#Mount Battie

[jeff-foliage]

Beyond the Lighthouses: Discovering Fall Foliage Along Maine's Coastal Trails

[bonniefarmerart]

I knew perspective was going to be challenging when I suggested to Holly Smith that we go up Mount Battie to paint this week. So I sat a few feet away from Holly on the downside hoping it would discourage people from finding me. It didn't work. I took in all the energy the mountain and views had to offer and came up with this funky bird overlooking Camden Harbor. I practiced clouds, shadows, and animals from my imagination. That's Curtis Island. Ha! I need to come up with some catchy title?

[riot-ghost]

DPxYJ

Bartholomew Allen had lived a rough life. He has few memories of before the Blue Beetle Overreach, and has uprooted his own life, the little life of a soldier he'd carved out for himself, to save Earth and all of humanity. He knew how the past went, to a certain extent. He knew of the people he'd left behind. The good soldiers and family to him. He was grateful for the life he lived now, the mission he was on, but it was difficult. His hands shook and his body creaked and groaned. Vibrations seemed in tune with his very bones. His steps fell silent tonight, as he walked through the dimmed halls of mount Justice.

He jerked a bit, reacting to sounds he heard in the main room, where he'd been heading to the kitchens. Bart stops, slipping to stand against the wall, straining his ears to listen. It was talking, he could tell. "We'll introduce you in the morning when we debrief the team for their missions. Don't cause any problems before that." That was Batman. Talking to -what sounded like- a new recruit. Bart tried to wrack his brain for any heroes or sidekicks or someone that would join the Team.

"Got it, Batty!" Bart stills entirely, his heart dropping to his feet. He forgets to breathe, the voice so clear and familiar to him. He is thrown into the future, the young man they'd pulled from one of the Reach's camps. The young man was already considered one of the dead, Bart had started lifting him off of the cot to bring him to their dead. The boy's head would rock, his eyes slowly opening. Bart would only think about how he could finally see the color blue as something else than Blue Beetle.

Danny was the only person Bart had ever met his own age. They did everything together. Bart talked Danny through the apocalypse, as he had come from space before it had happened. He would hold the other boy as he would cry, grief not unknown to Bart Allen. Danny would become one of their greatest soldiers, as few as there were. Bart would hold him the longest when leaving. He would hold him tightly, trying to ingrain every bit of him to memory. Danny would hold him back just as close and tell him that they would see each other soon. He would think of him the most, now, in the past, laying awake at night.

Bart could practically see Danny now, the cheeky look on his face as he mock-salutes Batman. He fights against everything inside of himself to peek around the corner, his heart thundering inside of his chest. He's crying, he thinks, absently, as he stares at the shadow of Gotham's Knight. There's a slight glow around Batman, not coming quite from him, but from something in front. Someone in front of him. Hope is blooming inside his chest, and Batman shifts.

Not once has Bart ever felt something compared to seeing his love floating there, here, with him, in the past. The present. Whatever.

He cannot move. He doesn't move as Batman slinks to the Zeta tubes, only the draping form of his cape and cowl visible to Bart. He doesn't move as Danny's eyes- a shade of green incomparable to anything else Bart had ever seen.

"Bart?" Danny's voice is no longer cheeky. His face has softened, a hopeful but nervous smile wavering. Bart's chest seizes as he fumbles out from around the hallway corner. He is fumbling towards Danny, superspeed and elegance. Silence and years of militant training forgotten. He falls into Danny's arms, a feeling he thought he would never experience again. He holds him close, the cold the other boy radiates, enveloping Bart like a familiar blanket that feels so dear of home. Danny was home to Bart, safe and familiar.

Bart doesn't know how long they stay there. He does not care, he only cares that they are together. Danny lowered to the floor as some point, resting on his knees, Bart hugging him at the waist, laying in his lap. Danny simply holds Bart like this, running his hand through his hair.

[roguishcat]

WIP Sunday

Thank you for tagging me @anacdoce and @justabiteofspite! 💖

I am working on three fics atm and got a bit (a lot) stuck, so started writing this just for the sake of writing something and ended up quite enjoying it. So here's a bit from a Halsin x Reader (Durge) one-shot where my batty Durge is down bad for the druid.

Rating: Mature (no smut, just Durge/Reader wanting to climb Mount Halsin)

You looked at his arms. His gorgeous, beautiful arms. You bet if he flexed his muscles for you that leather thing that he wore round his biceps would snap. What was it exactly? You weren't sure, but you wouldn’t be against having it around your neck. Just a little tighter than was comfortable.

Prior to meeting Halsin, battling the urge meant fighting the voice in your head that dictated you to kill.

Kill, kill, kill.

Now, it was not throwing yourself at a certain druid as the voice commanded you to have your way with him.

Fuck, fuck, fuck.

But there was no way in hells you would proposition him again. Not after last time. It was embarrasing enough to put yourself out there and be rejected once. You wouldn’t be able to bear it twice!

And the worst part was that you had to see him every day. Now usually you would just kill the person and be done with it. But the thought of him bleeding out, his beautiful eyes going dull as he drew his last breath, almost made you cry.

You sighed and looked at him. Halsin was sitting near his tent, talking to Astarion in a low voice. This made you scowl. They looked so gorgeous together it was maddening. You weren’t really sure if there was something going on between them, but you wouldn’t be surprised if they eventually got together.

You pouted and threw a stick in the fire. Life sucked. If it wasn’t for all those enemies to murder, you would probably go mad by now. At least the hoardes provided a somewhat acceptable distraction. Although you wished that you would get over this ridiculous crush. Slaying wasn’t fun when you were constantly wondering what someone thought of you.

You wondered what was it about you that Halsin found unappealing. You supposed that your murder-happy ways would have made many run the other way, but Halsin had many a battle in his years, so he didn't seem to find that off-putting.

You were not ugly. At least you had plenty proposition you, though you took few lovers. In the past, you pretty much focused on being Bhaal's chosen, which made dating near impossible.

Could it be that he found you ugly? Or perhaps you just sucked at flirting. Your pathetic attempts at seducing Halsin, admitedly twirling strands of hair around your fingers as you giggled at something he said was not the best choice, earned you a chortle from Astarion and an eye-roll from Shadowheart.

If he found you ugly, you wouldn't be against him just putting a bag over your head. All you wanted was for him to fuck you senseless against a tree. The rougher the better. The fuck, not the tree. Getting splinters out of your ass for days did not make for pleasant memories.

Ah, you were lying to yourself again. Because you didn’t just want a glorious fuck. As insane as it sounded, you actually caught feelings. The thought made you shiver. You! Feelings! Out of all disgusting things to have happened to you, this was the worst.

No pressure tags: @clazberryk, @lanafofana,

@marlowethebard, @honeybee-bard,

@preciouslittlebhaalbae, @pinkberrytea,

@silent-words, @fangbangerghoul and anyone else who has something to share! 💖

[backside-into-the-heavenly]

Mount Battie, the famous star on the memorial tower.

[pareidoliaonthemove]

Just watched Thunderbirds Original Series episode ‘Security Hazard’, and apart from the fact that Chip appears to be a professional trained interrogator absolutely shredding International Rescue’s ‘operational security’ (although, you could argue that Chip was in fact a precursor – or successor, the timelines are all sorts of weird – to Joe 90: a child special intelligence agent tasked with assessing International Rescue’s potential as a threat to security of … hmm, security of what? There may be a story in that … I’m sorry, where was I?), for all that it is a clip show – which normally drive me absolutely batty – it is also a rather telling character piece which illustrates how the four earthbound Tracy boys (John gets one mention but isn’t seen) sees how they and their craft relate to their siblings and their role in International Rescue.

Scott and Virgil are sweet. Despite them both trying to prove that their Thunderbird is the most important to the operation of International Rescue, both of them use examples where in their argument is sabotaged. Virgil’s example is the Eddie Houseman rescue in ‘End of the Road’, and he is forced to admit, essentially, that Thunderbird Two completed the rescue, but couldn’t do it without the help of Thunderbird One. Scott’s example of the Fireflash rescue in ‘Trapped in the Sky’ is no better; he confesses that while he and Thunderbird One arrived first and did all the planning of the rescue, it was Virgil with Thunderbird Two and her auxiliary vehicles that actually completed the rescue. Scott just coordinated. Scott also admits that without John radioing “in from the space station”, they wouldn’t even have known about the dangerous situation.

Gordon’s not much better. His example (and he admittedly has few rescues to draw upon) of the Martian Probe/Arlington Bridge rescue compels him to admit that not only is Brains directing his actions, but Virgil and Thunderbird Two are also required to clear debris that Gordon and Thunderbird Four has loosened. And also, Thunderbird Four requires Thunderbird Two to get to and from Danger Zones, which is a small detail, but also kind of a big deal when your ride is unavailable. (See: ‘Terror in New York’.)

And Alan. Alan chooses the ‘Sun Probe’ rescue. We all remember the episode: a three-person crew (Scott, Alan, and Tin-Tin) go in Thunderbird Three to try and activate the Sun Probe’s rockets so they can return to earth, while Thunderbird Two with Virgil and Brains to Mount Arkan and to try the same thing. Thunderbird Three succeeds, but is affected by the proximity to the sun, Tin-Tin collapses due to heat stroke before shutting off the signal, which ‘interferes’ with the rockets firing. Scott and Alan also both collapse before they can shut off the signal, leaving Thunderbird Two to perform the same trick they were going to try on Sun Probe on Thunderbird Three to save the International Rescue craft and crew.

But that’s not the way Alan tells it. The way the clips are edited, he completely erases Virgil and Brains�� contribution; Tin-Tin is only there to flick the switch because it is in a separate room to the ‘cockpit’ (is that what it’s called in a spaceship?), and having done that promptly collapses due to heat stroke; and Scott there to complain about the heat, as Alan manfully takes control of Thunderbird Three and return the ship to Earth.

So, in conclusion, Scott, Virgil and Gordon are all part of a team (with Scott and Virgil being the inseparable double act); while Alan is the rescue ‘rock star’ with his adoring entourage applauding his every action.

[brooklynbutterflyarts]

Blade runner poster framed Molding:Professional 1" Flat Top Black (solid-wood) Matte: 100% acid free board, Print: Full Color dry mounted glossy print Glass is included, Comes Fully Assembled Ready For Your Wall The double mat adds depth giving the display a unique "looking through a window'' appearance. The calendar print is bonded to foam core on a hot vacuum press. This bonding gives the print a perfect flat and smooth texture. This process also insures the print will never fold or fade with age or moisture. This wonderful display makes a thoughtful and original gift containing a classic vintage touch yet modern design, allowing it to fit alongside both modern and classic decor. BUY WITH CONFIDENCE. ALL OF MY DELICATE ITEMS ARE SHIPPED WITH A SPECIAL 3 LAYER PROTECTION SYSTEM. Blade Runner is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples.[7][8] Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos, it is an adaptation of Philip K. Dick's 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The film is set in a dystopian future Los Angeles of 2019, in which synthetic humans known as replicants are bio-engineered by the powerful Tyrell Corporation to work on space colonies. When a fugitive group of advanced replicants led by Roy Batty (Hauer) escapes back to Earth, burnt-out cop Rick Deckard (Ford) reluctantly agrees to hunt them down. Blade Runner initially underperformed in North American theaters and polarized critics; some praised its thematic complexity and visuals, while others critiqued its slow pacing and lack of action. The film's soundtrack, composed by Vangelis, was nominated in 1982 for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe as best original score. Blade Runner later became a cult film, and has since come to be regarded as one of the greatest science fiction films. Hailed for its production design depicting a high-tech but decaying future, the film is often regarded as both a leading example of neo-noir cinema and a foundational work of the cyberpunk[9] genre. It has influenced many science fiction films, video games, anime, and television series. It also brought the work of Dick to Hollywood's attention and led to several film adaptations of his works. In 1993, it was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.

[asktadckrew]

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[lostloveletters]

you like nicole dollanganger?!? taste omg💅

I only like just started listening to her stuff within the past week or so because I read Flowers in the Attic at Minxie's recommendation (and finished it in 2 days...) So far, it seems like Nicole's songs are very hit or miss for me, but I like the album Married in Mount Airy a lot!

🦇 Battie

[purpleyin]

Fun Stuff!

Thank you @sunshinebunnie for the tag!

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What fandom currently holds your fixation?

Definitely Six of Crows and Shadow and Bone. Though I've been thinking about Fringe, Free Rein, and Stargate Atlantis more lately too

Write, read or draw?

Write, but I hadn't had energy to do more than plan things lately. I'd love to get back into reading fanfic again too, but I don't have focus for anything more than slightly long. I have read a bit more for books lately though. Would love to learn to draw better but again, where is the time/energy

Favorite color?

This varies and I have multiple anyhow. I've been feeling forest green more this year

Favorite snack foods?

How to pick...Reese's cups are high up there but I don't have often. Paprika crisps. Crunchy seaweed snacks but I can't eat that too often because I worry about getting too much iodine. Can raspberries count?

What show are you currently watching?

'The Law According to Lidia Poët' and 'Spinning Out'

Currently reading?

I'm slowly reading RWRB right now

If you could be a character for one day in a TV show you love - who would it be?

Someone with a nice life, have a bit of a luxurious break. But I can't think who really since I mostly know angsty characters and all the millionaires seem to be vigilantes with far too much trouble going on

And last but not least, what is the one place in the world you wish you could visit?

Japan. I'd love to go see the cherry blossoms, Mount Fuji, the architecture and cultural sights, eat lots of sushi, try more Japanese sweets (mmm doriyaki)

Tagging but no pressure to do: @sophiainspace @starstruckpurpledragon @takeunknownroadnow @mrdcoolblue @battys-home

[dollsonmain]

Getting started early...

So, this (crooked faceplate) drives me BATTY. I know how to fix it though am a little bit limited by how the electrical box is installed. It can only be adjusted so much.

This having the wrong screws and paint on the outlets also annoys me, but it’s less annoying than crooked. It is a little crooked.

I’m appalled that people that don’t even know how to center and level outlets and switches DIYed the basement. I don’t trust their wiring work.

I start unscrewing the faceplate, and the switches start to wiggle.

They should not wiggle.

No, yeah, the whole box is crooked. And crushed. I don’t know how Rolly pulled that off...

Why is there a huge hole in the..... You know what:  I should expect this by now.

Anyway, adjusting the cant of the faceplate SHOULD still be easy enough (can you see how the holes in the metal brackets are actually rather larger? That’s so you can make small adjustments to the position of the switches within the box), I just have to adjust their position on those visible screws, there but... I have to install some spacers because those switches are just floating. All that was holding them in place was the plastic face plate.

Rolly did that a LOT in the basement. Sometimes I discovered it when changing outlets, sometimes I discovered it when I went to plug something in and the entire outlet went back into the box a whole inch, destroying the cheap, plastic face plate.

That’s caused by poorly mounting the boxes, miscutting, and/or improperly installing the sheetrock/drywall.

Anyway, I have to cut the power to get in there well enough to add in spacers, which I already have tons of because of finding this exact issue all over the basement so I just ordered a whole bunch of them.

I’ve no preference between the two types, they’re both good and equally easy to use. These go behind the switches on the mounting screws, I say, because I don’t assume everyone knows what I do.

Hope I can find my small level. That’ll help getting them straight.

I have a feeling that hole will be exposed when the plate is on straight.

I don’t know if I can get the heated floor (don’t trust THAT, either) dial off the wall to patch the drywall there or not.

[artsy-hobbitses]

Did this years ago but thought you might enjoy it.

Also what recommendations do you have for someone used to paper but wanted to try digital?

Oh they look great in your style! I love that Rouge has full-on batty wings, I did cheat making mine a pair of separate limbs :’3

There’s going to be a period of getting used to how smooth a tablet pad or screen is compared to paper, but there are covers you can get for both which mimic the feel/roughness of paper when you draw on it.

Using a stylus is ideal, but I come from an era where using the mouse is more common and it CAN be done, it’s just more tedious as you have to manipulate the curve of each line separately.

Get used to the idea of layers. I didn’t even know they were a thing until about two years into using Photoshop and a friend of my asked in mounting horror if I had been working on fully-rendered art on a single layer before this (I had).

Honestly digital art has saved me so much time and materials though! Haven’t really drawn traditionally for years now, and I don’t really miss it either.

[lifewithaview]

Rutger Hauer and Harrison Ford in Blade Runner (1982)

Dir.Ridley Scott

The film is set in a dystopian future Los Angeles of 2019, in which synthetic humans known as replicants are bio-engineered by the powerful Tyrell Corporation to work on space colonies. When a fugitive group of advanced replicants led by Roy Batty (Hauer) escapes back to Earth, burnt-out cop Rick Deckard (Ford) reluctantly agrees to hunt them down.

*Director Sir Ridley Scott and director of photography Jordan Cronenweth achieved the famous "shining eyes" effect by using a technique invented by Fritz Lang known as the "Schüfftan Process": light is bounced into the actors' and actresses' eyes off of a piece of half mirrored glass mounted at a forty-five-degree angle to the camera.

[somediyprojects]

Lavender and Lace: Enchanted Alphabet conversion by Frank Jordan. Pattern designed by Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum.

Completed - a Halloween conversion of Enchanted Alphabet.

Cross Eyed Cricket - Sleepy Hollow

There were so many elements I love about this large panel piece, but I only had room for one element- the moon. This pattern is available to purchase from several retailers, but not as a digital download.

Owl Forest Embroidery -100 Owls

This is (amazingly) a free download of a sampler made of (you guessed it) 100 Owls. Really fantastic- it was hard to choose- but many of them would have been too big or too small - I like this one - I just needed to make the D wider to accommodate the footprint.

The Witchy Stitcher

I have been a massive fan of Meg Black, otherwise known as the Witchy Stitcher, for a number of years. She is a Canadian artist with an extensive catalog of spooky and funny patterns available to purchase and download, and hosts excellent stitch alongs. She is also active on Patreon, and one of the patterns I used (Pumpkin Krampus) is (I think) a Patreon exclusive. I knew I wanted to use my stash of WS patterns in this project, but little did I know I would end up purchasing several more to get the elements I wanted. Meg was also very supportive through her Facebook group. I can't recommend her enough to anyone who loves Halloween and Cross Stitch!

Leshy - Guardian of the Woods

This was one of the three WS patterns I knew I had to use in the sampler. I used the main figure, a modified and extended border (boy was that a pain to stitch - I decided I wanted some sparkle and used Etoile DMC for the black and white. It does look good but that was a very long border!), and the bird, converted to black and grey with red eyes.

Batty for You - Valloween

The second pattern I KNEW i wanted.

Baba Yaga

Another MUST HAVE. This is the pattern I had to modify the most from the original to get to fit. Those chicken legs are about half length, and sadly I had to lose the smoke coming from the chimney- despite several attempts to fit it in. I also used the cauldron and mounted skulls as a separate element.

Antisocial Bat

I knew I wanted to highlight the letters D (for my partner Danny), F (for me), and P (for our feline companion Pangur) Danny got the owl (above), I got the bat, and I designed my own version of Pangur.

Pumpkin Krampus

This was a Patreon exclusive. The Witchy Stitcher Patreon benefits are great - and this pattern was perfectly timed. I really wanted to include some version of a goat (my partner is a big fan of The VVitch). There are a couple of fantastic versions of goats on the Witchy Stitcher site, but I just couldn't get them to fit- just as I was giving up- this mini pattern dropped. It is not a goat, but it does give those vibes and I love it in the sampler.

Queen of Halloween

I wanted to do something special as a "signature" for this sampler. I knew I wanted this pattern but it would be much too large. I decided to take the plunge and stitch 1 over 1 - while I was cursing this decision halfway through stitching, I really like it. The text below is of my own design. I made great progress in 2021 and fully expected to finish that year, but life happens- didn't have the heart to go back and frog the stitching,so I guess I will have to live with the deception - I finished in 2023.

Creepy Crafter

Mini Samhain (Free Download) 

The Witchy Stitcher provides several fun, small, free downloads on her site. This is one of them.

When Witches Go Riding

All Treats No Tricks

The very last element I added. I think it provides a lovely pop of colour. I did modify the colours and only used the head of one of the trick or treaters. A charming pattern I may end up doing on its on.

A note on bats

There are 15 bats on the sampler, drawn from a number of WS patterns.

IN CLOSING

When I started this project, I had no idea it would take two years to complete. There are many nicer patterns out there than this mash up of a sampler (in fact any one of the ones I have used on their own would be more attractive) but I am proud of this project and look forward to seeing it every Halloween. Thank you to the Witchy Stitcher and the other designers - you make this hobby such a rewarding and fun experience.

And thank you especially to the late Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum. She deserves a place in the cross stitch hall of fame (if such a thing existed) - a true artist with a special vision for textile arts.

[orchidvioletindigo]

[ID: a colorful digital art piece featuring items, equipment, and junimos from the video game Stardew Valley. The objects are all framed in boxes that mimic the game's user interface. /End ID.]

I bought this as a print at Midwest Gaming Classic! Looks great over my desk!

[ID: the same digital art piece as a poster mounted on the wall above a white desk. Among the items on the desk are a hunter slime plushie from Slime Rancher, a batty slime plushie from Slime Rancher 2, and a laptop with a Neko Atsume Sunny sticker and a Warframe kavat sticker. /End ID.]

Stardew Valley inventory print! Too many cute items in this ding dang game... it was hard to decide what to include lol.

[reginasbread]

In his own words Joseph Donald describes how he and three others escaped from their chains at Walara Ranch and were then chased to Ayers Rock by the notorious camel mounted policeman McKinnon. Here one of Josephs companions was shot and killed by McKinnon. Joseph then flees to the west and hides out in the blood ranges near Docker River for twenty years. This is a chilling personal account of real events that occurred around 1935. While in Docker River in 1986 Joseph asked me (David Batty) to record this story. It has been shown to his descendants who want the world to know this story.