now more than ever seems it rich to die

The abandoned Aniva Lighthouse found on Sakhalin Island

Poynter, John Edward, Barine (details) 1894.

girl with a pearl earring//girl with a hoop earring

More than 700 years old home. Carved out from volcanic rock in Mount Sahand. Kandovan, Iran

Edinburgh twilight ✨

The beautiful garden in Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992, directed by Francis Ford Coppola). Winona Ryder as Mina; Sadie Frost as Lucy. The garden was created on an MGM studio soundstage, the same one with the giant swimming pool where Esther Williams did many of her water extravaganzas. [Screenshots via http://screenmusings.org/, altered a bit by me to reveal background details.]

“Частная луна”, Леонид Тишкова

Wedding Photograph, Budapest, 1920

Statue of Neptune, Melenara Beach, Gran Canaria  by LA CÁMARA DE JUAN M. ORTEGA  (Unfortunately the statue has lost it’s right hand with trident  )

Maude Fealy photographed by Lizzie Caswall Smith

Two old men hand in hand rush for taking place for prayer time in the Yeni Cami mosque in Istanbul. Photographer: Marco Vacca

The moon is pretty tonight…

Elogio della polvere( detail) oil , human ashes, on wood .

I found this small and beautiful church while walking around Rome

Camilla Horn in Faust (F.W. Murnau, 1926)