#dorothy foxglove

[thenightling]

Queer Horror

It's pride month so here is a (NOT complete) list of horror icons real and fictional who are of the LGBTQAI+ community. Writers / directors / Actors Oscar Wilde Clive Barker Caitlin R. Kiernan William Joseph Martin James Whale (director of Frankenstein) Ernest Thesiger (Doctor Pretorius in Bride of Frankenstein) Anthony Perkins Vincent Price David Geffen (producer of Interview with the vampire movie and Beetlejuice) Jonathan Frid (Dark Shadows) Louis Edmonds (Dark Shadows) Ed Wood Elvira (Casandra Peterson) Amanda Beares (Fright Night, 1985) Merritt Butrick (Fright Night Part 2) Roddy McDowall (Hell House, Fright Night, Fright Night: Part 2, and Carmilla) _________________________ Characters Mephisto (Faust, 1922) Countess Zeleska (Dracula's Daughter) Carmilla (The Vampire Lovers, 1970 and all film adapations of Carmilla) Louis, Lestat, Daniel Malloy, Armand (Interview with the vampire movie and show and The Vampire Chronicles book series) Claudia, Madeleine, Nicolas (Interview with the vampire TV series) Jerry Dandridge, Billy Cole, Peter Vincent, Evil Ed, and possibly Amy (Fright Night, original 1985 version) Regine and Belle (Fright Night part 2, 1988) Miriam Blaylock (The Hunger movie and novel by Whitley Streiber, along with its sequels) Marius (Queen of the damned movie and novels) Glen / Glenda (Seed of Chucky) Dracula (Marvel comics, Dario Argento's Dracula, Steven Moffat's Dracula, Frank Wildhorn's Dracula The musical) Alucard, Striga, Morana, (Castlevania) The Corinthian, Hal Carter, Wanda, Judy, Donna (Foxglove), Hazel, Alexander Burgess, Paul McGuire, Cluracaun, Mazikeen, Lucifer, Loki, Desire, Johanna Constantine, John Constantine, Rachel, Chantel, Zelda, Aristaeus the Satyr, Jim / Peggy, (Neil Gaiman's The Sandman) Echo, Ruin, Heather After (From Sandman spin-off comics) April Spink and Miriam Forcible (Coraline) Angela and Sera (Marvel comics) Sam Black Crow (American Gods) EVERYONE! - Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles EVERYONE! - Lost Girl (TV series)

Snow White (Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman) Dorian Gray, Lord Henry Wotton, and Basil Hallward (The Picture of Dorian Gray) Captain Shaekespeare (Stardust) Loki (all incarantions) John Constantine (All versions) Aziraphale and Crowley (Good Omens) Renfield (Original Dracula novel, speculated by scholars) Mephistopheles, Faust, and Satan - Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe and Faust by Goethe. Carmilla and Laura (All versions of Carmilla) Eli and Oskar (Let the Right One In) Lily and The mermaid Queen (She-Creature, 2001 version) Radu (Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula) Lexington (Disney's Gargoyles, not canon until the comics) Dorothy and Ruby AAK Red (Once Upon a Tme) Tara and Willow (Buffy The Vampire Slayer TV series) Lorne (Angel) Ethan, Dorian Gray, Angelique, and Professor Lyle (Penny Dreadful) Thelma Bates (Hex) Joe (Midnight Texas) Skully (Scary Godmother) Mitch (ParaNorman) Henry Fitzroy (Blood Ties) Thomas Jerome Newton (The Man who fell to Earth) Any Clive Barker character NOT confirmed to be straight is presumed LGBTQAI+. There are many, many more but my fingers are starting to ache and these are the ones I could think of off the top of my head.

[magnolia-rhodes]

character development task 001: family.

george rhodes – jason bateman (54)

during college, he swore to himself that he would never sell out and join his father’s hedgefund. once he was out of college, he proceeded to immediately do just that. sort of an intermittent fixture in their lives, as he works a lot. 

athena grace rhodes (née dowell) – naomi watts (51)

former pageant queen, tried ( with very little success ) to get her children interested in it too. has a chemistry phd but has somehow never worked a day in her life. way too lenient with the kids - would probably let them get away with murder. 

dorothy “dot” rhodes – border collie ( 5 )

sometimes known as dodie. best girl. no notes.

foxglove “fox” alexander rhodes – chase stokes ( 28 )

never uses his full name ( go figure. ) currently doing a post-doctorate in something lola cannot be bothered to remember, purely to avoid having to go into hedge fund management. probably the sibling lola misses most. don’t tell the others.

aspen “ash” thomas rhodes – deaken bluman ( 26 )

has been in europe for over a year now, on a journey of self discovery or something. fox just thinks he too is trying to escape the net of the hedge fund. 

dahlia corinne rhodes – tilly keeper ( 25 )

very driven. like to a scary extent. too clever for her own good. recently married her college sweetheart ( a medical chemist called cara, who promptly took dahlia’s last name).

heather viola rhodes – emma mackey ( 23 )

musical prodigy. currently finishing up her master of composition at juilliard. has always been fiercely independent, always wanting to do things her own way.

bluebell “blue” juno rhodes – giorgia whigham ( 22 )

makes lola look like the sharpest tool in the shed. very nice, but also incredibly shallow. the only child athena managed to get into pageantry. 

magnolia “lola” faye rhodes – sabrina carpenter ( 19 )

baby of the family. bit dim. 

[ardentguilt]

Did I make a 33 song playlist for Dualscar/Mindfang vibes?

Yes. Yes I did.

And here’s that tracklist:

She Wants Revenge - Tear You Apart

Liily - Toro

Inglorious - Barracuda

Badflower - Girlfriend

Her Bright Skies - Lovekills

Fit For Rivals - Get With Me

Halestorm - Jump The Gun

DEZI - Venus In Gemini

Fit For Rivals - I Am

Emil Bulls - Mr. Brightside

Clio Cadence - You Should See Me In A Crown

Nicola Roberts - Gladiator

Adelitas Way - Filthy Heart

Boston Manor - Foxglove

Divinyls - Boys In Town

In This Moment - Closer

Anberlin - Feel Good Drag

Halestorm - You Call Me A Bitch Like It’s A Bad Thing

Cilver - Turns Me On

Chloe Adams - Take Me To Hell

Dorothy - What’s Coming To Me

Halestorm - Love Bites (So Do I)

Halestorm - Bombshell

Fit For Rivals - Agent Orange

Halestorm - Do Not Disturb

Saint Chaos - Blind Spot

She Wants Revenge - Red Flags And Long Nights

Icon For Hire - Waste My Hate

Temposhark - Not That Big

Emil Bulls - Survivor

Halestorm - I Miss The Misery

Halestorm - Apocalyptic

[honeyleesblog]

July 3 Zodiac - Full Horoscope Personality

They are described by a decent memory and their way of behaving is a bit shaky, dependent upon future developments; all things considered, they are very dedicated individuals and are glad to set out on trips. They are dynamic, restless and rash. They ordinarily have incredible intrinsic creative capacities. In each snapshot of their life they trust and are confident, however they are bad at chipping away at their own. They are exceptionally aggressive, yet frequently miss the mark on right insight and tact. Friendly, merry: they like the imaginative propensities of youngsters, diversion and display, as well as they are keen on all that is lovely and they have a decent ear for music. They appreciate fishing and life submerged. Nonetheless, they might be in peril during the far off ocean journeys that they might be compelled to make. Positive hypotheses might permit them to create a gain, and destiny will frequently assist them with a fortunate turn of events. They need to accomplish acknowledgment, even acclaim. They show extraordinary hardheadedness and consistency in their battles regardless of their variable person. They protect the interests of their youngsters and family with specific fierceness. They might want to do anything they desire, they could do without to be controlled. What undermines them? That they won't generally find lasting success in their undertakings, they will experience surprising impediments, they will risk a profound defer in the acknowledgment of their arrangements. Their bodies are not areas of strength for especially, huge exertion generally endangers them of fatigue. By then, your stomach experiences the most, particularly from conditions of fear, disarray or anxious aggravation. Potential illnesses incorporate stomach related problems, ailment, and unfortunate blood dissemination. July 3 Zodiac - Full Horoscope Personality

  In the event that your birthday is on July 3, your zodiac sign is Disease July 3 - character and character character: liberal, keen, brilliant, weak, intolerant, haughty calling: glazier, ophthalmologist, colors: orange, yellow, sky blue stone: diopside creature: lion plant: foxglove fortunate numbers: 4,14,28,31,47,48 very fortunate number: 22 Occasions and Observances - July 3 Argentina: Host's Day (Broadcaster's Day). Argentina: Bioengineer's Day. July 3 Superstar Birthday. Who was conceived that very day as you? 1900: Alessandro Blasetti, Italian producer (d. 1987). 1900: Miguel Rostaing La Torre, Peruvian soccer player (d. 1983). 1901: Julio Martდ­nez Oyanguren, Uruguayan guitarist (d. 1973). 1901 - Ruth Crawford Seeger, American writer (d. 1953). 1905: Clorinda Mდ¡laga de Prado, First Woman of Peru (d. 1993). 1906: Jack Earle, American entertainer (d. 1952). 1906: Alberto Lleras Camargo, Colombian columnist and legislator (d. 1990). 1906: George Sanders, English entertainer (d. 1972). 1906: Florence Gwendolen Rees, Welsh zoologist and parasitologist (f. 1994) 1908: Hდ©ctor Croxatto, Chilean researcher (f. 2010). 1913: Dorothy Kilgallen, American columnist, entertainer and essayist (d. 1965). 1914: Antonio Colino Lდ³pez, Spanish architect and scholastic (d. 2008). 1914: Joaquდ­n A. Gonzდ¡lez, Mexican tenor and stone carver (f. 1999). 1914: Joan Vinyoli, Spanish artist (d. 1984). 1915: Carlos Garcდ­a Cuervas, Argentine military man (d. 1971). 1916: John Kundla, American b-ball player. 1917: Joao Saldanha, Brazilian soccer mentor (d. 1990). 1918: Benjamin C. Thompson, American modeler (d. 2002). 1919: Irajდ¡ Damiani Pinto, Brazilian scientist. 1919: დ"scar Quinones, Peruvian painter and stone carver (d. 1987). 1919: Gabriel Valdდ©s, Chilean legal counselor and government official (d. 2011). 1920: Gaby, Spanish comedian (f. 1995). 1920: Julio Oyhanarte, Argentine legal counselor and government official (d. 1997). 1921: Jorge Boudon, Chilean entertainer and humorist (d. 2007). 1921: Susan Peters, American entertainer (d. 1952). 1922: Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, Belgian painter (d. 2010). 1922: Gastდ³n Pons Muzzo, Peruvian scientific expert (d. 2004). 1922: Howie Schultz, American b-ball player (d. 2009). 1924: Amalia Aguilar, Cuban entertainer. 1924: SR Nathan, Singaporean lawmaker. 1924: დ?ngel Tavira, Mexican author and musician (d. 2008). 1925: Nდ©ffer Krდ¶ger, Uruguayan musicologist and show entertainer (f. 1996). 1925: Josდ© Vento Ruiz, Spanish painter (f. 2005). 1926: Vladimir Bogomolov, Soviet author (d. 2003). 1927: Juan Antonio Flores Santana, Dominican Ecclesiastical overseer (d. 2014). 1927: Balivada Kantha Rao, Telugu author (d. 2000). 1927: Tim O'Connor, American entertainer. 1927: Ken Russell, English movie producer (d. 2011). 1928: Rafael St Nick Cruz, Peruvian matador (d. 1991). 1930: Kinji Fukasaku, Japanese movie producer (d. 2003). 1930: Carlos Kleiber, German guide and performer (d. 2004). 1930: Eloy Ybდ¡nez Bueno, Spanish ambassador. 1931: Luciano Comaschi, Italian footballer. 1932: Richard Mellon Scaife, American money manager. 1934: Ricardo Barrios Arrechea, Argentine specialist and lawmaker. 1935: Harrison Schmitt, American space traveler and government official. 1935: Cheo Feliciano, Puerto Rican vocalist and musician. 1935: Josდ© Antonio Spirits Erlich, Salvadoran lawmaker. 1936: Luis Aranda, Argentine entertainer (d. 2012). 1936: Jerდ³nimo Saavedra, Spanish lawmaker. 1937: Tom Stoppard, English dramatist of Czech beginning. 1938: Horacio Aguirre, Argentine author (d. 1992). 1938: Sjaak Swart, Dutch footballer. 1939: Brigitte Fassbaender, German guide and soprano. 1939: Lდ¡szlდ³ Kovდ¡cs, Hungarian lawmaker. 1939: Angelo Benedicto Sormani, Brazilian soccer player. 1940: Lamar Alexander, American lawmaker. 1940: Fontella Bass, American vocalist musician (d. 2012). 1940: Jerzy Buzek, Clean lawmaker. 1940: Companion Raben, German writer (d. 2007). 1940: Cდ©sar Tovar, Venezuelan baseball player. 1941: Joao Alves Filho, Brazilian lawmaker. 1941: Liamine Zდ©roual, Argentine military and lawmaker. 1941: Judith H. Myers, Canadian scholar and scientist 1942: Didar Sandhu, Hindu performer (d. 1991). 1942: Paco Stanley, Mexican TV have (d. 1999). 1943: Susana Alexander, Mexican entertainer. 1943: Kurtwood Smith, American entertainer. 1944: Silvio Caiozzi, Chilean movie producer. 1944: Michel Polnareff, French performer. 1945: Miguel Cestau, Spanish pelotari. 1945: Gualberto Garcდ­a, Spanish performer. 1945: Michael Martin, Noble Martin of Springburn, English legislator. 1945: Saharon Shelah, Israeli mathematician. 1946: Alberto Breccia Guzzo, Uruguayan lawmaker. 1946: John Klemmer, American saxophonist and author. 1946: Leszek Mill operator, Clean lawmaker. 1946: Carlos Alberto Riccelli, Brazilian entertainer and movie producer. 1946: Bolo Yeung, Hong Kong entertainer. 1947: Dave Barry, American author. 1947: Betty Buckley, American entertainer. 1947: Loot Rensenbrink, Dutch footballer. 1947: Ernesto Bondy Reyes, Honduran author. 1948: Luis Martდ­nez Noval, Spanish lawmaker. 1948: Ken Mangroelal, Surinamese author. 1949: Ignacio Almada Straight, Mexican history specialist. 1949: Rodolfo Codina, Chilean chief of naval operations. 1949: Jacinto Gდ³mez, Peruvian lawmaker. 1949: Masato Harada, Japanese entertainer and movie producer. 1949: Luz Salgado, Peruvian lawmaker. 1949: Jan Smithers, American entertainer. 1949: Bo Xilai, Chinese lawmaker. 1950: James Hahn, American lawmaker. 1951: Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haitian despot and slaughter. 1952: Marდ­a Cardinal, Mexican entertainer. 1952: Andy Fraser, English vocalist, lyricist and bassist, of the band John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers (d. 2015). 1952: Rohinton Mistry, Indian author. 1952: Hugo Moraga, Chilean performer. 1953: Enthusiasm Munnდ©, Spanish entertainer. 1954: John Jaakke, Dutch games administrator. 1954: Susana Rotker, Venezuelan author and writer (d. 2000). 1955: Bruce Altman, American entertainer. 1955: Walter Veltroni, Italian lawmaker. 1956: Loreto Valenzuela, Chilean entertainer. 1957: Laura Branigan, American vocalist (f. 2004). 1957: Miguel del Sel, Argentine comedian and lawmaker. 1958: დ?ngel Acebes, Spanish lawmaker. 1958: Agustდ­n Cuesta, Spanish b-ball player. 1958: Juan Antonio Larranaga, Spanish footballer. 1958: Rick Sდ¡nchez, Cuban-American TV moderator. 1958: Aaron Tippin, American vocalist, lyricist, guitarist and maker. 1959: Josდ© Baselga, Spanish doctor. 1959: Semilla Bucciarelli, Argentine bassist, of the band Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota. 1959: Ian Maxtone-Graham, American screenwriter and maker. 1959: Andrდ©s Albo Mდ¡rquez, Mexican lawmaker. 1959: Stephen Pearcy, American vocalist, of the band Ratt. 1959: David Shore, Canadian author and maker. 1960: Vince Clarke, vocalist, lyricist and English keyboardist, of the band Depeche Mode. 1960: Jorge Coke Contreras, Chilean soccer player. 1960: Josu Erkoreka, Spanish lawmaker. 1960: Perrine Pelen, French skier. 1960: Ricardo Perdomo, Uruguayan soccer player and mentor. 1961: Josდ© Antonio Sobrino, Spanish physicist. 1962: Tom Voyage, American entertainer. 1962: Thomas Gibson, American entertainer. 1963: Tracey Emin, English painter and picture taker. 1964: Mario Pergolini, Argentine radio and TV host and maker. 1964: Tom Curren, American surfer. 1964: Toshiharu Sakurai, Japanese voice entertainer. 1964: Yeardley Smith, American voice entertainer, vocalist and maker. 1965: Tommy Flanagan, Scottish entertainer. 1965: Shinya Hashimoto, Japanese grappler (d. 2005). 1965: Connie Nielsen, Danish entertainer. 1966: Moisდ©s Alou, Dominican baseball player. 1966: Pablo Domდ­nguez Prieto, Spanish cleric and scholar (f. 2009). 1966: Daniel Court, Spanish competitor. 1967: Vladan Alanoviე‡, Croatian b-ball player. 1967: Henry Ariel Lდ³pez Bდ¡ez, Uruguayan soccer player. 1967: David Macpherson, Australian tennis player. 1968: Ramush Haradinaj, Kosovar legislator and military man. 1968: Josდ© Manuel Villegas, Spanish legislator. 1969: Gedeon Burkhard, German entertainer. 1970: Serhiy Honchar, Ukrainian cyclist. 1970: David Court, Spanish cyclist. 1970: Teemu Selდ¤nne, Finnish ice hockey player. 1970: Shawnee Smith, American entertainer. 1971: Claudia Acuna, Chilean vocalist. 1971: Julian Assange, representative and proofreader of the WikiLeaks

[k00286723]

Dorothy Cross

sculpture

I first looked into Dorothy because Sarah recommended me to look at her piece :

Fingertip Pearl

in 2011 Dorothy dreamed up two materials acting in the maddest way. bones and oysters. She travelled to Tahiti and put each fingertip of a skeletal hand into 5 different oysters in hopes of something new? something nature can create that hadn't been explored before. Four fingertips were rejected but one formed nacre over the bone!

Dorothy herself (in the short film "Dorothy Cross in the studio" by Tristan Hutcherson) described the nacre as a "beautiful scab" (love that wording and that visual) and said she really wanted to show some thing we usually think of as uncomfortable merged with something beautiful and is presented in a way that we deem "acceptable". she also spoke in depth about another piece,

Screen/Ladies Changing Room

Dorothy got this screen in an old factory she used to work in in Dublin bay. it was used by workmen to hide away from the chaos to drink their tea and eat their lunches. its a very industrial element you see her stray away from as she grew as an artist and a person. I personally think its cool you get to see how her art progressed as she got older and how differently she chose to display her topics. she's still even now very meaningful in her work. when she talks about any of her pieces, she chooses every (even seemingly simple) detail so specifically and really has a reason behind her aesthetic choices.

I really loved her choice of materials in both of these. With more exploring I found the rest of her work also uses really interesting materials, a lot things she found in her local environment in Connemara. she has a beautiful skill for seeing everything around her and looking for ways to make them interact, to utilise natural beauty. I looked into her since I'm interested in the movement of hands but I really love her resourcefulness so much and its really what Inspired the most ideas in me.

Foxgloves

this is another piece that uses the environment around her. local foxgloves dipped in wax. it kind of feels like a time capsule and botanical art at the same time. its a brilliant preservation tool and art piece.

[transmasc-wizard]

Rose quartz, sapphire, carnelian, and ruby for Moonlit Blood?

ty for the ask!!

rose quartz: were there any characters cut from the WIP?

oooohhhh boy. haha. I am exposed. Very exposed. So, I kinda sorta used to go really overboard with how large my casts are, and. Here's a list please don't judge me

Akilina

Hana

Saoirse

Jade (she's actually in a different WIP now)

Elliott

Dimitri

Teacup (I may bring him back tho)

Dorothy

Belladonna (she's in later books but not MB anymore)

Naia (see above)

Annette

Foxglove

Myst

Marisol's brother, who I never named

Angel's brother, who I also never named

Imani/Rhian (had 2 names i bounced between)

Raven

Stilt

Mira

Quinn (i ended up making her a short story character)

Thomas (see above)

There's more but you get the idea, right?

Some of these were removed YEARS ago (Mira, Thomas, Quinn, Saoirse, Elliot, Angel's brother), some keep bouncing between being in the WIP and not (Imani), and some were removed, like, within 2 months ago (Stilt, Dorothy, Dimitri, Hana).

sapphire: The most upbeat dialog or overall scene in your wip

uhhhh there's a lot of little banter that I'm not going to dig through right now, but I'll give you this:

They met back up with Oliver on the south patio, where he lounged idly on a beach chair, wearing a fluffy robe and gold sunglasses, pink-toned drink in hand.

“I’m quitting,” he announced as they walked up. “Saving the world is noble and all, but I just had a proper bath for the first time in a month and I’ve never worn anything more comfortable.”

“Unfortunately, it’s mandatory,” said Corey, before sitting beside him. “Move over, will you?”

Oliver complied, and said, “I’ve skipped a lot of ‘mandatory’ things before.”

"This isn’t one you’ll manage.”

“Shame.” Oliver waved the pink cup at him. “By the way, this is amazing.”

“It looks like bubblegum.”

“Yeah, but it tastes like…” Oliver screwed up his face. “I dunno, good. Try some.”

Corey took it. It was definitely much better than it looked—something fruity and almost sour, with the texture of crushed ice.

“Divinities help me,” said Bea with a sigh. “Sharing drinks is disgusting.”

“Ah, well,” said Corey. Looking to Oliver, he said, “Not that bad. What is it?”

“Grapefruit, I think, and pineapple.”

“Hold on.” Corey took another sip, then said, “Yeah, definitely.”

carnelian: does the story have a lesson to learn? what is it?

yes! multiple lessons! wise lessons. You are always worth loving and there will always be someone out there to care for you. Kindness is vital to human existence; selfishness and self-reliance can only get you so far. You are allowed to be happy.

Haha I don't know what that was! the real lessons are don't sign contracts for fun, if you're going to blackmail people make sure they can't blackmail you back, and when in doubt always go with "dragons".

ruby: is there any symbolism used in your WIP?

It's a cinderella retelling, so there's lots of events that "symbolize" events in Cinderella. Uhh, there's a lot of use of shadows to mean safety in the familiar but refusal to change, vs light for fear of being laid bare and shown all your weaknesses--but also your good sides. There's also. hm. other things! With snakes and birds and cats and stuff. but i am tired and this post is long so we will leave it at that.

[pokemon-nickname-centre]

Nickname Ideas For: Goomy, Sliggoo and Goodra

The Goodra line has a 50/50 male to female ratio, but I’d be damned if I could say I found such a ratio in names. The following names are heavily female, but there are masculine and generless names sprinkled in.

My personal choices are; Wisteria, Theodoxus, Ponapella, Heliodore and Lavender

What are yours?

Name Ideas Count: 126 (4 categories)

Category: Purple

Violet (the shade of purple)

Helio (from Heliotrope, a shade of purple)

Tyrian (a shade of purple, but one that is made out of slugs)

Lavender (a shade of purple)

Amethyst (a shade of purple)

Taafeta / Taffeta (from Taaffeite, a purple gemstone)

Taffy (from Taaffeite, a purple gemstone)

Tiffany (the Tiffany Stone, a purple gemstone)

Viola (”violet”)

Biborka (”purple”)

Ianthe (”violet flower”)

Iolanthe (”violet flower”)

Wisteria (a purple flower)

Heliodore (Helio- + -dore from Theodore - see Theodoxus)

Iris (it means “rainbow” but it is widely known to be the name of a purple flower)

Indigo (shade of purple / purple flowers)

Heather (purple flowers)

Aster (purple flower)

Honesty (purple flower)

Lila / Lilac (purple flower)

Lupin (purple flower)

Coral (you might associate this with garish early 90s peach interior design, but coral comes in many colours - including purple)

Foxglove (purple flower)

Category: Slugs and Snails / Mostly Species of Such

Molly (from mollusk)

Mollis (from mollusk)

Molloy (from mollusk)

Shelly (a snail’s shell)

Nerites (mythological figure who is associated with sea creatures, including snails of which a whole family of snail species is named after)

Theodoxus

Theodoxini

Viviparus

Lioplax

Tyrian (a species that was also used to make the ancient shade of purple)

Clithon

Ponapella

Renea

Colligyrus

Vittina

Rivularia

Euchilus

Larina

Funduella

Gabbiella

Nerita

Neritina

Bajanerita

Cymostyla

Heminerita

Linnerita

Melanerita

Neritina

Dosita

Acicula

Menkia

Galizagia

Eularina

Ovassiminea

Garrettia

Crossilla

Electrina (perhaps one who knows an electric attack)

Eussoia

Telmosena

Liratina

Ericia

Georgia

Leonia

Lithidion

Tudorella

Cassidula

Ovatella

Alexia

Auricula

Jaminia

Monica

Nealexia

Lessonia

Oncis

Erinna

Anisus

Isidorella

Sterkia

Iverakia

Vinodolia

Caspia

Caspian (from Caspia)

Josefus

Dianella

Enid (from Enidae)

Ena

Zebrina

Zacoleus

Louisia

Janulus

Medora

Hiltrudia

Arianta

Kollarix

Dromus

Villorita

Romania

Category: Fictional Slugs and Snails

Gary (Spongebob)

Slughorn (Harry Potter, but not technically a slug or snail)

Slugworth (Willy Wonka, but not technically a slug or snail)

Brian (The Magic Roundabout)

Bessie (Amphibia)

Category: This Pokemon “looks like” [insert name]

Theodore (From the sluggy names Theodoxus and Theodoxini, it’s hard not to think of the name Theodore which means “gift of god”)

Theodora (”gift of god”)

Dorothy / Dorothea (”gift of god” - Dorothea is literally the same name as Theodore... but the name elements are the other way around; “Thea/o” + “Dore/a” )

Gumdrop (is a name I see is a popular option on the internet for one’s Goodra, and I can see why it’s cute). 

Swizzles (speaking of sweet-related names, anybody outside of the UK ever heard of Parma Violets? They’re produced by the company Swizzles and their selections are known as Swizzles Sweets)

Dorian (meaning unknown)

Oliver (”olive tree” or “elf army / warrior” or “ancestor / descendant”)

Nicholas (”victory of the people”)

Tristan (”sad” or “riot” or “tumult” - meaning a loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a mass of people)

Dario / Darius (”possessing goodness”)

Amity (”friendship”)

Amica / Amicus (”friend”)

Amy (”beloved”)

Rowena (”fame” and “joy, bliss”)

Winnie / Winifred ("white, fair, blessed" and  "reconciliation, peace" or "friend of peace")

[alexllove-blog]

Lit by early-morning sunshine, the country lane ahead of me is enchanting.

One side is hedge, sweetly fragrant with white hawthorn blossom, and the other, old dry-stone wall, covered in emerald moss, moist and springy to the touch. Every now and then a wren darts in and out of the wall, looking for the perfect space to nest-build. On the ground, life is also starting to fizz. Fresh, tender shoots are emerging. The broad dark-green leaves of foxgloves spread themselves out and a pair of golden brimstone butterflies flutter around the mauve petals of common dog violets.

A misty valley in Borrowdale in the Lake District National Park

I stop for a moment and take a slow, deep breath –thankful to be back in Lake District National Park in North West England. It’s not just me that finds these landscapes so irresistible. Just over 114 kilometres from the thriving metropolis of Manchester, Lake District National Park, at around 2,362km2, is England’s largest, and more than 19 million people from all the over globe visit it annually. Just like me, visitors here are thrilled not just by the region’s spectacular scenery, but also by the rare creatures that live in its ancient oakwoods and the birds of prey that majestically soar the skies.

At springtime, the Lakes – as the area is better known – are especially magical, but it’s a place that beguiles at any time of the year. The otherworldly beauty of its windswept mountaintops, dramatic valleys criss-crossed with idyllic country lanes, sparkling waterfalls and deep, clear lakes often haunts me long after I return home.

Path from Stonethwaite to Rosthwaite

But of all the region’s valleys, it’s Borrowdale that casts the strongest spell on me. The picturesque area, which is situated in the green heart of the Lake District, is a haven for some of Britain’s most endangered flora and fauna. It’s where I am now, and the country lane I’m passing through is in the small village of Rosthwaite, some nine kilometres south of Keswick, the valley’s main town. This is the start of one of my favourite walks, which will take me through a myriad of arresting landscapes, from craggy fells to wild moors, from mountain tarns to oakwoods and, finally, from river valley to lakeshore. It’s a beautiful microcosm of all that the Lake District has to offer.

Borrowdale has thrilled me since childhood. A huge, wild, living playground, it was the perfect antidote to the grey shades and straight lines of school and suburbia. With my parents, brother and sister – as well as our dogs, a young and exuberant Irish wolfhound and a sensible, much older border collie – many happy summer days were spent here. In the meadows, we searched for daisies, buttercups and forget-me-nots for my flower press. And, in the woods, with socks and shoes off , we chased each other around huge oak trees, picking up acorns, throwing them for the dogs to catch, always saving a few to play wonky marbles with later. Then we’d find a clear stream to cool down and clean our hot little feet before starting our adventures all over again.

A ram near Watendlath

Of course, some four decades on since playing in the woods here, it’s sturdy boots, rather than bare feet, for me on my walk today. Now reaching the end of the lane, the view opens out and my climb up Great Crag, a steep fell-side, begins. The colours are different here – less verdant, more of an autumnal palette of faded-purple heather, burnt-brown bracken and grey rocky knolls. The colour of storm clouds. Now, some 200 metres above sea level, I turn around and marvel at the classic Lakes view. The valley floor – which in the summer months is ablaze with wildflowers – is strikingly green, intersected by the shimmer of the River Derwent that snakes through Borrowdale like a silver ribbon.

Turning back towards Great Crag, I follow the bridleway until a large whitewashed farmhouse and a small cluster of stone cottages come into view. This is the secluded picturesque hamlet of Watendlath that nestles on the shores of the tarn here. Apart from a mewing buzzard above me, enjoying the warm thermals, and a gaggle of honking barnacle geese, it’s incredibly quiet.

A blackbird on a wall near Stonethwaite

I take the path around the water’s edge, passing a flock of free-roaming sheep. Huge moss-covered oaks, with branches outstretched like arms and twigs pointing like fingers, cast their shadows. As the terrain turns to moorland, damp and peaty in places, I spy the yellow-green heads of bog myrtle popping above the scrub.

I scan the sky, hoping for a sight of another buzzard or maybe a falcon. It is empty. If I’d been standing here three or four years ago, though, I might have seen England’s last golden eagle, known as Eddie, filling the void. Up until the early 1800s, golden eagles – Britain’s second-largest bird of prey with a wingspan of around 1.8 metres – were numerous in the Lakes. But regarded as a threat to new-born lambs, the birds’ eyries (nests) were systemically destroyed by local sheep farmers – causing such a catastrophic decline in their numbers that golden eagles became locally extinct by the 1850s.

A pair of keen ramblers taking in the scenery

Since then, only very occasional pairs have settled in the Lakes. The last known couple were Eddie and his mate. He is believed to have died in 2016, some 12 years after the female. Fortunately, conservation measures have been put in place to encourage the return of these iconic birds. It’s hoped that chicks from successful populations in southern Scotland will be introduced here soon, turning the Lakes’ skies golden once again.

“Rare creatures live in its ancient oakwoods and birds of prey majestically soar the skies”

After two and half kilometres or so, I see Dock Tarn, one of the Lake District’s most beautiful mountain lakes. Circled by a small ring of tor-topped hills, covered in heather and bilberry, the tarn is aglow in the sunshine. On the surface, some yet-to-flower waterlilies shiver slightly as a light breeze brushes over them. Come high summer, orchids can be found among the grasses, and when the heather blooms, the tarn will reflect their hazy-purple hues, as if in perpetual twilight. It’s not just Dock Tarn that mesmerises. From here, I can also admire the summit of Glaramara and enjoy take-your-breath-away views of other mighty fells, including Haystacks, Honister and Pillar.

An arresting view of Derwentwater as seen from Catbells fell

The Lake District’s natural beauty has quickened people’s hearts for centuries. During the 1800s, some of England’s best-known Romantic poets and writers – including William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Samuel Coleridge, Thomas de Quincey and John Ruskin – were particularly enamoured. They celebrated the Lake District’s sublime beauty in their writings, often elevating the region to a heaven on earth, a wild Eden where man could achieve spiritual harmony with nature. William Wordsworth – probably the most famous Lakes poet, and author of the love song to the Lakes “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” – in his great autobiographical work The Prelude, published in 1850, described the region as a place where:

“The solid Mountains were as bright as clouds, Grain-tinctured, drench’d in empyrean light; And, in the meadows and the lower grounds, Was all the sweetness of a common dawn, Dews, vapours, and the melody of birds, And Labourers going forth into the fields.”

A bridge in Rydal

Turning away from the “bright as clouds” view of the summits, I trace a stone-pitched track to the hanging oakwood at Lingy End and begin my descent. The climb down through the ancient wood is steep, and I’m kept company by the babbling Willygrass Gill stream. Originating at Dock Tarn, it cascades gently down the valley, eventually joining the River Derwent. Shoots of pungent wild garlic sprout between rocks and stones, joined by butter-yellow, star-shaped celandine flowers.

“A wonderland I first visited as a girl, I am lured back to the Lake District year after year”

I scan the trees for red squirrels, an endangered native species. Thanks to special conservation programmes, Borrowdale’s woods are one of the best places in England to spot this rare and elusive creature. I also look out for red and roe deer, but as with the squirrels, I am out of luck. I do, though, sight a great spotted woodpecker drilling into a tree, its distinctive black, white and red markings glimmering softly in the dappled light.

A cottage in Stonethwaite

Borrowdale’s oakwoods are the remnants of the temperate “rainforests” that once flourished on the western seaboard of Britain. They are the precious last habitat of disappearing moss and liverwort species and support an incredible variety of ferns and fungi, as well as butterflies, moths and other insects. That’s why Borrowdale’s oakwoods – over 500 hectares, home to more than a hundred bird species – are afforded the highest tier of protection available to habitats in Europe.

After an hour or so, the steepness of the slope eases and I’m back on level ground in the village of Stonethwaite, just next door to Rosthwaite. The wide walled and pretty path here runs parallel to the River Derwent, considered one of the purest rivers in Europe. Freshwater shrimp, lamprey and salmon thrive in its protected waters – even sleek-haired otters, once locally extinct, are back and can sometimes be spotted on the riverbanks with freshly caught fish in their paws.

Two people fishing at a reservoir in Watendlath

Back at Rosthwaite, I jump on a bus and less than 10 minutes later find myself on the shores of Derwentwater, one of the Lake District’s fi nest glacial lakes. In the afternoon light, the water reflects the shape of the mountains that circle it. A swan glides by, heading towards Lord’s Island, one of the lake’s four main islands. Once inhabited by the Earls of Derwentwater, the island is now a desirable residence for nesting birds and primroses only. During the winter months, the secluded bays and headlands here provide shelter for many wildfowl, including greylag geese, mallards and moorhens.

The Queen of the Lakes, as Derwentwater is also known, is the only place in England – apart from Bassenthwaite Lake about 16 kilometres further north – where vendace, a rare Arctic fi sh species dating back to the Ice Age, survives. Bassenthwaite Lake is also the place to see the Lake District’s only ospreys. These spectacular birds of prey, with a wingspan of almost 1.5 metres, returned to breed in 2001, after an absence of almost 150 years, and during the summer months can be seen diving for fish in Bassenthwaite’s pristine waters.

A river scene in Rydal

Two years ago, in 2017, the Lake District National Park was designated a Unesco World Heritage site. It became a National Park in 1951, one of the first established in Britain after the passing of the 1949 Act of Parliament. This year marks the 70th anniversary of that Act, without which the UK wouldn’t have its 15 glorious National Parks to explore and enjoy today.

That the Lake District is – and remains – a protected place is important to me. The Lake District is a gift. A green refuge where once-lost species have returned; a precious jewel of a place where I, and countless others before me, have felt at peace and been inspired, and found gentle reminders of a more natural past. A wonderland I first visited as a girl, I am lured back to the Lake District year after year. And each time I return, I fall back in love – bewitched all over again by the “empyrean light” of the Lakes that shines forever bright, captivates completely and re-wilds my heart.

SEE ALSO: Why Manchester is the UK’s next creative powerhouse

This article was originally published in the June 2019 issue of SilverKris magazine

The post Over vales and hills: The enchantment of the Lake District appeared first on SilverKris.

[seaglassandeelgrass]

Books Read in 2018:

After a couple years of fully intending to but never actually doing so, I managed to keep a running list of the books I read this year. *Titles with an asterisk beside them were re-read for the umpteenth time. This apparently has been a year of murder mysteries. Not included in this list are the books and papers read for classes, the assortment of 19th-century dime novels read for my capstone, or the hundreds of thousands of words worth of fic in my AO3 reading history.

JANUARY

*Going Postal- Terry Pratchett

*Thud!- Terry Pratchett

*Murder in Montparnasse- Kerry Greenwood

Rivers of London- Ben Aaronovitch

Moon Over Soho- Ben Aaronovitch

Whispers Underground- Ben Aaronovitch

Broken Homes- Ben Aaronovitch

The Apparitionists- Peter Manseau

FEBRUARY

Foxglove Summer- Ben Aaronovitch

The Hanging Tree- Ben Aaronovitch 

The Furthest Station- Ben Aaronovitch

*Making Money- Terry Pratchett

*The Fifth Elephant- Terry Pratchett

*Feet of Clay- Terry Pratchett

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet- Becky Chambers

MARCH

The Butchering Art- Lindsey Fitzharris

A Closed and Common Orbit- Becky Chambers

*Master and Commander- Patrick O’Brian

The Entire Box Set of Horrible Histories- Terry Deary & Martin Brown

Think of England- K.J. Charles

APRIL

The Silver Pigs- Lindsey Davis 

The Goblin Emperor- Katherine Addison

Shadows in Bronze- Lindsey Davis

Venus in Copper- Lindsey Davis

MAY

*Men at Arms- Terry Pratchett

The Eagle of the Ninth- Rosemary Sutcliff

JUNE

Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit- P.G. Wodehouse

On Kingdom Mountain- Howard Frank Mosher

The Vampire Affair- David McDaniel

JULY

Coming into the Country- John McPhee

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie- Alan Bradley

The Weed that Strings the Hangman’s Bag- Alan Bradley

AUGUST

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club- Dorothy L. Sayers

A Red Herring Without Mustard- Alan Bradley

Take Me Like a Sailor- Sebastian Nothwell

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows- Alan Bradley

Speaking from Among the Bones- Alan Bradley

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches- Alan Bradley

As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust- Alan Bradley

Record of a Spaceborn Few- Becky Chambers

SEPTEMBER

The A.B.C. Murders- Agatha Christie

Disappearances- Howard Frank Mosher

*Queen of the Flowers- Kerry Greenwood

*Murder on a Midsummer Night- Kerry Greenwood

*The Castlemaine Murders- Kerry Greenwood

Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d- Alan Bradley

The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place- Alan Bradley

To Say Nothing of the Dog- Connie Willis

Northanger Abbey- Jane Austen

OCTOBER

*Sharpe’s Fury- Bernard Cornwell 

*Monstrous Regiment- Terry Pratchett

NOVEMBER

The Body in the Library- Agatha Christie

Re-Dressing America’s Frontier Past- Peter Boag

Band Sinister- K.J. Charles

They Do it With Mirrors- Agatha Christie

DECEMBER

The Five Red Herrings- Dorothy L. Sayers 

Death by Silver- Melissa Scott & Amy Griswold

Lies Sleeping- Ben Aaronovitch

A Death at the Dionysus Club- Melissa Scott & Amy Griswold

The Murder at the Vicarage- Agatha Christie

[pixie-lated]

20 Questions

Tagged by @rainbowstarbird for reasons beyond my ken.

Rules: Answer the questions and tag 20 followers you would like to get to know better!

Name: Molly

Nickname: ehhhh… I haven’t had one for a while, but in the past I’ve been M&M, Shi-chan, and my parents have been known to call me Squirrel.

Height: 5′6"

Ethnicity: european as hell, with just enough native american to confuse the occaisional racist by being vaguely brown. (Just to be 100% clear, while I knew and loved my great-grandmothers, they did not have any interest in passing their cultures on after they married into white families. I have the skin tone, but precisely zero claim to any native identies.)

Favorite Fruit(s): Yech. Plants. XP. But pears are pretty good.

Favorite Season: S U M M E R!! Bring on the tripple digits and tanktops!

Favorite Book(s): How…How DARE you!? But, well, objectively, Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie, my collection of the Complete Poetry of Dorothy Parker, and The Song of the Lioness quartet by Tamora Pierce.

Favorite Flower(s): Snapdragon and Foxglove. and Bluebonnets. what can I say, I love things that are composed of many other tiny things.

Favorite Animal(s): I mean, cats are pretty high on the list, but first prize goes to coyotes. They’re like goats if goats were also dogs. goats are also high on the list. because they have no grasp of reality and reality, in turn seems to have very little grasp on goats.

Favorite Beverage: coffee. always the coffee. but a honey julep is great when it’s hot out.

Favorite Fictional Characters: oof. ok…hm… Alanna from the Song of the Lioness (and also George Cooper because he was my first fictional crush),  His Grace, The Duke of Ankh, Ambassador for Ahnk-Morpork and Blackboard Monitor, Commander Sir Samuel Vimes of the City Watch, Granny Weatherwax, General Leia Organa, and (as of The Last Jedi) Poe Dameron.

Number of Blankets You Sleep with: 2. a microfiber one for the texture, and a big honkin’ 30lb cotton stuffed comforter I made myself because I prefer being slightly crushed under a pile of floof whenever possible.

Dream Trip: ooh…Italy. a couple weeks in the big cities for the art and one more in the countryside. 

Blog Created: 2014, I think. I was slow to start a blog because I know myself and I am an inconsistant content generating bitch

Number of Followers: 57

Tagging: man, I don’t even know. I don’t know hardly any of you fine people following me. Anybody who sees this, feel free to consider yourself tagged.

[globalscoble]

After #30 Days Wild I Need A Comb!

After #30 Days Wild I Need A Comb!

The Wildlife Trusts Challenge during June, was to share our random acts of wildness photos using #30dayswild. I took photos and posted some of them on IG — but it’s not all about taking photos — it’s about SEEING and DOING. Obviously there are random acts of wildness that go unrecorded by the camera! Like the merlin hunting dragonflies swooping down at great speed, the tip of the wing skimming…

[ardentguilt]

Music tag game

Rules: Shuffle your 'On Repeat' playlist and post the first 10 tracks, then tag 10 people.

Gotten from @magustempus

1. Powerman5000 - Black Lipstick

2. IRONTOM - Big Shot

3. Unleash The Archers - Queen Of The Reich

4. Badflower - Daddy

5. Halestorm - Jump The Gun

6. Smash Into Pieces - The Rain

7. Margø - One Bad Day

8. Dorothy - Missile

9. Boston Manor - Foxglove

10. Puddle Of Mudd - Psycho

Tagging: whoever wants to

[libidomechanica]

Untitled # 1698

At the planets, to your bed to ashes; whatever weep, it will not read a recurrent dream I have a philosophy, Dorothy, after day, And builds a Heaven in earnest words, if only five.

Are slathered by each other a million times? Marry a mossy stone — Something— the thousand lisping between us to another

As if in consent. The dust specks, mote by mote, Or learn the river of the birds, That ourself The will keep the river of chromatic scale— I only ever certain staked by each other slowly die I knew My first explained the strength to die; And learn to look into them.

Their featherless head as if crooning commute? I am to their frail shell, lies by heart,    Meadows and stiles, Over the water on to and frighten after midnight at my supper the twins of Leda, Shall find you, carrying how bright Their fruit. The ground I sit And the woods and deep as the sleepiness, me now are put into my memory’s halls, austered in a tangle, and very flowers the bridle and wood: Oh, light.                 Still singing in all my pretty follies flung in my hair, turning to make fire

I ne’er was sister and fair I take covered another side. How many a curl That ourself The words — one hour wish some ancient bugaboo Followed me.

Maid’s reply,

Seven a tent it is battered ‘round him, so that rove Over the sun, Her locks are gilly gowans Hang golden to your reasonable hurt invades my count the ways — or fall from a recurrent dream of your last wave by, crying you, then, the swinging old songs’ with my hands

What would come!

But the planets, to your own way, I have never had a man-eating popcorn the edge of this world shoulder

at O lonesome man is always my silence: in your intense fragility:whose iridescending;

nothing among the raven and the dry stars. Mocks your nipple, can find, as if crooning could merely comprehend their words I flung in my hands are full of yesterday dropped and death any care; But a Pebble of a morning— the crunch of the dark; but touch your body’s future, bravery turns to learn the language no laws, we’re driving the leaves lay on the sleep And puts out of a turmoil of speech about you will not go away. Why are too near

your nocturnal skin. Who will strong I climb the sun in flight, perhaps they may be seen your wings of Dove, A maid replied, Twelve steps or more and forever.

One hour with wondering if that fine fixed point, or you tell,

Sweet maid, Your eyes did startled back into thaw the animal. How many are you great fall With love must go, endure Its first released to ask them now for you may lose your first explained the river of their featherless heads and speaks in the water will hold out the hands

What should discern when I can move a word to God’s thicket? Overtall foxgloves tip with some ancient elm, lean in too soon— you’ll lean against my cheeks.

I have to kiss the power of you when you that good night well.