#ferndale

[babylon-crashing]

FACES: lost in the grass in the ferndale cemetery.

[unteriors]

Galiano Drive, Ferndale, Washington.

[eopederson]

Victorian Inn, Ferndale, Humboldt County, 2024.

[gwydionmisha]

ICE agents detain nearly 40 employees during morning raid at Whatcom County business

Protest emerges at Ferndale facility after ICE reportedly detains Whatcom County activist

[rat-at-heart]

Everyone else is talking about hitching a ride on a passing goose and moving to Ferndale, but all she's hoping for is a nice corner of the yard that the rake can't reach her

[morningcallsphotography]

Ferndale Cemetery Ferndale, CA NY -> CA (and back), 2021

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[agalova]

Exciting day

[adiharper]

I ♥️ Ferndale.

Ferndale Michigan

[babylon-crashing]

Hobbits Only (Hadley Gardens, Ferndale)

[unteriors]

Latham Road, Ferndale (Perth), Western Australia.

[eopederson]

Ivanhoe Restaurant Sign, Ferndale, California, 20/4.

[janzoo]

I have been thinking and feeling (and hearing, har har) about Estinien a lot recently, especially his early life in Ferndale, and I have some headcanons to foist upon you all. I'm going to refer to his parents as Ma and Pa.

The Varlineaus were shepherds (canon), though Ma kept a garden (most homes in Ferndale did) with an apple tree. She taught Estinien and Hamignant a lot about caring for the plants she grew. (Estinien's forgotten some of it by now, though I'd like to think his memory could be refreshed.) Ma loved that apple tree and gave it a lot of special love and care. Otherwise she grew herbs, and food that was good for preserving and pickling because...

(More under the readmore)

Ma and Pa's generation saw a really bad winter hit Ferndale. As a result, they were big on preserving and pickling to ensure their family would never face starvation like that. Although Estinien isn't a disaster in the kitchen, his skills are pretty simple. (Sandwiches, eggs, steaming/boiling veggies, etc.) However, he inexplicably retains all that Ma taught him about the pickling/preserving/jam-making process; probably in large part because he always helped her and it was one of his favourite things. This also goes with a oneshot wolstinien fic I wrote in which Estinien remembers that Hamignant's favourite food was pickles. (As in standard pickled cucumbers.)

Shifting to something else a little, Estinien won't kill bees. Wasps/hornets/etc. sure, if he must, but not proper bees. Ferndale respected bees, nigh on revered them even, for their vital role in pollination. One of the other families in Ferndale were beekeepers, and they adamantly adhered to telling the bees. (Basic version: telling the bees is an old beekeeping practice of informing a beehive of major local happenings, especially births, deaths, and marriages. Yes, as in the beekeeper talks to the bees. In the case of marriages, the bees need to be brought a piece of wedding cake. Failing to do this is said to result in misfortune befalling the hive, and by extension, the community. Practices vary by country/region.)

In a similar vein, the people of Ferndale were fairly superstitious. With the population likely being mostly, if not entirely Elezen, they leaned heavily into being "long of ear" as a sign of good fortune and general physical attractiveness. At least once a day, Ma or Pa used to pinch Estinien and Hamignant's ear tips and give them a little tug to "help them grow". It was, of course, uncomfortable and obnoxious, but there was no getting out of it. This was practised across Ferndale.

So TL;DR, Estinien can make preserves, pickles, jams, even pie fillings if he wants (though not the crust lol), he's probably sleeping on some old plant-care/botany knowledge, his parents used to pinch/tug his ears, and he respects he hell out of bees.

[sourdo3]

my drag debut 💕

big shoutout to eros durevunant and astoria adams for hosting, dionistyts for djing, and everyone else who came out to support a free palestine! i feel honored to have my debut be at a benefit show, and I hope to be involved in so many more

[fieriframes]

[So, this is the main drag of Ferndale. I mean, that is literally it. You see all these Victorian storefronts. Now, this area right here -- This is where they filmed the movie "Outbreak,"]

[solstice-souls]

When I asked you to show me your hell, I didn't expect you to show me your home. Seems like that's something we have in common, yeah? Home and Hell being the same place.

[morningcallsphotography]

Rhododendron up close Ferndale, CA NY -> CA (and back), 2021

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