#watered silk

[whats-in-a-sentence]

He opened his bag as he spoke, and tumbled on to the floor a wedding dress of watered silk, a pair of white satin shoes, and a bride's wreath and veil, all discoloured and soaked in water. "There," said he, putting a new wedding-ring upon the top of the pile.

"The Illustrated Sherlock Holmes Treasury" - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

[fangrurin]

Fashion of the Great Houses of Westeros: House Tully of Riverrun

[cirusthecitrus]

And the seas were filled to the brim drop by drop

And grains of sand formed the stones

Eternity is probably so long

I only wish to contribute a tiny bit

In my short life to weave

At least one thin thread of silk

Flëur - Шелкопряд (Silkworm) -----------------------------------------

Just me again thinking about the clones whom Prime made feel so small and insignificant and replaceable, who had no choice but to accept their roles and who were greatful to be given a chance at life at all, a chance to be a part of their god's grand journey, even if only for a moment

And yet, deep down they probably still wanted to prove themselves special and needed, still hoped to leave something important behind and be aknowledged and remembered by their brother... I'm still so emo about them T-T

[figofswords]

wow I didn’t think reblogging that tea post and then seeing people’s tags would deal me such strong psychic damage. come over I can fix you I can find a tea you will like. “I don’t like tea” how can you say that as a blanket statement when there are so many vastly different kinds of tea. head in hands

[skydarcyedwards]

Raindrops on spider silk.

Sky Edwards

2022

Donnelly River

Canon EOS 60D

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

[astrangetorpedo]

exactlyyy that cologne show was something else entirely.

at the risk of sounding jobless and obsessive, pasting a compilation from tiktok down just to point out a very fleeting but serious moment… at the 1:35 minute mark…

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZIJnTNpWN/

jb’s elevator eyes…. she’s no better than a man

[dim20-stims]

"I believe in you. Spring Break!"

x x x - x 🩰 x - x x x

[nocturnal-stims]

Frosmoth stimboard

Sources: 🦋 ❄ 🦋 / ❄ 🦋 ❄ / 🦋 ❄ 🦋

[y-rhywbeth2]

Having spent too long reading the word "patriar" I have decided that while Durge and Gortash were talking about their plans to conquer the city, my Durge insisted that Bane's future Black Keep should be built on the wreckage of the Upper City. After he's done hunting everybody who lives in there for sport.

[nonbinary-ghost]

When yarn care instructions say "hand wash only, lay flat to dry" they mean it :'3

[Image description: four crochet swatches made of the same mauve yarn. They are made of back-loop half double crochet and an alpine stitches. The left two swatches are distinct, with clear stitch definition. The other two are shrunk and felted into indistinct lumps of wool. End description]

[demonslayerswap]

Just out of curiosity, would you fellas be interested in sending asks to the characters shown so far? I am asking hypothetically for I am still in a art block when designing the rest of the cast, so the best I'd be able to do is anwer with the ones we have so far.

[confusedgoldenflower]

My Atla headcannons/theories

•Alpacas are native to the land of the Southern Air Temple.

•The Water Tribe engagement necklaces are made from a form of nacre (because it’s more fun that way) from like a barnacle-clam or smthg.

And the ribbon isn’t imported silk from the Fire Nation (they’re based on Japan and why does Japan have silk? Bc the humidity. Fite me) or lotus silk from the Earth Kingdom (they totally took the FN’s way of mulberry silk making, excellerated via the colonies, but that’s a lotta land! And I’m fascinated by how many diff ways we can make fabric. Obv they also have the various forms of sheep too).

But something special and from around those respective areas.

So I present to you the ribbons being made from the northern yak-things and southern leopard-things, etc.

But if you really wanna show how devoted and serious and skilled you are?

Sea Silk!

Which I decree as having distribution around both regions via the oyster-clam or whatever it would be in this world. (In this case, it turns a deep, beautiful blue instead of gold—at least, that’s how the Tribespeople prepare it anyway.)

Also Moth Silk!

Same with the arctic wooly bear moths as northern wooly bear-moths and southern snow leopard-moths.

Hell! For the fuck of it, let’s throw in some more fiber making things like mollusk-coral or cat-(Greenland) shark “hair” or sea feathers/crinoids (yes, I’m keeping that the same bc they’re special bois).

I’m gonna have so much fun with this my fics. Holy shit. I can’t believe I haven’t seen more ppl try to look into this. I, for one, have always wondered.

…. And I’ve always wondered why the Tribespeople don’t have brown eyes. Like it’s cute that the usually waterbending ppl who live with glaciers have blue eyes, but don’t we all know that that HURTS like shit in the reflecting snow and ice? I don’t have blue eyes but man did my genes hate me so I know how it feels. Just saying….

[golzar]

Trinette Lucas

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

Spider Webs

When I was a little kid I used to try and find "cobs" in funnel webs because I thought that must be what cobwebs were and surely the cobs must be nearby. I've always always loved spider and I've always been fascinated with their webs in some form or another, whether a child's inquisitive nature or simply admiring their beauty: how the sunlight glints off the strands, or how water drops settle on them like a string of pearls, or the patterns themselves.

All my photos, all unedited (I think; going off memory because I don't have all my working files on account of a external hard drive failure).

[acebytaemin]

day 2 of bday weekend celebrations was another gorgeous beautiful success 💗💗💗

[delulugirlygirl]

Hair tips

(Mainly for straight to wavy hair)

Oil

Instead of wasting money using a bunch of hair oils n things just let your natural hair oils (sebum) produce. Slowly start washing your hair less. I only wash mine every other week. It may be oily at times but it will if you use hair oils too and your hair actually doesn’t get so oily so fast if you wash it less often. The only time you should be using oil is if you have longer hair and your ends are dry but honestly even then you’re probably better off with a leave in conditioner. Use corn starch instead of dry shampoo.

Brushing

Use a boar bristle brush and brush your hair at least 100 strokes everyday. This will distribute your sebum more evenly and spread it towards your ends. massage your scalp every other day with a silicone scalp massager or your fingers for 5 mins or so. Don’t brush it wet. Wait till it dries.

Rice & rosemary.

Basically just boil rice and some rosemary for a while, strain it, and store the water in the fridge. I spray this on my roots right when I get out of the shower when my hair is still wet.

Handling

Wash your hair upside down, dry your hair with a cotton t shirt, put a clip at the roots of your front pieces for volume, use a silk pillowcase.

No heat.

always go heatless. if you don’t think they work for you or your hair type your doing it wrong and if you think they look bad on you you’re doing the wrong kind. Make sure to wash your hair with cold water too and maybe even ice your scalp.

Products

This is probably obvious by now but do NOT use brands like Dove and Pantene. Use a cleaner brand like native or something. Don’t go overboard. Did you know you can actually experience hair loss from having an abundance of protein on your hair? Not to mention product build up. Just eat lots of protein and zinc n things, use rice on your hair, leave in conditioner& occasional hair masks. Minimalism.

Your hair will naturally take care of itself on its own if you eat right so just don’t f*ck w it and you’ll be good.

That’s it for now but I may add to this.