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“Some long-forgot, enchanted, strange, sweet garden of a thousand years ago,”

— Edna St. Vincent Millay, from Collected Poems of E. S. V. M.; “Interim,”

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The artist's job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence.

Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris

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the classic 100%

types of people during the holidays ❄️

the host: always has the house ready for guests, welcoming of everyone to their table, loves to decorate, lots of candles, handwritten invitations with gold accents

the baker: loves to both make and eat sweets, always making extra food to share with friends, an old soul, has the cutest cooking utensils, makes sure everyone has something to eat

the classic: invites friends to go see ballets and plays with them, reads stories and fairytales about the holiday season, a child at heart, sees beauty in everyday things, loves snow

the giver: very thoughtful, cares too much about getting the perfect gift for everyone, loves seeing people happy, generous, an amazing hugger

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We are adhering to life now with our last muscle — the heart.

Djuna Barnes, Nightwood (via quotespile)

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3 out of 4 isn’t bad i suppose

“With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?”

- Oscar Wilde

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mary oliver was right: i am here!!! i am alive on this fresh earth!!! i am standing in my kitchen waiting for my tea to boil and that alone is proof of my existence!!!!

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I just want...... a wife...... and husband........ in a little house.......... in the middle of nowhere............ with a garden.............................................

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Listen with an amber candle burning.

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The end of sapphism

She moved to a small village close to the sea. She needed to get the blackness out of her soul before it swallowed her whole. 

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December - marzipan fruit, cold libraries, Tchaikovsky-flavoured dreams, wine-red ink, tangerine-scented fingertips, the same line of a poem written on a scrap of paper over and over again, trying out a new brand of tea, fabric bound books, the fresh-cool scent of pines, daydreaming of wandering the halls of the Eremitage while snow drifts by the tall glass windows

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Amber candle glass

Clean white porcelain

Crisp linen

Fresh herbs

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I want a flower that’s secretly symbolic to my devotees. Let’s pick Angelica Root.

language of flowers

Maiden’s Hair - discretion Lily (Eucharis) - maiden charms Mountain Laurel - ambition White Poppy - sleep, my antidote Clematis - mental beauty, art Moschatel - weak but winning Lily of the Valley - return of happiness Butterfly Weed - let me go Pyrus Japonica - fairies’ fire Asphodel - my regrets follow you to the grave White Rose (dried) - death preferable to loss of innocence Witch Hazel - a spell French Honeysuckle - rustic beauty Henbane - imperfection Laburnum - forsaken, pensive beauty Weeping Willow - mourning Dead leaves - sadness Locust Tree (green) - affection beyond the grave Camellia (pink) - longing Gerbera - innocence Lobelia - malevolence Amaryllis - pride, splendid beauty Persimmon - bury me amid nature’s beauties Carnation (green) - secret symbol of the followers of Oscar Wilde Helenium - tears Larkspur - lightness, levity Hawthorn - hope Auricula - painting Queen Anne’s Lace - fantasy Eglantine - a wound to heal

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Botanic Academia

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living in the small town with the old architecture, having my own flower shop where people can buy bouquets with different meanings, knowing the Victorian flower language, drinking coffee in the little café with its owner who's one of my friends, chatting about nothing, having plants everywhere in my house and smiling widely

p.s: photos are not mine! If you know the owner, write me, please!

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Botanical Name: Abelia Family: Caprifoliaceae 

Named after Dr. Clarke Abel who accompanied Lord Amherst on a dangerous expedition to China in 1817 to quell the botanical treasures denied the British in the East due to opium affairs.

Dr. Abel took what he could aboard the ship after a torrid meeting between Amherst and the Chinese dynasty, but the ship struck misfortune and capsized. Many seeds and plants were overturned. The remains were captured by Malayisan pirates.

Abel had a secret stash of the plant hidden away in Canton, and the flower eventually made its way to England.

100 Flowers and How They Got Their Names, Diana Wells

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Delighting in the holocene

Cat's curled warmth heartbeat skin cool gentle breeze kisses the beach golden rays of glitter hope in your eyes for the dawn to rise and chocolate coffee moonbeams rise rings of saturn bring us time eras and epochs and yet we are here to embrace the arcane wisdom of pleasure and pain.