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Knitting is such a weird combination of precision and winging it like this is supposed to be relaxing but there is also a small twinge of anxiety.

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 Blanche Devereaux’s Bedroom, The Golden Girls (1985-1992)

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Polish Folk!

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whenever the sun hits your face thats apollo giving you lots of kisses

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Vojtěch Hynais (1854-1925) 

Golden-haired girl,  c.1900

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ok seriously yesterday i drew a lil picture of a snail sleeping wrapped in a blanket and today a snail showed up on my desk out of NOWHERE

i started researching paganism and polytheism yesterday and today a ladybug landed on my shoulder so… come on who was that

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this happened again today but a little different. i was sitting under some trees and a leaf fell down with a beetle on it and they both landed on my other shoulder,,,,, hm

i started researching paganism and polytheism yesterday and today a ladybug landed on my shoulder so… come on who was that

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Me,walking into a plant store: I’m here for a new pot and that’s it, nothing else, I can DO this

Me, 30 minutes later: *walks out of store with 20 different plants*

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i started researching paganism and polytheism yesterday and today a ladybug landed on my shoulder so... come on who was that

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gonna go stand in a creek do you guys need anything

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found my mom’s old polish copies of anne of green gables and they’re beautiful

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Rudolf Bacher (detail)

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GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Arete

you have to choose the best, every day, without compromise... guided by your own virtue and highest ambition.

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GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Nemesis

beware the fury of a patient man.

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History Meme: 1/10 Moments » Kozakiewicz’s gesture

In Poland, the Bras d'honneur became known as “Kozakiewicz’s gesture” (gest Kozakiewicza). Kozakiewicz made the gesture on 30 July 1980 to Russian spectators in the stadium during the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The crowd supporting Soviet jumper Konstantin Volkov booed, hissed, jeered, and whistled during Kozakiewicz’s spectacular performance. Having just secured his gold medal position, Kozakiewicz made the gesture in defiance to the Soviet crowd. He later confirmed his dominance over the competition by breaking the world record, clearing at 5.78 meters. The photos of this incident circled the globe, with the exception of the Soviet Union and its satellites. While international observers varied in their reaction to the incident, Kozakiewicz’s act received much support in Polish society, which resented Soviet control over Eastern Europe (Poland was in the midst of labor strikes that led to the creation of the labor union Solidarity less than two months later). After the 1980 Olympics ended, the Soviet ambassador to Poland demanded that Kozakiewicz be stripped of his medal over his “insult to the Soviet people”. The official response of the Polish government was that Kozakiewicz’s arm gesture had been an involuntary muscle spasm caused by his exertion. [X] [X]