#thickets

Beaver was sitting near the river. And, he wants to have some refresh. So, of course, it is little shadows here, he is in a little shade. But, anyway, it is a good summer day. Simple thing - beaver in a shade. Near the water. He was looking at the water.

Quote from the beautiful, intimate and atmospheric Thickets by @wolfpants (Drarry, E, 17.3k)

ХАРКІВЩИНА

2025

Знайшли фантастичне село, покинуту лікарню, величний палац, амфітеатр серед диких лісів

Цей фільм про першу етнографічно-туристичну експедицію нашого проєкту Харківщиною.

Ми відвідали цей чудернацький край, а саме північно-західну частину області, в межах сучасного Богодухівського району, навколо та безпосередньо в парку «Слобожанський». Ми пройшлися стежками та місцями, пов’язаними з одними з найбагатших людей імперії, які тут займалися цукроварінням.

По собі вони лишили незліченну кількість пам’яток та цікавих історій, але найголовніше на нашому шляху, як завжди, — це місцеві жителі: справжні українці, слобожанці, котрі несуть у собі козацький дух та свободолюбство.

Here is a collection of songs I listened to death whilst creating my piece for @writcraft for this year's @hd-erised. Suffice to say, Patrick Wolf, who has been a constant in my life since a very young age, was a huge influence. The title comes from his song of the same name, the concept from my love of his album The Bachelor.

You can find the whole playlist on spotify

List of songs:

Patrick Wolf - Thickets Johnny Flynn - The Box Nick Drake - Cello Song Orange Juice - Blue Boy Johnny Flynn - Raising the Dead Owen Pallett - Lewis Takes Off His Shirt Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal Smashing Pumpkins - Thirty-Three M. Ward - Poison Cup Patrick Wolf - Blackdown listen on spotify

Woodland trail: In the thick(et) of it.  Ph. Lunaladee

It was a place of force— The wind gagging my mouth with my own blown hair, Tearing off my voice, and the sea Blinding me with its lights, the lives of the dead Unreeling in it, spreading like oil.

I tasted the malignity of the gorse, Its black spikes, The extreme unction of its yellow candle-flowers. They had an efficiency, a great beauty, And were extravagant, like torture.

There was only one place to get to. Simmering, perfumed, The paths narrowed into the hollow. And the snares almost effaced themselves— Zeros, shutting on nothing,

Set close, like birth pangs. The absence of shrieks Made a hole in the hot day, a vacancy. The glassy light was a clear wall, The thickets quiet.

I felt a still busyness, an intent. I felt hands round a tea mug, dull, blunt, Ringing the white china. How they awaited him, those little deaths! They waited like sweethearts. They excited him.

And we, too, had a relationship— Tight wires between us, Pegs too deep to uproot, and a mind like a ring Sliding shut on some quick thing, The constriction killing me also.

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The Rabbit Catcher

Sylvia Plath 1932-1963

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Find:part shade, shade; average to moist soil; deciduous woods, thickets, floodplains, wooded slopes, bluffs, stream and river banks.

Description:Leaves are alternate, 2 to 6+ inches long, 1 to 5 inches wide, mostly egg-shaped, rounded to pointed at the tip, rounded to heart-shaped at the base, on a stalk up to ¾ inch long. The upper surface is hairless, the lower hairless though may have a few prickles along major veins. Edges are minutely toothed, especially near the base. Leaves along most of the stem typically have a pair of long tendrils at the base of the stalk; these tendrils twine around supporting vegetation and enable the plant to climb.New branches are green, turning brown with age, and variably covered in dark brown to blackish prickles of varying sizes. Lower stems are usually densely prickly while upper stems are more sparsely so, or sometimes smooth. Stems are branched, erect to ascending, or more sprawling when supporting vegetation is not available, single or multiple from the woody base. Plants may form colonies from short, knotty rhizomes.Fruit is a round berry 1/3 inch or so in diameter that ripens from green to black.

Edible parts and uses:are good as asparagus, in salad, and cooked by using the young shoots, leaves, and tendrils. If the rootstocks of these vines are crushed and washed, the red powder can be boiled in water to make a mild jelly. This powder can also be mixed 50/50 with wheat flour to create a thickening agent. can be diluted in water to make a cold drink.