#Ruth Salisbury

[krisrix]

COC 17 ⁙ Surprise

“My sister had a child…” Jamie Salisbury says, standing beside his mother. “She told us that she had a child.”

“I can’t be—”

– Any Way The Wind Blows

[letraspal]

“I do know Lady Salisbury. She’s probably my grandmother age, but she hangs out with my mother’s set. She tells bawdy jokes and always encourages everyone to eat more cake.”

Lady Ruth Salisbury | Women of the Simon Snow trilogy

[crankybeetle]

@carryon-countdown day 9: pride

Making a rainbow cake with the most supportive gran

[talentpiper11]

Carry On Countdown Day 17: Surprise!

Today’s art is a slight spoiler for the wonderful @monbons’s incredible fic, The Boy Next Door . If you haven’t read it yet, I IMPLORE you to give it a go. It runs the whole gamut of emotions a fic can elicit, from heartbreak to wholesome, dramatic to domestic, sweet and sharp and saucy in turn.

You should absolutely read it.

Have you read it? Yes? Good, then peek below the cut for the surprise…

THE SURPRISE PARTY!

See here the final moments of the fic captured as faithfully as I can manage— I’ve never done an ensemble shot before, but it was well worth it to pay homage to this truly incredible fic and it’s truly spectacular author.

Happy Birthday, @monbons! Thank you for being such an incredibly supportive friend, for helping me get to know more people in the Carry On community, and for letting me part of your creative process and being part of mine. I feel lucky and honored to count you as my friend. I hope you enjoy your surprise!

(PS: if you take a closer look, I’ve tried to include your favorite birthday confections!)

Thanks, as always, to @larkral for the support and advice, and to @carryon-countdown for managing this whole event.

[aristocratic-otter]

Lemon Blueberry Shortbread

A Lady Ruth Charity Zine fic, featuring art from @letraspal

Summary:

Two afternoons of learning to cook a family recipe, thirty years apart.

Part 1: Cooking with Lucy

Ruth

“No, darling, don’t cut the blueberries!”

Lucy drops the slim knife and pulls her hands back in startlement. At eight years old, I’ve only just started letting her cut things, and then only soft fruits with my dullest knife.

“Why not, mummy?” she asks. “We cut the blueberries last week!”

I sigh and smile. This is part of it. This passing on of hard won knowledge. That the methods that suit one occasion aren’t meant to be applied to another. This is the reason that I was so thrilled when Lucy decided she wanted to learn to cook. Thrilled and relieved.

It’s been far more difficult, being a mother, than I ever envisioned when Andrew and I set out on this journey together. I’d thought that my girl would be much like I was; fond of home comforts and domestic pursuits. I thought I’d wile away many a happy hours sewing or cleaning or crafting with my daughter.

Well, best laid plans and all that.

Read on AO3

[otherpeoplesheartachept-2]

DAY 1: Something Old

Simon and Baz are prepping for their wedding, Lady Ruth is eager to help, despite Simon's insecurities with his place in the Salisbury family.

Rating: G

Length: 940 words

Warnings: none

Read on Ao3 or below :)

“Okay okay, tell me what you have so far again,” Lady Ruth insists, bringing out another tray of egg salad sandwiches, and setting them on the tea table. 

Simon smiles wide. I think he’s equally excited for the wedding and the sandwiches. 

“Baz has a necklace his great-grandmother passed down, for something old. We figured our suits will count for something new. We don’t have something borrowed-”

“And Simon’s eyes are perfectly blue,” I add, so I can watch that lovely blush spread across his freckled cheeks.

“We’ll have blue flowers,” Simon tells his grandmother.

 We will have hyacinth in the bouquets, but I’m still considering Simon’s eyes as our blue thing. 

“Something borrowed then…” Lady Ruth ponders while sipping her tea. “I’m sure I can think of something for you.”

Simon’s leg starts bouncing while he finishes off a sandwich, and starts on another.

“I mean, I’m sure Penny or Shepard will come up with something. You’ve already done so much, helping with the catering, I don’t want to put too much on you.”

Simon’s been very nervous through the whole wedding process. It took him days to build up the courage to ask Penny to be his best woman. We’re working on it. Simon confessed to me that despite his confidence in us, and his friends, in the back of his mind he's worried he'll show up on the wedding day and no one will be there. 

“Sweety, how could I not help! You’re my only grandchild. And it's such a lovely tradition, lots of good magic can come from it. Oh!” Lady Ruth exclaims, her face lighting up- “ I have just the thing,” she declares. Lady Ruth stands from her chair, and gives us a wait here gesture before heading down the hall of her house. Her footsteps get quieter as she makes her way up stairs. 

Simon’s leg keeps bouncing, and he slumps back in his chair. 

I place a hand on his knee, hoping to calm him. 

“Should I just tell her Shepard called and he has some cuff-links for me to borrow or something?” Simon asks, looking at me with a tense expression. 

“Why would you do that?” I ask, though I have a pretty good idea what he’s thinking. 

“I-because-I can’t- she's gonna come down here with some priceless family heirloom and I can’t handle that.” 

“Simon, she said she wants to help.” 

“Yeah, but I can’t take family heirlooms, or sentimental things! She shouldn’t just trust strangers like that.” 

“Love-” I move closer to him, holding Simon as much as I can- “You’re family. They're your heirlooms.”

It's a conversation we’ve had many times over the years. Simon is close with his grandmother and uncle now, but he still has a hard time thinking of himself as part of their family. He has a hard time accepting that they’d want him as family.

“I know, it’s-it’s just hard to adjust to accept. Like, why me, right?” 

“It’s because she loves you, Simon,” I remind him. 

Simon relaxes slightly. He lets out a sigh. “God, who knew being loved was so hard,” he jokes.

I smile, and raise an eyebrow. “Yes, who could have known growing up without proper care and affection would leave lasting effects on the psyche.” 

Simon nudges me with his elbow. “I still don’t know if I can accept whatever she brings down here.” 

“That’s assuming you have a say in the matter, only grandchild,” I tease. 

Simon huffs and rolls his eyes. Then he plants a warm kiss on my cheek and it’s my turn to be bashful. This all still feels like a dream sometimes. I must have been a saint twice over in my past life to deserve Simon Snow. 

We sit in silence, waiting for Lady Ruth’s return. When we hear the creak of the stairs, Simon sits up straight again, and tenses his hands.  

I set down my cup of tea. 

Lady Ruth enters the sitting room with a handkerchief in hand. It looks like it used to be white, but with time and handling, it’s become a loved yellow. 

Ruth comes to Simon’s other side, and unfolds the cloth. 

“It was your grandfather’s,” she tells us. “He wore it in his breast pocket when we married.” 

We all look at the handkerchief. His initials are embroidered in one corner with silky black thread. The edges are decorated with delicate lace. 

“His older sister added the lace. She was a talented lacemaker, and could weave spells into her work.” 

“It's stunning,” I remark, taking in the details of the lace. Weaving spells into cloth is an old, almost lost, tradition. 

“It’s beautiful,” Simon says quietly, gaze captured by the handkerchief. “But I can't take it. I could ruin it.”

“I want you to have it.” Lady Ruth insists. She presses the delicate cloth into Simon's hand. 

He pushes it back towards her. 

“Ruth-Grandma, I… I can’t take this from you.” 

“You’re borrowing it, dear, not taking.” Lady Ruth smiles. “So bring it right back after the honeymoon.” She pats Simon’s hand with the handkerchief in it, pushing it back towards his chest. 

Simon looks like he might cry, but he’s smiling so wide. 

“I-” he wipes at the corner of his eye “What if I lose it?” 

“Then I’ll be happy knowing the handkerchief got a day with you at your wedding instead of being stuck in my closet.” 

Simon just stares at the cloth in his hands. 

“Andrew would have wanted this.” Lady Ruth adds. 

Simon looks up at her, tears welling up. He stands and wraps his grandmother in a tight hug

[dohrnaira]

Carry on Countdown - Day 17 - Fluff

Introducing Lady Ruth Moominsbury to the AU. Of course she's always making fluffy pancakes for picnics.

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3

[facewithoutheart]

ask game: 3 + mitali bunce, ruth salisbury, daphne grimm

Oh, what an amazing ask. Bless you.

fight aliens with: Daphne Grimm. I bet she’s a secret politician. Winning over Baz’s affection despite the legacy of Natasha Pitch? Girl has mad people skills.

fight zombies with: Ruth Salisbury, no hesitation. She can cook, cheerlead, and has money??? Like you know she’d build a bomb fortress and always have cookies.

fight capitalism with: Mitali Bunce. Was there any other option?????

[jasonfunderberkerthefrogexists]

CARRY ON COUNTDOWN DAY 9 - PRIDE 🏳️‍🌈

Rating: Teen and Up

Summary: Baz, Simon, & Lady Ruth baked a cake for pride!

Hello all! And a special hello and thank you to @crankybeetle for your special drawing today, which inspired me so much that I had to write something for it! Hope you guys enjoy some soft and silly fluff between the boys and Granny Ruth! 🥰🐸

[sleepyphobzz]

Guys we should make something called snowvember for the simon snow fandom we need more than coc/cotta & i think this is a great idea

[ebbpettier]

[letraspal]

Blue berry and lemon short cookies. 🫐

You can read it on AO3

Or a cooking with Lucy/ cooking with Simon fantastic fic by @aristocratic-otter and art by me for the @ladyruthsrecipescharityzine 🫐

[onepintobean]

COC day 11 | alternative ships

What could be more wholesome than Lamb/Lady Ruth? Just an older couple who loves making sure our boys are well-fed. 😌

(bonus under the cut)

[hyacinthus-the-flower]

So I know I haven't done something like this in a long long long time but I've been bored today and I came across @wervty 's picrew and could not resist making all the characters I like in the Simon Snow books by @rainbowrowell so here you are fellas :) (This is part 1) (Things in () are my notes on each character/ship lol)

Simon (I killed so many things for you) Snow Salisbury and Tyrannus Basilton (I am hopelessly in love with him) Grimm-Pitch (OTP!!!!)

(Queen) Penelope (Cute knees) Leigh Bunce and Shepard (From Omaha) Love

Agatha (take my heart I'm a useless lesbian) Wellbelove and Niamh (Honestly, you can take my heart too) Brody

Ebeneza (Angel, sweetheart, did not deserve it) Petty and Nicodemus (I only tolerate you cause you are Fiona's boyfriend) Petty

Lady Ruth (Sweetest grandma alive) Salisbury and Jamie (You're a cool uncle) Salisbury

Part 2 coming soon!

[brilla-brilla-estrellita]

SnowBaz Tea: SSCoNE 2024

As part of our 2024 event, we had a tea party at The Bookworm in Omaha. I was tasked with deciding which teas we would be having. And by "tasked with," I mean I took this task on myself without asking despite the fact that @shrekgogurt was in charge of food. But at least it was still related to an activity, which I was in charge of, right?

Anyway, I, along LavenderSprinkles and RynMar (neither on tumblr, but both on AO3), spent a lot of time looking at different teas for the best SnowBazzy options to have at our tea party. We had to narrow it down to 3, but I found so many good options, I didn't want them to go to waste! And I didn't get a chance to talk much about the ones I did decided on, either.

For now, I'll just discuss the teas we did choose. The tea house all of these blends come from is my absolute favorite: Friday Afternoon Tea (Whoa, I just discovered they're on tumblr! Hi @friday-tea!). It is a queer latine owned and operated small business that specializes in creating blends inspired by your favorite fandoms. It has been called "The Gayest Tea Shop on the West Coast" by Cosmopolitan Magazine: a title that the owner and employees proudly carry. No, they don't pay me for this. I just really freaking love their tea and the community they strive to create. So who else would I go to for our SnowBaz tea party?

French Cookie

Ingredients: Black tea, almond, orange peel (replaced with lemon peel to avoid an allergy in the group), natural vanilla and almond flavoring

Fandom Blend? No, house blend

Representing: Simon

This tea can actually come as a black tea, a rooibos, or an oolong. I had originally planned for rooibos to make sure we had a decaf option, but once I found Small Lady, I went back to our tried and true favorite black tea base.

This is one has been a long time coming. Back when I first read the series, LavenderSprinkles and I spent all of our free time thinking about the characters. At one point I asked her, "If Simon were a tea, what tea would he be?" She immediately answered "almond rooibos." (Though in my opinion, it's a better fit for what Simon would actually drink than what Simon would be. Either way, it's Simony). It wasn't until planning for SSCoNE that I realized (and she confirmed) that she was specifically thinking about French Cookie. Since the original discussion, LavenderSprinkles has started getting the black tea version for iced tea in the summer, and it's delicious, so we knew it would work great for the tea party. I think I'll have to go back and try the rooibos version again, though!

Derpy Hooves

Ingredients: Black tea, white tea, marigold, natural vegan cream flavoring, bergamot oil

Fandom Blend? My Little Pony

Representing: Baz

I knew I wanted a floral tea for Baz, and Derpy Hooves delivered! I hadn't had it before and it was so good, at least for a floral tea lover like myself. And bergamot oil? Obviously.

I had no idea what fandom this was from when I picked it. Once I realized it was My Little Pony, I just about died. My first thought was "Baz would be horrified!" After a moment, though, I decided that Baz would secretly know all about MLP becuase of his sisters. Ever since I started thinking about what the crew would wear to see Barbie (omg, a whole year ago???), I've had a headcanon that Petra is a total horse girl.

There were sooo many good Baz teas, but a lot of them were very... unusual. For the tea party, we figured a tea that would be appealing to lots of people would be the better choice, so I picked a more moderate flavor profile, but I am very excited to talk about some of the other ones I found in a future post!

Small Lady

Ingredients: Rooibos, sour cherry, strawberry, pink peppercorn, sugar star sprinkles (removed because of potential soy allergen), pink lustre dust, natural black cherry flavoring, bergamot oil

Fandom Blend? Sailor Moon

Representing: A Lady Ruth Tea Party

I mean. Sour cherry and bergamot oil alone are Simon and Baz. Add in the pink, the glitter, the black cherry, the strawberry, the sprinkles and tell me you don't have a Lady Ruth creation on your hands. And yes, I said glitter! Unfortunatley this didn't come through at the tea party. I think the tea bags I put the loose leaf in didn't allow for the glitter to escape. But I promise you it's adorable and that glitter makes it through all but the finest grained teabags and steepers. When I brew it at home, it is sparkling.

This was the most commented-on tea at the party (in a good way), and it makes sense! It's fun and fruity and light and can be as gay as it wants. It can even be extra gay, as a treat! (Seriously, you could order this and ask them to add glitter of every color or rainbow sprinkles or something.) (They might charge extra if you get really wild -- I'm not sure.)

Bonus Tea: AO3

Ingredients: Oolong tea, aloe vera, orange peel, osmanthus, natural orange flavoring, natural cream aroma

Fandom Blend? General fandom

Representing: All of us weirdos

We ended up not getting this one for the tea party because it's so orange heavy (an allergen for some), and taking out or substituting the orange would just not be the same. But when I tell you I squealed when they revealed this blend for the first time! Unfortunately, I forgot to get some before it went out of seasons, so I will eagerly await its return next year.

That's all for now. I will have at least one more post with some of the runner up teas, but I have a feeling this might become a series with how many teas are in the (always growing) Friday Afternoon Tea catalogue alone.

[ionlydrinkhotwater]

Rosebud Boy Growing Roots

Simon and his Grandma Ruth drinking tea and chatting away 🩷🖤🩶🧡🥺🥹🥺🥹🩷🖤🩶🧡