Freshly arrived in the mail to bring a spot of joy to my otherwise angst-ridden day, this adorable art book is the result of artist Emma SanCartier's latest Kickstarter campaign. Her style is a perfectly blending of creepy-cute with an elegant nod towards the botanical and zoological illustrations one finds in vintage natural history guides. I ( Read more... )

Dear Mr. Brett would have been 80 years old today, so I thought it only appropriate to take a moment to honor him. Not only did he give us what is arguably still the definite portrayal of Sherlock Holmes (sorry, Cumberbatch fans ;p), for decades before he took on the great detective he was an incredibly prolific, dedicated actor, who gave ( Read more... )

I'm just home from the staging of Jane Austen's Emma mentioned previously. I am happy to report that it was thoroughly delightful. The adaption was very true to the book, with the few minor changes necessary to accomidate the staging being not at all jarring. The actress playing Emma, Lauren Sowa, was quite brilliant, and the supporting cast ( Read more... )

Rather boring day. Off to the Emma play in a few hours, but otherwise nothing much to post about.

Except this, of course. Amazing promotional still of Peter Capaldi as the 12th Doctor! Looooove his outfit, thoroughly Edwardian badass :D I could see him teaming up with RDJ's Sherlock Holmes...


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One more witchy picture for today. I'm curious to know why her dress is covered in moons and stars and...snakes?


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A repost of last year's Samhain entry, from the other blog. I was in quite the introspective mood.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2012: Samhain Eve is upon us. Thankful to have escaped the devastation of the hurricane, when so many did not. This morning the remnants of the storm finally passed on, and as I left work to make my way home I was struck by ( Read more... )

I started casting around this morning for the perfect piece of art to post, and this 17th c. beauty fell into my lap. Witchy grandma! We should all be so lucky ( Read more... )

I just discovered (by way of Pinterest, of course) the incredible Polish photographer Małgorzata Maj, who publishes her work under the name Sarachmet. Her portraits are a loving homage to her Victorian predecessors (on her deviantART profile she cites Lady Clementina Hawarden and Julia Margaret Cameron as influences), as well as painters of ages ( Read more... )

Here's something adorable to start the morning :) A word on the subject:

Christopher Anstey was an 18th century English writer and poet who spent much of his later life living in Bath. His writing appears to have been largely in the comic and satirical line. There are several examples of his poetry here. I include an Ode to the ( Read more... )

The latest evil scheme hatched by the folks at Knitpicks--yarn + crystals! Though perhaps brilliant is more apt than evil :p This looks like amazing yarn, not only for the gemstone theme, but also because it is fingering weight, and the fiber content (Alpaca & silk? Yes please). I especially like Amethyst, Azurite, and Fluorite, and I have some ( Read more... )