Cheers to that Thought...

ancient-serpent: Mezquita de Cordoba, Spain

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:00:30 -0400

ancient-serpent:

Mezquita de Cordoba, Spain

snow-fairies: my edit, do not steal.

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:07:13 -0400

snow-fairies:

my edit, do not steal.

songsofwolves: #she’s one of us

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:06:56 -0400

songsofwolves:

#she’s one of us

kafkasapartment: Shield of Achilles. Designed by John Flaxman,...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:04:38 -0400

kafkasapartment:

Shield of Achilles. Designed by John Flaxman, Created by Bridge and Rundell,1821. Apollo is depicted in the center, surrounded by stars and female figures representing the constellations. The outer relief shows scenes of humanity - a banquet, wedding, justice, herders defending their herds, harvest time, a seige, an ambush and a banquet. The shield was modeled on legendary shield made for Achilles described in Homer’s Iliad. Perhaps this will help those suffering from Game of Thrones withdrawal.

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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:00:42 -0400

fashionshowfinale: Burberry Prorsum S/S 2014 Menswear

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:28:57 -0400

fashionshowfinale:

Burberry Prorsum S/S 2014 Menswear

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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:45:55 -0400

captainoftheblackwind: She would show these northerners how...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:43:42 -0400

captainoftheblackwind:

She would show these northerners how strong a Tully of Riverrun could be.

jal80: breathethedownbow: Jon Snow walks up to Gendry and says, “You must be Robert Baratheon’s...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:42:08 -0400

jal80:

breathethedownbow:

Jon Snow walks up to Gendry and says, “You must be Robert Baratheon’s bastard”

and runs off into the wilderness shrieking his victory

Oh, God, this made me laugh.

theniftyfifties: Dorothy Dandridge photoraphed by Ed Clark,...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:24:35 -0400

theniftyfifties:

Dorothy Dandridge photoraphed by Ed Clark, 1951.

tastefullyoffensive: [ytegg]

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:24:24 -0400

tastefullyoffensive:

[ytegg]

gigglemonster: We’re just the ghosts in their lives. Everyone,...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:22:50 -0400

gigglemonster:

We’re just the ghosts in their lives. Everyone, sooner or later, has to sit down to the consequences. So they shouldn’t be surprised when we come back to haunt them.

AU MEME → Orphan Black + The Hour → for @stellarmatters

kendrawcandraw: FEMME IS NOT FRAGILE

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:53:46 -0400

kendrawcandraw:

FEMME IS NOT FRAGILE

ladyofmany: story time | selkies a sad affair, to have a love...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:43:17 -0400

ladyofmany:

story time | selkies a sad affair, to have a love lusting for the sea.

braanstarks: History Meme: [8/10 Moments]: The Black...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:40:35 -0400

braanstarks:

History Meme:
[8/10 Moments]: The Black Dinner.

_{Sir Alexander Livingston and Sir William Crichton, who had recently come to a power sharing agreement of sorts, were convinced that the Douglases, led by the young, headstrong 6th Earl of Douglas, were enemies of the throne. They felt it necessary to crush the Douglases to secure their own authority. Although it was fairly easy to secure sufficient evidence to support a charge of high treason against the 6th Earl of Douglas and his associates; it was an entirely different matter to arrest this powerful baron in the midst of his own people in his own castle.}

_{According to legend, a banquet was held in the Great Hall of Edinburgh Castle, and the young James II was charmed with the company of the Douglases. At the end of the feast, the head of a black bull was brought into the hall. Under Scottish custom, this formality presaged the death of the principal guest(s) at a dinner. James II is alleged to have pleaded for the lives of his new friends to be spared, but they were said to have been beheaded in front of the ten year old king.}

_{“But what we do know for certain is that on the arrival of the Earl of Douglas at the castle, he was at once arrrested, together with his only brother David, and his friend and consellor Sir Malcolm Fleming of Cumbernauld, who had accompanied him; that the three of them were hastily tried for high treason, found guilty, and proptly beheaded on the Castle Hill. The earl and his brother were executed on 24 November, 1440, and Sir Malcolm Fleming four days later. The later execution must have been carried out contrary to the wishes of Livingston, hence probably the four days’ delay. For about three years later, on 16 August 1443, Sir Alexander Livingston, in the presence of Robert Fleming and four bishops, solemnly purged himself upon oath of having given any counsel, assistance, or consent to the slaughter of Sir Malcolm Fleming.}

_{“Some of the old chronicle writers, who like some modern journalists were not averse to inserting fictitious picturesque details, so as to enliven their narratives, declare that the Douglases were arrested while sitting at dinner, on the signal being given by a black bull’s head, supposed to be a sign of sudden death, being placed on the table; and this fable, according to an old historian of the House of Douglas, gave rise to the following doggerel rhyme}

_{:— ‘Edinburgh castle, toun, and tower,
God grant ye sink for sin;
And that even for the black-dinner,
Earl Douglas gat therin.’}

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aseaofquotes: Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:36:51 -0400

aseaofquotes:

Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer

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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:35:29 -0400

salvagedadornment: By WingedLion This ring is like a piece of...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:34:36 -0400

salvagedadornment:

By WingedLion

This ring is like a piece of Baroque art! Super awesome!

Richard Madden (June 18, 1986).

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:01:57 -0400

_{Richard Madden (June 18, 1986).}

guyletatooer: Thai Ornament . On Soph at Shangri La , London ....

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:00:28 -0400

guyletatooer:

Thai Ornament .
On Soph at Shangri La , London .
See You Soon .