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Tonight i went to the synchronized swimming gala of the little girls i’ve been looking after this year (and hopefully will be looking after next year as well) and it was literally the most adorable thing i’ve ever seen (lots of glittery hair,
fashion-and-film: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
life7imitates7art: Swan design for a dado, by Walter Crane.
gilbertbielschmidt: seduce me with ur history knowledge
boycrazypatriarchyhater: eccecorinna: maedhrys: molotovriot: For history buffs — the National Archives in the UK have digitised the diaries of hundreds of soldiers from World War I, and have made them available online. WHAT WOW WHAT AN EXCELLENT
solitary moon
I have my window open and i was just lying on my bed being contemplative when suddenly La Valse d'Amélie started randomly playing from outside, kept up for the whole song and then stopped. Sometimes Paris surpasses its own clichés, and apparently i
gazophylacium: Envelope by Henri Matisse.
careymulligandaily: Billy Nighy and Carey Mulligan photographed by Mikael Jansson for Vogue, June 2014
all the flowers of the mountain
I managed to get an awful mark in my early modern history module again this semester (an improvement of like 3% since january…wa-hey!), which is completely ridiculous, considering the effort i put into that subject compared to the others. I mean,
vintageeveryday: Londoners seek shelter during WWII in the Aldwych tube station, April 1941. Photograph by Acme News Pictures, Inc.
buggirl: Look at the gold borders on this one!! Maquipucuna, Ecuador
shy sonata for mercury
Pictures of last night’s storm over Paris.
erikkwakkel: Cat paws in medieval book - again This great image was brought to my attention by the archivist at Balliol College, Oxford (here is the tweet). In a similar case, an image I tweeted some time ago showed a trail of inky cat paws, which was
sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown
geritsel: That’s what I call a peacock
misswallflower: “Land Girl” by Tim Walker Vogue UK 1996 Model: Iris Palmer x
the-girlwhodrankstars: Tumblr en We Heart It - http://weheartit.com/entry/36905682
poete: Kids coming home from school in Kinloss, Scotland National Geographic | July 1956 via vintagenatgeographic
It is so hot here that all i can bear to do is lay on my bed in my underwear and read with the fan on full blast. I sleep a lot, but fitfully, with reoccurring dreams about the past and, oddly, rotting fruit. I feel so useless, even though i am still
Ah! Sunflower
fleurdulys: Les jets d’eau, Versailles - Henri le Sidaner 1922
theladyintweed: The Royal Family
The Museum of Modern Art in New York, 1948
ne regrette pas, souviens-toi
porcelain-bird: Every day at the same time, she waits for him. He comes and they go for a walk. i think this might just be my favourite thing in the world.
life: Woman sitting with her pet ocelot having tea at a Bois de Boulogne cafe, Paris, 1963. See more photos here. (Alfred Eisenstaedt—TIme & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
theladyintweed: The Orient Express
egg-rolls: my hobbies include being right and petting other peoples cats
foxear: Untitled (Children with Sparklers in Provincetown) ca. 1958. Robert Frank. Gelatin silver print
formido: Female artists in their studios 1. Helen Frankenthaler2. Louise Bourgeois3. Alice Neel4. Joan Mitchell5. Frida Kahlo6. Georgia O’Keeffe
becomeundone: It’s an Anglepoise because you press your face too close to the page when you read and there’s never enough light. And you won’t wear glasses because you say your nose is too small, and with glasses you’d look like a mole. Which
Tasha Tudor <3
darlingromanov: Night sky No. 22, Vija Celmins
Vernon de Beauvoir Ward
chiffonandribbons: Ballet Photography by Mark Olich
colourthysoul: Robert Harris - Paris Plage (Etaples) France (1911)
goldenlocket: Elle Fanning for New York Magazine
tri-ciclo: Tsugouharu FoujitaWhite CatShôwa period,1926-1989
etudesur: The Interiors of Wes Anderson
Michaela DePrince
beesmygod: if you ever need a laff heres morrissey’s honorific according to wikipedia
feuille-d-automne: Annie Kenney and Christabel Pankhurst
a blog with a view
IT'S RAININ' MEN
sweetvisage: Art Nouveau Doors (Photos uncredited as I collected them on my hard-drive a long time ago!)
Don’t Drake and drive
agameofclothes: Crown for the Queen Consort, 19th century tiara, courtesy of diamondsandgun
I wanted to commemorate this moment with a photo but i have not slept properly for over a month now so i look like the ghost of a panda, but this morning i had my final exam and so to all intents and purposes i have FINISHED MY FIRST YEAR AT UNIVERSITY.
