#lavender carnations images

[tiredwitchplant]

How to Use Herbs: Lavender (English Lavender)

Hello. Back with another post about how to use an herb. This time the herb is lavender. We discussed the history, powers and etc in another post (That I will link in a moment) and now we are going to see how we can use it. >>>> Post about Lavender

Alchemy Formulas:

*Remember when it says one part, try a teaspoon of it first. Always experiment with less amount than too much.

Mercury

one part lavender flowers

one part gum mastic

one part cinnamon chips

one part cinnamon oil

one part lavender oil

Air

one part gum arabic

one part cinnamon

one part lavender oil

one part clove oil

Change

one-part calamus root (Uranus; change)

one part lavender (Mercury; clarity)

one-part powdered nutmeg (Uranus; change)

one part cinnamon (Uranus, Mercury; change)

two parts sandalwood oil (Mercury, Moon; communication between conscious and subconscious minds)

Fame

one part cedar chips (Jupiter; renown)

one part angelica (Sun; authority)

one part myrtle (Venus; the arts)

one part gum mastic (Uranus; innovation)

one part lavender oil (Mercury; knowledge)

one part carnation oil (Jupiter; expansion)

Peace

one-part jasmin flowers (Moon; emotions)

one part myrrh resin (Saturn; grounding)

one part rose petals (Venus; love)

one part lotus oil (Neptune; inspiration)

one part lavender oil (Mercury; communication)

Spells:

Snake-beckoning Spell

Place an image on an altar, either of a snake or of an affiliated deity— the Minoan Serpent Goddess for instance.

Surround this with fresh lavender or warm the essential oil in an aroma burner.

Call the spirit. Be prepared to explain why you have issued the invitation.

Do this spell before bedtime, to receive a visitation in your dreams.

Don’t Sabotage My Success Spell (Workplace Edition)

Prepare a separate mojo for each person who appears to sabotage you.

Write the co-worker’s name on a square of brown paper three times.

Write your own name over each of the co-worker’s names, saying: “I cross you and I cover you.”

Anoint the corners of the paper with essential oils of bergamot, clove bud, and lavender.

Fold up the paper, placing it inside a red flannel drawstring bag, together with a devil’s shoestring root and some cumin seed.

Maintain this discreetly in the workplace, feeding daily with a drop of essential oil of lavender for reinforcement.

Herbal Beauty Glamour Spell

2 ounces of beeswax

1/2 cup coconut oil

1/2 cup olive oil

Glass measuring cup

Pan filled with water

Spoon

10 to 12 drops of lavender essential oil

10 to 12 drops of yarrow essential oil

Mirror

Pretty tin or jar

Combine the beeswax, coconut oil, and olive oil into the glass measuring cup and warm it in the pan full of water. This creates a double boiler like effect.

Once the wax melts, stir everything (the oils and beeswax) until well blended and remove it from the heat.

Add the lavender and yarrow oils, stirring them in slowly. As you do so, look into the mirror and say, I am lovely, I am desirable, I am magical. Beauty is more than skin deep. See me for the magnificence of my inner self.

Before it cools, pour your salve into a pretty tin or jar. After it has firmed up, use it on your skin.

Baths and Cleansing:

Maximum Power Spiritual Cleansing Bath

sea salt

rose and calendula blossoms

lavender oil

rose oil

rosemary oil

sandalwood oil

frankincense oil

myrrh oil

white rose hydrosol

Add copious quantities of sea salt to your bath water.

Add a drop of each essential oil into the water.

Float rose and calendula blossoms in the water, if possible.

Bath for Mercury

Herbs: lavender, white sandalwood, horehound, marjoram, thyme

Oils: lavender, white sandalwood, marjoram, anise

Self-Love Bath Bomb Bag

1 tablespoons of lavender

1 tablespoon of mandrake

1 tablespoon vervain

1 tablespoon vetivert

10-inch square of thin muslin or cotton

White ribbon

Red candle

Place the herbs in the center of the square of the cloth and gather up the corners.

Use the white ribbon to tie it, forming a pouch.

Run a warm bath and hang the pouch over the faucet, allowing the water to run through it, filling the tub with the essence of the herbs.

Light the candle and climb into the tub. Allow yourself to soak in the warm, fragrant water.

Use the herb pouch to wash your body, as you do, gaze into the candle's flame.

Visualize yourself radiating an aura of self-confidence and power. See yourself as the sort of person who attracts attention from those who are worthy.

When the water cools, extinguish the candle and get out of the tub. After you've dried yourself, dispose of the herb pouch by burying it or burning it.

Oils, Potions and Powders

Oil Blend for Patience

1 part rose

1 part lavender

1 part pine

Oil Blend for Peace

1 part violet

1 part lavender

1 part jasmine

1 part sandalwood

Masculine Oil Blend

Base note: 10 drops patchouli

Middle note: 10 drops sandalwood

Top note: 3 drops lavender

For the rest of the recipe, you will need:

1-ounce grated beeswax

Double boiler

1 ounce jojoba oil

2 metal 1-ounce containers

Flat toothpicks

Heat the grated beeswax in the double boiler until it is liquid.

Add the jojoba oil and gently mix the two ingredients together to achieve a homogenous blend.

Pour half the liquid into each container and add 3 drops of your essential oil blend.

Quickly stir the mixture with the toothpicks before the wax begins to set.

Keep one container for anointing yourself and the other as a gift to your consort so that he or she may come to appreciate you on a new level. If you are solitary and without a consort, you can use one for anointing your skin and the other for charging candles and ritual tools.

Love Potion #9

1. Choose nine love herbs. Consider these: Damiana

Ginger

Grains of Paradise

Hibiscus

Lovage

Melissa (lemon balm)

Peppermint

Red clover

Rose petals

(Other options might include adder’s tongue, cardamom pods, catnip, cubeb, lavender, red raspberry leaves or rose hips.)

2. Make a strong infusion of all the herbs, strain, and serve.

Love Powder Drawing Powder

1. Grind the following botanicals to a fine powder:

Basil

Lavender

Rose petals

Yarrow

Optional: ginger blossoms

2. Blend with rice powder.

3. Sprinkle around your home, your bedroom, on your sheets and on you.

Teas and Soothing Pillow:

Bedtime Tea

1 part lavender

1 part catnip

1 part verbena

1 part chamomile

1 cup of boiling water

Mix dry herbs into a small jar

To brew, pour 1 cup of boiling water over 1 teaspoon of the blend you made in the jar.

Steep for 5 - 7 minutes. Strain and enjoy.

Love Tea

1 part rose petals

1 part lavender

1 part jasmine

Pinch of cinnamon (optional)

1 cup of boiling water.

Mix dry herbs into a small jar

To brew, pour 1 cup of boiling water over 1 teaspoon of the blend you made in the jar.

Steep for 5 - 7 minutes. Strain and enjoy.

Dream Pillow (Hecate’s Pillow)

Hecate provides protection at night as well as psychic enhancement, so that you can journey safely during dreams. Appeal to Hecate to block nightmares too.

Dried lavender

Dried mullein

Essential oil of lavender

Optional: tuberose absolute

Blend two parts lavender to one part mullein.

Sprinkle a few drops of the essential oils over the dried botanicals.

Allow this to dry thoroughly and use it to fill a black pillow.

For optimum results, create and inaugurate the pillow during the Dark Moon or on Halloween/Samhain.

Again, sorry for such a long post. Please try to follow the instructions to the best of your abilities or mix and match and experiment. Happy witching. Bye byes~

Sources

[1nsomniacwriter]

A list of flowers I think fit Shuake:

Black dahlias- betrayal

Lavender- distrust and devotion

Orange lilies- passionate desire/ hatred

Daffodil- new beginnings

Heliotrope- eternal love

Pink Astilbe- "I'll be waiting for you"

Snapdragons- ever lasting love/ loyalty

Orange tulips - understanding

Blue star- you recognize and admire their strength, determination and endurance

Ballon flowers- never stop loving/desire for a friend to re-enter your life

Freesia- trust

Gladiolus- strength and victory/ flower of the gladiators" to a game winner

Marigold- mourning or stricken by grief/ jealousy

Tansy- declaration of war/ protection

Orange lily- pride

Pink Carnation- "I will never forget you."

Iris- respect

Red Salvia- forever mine

Rosemary- remembrance

Lavender- devotion

Black-Eyed Susan- justice

Magenta Lilac- love/passion

Peony- Anger

Purple Hyacinth- apologies

Forget-me-nots- a promise to remember

Rhododendron- caution

White Clover- always thinking of you

Pink Camellia- "my destiny is in your hands." /Missing you

Hyssop- sacrifice

Hollyhock- ambition

Honeysuckle- devotion/strong bonds of love

Almond flowers- promise

Arbutus- "You are the only one I love"

Astragalus- "Your presence softens my pain"

Blackthorn- Fate/ protection/ hope against adversity,

Coltsfoot- "justice shall be done"

Diphylleia- "I will show my true self to you."

Laurestine- a token

Scabius- unfortunate attachment

Spindle tree- Your image is engraved on my heart

[floriology-daily]

WELCOME TO FLORIOLOGY DAILY

Floriology (n.)

The victorian language of flowers

The purpose of this blog is to journal my journey into learning Floriology, and hopefully teaching you all something along the way.

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TAGS

#floriology daily - my main tag that will be on all my posts

#Flower of the day - like the name suggests, this is the flower of today, which will include an image, the name, the scientific name, and the meaning of the flower in floriology

#Bontanies - for anything non-floriology related, but still flower or botanical related

#non flowers - for anything that isnt floriology or botanical

#floriology asks - anything that is an answer from my ask box

#flower pairings - for posts about bouquet meanings or flower pair meanings (please send requests!)

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ABOUT ME

Hi! I'm Honeii (my main is @honeii-puff), and this is my journey into Floriography and just botany in general. I love plants and all things nature, so this blog is something I'm very happy about

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SPREADSHEET

This spreadsheet is a list of the flowers that I have (and will) post meanings about. If you put an ask in for me to put a flower in the queue, instead of answering it I will put it into the queue. If you put it as non-anonymous, I will tag you in its posting. If you are anonymous, you will not be tagged.

spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1F-bdc2LA62MDV_21P2QZZ1pD103gBUAH0EaVaa_l1GU/edit?usp=sharing

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FLORIOLOGY MASTERLIST

The links to all the flowers on this blog.

001. - Hydrangea

002. - Dahlia

003. - Crocus

004. - Yarrow

005. - Bellflower

006. - Marigold

007. - Petunias

008. - Bleeding Heart

009. - Lavender

010. - Peoney

011. - Geranium

012. - Foxglove

013. - Daffodil

014. - Snapdragon

015. - Snowdrop

016. - Hosta

017. - Cyclamen

018. - Columbine

019. - Camellia

020. - Lilac

021. - Poppy

022. - Hollyhock

023. - Baby's-Breath

024. - Lupine

025. - Lily

026. - Hyacinth

027. - Belladonna

028. - Aster

029. - Hellebore

030. - Sunflower

031. - Pansy

032. - Daisy

033. - Weeping Begonia

034. - Carnation

035. - Zinnia

036. - Hibiscus

037. - Trumpet Genitian

038. - Amaryllis

039. - Wisteria

[caeliangel]

IMAGE ID: a rectangular flag with 6 stripes that are, in order: deep violet, carnation pink, lavender pink, muted light blue, fuschia blue, dark indigo. END OF ID.

✦︰︵︵ BI SAPPHILLEAN LESBOY

EXPLANATIONS ✦ ╲╲ ︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶

A flag for bisexuals who also are sapphillean and lesboys! For whatever reason!

MEANINGS ✦ ╲╲ ︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶

No individual meanings! (Too many flags + I'm tired :33)

[garden-of-flags]

sapphillean flag compilation pt 1/4

sapphillean/sachillean/sapphichillean/sapphic-achillean: “an orientation that encompasses wlw, nblw, wlnb, mlm, mlnb, and nblm but not wlm or mlw.” or “a combination of sapphic and achillean”

alternative spellings (it was pretty crowded): saphilean, sapphilean, saphillean, sapphicchillean, sappho-achillean, achillean sapphic

earliest mention: june 29, 2018 by @/sapphicchillean (link here) (archived link here)

(part two link here, part three link here, part four link here)

june 29, 2018: flag by @/sapphicchillean (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with five even horizontal stripes, in the following order: sky blue, royal blue, pastel yellow, light pink, red pink. /End ID ]

color meanings:

light blue for a flowing of gender and attraction; dark blue for mlm and mlnb; yellow for nonbinary gender and attraction; light pink for the softness of gender and attraction; dark pink for wlw and wlnb

resized flag by me (on @somniabyte): link here

[ ID: a flag with five even horizontal stripes, in the following order: sky blue, royal blue, pastel yellow, light pink, red pink. /End ID ]

april 4, 2020: alternative flag by u/zamonianbolton (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with three even horizontal stripes split in half. on the right, the stripes are blue, white, and blue. in the center of those stripes is the green achillean carnation symbol. on the left, the stripes are pink, white, and blue. in the center of those stripes is the medium purple sapphic violet symbol. /End ID ]

july 29, 2020: alternative flag by u/ohyourearoach (archived link here) (better quality image’s link here)

[ ID: a flag with five horizontal stripes, in order they are: light blue, periwinkle, white, light red, and dark pink. in the center of the flag is the achillean carnation symbol with the the sapphic violet symbol overlaid on top. /End ID ]

may 2, 2021: alternative flag by u/heytherebuddychumpal (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with seven horizontal stripes, with the center stripe being three times as tall. in order, they are: blue, cyan, light sea foam, white, pastel yellow, light red, and red. in the center of the flag is a green and yellow version of the sapphic violet symbol with brown achillean carnation symbol petals and green leafs. /End ID ]

may 8, 2021: alternative flag created by unknown (link found here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with three even horizontal stripes, in order they are: muted purple, white, and muted purple. in the center of the flag is a brown flower symbol similar to the achillean carnation symbol. /End ID ]

july 20, 2021: alternative flag by u/sugoispelunker (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with five horizontal stripes, with the center stripe being twice as tall. in order, they are: salmon pink, purple, white, purple, and muted blue. in the center of the flag is the green achillean carnation symbol with two purple sapphic violet symbols with a thin white border, one on the left leaf and the other on the right leaf. /End ID ]

july 20, 2021: alternative flag by u/sugoispelunker (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with five horizontal stripes, with the center stripe being twice as tall. in order, they are: salmon pink, purple, white, purple, and muted blue. in the center of the flag is a bouquet of light green carnation flowers with a cluster of purple violet flowers on the right and left. /End ID ]

august 26, 2021: alternative flag by @your-friend-the-void (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with five even horizontal stripes, in order they are: purple, lavender, purple-tinted white, lilac, and dark lilac. /End ID ]

september 8, 2021: alternative flags by @/MilkyWayMimikyu on twitter (link here and link here)

[ ID: a flag with nine even horizontal stripes, in order they are: verulean blue, medium blue, light blue, silver grey, light grey, silver grey, peach, light red, and dark pink. in the center of the flag is a purple lily flower. /End ID ]

[ ID: a flag with nine even horizontal stripes, in order they are: verulean blue, medium blue, light blue, silver grey, light grey, silver grey, peach, light red, and dark pink. /End ID ]

[ ID: a flag with seven horizontal stripes, with the center stripe being three times as tall. in order they are: verulean blue, medium blue, light blue, silver grey, peach, light red, and dark pink. in the center of the flag is a purple lily flower. /End ID ]

[ ID: a flag with seven horizontal stripes, with the center stripe being three times as tall. in order they are: verulean blue, medium blue, light blue, silver grey, peach, light red, and dark pink. /End ID ]

color meanings:

cerulean blue for loving men; medium blue for fluid masculinity; light blue for hope; greys for being on the nonbinary/genderfluid spectrum; peach for admiration; light red for fluid femininity; dark pink for loving women

november 24, 2021: alternative flag by anonymous (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with five horizontal stripes, with the center stripe being twice as tall. in order, they are: sea foam green, slightly darker sea foam green, white, medium lavender, and light lavender. in the center, there’s a sea foam, dark sea foam, purple, and lavender colored lavender symbol horizontal. /End ID ]

march 27, 2022: alternative flag by @/eirianqueer on twitter (link here)

[ ID: a flag of seven horizontal stripes, in order they are: dark pink, light red, light lavender, off-white, light lavender, sky blue, and medium blue. in the center of the flag is the green achillean carnation symbol with a smaller medium purple sapphic violet symbol in the center of the carnation. /End ID ]

april 18, 2022: alternative flags by @/zuzzhi on twitter (link here)

[ ID: a flag with five horizontal stripes, with the center stripe being wider. in order they are: dark pink, light salmon, grey-white, light blue, and muted blue. in the center of the flag is a purple flower symbol with a dark green stem. /End ID ]

[ ID: a flag with five horizontal stripes, with the center stripe being wider. in order they are: dark pink, light salmon, grey-white, light blue, and muted blue. /End ID ]

color meanings:

dark pink for love for women; light salmon for unique experience with femininity; grey-white for love for non-binary folk and love of the identity; light blue for unique experience with masculinity; muted blue for love for men

[blood-moon-night-coining]

achillean & maybe sapphic symbolic terms ? /nf

Achilleansymbolic, Sapphicsymbolic, and Diamoricsymbolic

[PT: Achilleansymbolic, Sapphicsymbolic, and Diamoricsymbolic]

Achilleansymbolic, a gender in the gendersymbolic gender system where someone’s gender is connected to the symbol from the term Achillean(link).

Sapphicsymbolic, a gender in the gendersymbolic gender system where someone’s gender is connected to the symbol from the term Sapphic(link).

Diamoricsymbolic, a gender in the gendersymbolic gender system where someone’s gender is connected to the symbol from the term Diamoric(link).

(All terms are from the gendersymbolic(link) gender system)

[Achilleansymbolic ID: Two almost identical flags. The left one has the Achillean flower, a stylized image of a green carnation, in the center. Both flags have thirteen diagonal stripes. The middle one is the thickest. The colors from the middle to the top right and bottom left corners are off white, grey-blue, lighter grey-blue, pastel blue, bright yellow, darker green, and dark green. ]

[Sapphicsymbolic ID: Two almost identical flags. The right one has the Sapphic flower, a stylized image of a violet, in the center. Both flags have thirteen diagonal stripes. The middle one is the thickest. The colors from the middle to the top right and bottom left corners are pastel pink, light pink, darker pink, darkish pink, bright yellow, light lavender, and purple. ]

[Diamoricsymbolic ID: Two almost identical flags. The left one has the Diamoric flower, a stylized image of a myrtle, in the center. Both flags have thirteen diagonal stripes. The middle one is the thickest. The colors from the middle to the top right and bottom left corners are light blue, light green, darker green, and even darkish green, maroon, darker maroon, and bright yellow.]

(ID credits: @accessmogai)

[Tagging] @radiomogai and @accessmogai

[Requested by] Anon

[rinm-art]

Gravity of levity: Gay people will wear anything.

Gay people will wear anything is a memorial piece to queer expression and the semantics of gender presentation. Within this piece we find living floral elements such as carnations that are quintessential image of the LGBTQ community. Depending on the color they have varying meanings but typically the green was worn in the 1890s by gay men to represent their sexuality. The white carnation like the one featured with this piece is meant to symbolize pure love. I decided to incorporate red roses with this piece to give to the photographer Kristin Cofer and her series, the red Rose project. Within this body of work, she photographs LGBTQ identifying people that are important within her life with red roses, giving them their so-called flowers. The materiality of this piece deep significance. The ropes that are weave together with burlap denim and leather tie back to the leather boot element within this piece referring to blue-collar butch workmanship. We also chain a modern and post punk fashion element found within clothing. At the bottom of the piece, hang bandanna in different colors found within hanky code. Some of them more than others. With colors such as black to represent S and M, lavender for drag queens and those attracted to drag queens. This piece is also based on a joke found within my personal life. In nightlife, especially queer nightlife we tend to see what one could endearing me describe as heinous outfits. With comedic elements found with an expression and more serious and thought-provoking elements in each garment. The joke is gay people will wear anything. At my big age of 22 years old I wore my nephews Roblox hat to go to an event. However, I’ve also seen people wear things like discarded telephones on their belts, we add things like floral lease to oversize basketball shorts. This piece speaks about the playfulness with queer identity and the semantics we find within queer style of dress. This is not to say that queer fashion has a specific look but, it can be identified through its play With world building and perception of the world around it. This phenomenon which we find in real world presentations of gender, as well as photographic fashion Images is referred to as disidentification. Identification and queerness have a fond relationship as they seem to rely on each other. Dis, identification and forms, queerness, and is informed by queerness. The symbiosis is particularly interesting to study and observe because it is the creation of an identity that outsiders of said identity do not want to immediately associate, but, only hold this fear of automatic association, because of a previously made assumption. In short “I don’t want to think it’s queer because it looks queer “.

[publicabsent]

the house incident.

had she known such a predator waited for her, perhaps she never would have left the house that day.

midmarch air pushes against her hair, the smell of early spring flowers carried with it. the sky shines blue, happily unaware of the day it brings. the girl, too, expects nothing from her cursory glance at the overgrown lot.

the rusty chain fence seems to be the line for the brambles & the yellowed grass. the few trees among the brush seem almost burnt up & dead, gnarled bare to the branches. her feet freeze in place, hazel eyes finding the well-disguised maw of the beast -- an old house, somewhat victorian in style. she squints, seeing both a version condemned by neglect & a version painted an elegant mossy green. the green house focuses its image, the slate roof & white detailing seeming fresh. she remembers halfway, while still studying the house, that the gate into the fence was not open before. maybe it was, she reasons. perhaps i wasn't paying attention.

her feet carry her close enough to spot the deep blue curtains, drawn back to display an ornate hearth of dark wood. a house of luxury, to be sure. though the house seems unassuming, she can feel the iciness creep around her ribs like a warning. she shouldn't be here; she needs to go to the library -- in an act of betrayal, somehow, her hand uses the brass knocker. the face in the ornament leers at her. (had she even approached the front door?)

the oaken door swings in to reveal a rich foyer, creamy wallpaper offset by nearly black wooden accents. it feels as though the house itself wants her company, though the chill is creeping into her spine. yellow sneakers feel cemented to the earth, unable to enter or exit.

"oh," a warm, syrupy voice coos, "hello, dear, do please come in."

the medium's feet oblige, entering softly into the carpeted hall. the door closes behind her, jaw gently closing in. she hardly notices, more aware of the graceful blonde woman gliding toward her. the woman is dressed in a lavender housecoat, effortlessly fashionable for seemingly no audience. her hair is gathered into a braid that cascades over one shoulder. she must be a mother, the brunette thinks. one who reads bedtime stories & holds you close. a warm one.

"you must forgive my appearance, it's been quite a while since company ... well, never mind that, come into the parlor, will you? i shall put the kettle on."

practically ushering her guest into the room, the blonde woman nearly vanishes once the younger girl is shoved into a seat. though the room is beautiful, clearly the one she'd seen from the window, something feels wrong. it smells too old. almost rotted.

"here we are! it's just earl grey." the blonde woman sets a tray holding a delicate tea set onto the table. "oh, where are my manners," she chuckles, seemingly unbothered by her guest's silence. "lady isadora whitney. pleased to meet you, miss ... ?"

finally, the brunette speaks. "an -- annette. um. c-carli."

isadora fixes two cups of tea, allowing annette a better look at the intricate floral painting. white carnations & red poppies decorate the side of the porcelain cup, & the icy sensation intensifies.

"m -- m-miss, i ... i really sh - should --"

"go? oh, do stay, darling. you'll notice time is ... peculiar in this house. & company is so rare these days."

annette had figured she was a ghost. such a statement confirmed it. the spectacled medium looks into her teacup, eyes widening at the sick dark green that tinged the liquid. the internal chill was closing its fingers around her throat; she needed to run, but nothing moved. not until isadora, with surprising strength, hoists the living girl up by her upper arms, holding just slightly too tight.

"perhaps a tour of the house? i hope, annette, you shall find it most diverting. off we go, then."

the ghost drags her haphazardly through the labyrinthine corridors. old family portraits glower down at annette as she passes, feet failing to find reliable purchase. isadora's voice has not changed from the warmth it held, but something underneath it has shifted.

"you see, darling, the women of my family have had dreadful luck when it comes to families. husbands sent to war, sickly children, conniving in-laws. i was no exception. i'd had, oh, perhaps three husbands ... ? only sweet horace never betrayed me, if only because i didn't let him. i had the most wretched, ungrateful children, despite my love & care."

isadora releases her cargo, sending annette falling to her knees. despite the exquisite appearance of the floor, splinters enter & tear at the skin of her knees. the medium looks up at the lady of the house, finally seeing the change.

her limbs were longer, bonier. her kind face had shifted into something gaunt & burned away in places, her teeth like jagged crumbs of marble. once-lovely hair was brittle & singed. there was no time to notice the talons on isadora's fingertips before they sheathed themselves into annette's jawline, pulling her to her feet & into the spirit's face. she smells of burnt flesh & rot.

"i elected to make my own luck. a dinner, for all my family."

realization strikes the living girl as she is practically thrown into the burnt bones of a once-lovely dining room. the feeling of death permeates the charred room. (now that isadora's nails no longer hold her, she feels the blooding trickling down her neck. the stale, dusty air stings.)

isadora killed all of them.

"the children were easy enough. poison for the bigger ones, but the littlest two i simply smothered. since my care was so suffocating."

annette stands stock still, eyes unfocused on the room before her. if so many died here, why did only she linger? are they hiding? lying in wait? or maybe they're watching, waiting like vultures -- annette's shoulders & head slam against the flimsy wall, only feeling a slight give. one of isadora's arms is braced just under the medium's collarbone, but her other hand snatches a delicate wrist. her grip is tight, almost too tight. the brunette wails despite herself, the sound tearing at her frozen throat.

"listen when i speak, you pathetic little shit!"

a sharp wrench of her wrist, salty tears now mingling with both dust & the slowing trail of blood. hazel eyes are wide, & she distantly wonders whether her wrist is broken. isadora seems not to care, gripping fragile upper arms & pulling her guest along yet again.

as they wander the house, what first appeared warm & welcoming is now cold, tattered, & watching the stranger. isadora, in between brief flashes of violence, explains placidly what she had done.

her first husband, along with his new wife, met their ends with a garrote. the wife, "wee thing she was," all but lost her head. annette's queasy expression prompted a vicious yank at her curls, baring her throat. the command to feel no pity for "that whore & her employer" rattles in annette's skull, shaken about by the sharp strike to her face that follows. all the living girl manages through pain & tears are mouthed apologies & an attempt at stoicism.

isadora's second husband never remarried. a polite, soft-spoken sort of man, she claimed she pitied him. this pity precedes a non-fatal blow to the head & a hanging. as the ghost's grip slackened, in one single moment of daring, annette tries to run. but the claws return, raking gashes from shoulder to forearm.

another angry pull at her hair, nearly eliciting a scream. "running, you coward? poor creature. what do you have to run to? i cannot imagine --" another yank, the ghost's grip twisting in now-filthy hair -- "anyone wishing for your return, darling. do they even know you're gone?"

lady whitney's gnarled hand remains twisted in annette's hair, nails occasionally gouging at her scalp as she tells of horace. his fate, by far, was the most dreadful. tortured by his wife, fingernails plucked out & body prodded with the red-hot poker till he confessed his intended double-crossing, mewling out a plea for mercy. he finally died when she thrust the poker through his ribcage. were it not for the still-vicious grip, annette may have vomited.

"my only mistake was letting the fire roar too long. it swallowed the house. but death isn't the end, is it, wretch?"

the small girl is tossed forward, only barely catching herself from flying face-first into the once-grand staircase. one step connects just below her ribcage, determined to leave a bruise & knocking the wind out of her.

before she can move to her feet, sharp nails clench her ankles. isadora begins to climb the stairs.

"many years later, some foolish little girl, some stupid child let her curiosity lead her here. the stairs held her weight going up, but upon her descent, the floors simply ... gave way."

as the ghost spoke, annette was being dragged up the stairway. the first stair caused her teeth to clamp on the inside of her cheek, the taste of blood filling her mouth. shaking hands scrabble desperately to find something to resist with, only managing to bloody her fingertips till it hurt to use them. her pleading is hardly audible, voice long gone. that was when the hands began to appear. they held onto her where they could, pulling against the lady whitney. hands with no fingernails grasp her wrists, but she feels them all over her. pinning her to the spot.

"let her go, you snakes! i've already killed you once, could i not do it again?"

annette squeezes her eyes shut as isadora continues to rage at unseen victims, her grip on the girl's legs vanishing. all she can think of is home. or anywhere else. the hands seem to hold her tighter, but in defense. still, she squirms against them. isadora's shrill screams grow louder & louder, till annette's ears are simply ringing. suddenly it's pouring rain.

she's flat on the ground, dried grass surrounding her. as if it all vanished. other than the ringing in her ears, the rain, & the odd passing car, all is quiet.

annette remains on the earth, bleeding & breathing heavily, until she shivers at the cold rain. the pain at her movement spreads over her, waking up her still-reeling mind. lifting herself to her feet takes a few attempts before she's steady.

trudging home in the rain is worse. her hair feels heavy & matted with knots, blood, & dirt. her scalp is screaming. she's sure at least some, if not all, of her wounds are still bleeding. it's agony to fumble for her house key, traces of blood left on every surface she touches. climbing to her attic is simply out of the question.

at least, she thinks as she collapses onto the sofa, at least i wasn't gone too long.

(she awakens the next morning to her mother's yell: gone a month & bleeding on the sofa? why bother returning?)

[appalachianhearthcraft]

My personal UPG walking with Mother Mary as a folk witch.🌹

She is patient & understanding of boundaries. When I began calling on Momma Mary I was super uncomfortable using certain prayers & I prayed my own versions of the rosary/traditional prayers. This has changed for me over time. But it was my choice. ✨

She is very connected with the Moon & I find venerating her, doing ritual to honor her & doing consecrations/dedications to her during the New & Full Moon to be very powerful. 🌕

She will let me know she is there & hears me through signs, symbols & messages. It never fails after spell work, ritual, praying the rosary or a novena that I will hear her name on the TV/the radio/in passing conversation.. I will see her images & symbols (and not through the algorithm on my phone). She is very “vocal” to me. To be her devotee is to always be under her mantle. 🙏

She loves rose, lavender, vanilla, honey & rosemary (herbs, oils, incense, lotions, perfumes, etc). She loves the colors white, pink & blue. She loves roses, carnations & flowers in general. Honey, milk, breakfast tea & herbal tea are also some of her favorites. She also loves baked goods & her tea sweet. Helping others in need, praying for others/your ancestors souls & donations in her name are also beautiful acts of love to her. 🍯

This gorgeous rosary is by @sacredwombcreations 📿 (on IG).

[demonic-shadowlucifer]

Lesbian-Veldian Solidarity Flag!

(Image ID: A flag with five horizontal stripes. The first stripe is dark purple, the second stripe is purple, the third stripe is lavender, the fourth stripe is dark green, and the fifth stripe is a darker shade of green) (A.k.a: Lesbian-Turian solidarity flag or simply the Lesbian-Gay solidarity flag) This popped up in my head and I figured I might as well create it. No flag meanings, but I used violet/purple since violets were used to represent lesbians/sapphics. And I used green because of the green carnation being a queer symbol. Lavender was used because "lavender" was a slur directed to both lesbians and gays, but the term has since been reclaimed.

This flag is inclusive of all lesbians and veldians, including nonbinary lesbians, nonbinary veldians, those who ware gender/pronoun-non conforming, stellians (mspec lesbians/veldians), lesboys and turigirls.

(Image ID: A dark blue-violet banner with white text on it. A red pentagram is above the text in the middle.). (Text ID: DO NOT INTERACT: Exclusionists, Bigots, Involved in discourse, Anti-Endo, Flop/Cringe Account, Supports pedophillic or incestuous ships, NSFW account, Has "minors" in your DNI, Anti-Vaxx, Anti-Abortion, Involved in Crypto/NFTs, Anti-regression, Anti-Alterhuman, Anti-recovery).

[lizgift12]

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[commic-jester]

emma - carnations (striped), hyssops, mints, roses (yellow), sweet peas, and zinnias .

striped carnations are refusals . i imagine her gettin this flower after . actually no i wont explain that . hyssops r largely symbolic of cleanliness which i really associate w emma ? mint is hospitality which is Emma fr !! yellow roses n zinnias r both friendship n love, n friendship is vv integral to emma as a character (even if she treats her own friends like shit) . sweet peas have a LOT of meanings from what ive found but im more focused on the 'departure' part . emma loses a lot of friends . i think it fits .

manny - daffodils, freesias, gardenias, heliotropes, hyacinths (blue), savories, and speedwells .

daffodils r rebirth . manny reinvents her entire image . freesias (n also gardenias) r innocence n purity, which is practically the OPPOSITE of what happens to many . the purity of freesias would symbolize manny's loss of innocence . heliotropes r endless love...manny has SO much love to give (but how much does she really get in return ?) . blue hyacinths r constancy n loyalty . manny always seems to be a constant in emmas life even throughout their disagreements . savory is a plant i KNOW but it symbolizes romance :] manny is a vv romantic character ! n finally speedwells r meant for healin . manny has, like every character, a LOT of trauma n baggage to work through . but shes strong n she perseveres and and and

rapid fire time .

j.t - brugmansias, forget-me-nots, hollies, lilacs, rosemaries, sweet peas, valerians, and yarrows .

brugmansias (angels trumpets) is vibrancy, but also danger which is kinda really funny in ref to jt . forget-me-nots i already explained . hollies r foresight n defense which is another ironic meanin for jt bc yeah . lilacs r innocence, or jt's innocence, and that he both dies innocent but also LOSES his innocence when he tried to killhimself that one time . rosemaries r mournin/remembrance . sweet peas for the same reason as emma . valerian herbs for strength, or jt's lack thereof . yarrows for 'saying i love you in spite of everything' to liberty, despite the drug dealing, despite the accidental kid, despite the death: jt still loves her

liberty - forget-me-nots, lilies (orange), primroses, roses (red), thymes, violets, and willows .

orange lilies for honor n pride, which liberty has lots of <3 primroses optimism or libertys decision that she WILL have a future without jt in it . red roses for romances or ig romances that liberty always seems to lose apparently which i though was bullshit but oh well . thymes for courage which liberty has so much of . violets for humility . willows for loss AND hope

sean - aloes, bay wreaths, begonias, columbines (purple), lavender, salvias (blue), and thymes !

aloe plant for healin/protection bc sean is such a protective guy n prioritizes his own healin . bay wreaths/laurels for victory except sean may have had a victory but he didnt WIN he never got the satisfaction of winnin he only got the satisfaction of comin out on top . begonias for justice as well as misfortune: sean is vv troubled n is served "justice" in ways that r more unfair than true justice . purple columbines for success . lavender for calmness . blue salvias for long life (in contrast to ricks, who he feels guilty for cutting his life short) . n thymes for courage again ! woohoo !!!

there r SO many more you have no idea . be happy i didnt add craig or campbell or ashley or toby here bc jesus christ

OUGHDODUGJ

[bohobeaurose]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Fresh for Spring Off White Floral Embroidery Mesh Skirt.

[bicolor-art]

Merry (late) christmas @capskat26!!!! I was so happy to receive a fellow Arthur/Albert enthusiast for a giftee!! I couldnt decide between a few drafts but these two were my favorites :’3 hope you like ‘em!!!!!

(fun fact! All the flowers in Arthur’s lapel were subtle gay signifiers from the late 19th/early 20th century💖🌻)

[wainwrightjakobshammerlock]

"Oh, Winny, you shouldn't have!"

[ddarker-dreams]

Yandere Flowed Themed Asks

Amaryllis - Would this yandere ever bend their whims to better suit their darling’s needs, or is their word always law? 

Basil - Does the yandere want what they think is “best” for their darling, or do they prioritize their wishes above all else? 

Bellflower - Is there anything that their darling could do/say that’d make the yandere’s feelings for them waver? Would they be able to bounce back, or would it permanently change the yandere? 

Carnation - Does this yandere consider what they’re doing morally “wrong”, and if so, how do they justify their actions to themselves? 

Chestnut - Would this yandere care about their darling’s past romantic relationships? If not, then why is that? 

Cypress - How does this yandere comfort their upset darling? 

Gardenia - Is the yandere most content watching their darling from afar, or do they feel the need to interact directly with them? Does it vacillate between the two? 

Honeysuckle - Would this yandere prefer to “tie-down” their darling through marriage or having/adopting kids? 

Hyacinth - How good is this yandere at getting their darling on their side by twisting their words/justifying their actions? If they’re not good at it, why is that? 

Hydrangea - How would this yandere react if their darling gave them affection? What is their internal thought process like? 

Jasmine - How would this yandere use their status/money in their favor? 

Lavender - Would this yandere’s darling be able to sense the impending danger, or is the yandere efficient at hiding their darker side? 

Lily - What would ultimately give the yandere’s true intentions away? Does the yandere do it on purpose, or is it an accident? 

Lime blossom - Does the yandere’s feelings for their darling fall more under “love” or lust? 

Lotus - How does this yandere ultimately view their darling? As someone greater than them and in need or reverence, someone lower than them, or somewhere in between? 

Magnolia - Would there ever be any time that the yandere would reflect on their actions and wonder if they should stop/change their ways? Or do they always believe themselves to be in the right? 

Mint - How do the people around the yandere view them? Are they none the wiser to what the yandere’s doing, complicit in some way, uncaring, etc? 

Myrtle - Is this yandere consistently the same during the time they spend with their darling, or does their attitude begin to change? If so, what prompts the change?

Narcissus - Does this yandere prefer to infiltrate their darling’s life, or do they prefer to take their darling away? 

Pansy - What was it that ultimately sparked their obsession? 

Peony - How shameless is this yandere? Do they care about their public image and or private image, and how does that affect how they treat their darling? 

Primrose - In the yandere’s ideal world, what would their relationship with their darling be like? 

Rose - Does this yandere indulge much about themselves to their darling? Does it depend on if their darling were to ask? Or are they secretive and closed off? 

Snapdragon - What is the darling’s day-to-day life like? Does it depend on how they’ve been acting, or is it always the same? 

Tulip - Does the yandere want their darling’s forgiveness, or does it make no difference to them?

Wisteria - Is the yandere welcoming of any relationships (platonic/familial/etc) in their darling’s life, and what would it depend on if so?