 - 907 AD):

There must have been something like thirty engravings of famous poems about the temple lining the walls of the corridors. Below are three examples of these engravings, from these poems one can get a feel for how Qinglong Temple used to look like. A note on the translations: they are rather unpolished as I just wanted to get the meaning across.

《題青��寺詩》 [唐] 朱慶餘 寺好因崗勢，登臨值夕陽。 青山當佛閣，紅葉滿僧廊。 竹色連平地，蟲聲在上方。 最憐東面靜，為近楚城墻。

Translation (by me):

"In Commemoration of Qinglong Temple" By Zhu Qingyu (Tang dynasty) The beauty of this temple comes from the mountains, By the time I summited it was already dusk. Verdant peaks behind temple buildings, Scarlet leaves filling the corridors. Bamboo groves connecting flat areas, Chirping of insects above it all. Only the east side remains still, Since it's close to the city walls.

《清明日青龍寺上方賦得多字》 [唐] 皇甫冉 上方偏可適，季月況堪過。 遠近水聲至，東西山色多。 夕陽留徑草，新葉變庭柯。 已度清明節，春秋如客何。

Translation (by me):

"Qingming Festival Above Qinglong Temple" By Huangfu Ran (Tang dynasty) It's comfortable up in the mountains, Watching the season pass by. Sounds of flowing water from near and far, Views of mountains from east and west. Setting sun upon the grassy path, Growing leaves cover the courtyard trees. Qingming Festival has come and gone, Just like the seasons and the temple visitors.

《青龍寺早夏》 [唐] 白居易 塵埃經小雨，地高倚長坡。 日西寺門外，景氣含清和。 閑有老僧立，靜無凡客過。 殘莺意思盡，新葉陰涼多。 春去來幾日，夏雲忽嵯峨。 朝朝感時節，年鬓闇蹉跎。 胡爲戀朝市，不去歸煙蘿。 青山寸步地，自問心如何。

Translation (by me):

"Early Summer at Qinglong Temple" By Bai Juyi (Tang dynasty) Light shower settled the dust, Temple grounds blending with the hills. Setting sun outside temple gates, The scene filled with an air of serenity. An old monk stands in idleness, There are no worldly passersby in the stillness. Remaining birds having sung their melodies, New leaves providing ample amounts of shade. End of spring was just days ago, Summer clouds are already towering above. Every day we feel the passing of seasons, Our hair graying in the meantime. Why obsess over bustling cities, When we can return to the lush countryside? These verdant mountains are but a corner of the world, Here I stand and reflect upon the state of my heart.

Huiguo and Kukai

In the first part I mentioned that Qinglong Temple was where Kukai/空海 studied Vajrayana Buddhism (the Chinese Esoteric tradition was also called "Tangmi"/唐密, since it was very popular in Tang dynasty) under Huiguo/惠果. Huiguo was a student of the famous Vajrayana Buddhist master and translator Amoghavajra (Chinese name Bukong/不空). Huiguo eventually became a master himself in the Chinese Esoteric tradition, and was an Acharya (Sanskrit term meaning teacher; translated phonetically as asheli/阿阇黎 in Chinese) who had many students from different places, including from surrounding countries. Kukai was one of his last notable students before he passed away. Kukai returned to Japan in 806 AD and founded the Shingon school of Buddhism/真言宗 (also sometimes called Eastern Esotericism/東密).

Kukai was also a calligrapher and a poet, below are two examples of his works (first is an ink rubbing of his calligraphy work titled "Buddha", second is his calligraphy work named Huushincho/風信帖; both were written in Chinese):

Closeup of Huushincho (from Wikipedia). The original is at Touji Temple in Kyoto, Japan.

Shōryō shu/Xinglingji/性靈集, a collection of kanshi by Kukai. Kanshi/漢詩 is a Japanese word for Chinese poetry. These books here are a gift from Japan.

Bunkyō hifu ron/Wenjingmifulun/文鏡秘府論 by Kukai which discusses Chinese poetry. These books are a gift from Japan.

There are also other gifts from Japan. Left is the top of a khakkhara staff (In Chinese and Japanese: xizhang/锡杖/錫杖, shakujō/錫杖). Right is a Vajra (in Chinese and Japanese: jingangchu/金刚杵/金剛杵, kongosho/金剛杵), this is a Vajrayana ritual object. This particular Vajra is commemorative and bears the names of Huiguo and Kukai:

And that's all for Qinglong Temple. Next up is another famous temple in Xi'an, Daci'en Temple/大慈恩寺.

[jolalibrary]

APRIL SHOWERS MASTERLIST

here is the masterlist for the april showers challenge. currently this is still open, so please feel free to enter until the 30th APRIL!

the fishing trip by @bluestar22x [frankie m x reader]

starstruck heights drabble: carpinteria by @yxtkiwiyxt [joel x reader]

monsoon by @sawymredfox [din x reader]

caught in the rain by @burntheedges [marcus p x reader]

marcus rainy moodboard by @secretelephanttattoo

just breathe by @mermaidgirl30 [joel x reader]

heavy rain by @lunitawrites [joel x reader]

coup de foudre by @ladamedusoif [lucien x reader]

weathered in by @rhoorl [frankie x reader]

don’t let yourself go by @survivingandenduring [joel]

the stranger by @punkshort [dave x reader]

fools in the rain (nebble files story) by @inept-the-magnificent [tim x jane nebbles]

911 by @milla-frenchy [joel x reader]

intermezzo by @maggiemayhemnj [joel/jersey + ellie]

midnight rainstorms by @thundermartini

when it rains by @bitchesuntitled

happenstance by @sawymredfox [joel x reader]

when the rain washes you clean, you’ll know by @thelightsandtheroses [javi p x reader]

with you I fall down by @joelsgreenflannel [javi p x reader]

like real people do by @mrsmando [joel m x reader]

right person wrong time by @mountainsandmayhem [joel x reader]

silver by @morallyinept [ezra x reader]

island rain by @javipispunk [frankie x reader]

july by @psychedelic-ink [joel x reader x tess]

sugar drop by @604to647 [pero x reader]

rain confessions by @toomanystoriessolittletime [joel x reader]

what he wants to be… by @theweedisasterxoxo [joel x reader]

angel in disguise by @nerdieforpedro [javi p x reader]

thunderstruck by @thetriumphantpanda [marcus p x reader]

come with me and escape by @jomiddlemarch [joel x ofc!grace]

into you by @toomanystoriessolittletime [dieter x reader]

a rainy escape by @malimomo [javi p x reader]

good girl by @aurorawritestoescape [joel x reader]

when it rains by @couldsewyouastitchandsavenine [javi p x reader]

drowning in you by @flightlessangelwings [frankie x reader]

rainy day brew by @loonmartell [joel x reader]

the rhythm of the rain by @viceofdionysus [jack x reader]

raining in baltimore by @schnarfer [marcus p x reader]

[jwirecs]

RECOMMENDED NCT FICS OF JULY 2023💖

hello, hello! here are my nct recs of july! hopefully these beautiful stories get more recognition as well as the writers 💝

** anything in parentheses and bolded are my thoughts that can be disregarded if needed **

🔞smut || 💔angst || 💕fluff || ✅completed || 🔄ongoing || 💯favorite

Baseball (& Other Disasters) || @tqmies💕✅

↳ Everyone admired Mark Lee, starting pitcher of your school’s baseball team and famed ladies man. You, on the other hand, only know him as the boy who broke your dorm lobbies microwave the first time you met. Too bad that was all it took to grow an embarrassingly huge crush on him. So when he comes to you, in need of a new baseball manager, how could you say no to that face? (Spoiler: You couldn’t) 

Let You || @waerie💕✅💯💯

↳ jisung would never let anyone ruin his game, so he says to his friends. but the claim deteriorates when you come. (stop this is the cutest jisung fic that i have read in this month. fcking enjoyed this fic so much with all of the cuteness)

Reminiscing || @ihaechans​​​​💕✅

↳ Time flies. Especially with best friend and nerdy ride or die Mark Lee. Reminiscing on the rooftop leads to foreign emotions and forgotten memories to rise to the surface, and the obvious tension between you two can no longer be avoided.

April Showers || @lelengerine💕✅

↳ you never liked staying out while it rained, but perhaps you’d be okay with being all soaked if it meant being with him.

Caramel || @nctmiami💕✅

↳ jaehyun can’t wait to get home to you after a boys trip

Exhaustion || @xrenjunniesx💕✅

↳ moving houses is tiring, but it’s easier when you’re with your loved one.

Flustered By You || @lelengerine💕✅

↳ your boyfriend surely knows how to make you flustered, even when he’s the one who should be.

Fucking Up The Sheets || @ah-ga-seven​​​​🔞✅

↳ (no summary, but its just jaehyun casually fcking up the sheets.)

Rule Number 1: Don't Fall In Love || @jaylaxies🔞💕💔✅

↳ your ex getting a girlfriend after just two weeks of breakup was enough to infuriate you to the point where you had to step up and make him regret breaking your heart. solution? fake date his best friend and make him jealous!

How About Now? || @nctsplug02🔞✅

↳ Anon Req: Recently I been thinking about romantic sensual sex with Johnny but it lasts like the whole night. Different positions, cuddles, cream pies UGHHHHHHHH I WANT THIS MANNB 😭😭😩😩😩

Lowkey || @onyourhyuck🔞✅

↳ You and Jaemin are best friends but behind the close doors you have a lowkey relationship that no one knows about.

Wicked Games || @cherryeoniis​​​​💕✅

↳ And even as your heart breaks, you can’t deny that having him against you feels like your own small piece of heaven.

After You || @ryozaki21🔞💕💔✅💯💯

↳ Na Jaemin had it easy. Loved by everybody, the man of everyone's dream. He's a perfect mix of a charmer and a player. Girls begged to be his, and he loved every part of it. Life used to be so fucking perfect for him. Then comes you. You're like an old book, ink fading, cover tearing, but he swears you're worth the read. Before you, life was easy. After you? He wasn't so sure.

Blue To Orange || @seren1tyhaze🔞✅

↳ your break up leaves you with a plane ticket to Greece on a couples trip with your best friend and her partner. she convinces you to still come on the trip and you meet two strangers who leave you with memories of long nights under a stunning starry sky.

Dog Sitting Gone Wrong || @onyourhyuck🔞✅

↳ You were hired by a rich man to babysit his daughter, when you arrive you realise his daughter is a dog and you’re now dog sitting while he is out running errands.

Hotel Paradise || @jaesheart🔞✅💯

↳ you visit an exclusive brothel for the second time to satisfy your needs.

My Little Doll || @haechansdoll🔞✅💯

↳ Humans have hormones, you understand that much. But does that explain why you can't stop the filthy daydreams that fill your head whenever you see a specific redhead? Does it excuse you for getting turned on by him simply breathing in your direction? And to make matters worse, he is off-limits, if your father found out you were messing with his prized boxer? You would be chained to a tower and your red-haired crush would be used as mincemeat.

Sunday Sinner || @smileysuh🔞✅💯

↳ “Everything is wrong,” Mark sighs. “Doing this with you two is wrong. Wanting you this badly is wrong. Getting hard in Church is wrong. What I want to do to you is wrong. But… as crazy as it sounds, it also feels right.”

The V Week Spy || @smileysuh🔞✅💯

↳ Every year, seven days before Valentines day, sororities and frats are paired together, and eligible himbos, hoes, bimbos and fuckboys alike volunteer to be raffled for a chance to become the year’s V Week Spy. V Week is open season, with outings and parties tailored to be the perfect excuse for sexscapades, with the knowledge than 1 boy and 1 girl are undercover, grading sexual performances. Once the week is over, at the annual Valentines Day Party, the evaluations are presented- It’s a bad time to be unsure about someone’s feelings towards you, and an even worse time to fall in love. (get out, this literally screams the mafia game but sexedition. i love it)

Wanna Ride? || @onyourhyuck🔞✅💯💯💯

↳ (if you enjoy reading biker!au's, yall should really read this series. cause sht was wonderful af and spicy)

Strawberry Sunday || @doiesfav💕✅💯

↳ You realized that your daughter would feel awkward with his own dad sometimes so you decided to do a picnic to help them improve their relationship.

Dirty, Little, Traitor || @onyourhyuck🔞✅

↳ Wherein you asked your roommate Mark to help you out with rearranging your room but ends up rearranging you instead.

Ice Cream Thief || @tddyhyck🔞✅

↳ someone has been eating haechan's favorite ice cream so he decides to put a hidden camera in the kitchen and living room thinking it's a shared space it shouldn't invade anyone's privacy... right?

Safety Zone || @cherryeoniis​​​​💕💔✅💯

↳ Mark Lee. The most perfect roommate and best friend that you could have asked for - except for the fact that he constantly messes up your laundry and can’t cook eggs very well. Even then, that doesn’t quite stop you from falling for him in your final year.

Finding Cinderella || @justalildumpling💕💔✅💯

↳ it wasn’t often jeno showed emotions of love and affection, let alone kissing a stranger at a party that he doesn’t even remember?! determined to find his nameless cinderella, he began searching the campus far and wide but as hidden secrets started surfacing, he started to wonder whether the midnight spark was meant to be pursued after all.

*i think half of my reblogs for july for nct were all texts, and i am fine with that. so for this, imma rec the ones that had me choking on my spit from cackling.*

Getting Picked Up Texts || @ohmygs-blog💕✅

↳ Anon Req: "hi, can I request where the dreamies are picking u up from school/work? cause everyone at work was picked up by their partners and I’m here waiting for a taxi cab lol y isn’t haechan picking me up smh 🤦‍♀️ thank you so much! I really love your works, and I really look forward to your new posts, they make me happy! ^^" ("you can ride on my handlebars" i cackled a bit too hard that i choked on my spit.)

Pulling Another Member's Photocard || @onyour--ash💕✅

↳ (the title says it all. haechans is fcking too real. my guy i like looking at mark too. but also jaemin having a jeno collection, im ngl he probably does have a folder on his phone dedicated to jeno.)

Fuck The Police || @loudstan🔞✅💯

↳ Your ability to read people's minds is very useful for the police during interrogations. And that's how you meet Yuta, a werewolf accused of stealing a car.

Do check out all of the other NCT Fics that i have reblogged as well!!

** if there is any fics that you guys would like to recommend, please do! i am slowly running out of fics to read **

[env0writes]

Impure Pilgrimage, 5.1.24 “Heroes Journey"

@env0writes C.Buck   Ko-Fi & Venmo: @Zenv0 Support Your Local Artists!   Photo by my friend Mika

I'm growing older than my heroes ever got to be Where is the logic? Where is the Bic? Burnt pages out of reach is a sight to see

Smoke stained lips, fingertips, eyes cry Better batter in my buttermilk pancakes Pitter patter, rain takes no breaks Do they know by journeys end, they die?

May, this midway month Land me for less than O’Hare Safer by the breadth of a hair Be more than a footnote for this doudecim-stunt

I'm past the rising action So hope to be, or not What middling Midwest question, unanswered since a tot Renew the race again, each firing of the gun

I'm older than my heroes now Learned much from their misfortune Evaded graven errors, and shared in my on portion Deciding my destiny on what and on how

A frosted fork in the road, less traveled than mine Neither with ease or with leisure To who shall it benefit, our rest and our pleasure For there are many more miles left to go and together; we'll whine

[chbnews]

Well, April Fool's Day is coming up soon, and the Stoll brothers have bought another 5 gallons of glue, and I don't think they'll be drinking it this time. They also bought 6 buckets of paint, 3 bottles of vinegar (oh no), and a bunch of ink bottles. Just, be careful so you won't have to take a shower for five hours.

-Zephyr, daughter of Apollo

Alright thank you, message sent to the blog - 🍊📙Anon daughter of Athena 📙🍊

[euesworld]

"Love flows from the heavens, it falls like rain.. just as love flows from your name like spring showers. Oh these hours that pass me by are just like sunshine, they were there once but once gone, gone.. and I am left with a love for God."

Just like rain she washes things away - eUë

[brownsugar4hersoul]

April' is like the sound of raindrops on the windowpane | Adrian Bell |, A Countryman's Spring Notebook