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Sophie and the kittens, ep. 2.4 | Die Kaiserin (2024) dir. Katharina Eyssen

Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome, Italy | daisyromaniello

Nearer My God To Thee

Thomas Moran (American, 1837–1926), "Fingal’s Cave, Island of Staffa, Scotland" (details), 1884

May all who lost their lives that day rest in peace forever. May the rest of us carry on their memory and do all we can to keep the best of humanity alive and well.

”I am in fact a Hobbit in all but size. I like gardens, trees, and unmechanized farmlands; I smoke a pipe, and like good plain food (unrefrigerated), but detest French cooking; I like, and even dare to wear in these dull days, ornamental waistcoats. I am fond of mushrooms (out of a field); have a very simple sense of humor (which even my appreciative critics find tiresome); I go to bed late and get up late (when possible). I do not travel much.”

This what it is like on board an East-Indiaman from the 1730’s. This is a replica of the Götheborg, based in Sweden,  launched in 1738, sunk in 1745. East Indiamen were used as traders and slavers- the most famous being Blackbeard’s “Queen Ann’s Revenge”. These are photos from  between 2012-2015. With all luck and hope, we will return to your regularly scheduled program next year, and venture to China, recreating the original route of Sweden’s trade to Guangzhou, now known as Canton.

And Arwen said: ’Dark is the Shadow, and yet my heart rejoices; for you, Estel, shall be among the great whose valour will destroy it.’ But Aragorn answered: ’Alas! I cannot foresee it, and how it may come to pass is hidden from me. Yet with your hope I will hope. And the Shadow I utterly reject. But neither, lady, is the Twilight for me; for I am mortal, and if you will cleave to me, Evenstar, then the Twilight you must also renounce.’

Empress Alexandra Feodorovna with her daughters - Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Marie and Anastasia Romanov in 1913.

-from Lieutenant John Irving, of H.M.S. Terror, In Sir John Franklin’s Last Expedition to the Arctic Regions: A Memorial Sketch with Letters (1881) , compiled by Benjamin Bell

Wisteria by Piotr Kouzmitch Stoliarenko

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by Mariyana Atanasova

(Kevin Carden art on instagram)

Adélie penguins in front of the barque Europa in Antarctica