#william charles john pitcher

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Costume design for the four swallows in the ‘Snow Ballet’ by Wilhelm (William Charles John Pitcher), London, 1883-84

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1888 costume designs by William John Charles Pitcher for the ballet Rose d’Armour :)

hello my dear! 💖

omg these are STUNNING!!!! 😍😍 thank you so much for sending this in!! ☺️☺️

I'm currently preparing my little bowl of halloween goodies for the last couple days of october, so I'm thrilled to be able to add this to the bowl of treats! ☺️💕🍬 🍭

thank you so much again for sending in this gorgeous plate! 🥰🥰

[lipsticksamurai]

If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!

- CHARLES BARKLEY

You have to do something in your life that is honorable and not cowardly if you are to live in peace with yourself.

- LARRY BROWN

You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.

- JERRY WEST

It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” “Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.

- BABE RUTH

Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.

- JOHN WOODEN

Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.

- WAYNE GRETZKY

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

- VINCE LOMBARDI

Today, you have 100% of your life left.

- TOM LANDRY

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.

- LANCE ARMSTRONG

At a young age winning is not the most important thing… the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence.

- ARSENE WENGER

I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.

- SANDY KOUFAX

I don’t have to wait for nobody, I move when I wanna move.

- FLOYD MAYWEATHER

My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.”

- HANK AARON

Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.

- TED WILLIAMS

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.

- SATCHEL PAIGE

Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.

- JIM VALVANO

Life is gonna throw you curve balls and it’s how you deal with them and your attitude and your work ethic.

- KERRI STRUG

[goalhofer]

2024 Houston Astros Roster

Pitchers

#35 Justin Verlander (Goochland County, Virginia)

#39 Miguel Díaz (San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic)*

#43 Lance McCullers; Jr. (Tampa, Florida)

#47 Rafael Montero (Higuerito, Dominican Republic)

#50 Tayler Scott (Johannesburg, South Africa)*

#52 Bryan Abreu (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

#53 Cristian Javier (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

#55 Thomas Pressly (Irving, Texas)

#56 Ronel Blanco (Santiago De Los Caballeros, Dominican Republic)

#57 William Murfee (Nashville, Tennessee)*

#58 Hunter Brown (St. Clair Shores, Michigan)

#59 Framber Valdez (Sabana Grande De Palenque, Dom Rep)

#61 Seth Martinez (Sierra Vista, Arizona)

#62 John Sousa (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida)

#63 Oliver Ortega (Nagua, Dominican Republic)*

#64 Brandon Bielak (Sayreville, New Jersey)

#65 José Urquidy (Mazatlán, Mexico)

#66 Shawn Dubin (Allegany, New York)

#68 J.P. France (St. Charles Parish, Louisiana)

#71 Josh Hader (Anne Arundel County, Maryland)*

#77 Luis García (Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela)

Catchers

#17 Víctor Caratini (Ciudad Coamo, Puerto Rico)*

#21 Yainer Díaz (Azua De Compostella, Dominican Republic)

Infielders

#2 Alex Bregman (Albuquerque, New Mexico)

#3 Jeremy Peña (Providence, Rhode Island)

#14 Mauricio Dubón (San Pedro Sula, Honduras)

#16 Grae Kessinger (Oxford, Mississippi)

#27 José Altuve (Maracay, Venezuela)

#28 Jon Singleton (Long Beach, California)

#79 José Abreu (Cruces, Cuba)

Outfielders

#6 Jake Meyers (Omaha, Nebraska)

#20 Chas McCormick (West Chester, Pennsylvania)

#30 Kyle Tucker (Tampa, Florida)

#44 Yordan Álvarez (Ciudad Las Tunas, Cuba)

Coaches

Manager Josue Espada (San Juan, Puerto Rico)

Bench coach Omar López (Valencia, Venezuela)

Hitting coach Alex Cintrón (Ciudad Humacao, Puerto Rico)

Assistant hitting coach Troy Snitker (Snellville, Georgia)

Pitching coach Josh Miller (Melbourne Beach, Florida)

Bullpen coach Bill Murphy (Cranford Township, New Jersey)

Bullpen catcher Javier Bracamonte (Santiago De León De Caracas)

1B coach Dave Clark (Tupelo, Mississippi)

3B coach Gary Pettis (Oakland, California)

Assistant coach Jason Bell (Houston, Texas)

Assistant coach Jason Kanzler (Penfield, New York)

Assistant coach Michael Collins (Canberra, Australia)

[honey-minded-hivemind]

Some books and plays I have read that are older than me oand/or were written before I was born:

Plays:

• Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

• The Tempest by William Shakespeare

• Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

• Hamlet by William Shakespeare

• Julius Ceasar by William Shakespeare

• A Midsummer Night's Dream

• Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

• Our Town by Thornton Wilder

Fairy Tales and Fables:

• The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen

• The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen

• The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen

• The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen

• The Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen

• The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen

• The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Andersen

• The Most Incredible Thing by Hans Christian Andersen

• The Frogs and the Ox;Belling the Cat;The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse;The Fox and the Grapes;The Wolf and the Crane;The Lion and the Mouse;The Crow and the Pitcher; The Fox and the Stork;The Fox and the Leopard;The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing;The Wolf, the Kid, and the Goat;The Lion's Share;The Wolves and the Sheep;The Ass in the Lion's Skin;The Farmer and the Snake; They Dog and the Oyster;The Wolf and the House Dog;Three Bullocks and a Lion; The Vain Jackdaw and His Borrowed Feathers;The Dogs and the Fox;The Farmer and the Cranes; and The Goose and the Golden Egg... by Aesop

• The Frog King; Cat and Mouse Partnership; The Story if the Youth Who Went Forth To Learn What Fear Was; The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids; Faithful John; Little Brother and Little Sister; Rapunzel; The Three Little Mean in the Wood; Hansel and Gretel; The Three Snake-Leaves; The White Snake; The Fisherman and His Wife; The Valiant Little Tailor; Cinderella; The Riddle; The Mouse, The Bird, and the Sausage; Mother Holle; The Seven Ravens; Little Red Cap; The Singing Bone; Clever Hans; The Wedding of Mrs. Fox; The Robber Bridergroom; Godfather Death; The Juniper Tree; The Six Swans; Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty); Little Snow White; Rumpelstiltskin; The Golden Bird; The Dog and the Sparrow; Frederick and Catherine; The Two Brothers; The Queen Bee; The Three Feathers; The Golden Goose; The Twelve Hunters; The Three Sons of Fortune; The Wiof and the Fox; The Fox and His Cousin; The Water Nixie; Brother Lustig; The Fox and the Geese; The Poor Man and the Rich Man; The Raven; The Peasant's Wise Daughter; Stories about Snakes; Hans the Hedgehog; The Three Brothers; Ferdinand the Faithful; One-eye, Two-eyes, and Three-eyes; The Shoes that Were Danced To Pieces; Iron John; The Lambkin and the Fish; The Lord's Animals and the Devil's; The Old Beggar Woman; Odds and Ends; The Sparrow and His Four Children; Snow White and Rose Red; The Wise Servant; The Glass Coffin; The Griffin; The Peasant in Heaven; The Bittern and Hoopoe; The Owl; Death's Messengers; The Spindle, the Shuttle, and the Needle; The Drummer; The Ear of Corn; Old Rinkrank... written/retold by the Brothers' Grimm

The 1800s- late 1930s set books:

• Big Red by Jim Kjelgaard

• The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

• The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare

• Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

• White Fang by Jack London

• Call of the Wild by Jack London

• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

• Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

• Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder

• Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

• On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder

• By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder

• The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder

• Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

• Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery

• Anne of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery

• Anne of the Island by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Edgar Allan Poe Works I've Read:

• The Raven; a poem

• Annabel Lee; a poem

• Lenore; a poem

• To Helen; a poem

• The Black Cat; a short story

• The Cask of Amontillado; a short story

• Ligeia; a short story

• The Masque of the Red Death; a short story

• Morella; a short story

• The Pit and the Pendulum; a short story

• The Premature Burial; a short story

• The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether; a short story

• The Tell-Tale Heart; a short story

Oldie But Goldies; Everything Else Thst is Older Than Me That I've Read:

• Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne

• Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; Prince Caspian; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; The Silver Chair; The Horse and His Boy; and The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis

• Charlotte's Web by E. B. White

• The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

• The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

• Redwall by Brian Jacques

• Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel

• The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

• The Giver by Lois Lowry

• The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams

• The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

• Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater

There is a lot I've probably read but don't remember, but these are the literatures I can remember that are older than me, or were made before I was born, that I have read😊

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Events 6.23

229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu. 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships. 1280 – The Spanish Reconquista: In the Battle of Moclín the Emirate of Granada ambush a superior pursuing force, killing most of them in a military disaster for the Kingdom of Castile. 1305 – A peace treaty between the Flemish and the French is signed at Athis-sur-Orge. 1314 – First War of Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn (south of Stirling) begins. 1532 – Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France sign the "Treaty of Closer Amity With France" (also known as the Pommeraye treaty), pledging mutual aid against Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. 1565 – Dragut, commander of the Ottoman navy, dies during the Great Siege of Malta. 1594 – The Action of Faial, Azores. The Portuguese carrack Cinco Chagas, loaded with slaves and treasure, is attacked and sunk by English ships with only 13 survivors out of over 700 on board. 1611 – The mutinous crew of Henry Hudson's fourth voyage sets Henry, his son and seven loyal crew members adrift in an open boat in what is now Hudson Bay; they are never heard from again. 1683 – William Penn signs a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania. 1713 – The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada. 1757 – Battle of Plassey: Three thousand British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey. 1758 – Seven Years' War: Battle of Krefeld: British, Hanoverian, and Prussian forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany. 1760 – Seven Years' War: Battle of Landeshut: Austria defeats Prussia. 1780 – American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township). 1794 – Empress Catherine II of Russia grants Jews permission to settle in Kyiv. 1810 – John Jacob Astor forms the Pacific Fur Company. 1812 – War of 1812: Great Britain revokes the restrictions on American commerce, thus eliminating one of the chief reasons for going to war. 1860 – The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office. 1865 – American Civil War: At Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant Confederate army. 1868 – Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer". 1887 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park. 1894 – The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin. 1913 – Second Balkan War: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the Battle of Doiran. 1914 – Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta. 1917 – In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire. 1919 – Estonian War of Independence: The decisive defeat of the Baltische Landeswehr in the Battle of Cēsis; this date is celebrated as Victory Day in Estonia. 1926 – The College Board administers the first SAT exam. 1931 – Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane. 1938 – The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States. 1940 – Adolf Hitler goes on a three-hour tour of the architecture of Paris with architect Albert Speer and sculptor Arno Breker in his only visit to the city. 1940 – Henry Larsen begins the first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 1941 – The Lithuanian Activist Front declares independence from the Soviet Union and forms the Provisional Government of Lithuania; it lasts only briefly as the Nazis will occupy Lithuania a few weeks later. 1942 – World War II: Germany's latest fighter aircraft, a Focke-Wulf Fw 190, is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in Wales. 1946 – The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. 1947 – The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act. 1951 – The ocean liner SS United States is christened and launched. 1956 – The French National Assembly takes the first step in creating the French Community by passing the Loi Cadre, transferring a number of powers from Paris to elected territorial governments in French West Africa. 1959 – Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career. 1960 – The United States Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world. 1961 – The Antarctic Treaty System, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and limits military activity on the continent, its islands and ice shelves, comes into force. 1967 – Cold War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for the three-day Glassboro Summit Conference. 1969 – Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren. 1969 – IBM announces that effective January 1970 it will price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry. 1972 – Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about illegally using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins. 1972 – Title IX of the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 is amended to prohibit sexual discrimination to any educational program receiving federal funds. 1973 – A fire at a house in Hull, England, which kills a six-year-old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by serial arsonist Peter Dinsdale. 1985 – A terrorist bomb explodes at Narita International Airport near Tokyo. An hour later, the same group detonates a second bomb aboard Air India Flight 182, bringing the Boeing 747 down off the coast of Ireland killing all 329 aboard. 1991 – Sonic the Hedgehog is released in North America on the Sega Genesis platform, beginning the popular video game franchise. 1994 – NASA's Space Station Processing Facility, a new state-of-the-art manufacturing building for the International Space Station, officially opens at Kennedy Space Center. 2001 – The 8.4 Mw  southern Peru earthquake shakes coastal Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami followed, leaving at least 74 people dead, and 2,687 injured. 2012 – Ashton Eaton breaks the decathlon world record at the United States Olympic Trials. 2013 – Nik Wallenda becomes the first man to successfully walk across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope. 2013 – Militants storm a high-altitude mountaineering base camp near Nanga Parbat in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, killing ten climbers and a local guide. 2014 – The last of Syria's declared chemical weapons are shipped out for destruction. 2016 – The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%. 2017 – A series of terrorist attacks take place in Pakistan, resulting in 96 deaths and wounding 200 others. 2018 – Twelve boys and an assistant coach from a soccer team in Thailand are trapped in a flooding cave, leading to an 18-day rescue operation.

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William John Charles Pitcher (1858-1925), known as Wilhelm or C. Wilhelm, was an English artist, costume and scenery designer, best known for his designs for ballets, pantomimes, comic operas, and Edwardian musical comedies. (x)

[pleasuresoftheduke]

FLORAL ALLEGORIES | William John Charles Pitcher (C.1858-1925) 

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Costume design,  A Dream of Butterflies and Roses William John Charles Pitcher 1915

[frogteethblogteeth]

Costume design by Wilhelm (William Charles John Pitcher) for Miss Carrie Coote as Alice Fitzwarren in Dick Whittington as performed at Crystal Palace on 24th December 1890 

[duggardata]

Didn’t realize so many Duggars shared a name! Would you mind doing a similar post for the Bates as well?

[ Follow–Up To This Post Re: Duggar Family Names ]

Sure, why not! Here goes...

Bateses Who Share A Name w/ A Parent

William Gilvin (“Gil”) Bates, Jr. / William Gilvin (“Bill”) Bates, Sr.

Kelly Jo (Callaham) Bates / Betty Jo (Smith) Pitcher

Zachary Gilvin Bates / William Gilvin (“Gil”) Bates, Jr.

William Lawson (”Lawson”) Bates / William Gilvin (“Gil”) Bates, Jr.

Josie Kellyn Bates / Kelly Jo (Callaham) Bates

Bradley Gilvin Bates / Zachary Gilvin Bates

Khloé Eileen Bates / Whitney Eileen (Perkins) Bates

Charles Stephen (“Carson”) Paine IV / Charles Stephen (“Chad”) Paine III

Brooklyn Elise Paine / Erin Elise (Bates) Paine

Zoey Joy Webster / Alyssa Joy (Bates) Webster

Robert Ellis (“Kade”) Smith IV / Robert Ellis (“Bobby”) Smith III

Also, Allie Jane Webster is arguably named after her mother, Alyssa Joy (Bates) Webster, though it’s unclear if that was Alyssa + John’s intent in naming her.

2nd–Gen. Bates Spouses Who Share A Name w/ A Parent—

Charles Stephen (“Chad”) Paine III / Dr. Charles Stephen Paine, Jr.

Robert Ellis (“Bobby”) Smith III / Robert Ellis (“Rob”) Smith, Jr.

Bateses Who Share A Name w/ A Grandparent

William Gilvin (“Gil”) Bates / Clarence Gilvin Bates

Kelly Jo (Callaham) Bates / Joseph Clark (“Joe”) Smith

Zachary Gilvin Bates / William Gilvin (“Bill”) Bates, Sr.

William Lawson (“Lawson”) Bates / William Gilvin (“Bill”) Bates, Sr.

Kenneth Nathaniel “Nathan” Bates / Kenneth Hubbard Callaham

Josie Kellyn (Bates) Balka / Betty Jo (Smith) Pitcher

Bradley Gilvin Bates / William Gilvin (“Gil”) Bates, Jr.

Kaci Lynn Bates / Terry Lynn (“Lynn”) (Berry) Perkins

Jadon Carl Bates / Jimmy Carl (“J.C.”) Perkins

Charles Stephen (“Carson”) Paine IV / Dr. Charles Stephen Paine, Jr.

Finley Marie Paine / Tammy Maria (Barnhill) Paine

Allie Jane Webster / Linda Jane (“Jane”) (Hartsell) Bates

Maci Jo Webster / Kelly Jo (Callaham) Bates

Robert Ellis (“Kade”) Smith IV / Robert Ellis (“Rob”) Smith, Jr.

Willow Kristy Balka / Kristy Ann (Dotson) Balka

2nd–Gen. Bates Spouses Who Share A Name w/ A Grandparent—

Charles Stephen (“Chad”) Paine III / Charles Stephen Paine, Sr.

Robert Ellis (“Bobby”) Smith III / Robert Ellis Smith, Sr.

Evan Patrick Stewart / Patrick Ezell DeWire

Kelton Edward Balka / Gerald Kelton (“Jerry”) Dotson, Jr. and Herman Edward Balka

Bateses Who Share A Name w/ A Great–Grandparent

Kelly Jo (Callaham) Bates / Omie Josephine (Stephens) Smith

Zachary Gilvin Bates / Clarence Gilvin Bates

Josie Kellyn (Bates) Balka / Joseph Clark (“Joe”) Smith

Jackson Ezekiel Bates / Herbert Jackson Hartsell

Bradley Gilvin Bates / William Gilvin (“Bill”) Bates, Sr.

Charles Stephen (“Carson”) Paine IV / Charles Stephen Paine, Sr.

Holland Grace Paine / Grace Elizabeth (McKinney) Paine

Allie Jane Webster / Linda Jane (“Jane”) (Hartsell) Bates

Maci Jo Webster / Betty Jo (Smith) Pitcher

Robert Ellis (“Kade”) Smith IV / Robert Ellis Smith, Sr.

Bateses Who Share A Name w/ An Aunt or Uncle

Kenneth Nathaniel “Nathan” Bates / Kenneth Hubbard (“Chip”) Callaham, Jr.

Katie Grace (Bates) Clark / Elizabeth Grace (“Beth”) (Miller) Coble

Everly Hope Paine / Addallee Hope Bates

Holland Grace Paine / Katie Grace (Bates) Clark

2nd–Gen. Bates Spouses Who Share A Name w/ An Aunt or Uncle—

Whitney Eileen (Perkins) Bates / Aileen Euvora (Berry) Dean

Travis James Clark / Casey James Gleockler

Bateses Who Share A Name w/ A Cousin

Josie Kellyn (Bates) Balka / Kelly Nicole (Mount) Jenkins

Addallee Hope Bates / Hope Lovette Mount

Bateses Who Share A Name w/ A Sibling

As of January 2022, there’s no overlap in siblings’ first or middle names.

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Costume Contest

Hey guys !! Below the read more is the whole list of costumes and another list for the couples costume (platonic pairs specified for their own category). If we’re missing any or have made a mistake, please let us know. You can find the voting form here. You must put five choices for each for the point system to work. The winners will be announced next week !!

Adabella Skeeter - Rose (Titanic)

Adeline Mulciber - Velma (Scooby Doo)

Aiden Wolffe - Cowboy

Alastair Watson - Steve Rogers / Captain America (Marvel)

Albus Potter - James Bond (James Bond)

Alexander Hawthorne - Sailor (V-J Day in Times Square)

Alice Longbottom II - Princess Bubblegum (Adventure Time)

Amara Bones - Peter Pan (Peter Pan)

Anthony Rosier - Flynn Rider (Tangled)

Archer Selwyn - Spider-Man (Spider-Man)

Ariadne McLaggen - Lola (Looney Tunes)

Ariella Belefleur - Anna (Frozen)

Aryana Robins - Shego (Kim Possible)

Ash Rookwood - Gardener

August Fawley - Werewolf

Aurora Claremont - Bunny

Avalon Mulciber - Megara (Hercules)

Benjamin Ollivander - Flynn Rider (Tangled)

Bentley Lockhart - Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes)

Brianna Avery - Mary Sanderson (Hocus Pocus)

Caleb Cresswell - Ash Ketchum (Pokemon)

Callista McGonagall - Harley Quinn (Suicide Squad)

Camille McGonagall - Mrs. Smith (Mr & Mrs Smith)

Candice Cresswell - Morticia Addams (Addams Family)

Casey Abrams - Sally (Nightmare Before Christmas)

Caspian Berrycloth - Poseidon (Mythology)

Cassius Cresswell - George Washington

Cecily Prewett - Holly Golightly (Breakfast at Tiffany’s)

Celestina Shacklebolt - Playboy Bunny

Charles Villiers - Gomez Addams (Addams Family)

Charlotte Watson - Mia (La La Land)

Chase Sayre - Burt Macklin (Parks & Rec)

Clara Arquette - Captain America (Marvel)

Colm McCarthy - Flash (Zootopia)

Darcy Mulciber - Loki (Marvel)

Declan Rowland - Stanley Ipkiss (The Mask)

Delilah Flume - Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Dev MacMillan - Devil

Diana Rosier - Rapunzel (Tangled)

Dominic Whitehorn - Golden Snitch

Elaine Greengrass - Belle (Beauty & the Beast)

Electra Carrow - Daisy Buchanan (Great Gatsby)

Elena Flores - Baby (Dirty Dancing)

Elide Weasley - Cactus

Elijah Nolan - JD (Heathers) 

Elisaveta Hagen - Queen

Elizabeth Greenwood - Veronica (Heathers) 

Elsa Lestrange - Snow Queen

Ember Fortescue - Ice Cream

Emma Pickering - Elphaba (Wicked)

Evan Parkinson - Cowboy

Everett Pickering - Dr. John Watson (Sherlock Holmes) 

Ezra Bishop - Fiyero (Wicked)

Finley Murray - Marty McFly (Back to the Future)

Fletcher Duke - Nightwing (DC Comics)

Frank Longbottom - Jack Skellington (Nightmare Before Christmas)

Freya Avery - Winnie Sanderson (Hocus Pocus)

Gabriel Larkin - Jack (Titanic)

Grace Turner - Spider-Gwen (Spider-Man)

Gwendolyn Hawkes - Jack Skellington (Nightmare Before Christmas)

Harley Burke - Mabel (Gravity Falls)

Hazel MacDougal - Rachel Green (Friends)

Hudson Burke - Dipper (Gravity Falls)

Hugo Granger-Weasley - Wally (Where’s Wally?)

Isabelle Crawford - Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)

James Ashcroft - Steve Harrington (Stranger Things)

James Potter - Firefighter

Jasper Locklear - Romeo (Romeo + Juliet)

Jaxon DuQuan - The Invisible Man

Jonah Finch - Cosmo (Fairly Odd Parents)

Josephine Goldstein - Squirrel Girl (Marvel)

Joshua Selwyn - Baseball Player / Pitcher

Julia Kominek - Bonnie Parker

June Finch - Wanda (Fairly Odd Parents)

Katherine Robertson - A Phoenix

Kristoff Flynn - Johnny (Dirty Dancing)

Laurel Ollivander - Pink Power Ranger (Power Rangers)

Lena Macmillan - Wednesday Addams (Addams Family)

Liam Kominek - Joker (Suicide Squad)

Lily Potter - Princess Merida (Brave)

Long Huojin - PT Barnum (The Greatest Showman)

Lorcan Scamander - Clyde Barrow

Lucia Rodriguez - America Chavez / Miss America (Marvel)

Lucienne Wolffe - The Mad Hatter (Alice in Wonderland)

Lucy Weasley - Cruella DeVil (101 Dalmatians)

Lyra Malfoy - Juliet (Romeo + Juliet)

Lysander Scamander - 1/2 of Beer Pong

Lysandra Rowle - Flower

Mackenzie Finnigan-Thomas - Dalmatian

Maeve O’Hare - Elastigirl (The Incredibles)

Manon Flamel - Sarah Sanderson (Hocus Pocus)

Marcus Carson - Inspector Gadget (Inspector Gadget)

Margot Fontaine - Alice Kingsleigh (Alice in Wonderland)

Matthias Vallois - Kristoff (Frozen)

Meredith Wayfelle - Violet Beauregarde (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)

Michael Thorne - Jon Snow (Game of Thrones)

Milo Fox - Peter’s Shadow (Peter Pan)

Molly Weasley - Nurse (V-J Day in Times Square)

Mortimer Claremont - Milo Thatch (Atlantis)

Natalie Davies - Red Riding Hood (Red Riding Hood)

Natalya Dolohova - Quidditch Player 

Nesta Greenwood - Anastasia (Anastasia)

Nile Harb - Burt (Mary Poppins)

Octavia Coleman - Cher Horowitz (Clueless)

Odette Flume - Janet Snakehole (Parks & Rec)

Orion Yaxley - Danny Zuko (Grease)

Peggy Carson - Peggy Carter (Marvel)

Pepper Rosewood - White Angel

Pippa Rosewood - Black Angel

Penelope Hawthorne - Ariel (The Little Mermaid)

Perseus Mulciber - Prince Eric (The Little Mermaid)

Poppy Zabini - 1/2 of Beer Pong

Reid Anderson - Sailor Moon (Sailor Moon)

Rhiannon Prewett - Persephone (Mythology)

Rosalie Fleur - Samara (The Ring)

Rose Granger-Weasley -  Beyoncé

Scorpius Malfoy - Skeleton

Sebastian Nott - Bugs Bunny (Looney Tunes)

Seraphina - Sandy (Grease)

Seung Krum - Baseball Player / Catcher

Skye MacDougal-Ollivander - Rapunzel (Tangled)

Sofia Clarke - Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins)

Tallulah Abbott - Patrick Star (Spongebob Squarepants)

Teddy Lupin - James Ashcroft

Theodore Dubanowski - Hunter (Red Riding Hood)

Theodore Oliver - Green Soldier (Toy Story)

Theseus McLaggen - Mr. Smith (Mr & Mrs Smith)

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Tobias Atwell - Hugh Hefner 

Toby Anderson - Sebastian (La La Land)

Verity Nott - Nancy Wheeler (Stranger Things)

Victoire Weasley - Cinderella (Cinderella)

Vivian Chang - Spongebob Squarepants (Spongebob Squarepants)

Wesley Martin - Shaggy (Scooby Doo)

William Ashcroft - Hades (Mythology)

pair costumes

Adabella Skeeter & Gabriel Larkin - Rose & Jack (Titanic)

Adeline Mulciber & Wesley Martin - Velma & Shaggy (Scooby Doo)

Aiden Wolffe & Evan Parkinson - Cowboys 

Alastair Watson & Peggy Carson - Steve Rogers & Peggy Carter (Marvel) - platonic

Alexander Hawthorne & Molly Weasley - Sailor & Nurse ( V-J Day in Times Square)

Anthony & Diana Rosier - Flynn Rider & Rapunzel (Tangled)

Ariella Belefleur & Matthias Vallois - Anna & Kristoff (Frozen)

Ash Rookwood & Lysandra Rowle - Gardener & Flower - platonic

Benjamin Ollivander & Skye MacDougal-Ollivander - Rapunzel & Flynn RIder (Tangled)

Bentley Lockhart & Everett Pickering - Sherlock Holmes & Dr. John Watson (Sherlock Holmes) - platonic

Callista McGonagall-Kominek & Liam Kominek - Harley Quinn & Joker (Suicide Squad)

Casey Abrams & Frank Longbottom - Sally & Jack Skellington (Nightmare Before Christmas)

Charles Villiers & Candice Cresswell - Gomez & Morticia Addams (Addams Family) 

Chase Sayre & Odette Flume - Burt Macklin & Janet Snakehole (Parks & Rec) - platonic

Dominic Whitehorn & Natalya Dolohova - Snitch & Quidditch Player - platonic

Elizabeth Greenwood & Elijah Nolan - Veronica & JD (Heathers)

Emma Pickering & Ezra Bishop - Elphaba & Fiyero (Wicked)

Grace Turner & Archer Selwyn - Spider-Gwen & Spider-Man (Spider-Man)

Harley Burke & Hudson Burke - Mabel & Dipper (Gravity Falls) - platonic

James Ashcroft & Verity Nott - Steve Harrington & Nancy Wheeler (Stranger Things)

James Potter & Mackenzie Finnigan-Thomas - Firefighter & Dalmatian

Jasper Locklear & Lyra Malfoy - Romeo & Juliet (Romeo + Juliet) - platonic 

Jonah & June Finch - Cosmo & Wanda (Fairly Odd Parents) - platonic

Joshua Selwyn & Seung Krum - Pitcher & Catcher / Baseball Players

Kristoff Flynn & Elena Flores - Johnny & Baby (Dirty Dancing) - platonic

Lorcan Scamander & Julia Kominek - Bonnie & Clyde 

Lysander Scamander & Poppy Zabini - Beer Pong - platonic

Milo Fox & Amara Bones - Peter Pan & His Shadow (Peter Pan) - platonic

Nile Harb & Sofia Clarke - Burt & Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins) - platonic

Orion Yaxley & Seraphina MacAuley - Danny & Sandy (Grease)

Perseus Mulciber & Penelope Hawthorne - Prince Eric and Ariel (The Little Mermaid)

Pippa Rosewood & Pepper Rosewood - Black & White Angels - platonic

Sebastian Nott & Ariadne McLaggen - Bugs Bunny & Lola (Looney Tunes)

Tallulah Abbott & Vivian Chang - Spongebob & Patrick (Spongebob Squarepants) - platonic

Theodore Dubanowski & Natalie Davies (ft. Apolline) - Hunter & Red Riding Hood (ft. Wolf)

Theseus McLaggen & Camille McGonagall - Mr & Mrs Smith (Mr & Mrs Smith) - platonic

Tobias Atwell & Celestina Shacklebolt - Hugh Hefner & Playboy Bunny

Toby Anderson & Charlotte Watson - Sebastian & Mia (La La Land)

[indigodreams]

William John Charles Pitcher (21 March 1858 – 2 March 1925), known as Wilhelm or C. Wilhelm The Child of the Air

[goalhofer]

2023 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster

Pitchers

#23 Mitch Keller (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

#24 Johan Oviedo (Havana, Cuba)

#27 Vince Velasquez (Pomona, California)*

#34 J.T. Brubaker (New Carlisle, Ohio)

#35 Colin Holderman (Bourbonnais Township, Illinois)

#41 Andre Jackson (Pima County, Arizona)*

#43 Ryan Borucki (Fremont Township, Illinois)*

#44 Bailey Falter (Chino Hills, California)*

#48 Luis Ortiz (San Pedro De Macorís, Dominican Republic)

#50 Carmen Mlodzinski (Hilton Head Island, South Carolina)**

#51 David Bednar (Mars, Pennsylvania)

#52 Colin Selby (Chesapeake, Virginia)**

#61 José Hernández (San Felipe De Puerto Plata, DR)**

#62 Kyle Nicolas (Massillon, Ohio)**

#63 Hunter Stratton (Bluff City, Tennessee)**

#64 Charles Priester (Algonquin Township, Illinois)**

#66 Jarlín García (Pedro Brand, Dominican Republic)*

#68 Ángel Perdomo (San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic)*

#73 Felipe Vázquez (San Felipe, Venezuela)

Catchers

#25 Endy Rodríguez (Santiago De Los Caballeros, DR)**

#55 Jason Delay (Johns Creek, Georgia)

Infielders

#3 Ji-Hwan Bae (Daegu, South Korea)

#6 Alfonso Rivas III (Chula Vista, California)*

#13 Ke'Bryan Hayes (Tomball, Texas)

#15 Oneil Cruz (Nizao, Dominican Republic)

#19 Jared Triolo (Austin, Texas)**

#30 Tucupita Marcano (Tucupita, Venezuela)

#60 Liover Peguero (Salvaleón De Higüey, Dominican Republic)

#75 Alexander Williams (San Diego, California)**

Outfielders

#2 Connor Joe (San Diego, California)*

#10 Bryan Reynolds (Brentwood, Tennessee)

#22 Andrew McCutchen (Ft. Meade, Florida)*

#26 Miguel Andújar (San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic)

#32 Henry Davis (Bedford, New York)**

#54 Josh Palacios (Brooklyn, New York)*

#65 Jack Suwinski (Chicago, Illinois)

Coaches

Manager Derek Shelton (Warren Township, Illinois)

Bench coach Don Kelly (Mt. Lebanon Township, Pennsylvania)

Hitting coach Andy Haines (Louisville Township, Illinois)

Assistant hitting coach Christian Marrero (Miami, Florida)

Pitching coach Oscar Marin (Los Angeles, California)

Bullpen coach Justin Meccage (Billings, Montana)

Bullpen catcher Jordan Comadena (Normal, Illinois)

Bullpen catcher Raúl Hernández (Maturín, Venezuela)

1B coach Tarrik Brock (Goleta, California)

3B coach Mike Rabelo (New Port Richey, Florida)

Infield coach Mendy López (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

Game planning/strategy coach Radley Haddad (Indianapolis, Indiana)

Assistant coach Stephen Morales (Ciudad Mayagüez, Puerto Rico)

[botanyshitposts]

masterpost of all the plant books i own

this is all the plant books i own minus some suuuper vintage ones that dont matter so imma just gonna. put the casual books up top and all the others under the cut

there are many. my interests are diverse. be warned

FOR PEOPLE CASUALLY INTERESTED IN HAVING A GOOD PLANT TIME

The Plant Messiah - Carlos Magdalena

Reaching for the Sun - John King

Brilliant Green: The surprising History and Science of Plant Intelligence (Kindle Edition) - Stefano Mancuso and Alessandra Viola

In Praise of Plants - Francis Halle

The Hidden Life of Trees: What they Feel, How they Communicate (Kindle Edition) - Peter Wohlleben

Botany for Dummies (Kindle Edition) - Rene Fester Kratz

Lab Girl - Hope Jahren. This was given to me by my dad because he heard it was about a female botanist and her fun botany adventures but I haven’t read it yet because it’s currently popular and I’m petty and an edgy stubborn teen that must Avoid Popular Things(tm). that being said its supposed to be really good so putting it here out of the admittance that it’s probably really good and I should read it

TEXTBOOKS AND ACADEMIC

Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family - Deni Bown

Encyclopedia of plant Physiology Volume 18: Higher Plant Cell Respiration - Editied by R. Douce and D. A. Day

Genomics and Breeding for Climate-Resilient Crops Volume 2: Target Traits - Edited by Chittaranjan Kole

Life Processes of Plants - Arthur W. Galston

Green Plants: Their Origin and Diversity (second edition) - Peter R. Bell and Alan R. Hemsley. This is the official textbook for the Botany course at my University. I think of it as “Level 2 botany”?? Like, it’s harder than a college Biology course and rather challenging for me as an undergrad, and I wouldn’t recommend it for beginners, but it’s not as hard as a professional course/reference book.

Pitcher Plants of the Old World Volume 1 - Stewart McPherson

Pitcher Plants of the Old World Volume 2 - Stewart McPherson

New Nepenthes Volume 1 - Stewart McPherson

Introduction to Organic Chemistry (third edition) - William Brown and Thomas Poon

Biology of Plants - Raven, Evert, Eichhorn

Arctic Adaptions in Plants: Monograph Number 6, 1972 - Agriculture Canada

REFERENCE AND NOT QUITE A TEXTBOOK

Taxonomy of Flowering Plants (second edition) - Porter

Common Fossil Plants of Western North America (second edition) - William D. Tidwell

Botanical Microtechnique and Cytochemistry by Berlyn and Miksche. This is from like 1931 lol

Mountain Wild Flowers of Colorado (Museum Pictorial) - Roberts and Nelson

The Botany Coloring Book - Paul Young

The Origin of the Species - Charles Darwin

Iowa’s Living Roadway: Plant Profiler - Iowa Department of Transportation

HORTICULTURAL AND GREENHOUSE CATALOUGES 

Miniature Orchids and How to Grow Them - Rebecca Tyson Northern

The Plant Propagator’s Bible - Miranda Smith

Snowdrops - Gunter Waldorf

Modern Miniature Daffodils: Species and Hybrids - James S. Wells

(Catalogue) Proven Winners 2015

(Catalogue) Proven Winners 2017

Hummert’s Helpful Hints (4th Edition) - Hummert????

(Catalogue) PanAmerican Seed and KieftSeed 2018/2019

(Catalogue) Ivy Garth 2016

NOT COMPLETELY BOTANY RELATED 

Protein Structure: Molecular and Electronic Reactivity - Edited by R. Austin, E. Buhks, B. Chance, D. DeVault, P. L. Dutton, H. Frauenfelder, V. I. Gol’danskii Okay so I ordered this for my research project and then realized when I got it that it’s waaaaayyyy above my level. Like, not even in my field. I will never in my life be able to comprehend this book but at least I got it for $4

The Biology Coloring Book - Robert D. Griffin

Introduction to Protein Structure (second edition) - Branden and Tooze

Molecular Biology: A Very Short Introduction - Aysha Divan and Janice A. Royds

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics - Carlo Rovelli

Field Notes on Science and Nature - Edited by Michael R. Canfield

The Machinery of Life - David S. Goodsell Okay so this is all about molecular machines and stuff??? Like the mechanical components of ATP synthase and all the rest of the literal machines in biological things??? there are also colored electron microscope pics. its really cool 

The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life (Kindle Edition) - Nick Lane Discusses why we’re here and how life happened via evolution

Letters to a Young Scientist - Edward O. Wilson this is like the BEST science book and it’s won multiple awards and if you’re a young person going into science AT ALL you should read it 200% rn go read it NOW

(SCIENCE) BOOKS I WANT TO GET (not all about botany but most are)

Life's Ratchet: How Molecular Machines Extract Order from Chaos - Peter M. Hoffmann

Mesostic Herbarium - Alec Finlay a collection of botany and plant poems

We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe - Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson

The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry - Bryan Sykes This was recommended to me by a teacher after hearing of my interesting in AOX, a specific plant mitochondrial protein. it talks about using mDNA- DNA strands contained in the mitochondria that are inherited only from the female sex in each and every species of living thing with a mitochondria; for example, we inherit all our mDNA from our mothers, and plants inherit all their mDNA from whatever plant provided the ovary during its conception- to trace our ancestry through the ages to 7 specific women in Africa a super long time ago. He said that it’s impossible to put down. 

The Cell: A Visual Tour of the Building Block of Life - Jack Challoner

A Garden of Marvels: How We Discovered that Flowers Have Sex, Leaves Eat Air, and Other Secrets of Plants

The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring - Richard Preston

When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time - Michael J. Benton ok so earth has gone through 5 major extinctions in its life and this one talks about the largest one that scientists literally call “the great dying”. it casually wiped out 90% of all life on earth and every species of thing alive today is descended from the survivors of that. sleep well

The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World - Michael Pollan

Weeds: In Defense of Nature’s Most Unloved Plants - Richard Mabey

The Language of Plants: Science, Philosophy, Literature - Monica Gagliano and John C. Ryan

Botany in a Day - Thomas J. Elpel I watched Elpel’s youtube lecture going over this book, and I can verify that it’s great as a starting point for people learning basic plant ID! It’s very simple and applicable and I need to buy the book and read it