#monarch mountain

[nashpotatoesoutdoorshow]

2024 Skiing at Monarch Mountain in Salida, CO

I had so much fun skiing at Monarch Mountain!

* Bluebird Day in Colorado

* Great wipeout at the 6:30-minute mark.

* Snownado from 14:45 - 15:00.

[vox-anglosphere]

Scotland's Monarch of the Glen stands tall in the beauty of Glen Coe

[royalty-nobility]

Emperor Franz Joseph and His Bride on a Trip in the Area Around Ischl

Artist: Johann Erdmann Gottlieb Prestel (German, 1804-1885)

Date: c. 1853-1854

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Description

The picture, which comes from the possession of the Office of the Master of the Horse, depicts the first joint outing of Emperor Franz Joseph and his bride Princess Elisabeth in Bavaria, which took place on August 21, 1853 near Bad Ischl. The young couple is sitting in a Landschützer, which is driven by Count Grünne, a confidant of the Emperor. The Landschützer, a rural open carriage, is drawn by six horses in the "wild" style. In this type of harness, which originated in Hungary, two horses are attached to the drawbar and four horses are harnessed in parallel to a front scale.

[thorarms]

Im so enamored with rural asgard. The farms and villages on the outskirts of the city. The small coastal settlements around the edge of the land. The mining towns near the mountains. The palace a distant golden mountain that shines too brightly and casts far too long a shadow.

[elusiveangel-fic]

Me: I want to build a big fancy castle on the side of that mountain.

Long-suffering Advisor: my lord there are so many things wrong with this idea

Me: yes but consider. It’ll look wicked cool.

[hellisntreal]

a power of peace and healing//your bones run strong

I spent a very long time trying to work out a Stone design and I'm still not settled! I'm sure like my other humanizations of Fallen London entities, I'll come up with a few <3

[kerovous]

Monarch On Rocky Mountain Bee Plant by David Stephens

[roadtrippinlilly]

Monarchs are here... their roosting on the Prairies and forrest. A little taste of a Maximilian Sunflower before it goes.

Source Me laf@ilyF 🥰

[adamshallperish]

i've been going down a rabbit hole with youtube videos discussing the shining, and while i dismiss those "theory" dudebro youtube videos that talk about the shining being code for kubrick faking the moon landing or whatever just on principle, there's something that i need to say.

so, there's this poster that literally just appears in the background of a scene in the film. that's it. it's just there. it's a silhouette of a skier with the only legible words being "ski monarch" at the bottom.

for some reason, so many people have come up with all these super involved theories about how "monarch" is actually the name of like a government mind control program. or how the skier's legs bend backwards, signifying it's a supernatural creature and therefore "monarch" is actually code for "minotaur", which should be at the heart of the hotel's hedge mage.

but as someone who's actually from colorado (where the shining takes place), these theories just make me cackle like a witch on adderall.

guys, guys. it's literally just a ski resort. it's a relatively small ski resort deep in rural colorado that's been there since 1939. it's been called monarch mountain since 1939. the slogan that they use in most of their advertising is "ski monarch". the reason the skier's legs look like that is just because that's what people's legs do when you ski, the silhouette just removes the definition. some prop director probably brought that on to add authenticity to the set because the shining, famously. takes place in colorado. in the winter. where and when skiing is known to happen.

[mothmonarch]

The marvel of being a small thing in an endless universe: adventure awaits everywhere! 🗻🌲

Some favorites from my 2019 ink challenge. I'm looking forward to doing some new ink pieces next month.

be part of the journey on patreon or with a tip 🐛

[nashpotatoesoutdoorshow]

Skiing at Monarch Mountain in Colorado on OPENING DAY!

Have you ever skied at Monarch Mountain on opening day? They opened for the season on December 6…

[zoeflake]

Happily, we happened upon a kaleidoscope of butterflies absorbing minerals from the sand along the creek late this morning 💛

And later, found this adorable baby snapping turtle at a pond nearby.

[royalty-nobility]

Ferdinand VII on Horseback

Artist: José de Madrazo y Agudo (Spanish, 1781-1859)

Date: 1821

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Ferdinand VII of Spain

Ferdinand VII (Spanish: Fernando VII; 14 October 1784 – 29 September 1833) was King of Spain during the early 19th century. He reigned briefly in 1808 and then again from 1813 to his death in 1833. Before 1813 he was known as el Deseado (the Desired), and after, as el Rey Felón (the Criminal King).

[cheeekywanker]

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