#raukar

[rullbo-frihetpahjul]

Raukar på Fårö

[safetea]

hanging out on Gotland ✨

[rabbitcruiser]

In a referendum, voters in Sweden decided to join the European Union on November 13, 1994.  

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WIP WORD SEARCH GAME

tagged by @jeyne-stark (who has a lot of fic on ao3, do check that out, lots of really great stuff!), who gave me the words

rose | cloud | sleep | red | legacy

all examples drawn from the Giant Sprawling Hobbit Fic:

  rose

           Prilti’s hackles rose instinctively before she froze and lowered them, and then the thought crystalized in her head: I could have challenged her.

           Alien and entirely new.  Prilti had never so much as entertained the idea of challenging Sikaa in her entire life.  Sikaa daughter of Akaar had been talented and fierce and admired since before Prilti was born, mother to twenty grown ravens, a canny beast of a flier, effortlessly dominant over all the females in a royal house of contingents.  She’d claimed King Thror Arkenstone as her own, she stood senior to six of the other eight who did so— and neither Raukar nor Dakar were here.

           But Thror hadn’t been in charge for over a year now.  Thorin had, and Thorin was Prilti’s.  For all that the royal dwarves were plenty insistent that Thror was still the living king and Thorin only a regent, well… power could shift back when it shifted back.  In the meantime, Prilti preened herself and her brother and Fisa, and contemplated Sikaa’s sleeping form, glossy feathers glinting with the shift of her breaths.

  cloud

           “Oh yes?  And when the armies of the Greenwood arrive— and they would— how will you fight them, son of Groin?  With what supplies will you provision our forces?  I know the strength of his: we cannot fight them as we are.”  Thorin planted himself in Gloin’s path, out of patience. “I wonder that you seem to believe this is a matter up for debate!  Your prince has given you orders!”

           Gloin roared and slammed the blunt side of his axe into the dust with enough force to raise a cloud.  “You order us to do nothing!  And you would yet ask us to do it gladly?”  Tears stood in his eyes.  “Allow us at least the freedom to rage and rail!  It cannot be borne in silence!”

           “And yet it must.”  Thorin drew himself up.  Implacable.  A dwarven king must have the power to stand as implacable as the foundations of the mountain itself.  When Gloin shoved at him, Thorin’s stance didn’t budge an inch.  It didn’t feel like victory.  “Our people must not hear of the elves’ presence, because someone will be rash and we cannot stop them all.  So yes, grandson of the grandson of my grandfather’s grandfather, you will bear it in silence, and thus keep Erebor safe.”

  sleep

           Thorin was introduced to the White Mountains first, then it was Dis’ turn; she stumbled back from it feeling no little bit bludgeoned, coming slowly back to awareness of her immediate surroundings to find Dwalin bandaging her hand for her.

           “Thanks, cousin,” she murmured, and let him brush the tears off her eyelashes with his thumbs and drink them.  “I’m sorry to delay you.”

           “You’re not sorry, you’re punning monstrously,” Dwalin rumbled, touching his cheek to hers, then he squared his shoulders and strode over to offer his hand to Tzafrira, calling himself Meha’achir son of Asufi— delayer, son of foundling.  He rocked back on his heels when his blood was laid on the stone, jaw dropping with a gasp like he’d taken a blow to the diaphragm.  Thorin placed his own shoulder behind Dwalin’s, and braced it there as Tzafrira overlaid his blood on the doorpost with her own again.  Dwalin abruptly turned from Tzafrira and leaned his forehead against Thorin’s with a hard clunk.  Thorin wrapped his uninjured arm around Dwalin’s back and pulled him off to a corner of the room while Dis brought the bandage from the tray one of Tzafrira’s attendants held out for them.  Dwalin’s arm hung limp at his side: Thorin held it up for her to wrap the bandage around his palm.  It was almost strange seeing Dwalin’s hands bare, their tattoos unhidden; he wore his knuckledusters even to sew or sleep these days.  The skin they had covered was paler than the rest from lack of dirt.

  red

           On the night when Bonemoon was no longer visible but Bronzemoon had not yet appeared in the sky, Thorin opened his eyes to an inferno of red flames and tried to wake up again.  He only managed to realize it was not a dream when the dwarf he was trying to rescue turned a long knife on him.

           Still entirely disoriented, he disarmed the dwarf with a practiced twist and started to drag him out of the flaming tent, only to be pounced on by another assailant.  Swinging the first dwarf around, he shoved him hard into the second, swiping at the new dwarf’s face with the confiscated knife and laying her cheek open to the bone.  Her bladed knuckledusters glanced off the armor at his shoulder when he jerked to protect his neck.  Then the tent collapsed, and Thorin roared in pain and frustration as he slashed himself free of burning, entangling canvas.

           “Thorin!” Dwalin was thundering.  “Thorin!”

           “I’m fine,” Thorin tried to call, but one of his attackers took the opportunity to try and slit his throat from behind.  He transfixed the dwarf’s wrist with the long knife and dragged it away from his body.  Keeper clove the dwarf’s skull in two.

           Thorin blinked at Dwalin.  “Durin’s beard, Dwalin!  Was that necessary?”

           “Yes,” said Dwalin, and Thorin realized Balin had stabbed the second dwarf to the heart, giving Ironstar a vicious twist. The remains of the tent blazed under their boots.  Dwalin seized him and beat out the flames that had taken hold of his coat.

  legacy

           “I thought this was about Durin’s legacy, not my safety.”

           “Oh, it is.”  Her voice was dangerous again.  “It should not have been bargained with, Amichai nesichi.  It is of Dwarrowdelf and does not belong to Blacklocks. You should have— you cannot— it belongs to our family.  It belongs to your sons and daughters and the kings under the mountain.”

           “Now it belongs to the Blacklocks, and seven thousand dwarves of Erebor will live under stone again.”

           “You can’t do this,” Dis whispered.  “We don’t have enough.  You can’t.  Give them the Arkenstone, give them the Raven Crown, give them Erebor, for our lives— give them everything, yes, until we are only shells and skins!  What will we be?  What will we be without them— little hairy Men, forgetting our ancestors and our ways and our words— you can’t.”

    Tagging @setnet , @july-19th-club , @theleakypen , @elucubrare , and @potato-on-your-head , with the words (incl. variants on):

teeth | agitate | seldom | gold | agree

[krinskrans]

Gotland

[billiela]

#gotland #raukar (på/i Langhammars Raukområde) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3e5Y_YAxU_vqm4m-kKEjX4zTPkOL_6KKabSKE0/?igshid=l7jwqxz324ma

[vulgarirex]

Weekend visit to Gotland. Lots of medieval stuff and wacky rocks. Happy I brought my sketch book. 

[swedishaesthetic]

Raukar, Fårö Limestones that have eroded from wind and water over time create these oddly shaped rocks that looks like they came out of the water. They can be found on the islands Gotland, Fårö and Öland on the east coast of Sweden.

[byboel]

#minne #sorg #reminiscence #grief #memory #sea #hav #raukar #strand #candlelight #stearinljus #kustlinje #shore (på/i Byrum, Kalmar Län, Sweden) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6GXJoYJDlv/?igshid=106xcusm6deh8

[joefornabaio]

Goodbye Gotland. . . . . . #vacation #sweden #sverige #semester #sommer #beach #strand #fårö #gotland #raukar #langhammars #rocks (at Langhammar) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1l3qHbAdS4/?igshid=u18vo98nss6u

[radiogornjigrad]

Romano Bolković: Samoupravljanja nikad dosta

Romano Bolković: Samoupravljanja nikad dosta

foto Tomislav Miletić/PIXSELL E da… I tak su se djeca samoupravljača obnoć suočila s neugodnom činjenicom da su u Zagrebu živjele porodice njihovih drugova i prije 1945. i da su roditelji, tete i sestre imali kuće i stanove u užoj gradskoj jezgri ovog uskog grada. Kakav skandal! Urša naslijedi dva, tri stana i endemski horvacki egalitarizam provre de profundis: otkud njoj što ne možemo imati…

[rabbitcruiser]

National Fossil Day

Fossils aren’t just interesting and fun to look at — they’re also proof of the existence of once-living things (like dinosaurs, animals, plants and even DNA remnants). Through these fossils we’re able to learn a lot about life from billions of years ago. We can even take a look at animals and life-forms that are no longer on the planet! These fossils (and the education around them) deserve to be preserved and explored. That’s why we celebrate National Fossil Day annually on the Wednesday of the second full week in October, with this year’s celebration being held on October 16. Show some appreciation for these incredible “time capsules” and the paleontologists who excavate them.

​National Fossil Day timeline

​1840s - 1850s​​​ Researchers discovered the Neanderthal

​Ancient human fossils were unearthed for the first time, proving the existence of the Neanderthal.

​1902 Proof of T-Rex ​

Researchers uncovered the first Tyrannosaurus Rex remains.

​1974​ Lucy was born

​​Scientists found fossils of a 3.5 million-year-old female hominin (an extinct human species) and named her “Lucy.”

How to Observe ​National Fossil Day

Hug a paleontologist

Check out local events

Visit Your Nearest National Park

Paleontologists are pretty incredible people. They go through lots of schooling and training to be able to study the fossils of all kinds of organisms. It’s because of them that we know a lot about the last few billion years of our planet’s history. Show your appreciation by giving them a hug, and asking them to tell you more!

Every year, the National Park Service partners with various organizations, universities, museums and more to celebrate National Fossil Day. Through field trips, classroom instruction and outdoor activities, they’re spreading awareness about this important holiday.

Many national parks are passionate about introducing future generations to the science behind fossils and paleontology. These may include anything from scavenger hunts, to multi-day ranger-led activities. Visit your nearest national park and discover all there is to know about this fascinating science!

4 Fun Fossil Facts

​They’re insanely valuable

​They can be enormous

​Anything can be fossilized

They’re ridiculously old​

​The highest amount ever paid for a dinosaur fossil was $8.3 million (they named it “Sue”).

The largest intact fossil ever discovered was a whopping 4 square miles! ​

​The smallest fossil on record was just 2/10 of a millimeter (it was of a 50-million-year-old parasite).

​Next time you're feeling old, just remember some fossils date back to 4.1 billion years.

Why ​National Fossil Day is Important

We can learn about our planet

We can understand the progression of time

We can look toward the future

A fossil is evidence of past life that’s been preserved in rock. This helps us discover all kinds of shells, plants, animals, and more that existed long before our time. This information helps us understand what was happening during each part of our planet’s history.

By looking at fossils, researchers have been able to understand how and when organisms appeared and disappeared throughout the passage of time. This is how they’ve been able to divide up the events in our planet’s history into different periods.

Each fossil tells a story of the organism it encapsulates, and the details of when it was on the earth. By examining fossils, we can use these stories to help inform us about the future, and how environmental factors (as well as man-made ones) will help influence our planet for future generations.

Source

[filmap]

Bergman Island Mia Hansen-Løve. 2021

Rocks 2 Langhammarsgubben - Raukar, 624 66 Fårö, Sweden See in map

See in imdb

[sverigesemester]

SCHWEDEN - Die Insel Gotland ist traumhaft schön. #sverige #schweden #natur #ostseeinsel #Östersjön #Gotland #Raukar #ostsee #insel #visitswedende #visitschwedende #schwedenurlaub #ferieninschweden

[clogging]

Natural sculptures by monisiri