Celia

Ruffled Blog

i’m familiar with self care

My goal in life is to occupy an abandoned castle in the European countryside, keep a giant rose garden, only wear long flowing dresses, and become local folklore

Horitomo aka Kazuaki Kitamura aka Kazuaki Horitomo aka 北村和明 (Japanese, b. Mie, Japan, based CA, USA) - Phoenix from Monmon Cats.  Japanese Paintings: Ink Wash

Masakane Yonekura aka 米倉斉加年 aka Yasukura Yoshikawa (Japanese, 1934-2014, b. Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan) - 多毛留 aka Takeru, 1976

Jessica Shirley

Natural history of a part of new and rare birds of America and India

By The Vaillant, François, 1753-1824 Publication info Paris :[publisher not identified],1807. BHL Collections: Field Museum Library

Ghostfish by Chris Odgers

ink on paper

My home will be a home with no loud anger, no explosive rage, no slamming doors or breaking glass, no name calling, shaming or blackmail. My home will be gentle, it will be warm. It will keep my loved ones safe. No fear, no hurt and no worries. I may come from a broken and twisted place but I will build something whole and safe. I’ll sing in the shower again, cook with a smile and dance in all the rooms. I will heal.

i say it’s time to bring back overtly sexual masquerade parties

things you deserve this 2018:

The witches in the back fragment of Earth - Jose Benlliure y Gil (c.1879)

Okay but listening to those ‘song from another room’ posts is like stepping outside for a cigarette at a party and you’re just standing alone in the cool night air looking at the sky in a moment of peace between the hectic rush of a party and there’s something incredibly calming about that