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hiii… I’m at @weweantica now. I’m working on swapping my side blog with my main :)

this side blog will stick around as an archive for #weweantica content until I move those over.

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Illustration from Judge Magazine by Sidney Delevante (Sept. 1925)

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love love love 🫶

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Tree Trunks in the Grass (1890) by Vincent van Gogh

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without arts & crafts we are in hell

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You don’t just return to yourself by meditating and working out. You return when you finally stop lying to yourself. When you stop romanticizing a situation that’s actively recycling the pain you said you wanted to outgrow.

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May Day (2)

All Saints, Warlingham, Surrey

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Peach-colored suit from the Saxon court, early 17th century

This suit is a great example of the fashion of the early 17th century; the doublet is slim and features a padded, slightly pointy collar. The breeches are soft and wide, not as stiff and padded as they were some decades ago. The slashed fabric - very fashionable in the 16th century - remains as a remnant of the older fashion. As the doublet has an additional seam around the waist, it´s possible that the garment had to be made longer as the wearer - a young man perhaps - grew in heigth. This suit is exhibited at the Rüstkammer/SKD in Dresden, Germany.

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🐍 Oeuvres du comte de Lacépède A Paris: Chez F.D. Pillot: 1830-1833.

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this honey is Kiki approved

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Kasamatsu Shiro.

“Flower Wave", 1956.

Woodblock.

@The Japanese Art Open Database/Ukiyo-e Search.

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Lucy Grossmith

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Obviously I had to buy a sunflower bandana for a visit to the sunflower farm with my dour sunflower of a dog

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William Wylie

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The red-winged blackbird’s song is deeply comforting and familiar it’s like walking into the marsh and hearing an old friend

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farmin’

processed the last of the fall honey today… probably about 3 gallons for the farm stand plus a bunch of wax that I think my friends and I will make rushlights with when they come over at the end of the month. I’ll pick rushes down by the river tomorrow to get them prepped. writing that, I still can’t believe this is my life haha.

fired up the irrigation pump for the first time this year too. frost season starts april 17 so we will need to keep our eyes on the thermometer and run sprinklers on cold nights soon to protect the newly forming buds of the cranberry vines. without the insulation provided by the mist, the flowers can easily die in a bad frost, meaning no crop til next year since they won’t grow back. even if just one sprinkler gets sand stuck in it and doesn’t cover its area well, you’ll see the dead zone pretty clearly :’). so lots of checking and double checking that everything is in good working order.

people often ask if cranberry growers are competitive since this is “cranberry country” and all, but far from it. we are are VERY new to this, especially compared with most of our neighbors who have been growing cranberries for generations, but maybe BECAUSE agriculture is such a way of life here, everyone knows what’s at stake and has been very supportive. one of our neighbors is kind enough to help us with tasks that need more experience like inputs, pest monitoring, and of course frost protection. I was really happy to give him a big jar of honey and couple dozen eggs when I saw him today :)

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