#Extravagant

[oh-bother-stickers]

[ed13d1]

I will dance in every room

Seven Gothic Tales  •  Kate Baylay

[gigiprinceton2]

When I got back from my camel tour and entered my suite I was met with the strangest sound....

Upon entering the bedroom I find Angel still in bed..

Standing in the doorway with my arms folded "definitely" not looking pleased... "I can see you've been dressing up in my clothes again.. What had I told you about that"...

She just looks up at me with an excited smile and says.. "Look Goddess.. I made friends with Spot"...

I just shook my head as a smile formed on my lips..

Such innocence... How can I stay angry with this girl...

"Now come on and get dressed were going to the beach"..

[mote-historie]

Mario Cooper, Haughty woman, Collier's magazine short story illustration, 1930

[l0bst3rf4c3]

felt cute, might delete later

[fashioncreature]

Christian Cowan F/W 2025

[lilsugarbutt]

Please be kind

This is my first attempt at a mood board-esque creation, I hope you like it 💖 I think it is pretty 😍

I think I removed all of the numbers on the original template I was going to follow but ended up doing something different, I tried to layer them different ways but I hope this is good enough for now.

~ all images sourced from the free-to-use selection on Canva

[baegijeanwoman]

the way this red sun hunter fit reminds me of cyberpunk seonghwa..

[momentsbeforemass]

Santiago

(by request)

A few years ago, I went to Santiago de Campostela. To the Cathedral that marks the end of the legendary pilgrim’s way known simply as “The Camino.”

Don’t be impressed. I did it the easy way. By driving from Portugal.

Atop the main altar at the Cathedral is a larger-than-life-size statue of St. James. In a Baroque sanctuary dripping with gold and silver, the ornate statue of St. James stands out.

The treasured relics of the Apostle could not be in a more precious container.

But that’s not where they are.

The actual relics of St. James are at the bottom of a cramped flight of stairs, worn smooth by the feet of centuries of pilgrims. In a simple shrine in a narrow crypt.

Underneath the main altar. And a world away from the bejeweled splendor overhead.

I love beautiful churches. The glories of the great cathedrals and the beauty of Catholic art and worship are some of the things that God used to draw me to the Church. And still uses to draw me closer to Him.

But there was something wonderfully poetic about the simplicity of the actual resting place of St. James. I remember thinking, as I stood there in the little shrine, “we have this treasure in earthen vessels,” (which is today’s first reading).

It was a wonderful visual for the extravagance of God. How God treats not just His Apostles, but all of His beloved. How God treats you and me.

God pours out His love. God pours out His care. God pours out His compassion. God pours out His very best into our hearts. Into the simple, flawed, fragile vessels of you and me.

Not even asking whether we’re good enough. Not waiting until we’re perfect.

But looking at us with Holy love. Wanting so much for us. That He can’t wait.

God pours out the greatest treasure – God’s love, God’s forgiveness, God’s very best – into our hearts. The moment we turn to Him and take our first halting steps towards Home.

Today’s Readings

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[howifeltabouthim]

I had the suspicion that each person was allowed only a bit of ease. There was a limit to fulfilled desire in a life. Of course I hadn't been to America. I wasn't aware that certain people lived extravagant lives—with no end to their wanting, never punished for it. But I didn't know that yet.

Rachel Khong, from Real Americans

[mote-historie]

Charles Martin, A charming advertising piece from the furriers Max-Leroy & Schmid. Color illustration of women wearing sumptuous furs. Fourrures Portraits Miniatures [Fourreurs], Published by Impr. Draeger, Paris, 1912.

"Original al de Martin, Copyright Leroy & Schmid, Fourreurs, Place de la Bourse, Paris."

[l0bst3rf4c3]

felt pretty, might delete later

[shamelesswizardtastemaker]

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