Franz

Stained glass window in St Mary’s Church, Banbury - Pictured here is HMS Terror stuck in the ice. The images was taken from the Arctic reports and notebook of Admiral Sir George Back during his Arctic expedition in 1836. It was commissioned by Henry Back, the admiral’s brother and vicar of the church in c. 1860.

Art by R Kikuo Johnson

“Crystalline Light,” reduction linocut, 2025. By William Hays

Tokuhiro Kawai

gif-ing endurance dogs to deal with all my current problems

(Liechtenstein Museum)

[ID: a sculpture of a chinese cabbage carved from a piece of two-tone white-and-green jadeite, resting on an intricate wooden stand /end ID]

Interesting theory about it being intended to pay Charon!

Dr. Deborah Carlson has written a very interesting article on this subject,  “Mast‐Step Coins among the Romans”  maybe you want to read more about it.

Ottoman cape and vest, 1890s. Whitaker Auctions.

Kitsune procession in the rain, and cute snail on basho leaves (Japanese fiber banana), rare summer man juban (seen on and on)

Antiquarium of Pompeii