#Tree and Stone

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About "Crush"

My new short story “Crush” is out in Tree and Stone’s “Queer as F” themed issue #3 (December 2023). Download the .PDF by clicking on the cover of Issue 3 here: https://www.tree-and-stone.com/queer-as-f This story is part of a larger network of stories that has been leading up to this: Ke and Resada’s ultimate futures as a colonial governors, parents, and spouses. Things that were unlikely, only…

[vintagehomecollection]

The existing pool. Water can make an attractive transition between garden and countryside. Here the detailing of the pond is natural, with boulders used to make an informal surround.

The Garden Book, 1984

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Source: A Glimpse at Nature, fb.

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“L'acqua di un fiume si adatta al cammino possibile, senza dimenticare il proprio obiettivo: il mare.”

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“The water of a river adapts to the possible path, without forgetting its goal: the sea.”

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[letmeinimafairy]

A lonely pine tree on a cliff by the sea, painted on a beautiful picasso jasper. Didn't want to paint it over too much, it already has landscape outlines.

[evalcea]

The Kelpie

Herbert James Draper

oil on canvas, 1913

Lady Lever Art Gallery

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The children of the forest carving a face in a weirwood tree by Chase Stone

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I carved this a while back for the Ad Gefrin Anglo-Saxon museum. With highly stylised Anglo-Saxon imagery this large stone carving is actually the answer to a riddle, I'm yet to find out what the riddle is however.

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trees on the shore of a mountain river. autumn scenery on a sunny day

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waterfall Plitvice lakes

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Goulding Summerhouse, Enniskerry, Ireland - Ronald Tallon

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About "Planet 42 Alpha"

I set out to write how a character changes over 74 sequential stories. The main character, Resada Gestae, is not always the narrator, but the entire arc of 74 stories is Resada Gestae’s story over a number of years. I thought there would be exactly 74 stories, one for each planet my narrator visits, but in writing the stories there were some surprises: the 42nd stop included two worlds, an…

[vintagehomecollection]

Living with Folk Art: Ethnic Styles from Around the World, 1991

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Каменистый горный ручей на закате зимнего солнца. Декабрь 24. Rocky mountain stream at sunset in the winter sun. December 24.

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[toyastales]

There is beauty in the murky depths of nature!