Fallen Angels (1995)
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
— Aesop
I blog for the girls who cry on their birthdays and lose a little bit of themselves during the summer months
I actually go to peoples houses and force them at gunpoint to read a 600 page Russian novels. I’m sorry I didn’t know so many people got mad I’ll stop
Aphrodite Powder
Aphrodite powder aka love powder! this can be used to attract all kinds of love into your life(mostly romantic, platonic and self) or used as an offering to a love based deity. this powder can and will not be able to use to force someone to love you.
anyway, heres what you need; something to grind your ingredients together, dried rose petals, pink powder, salt, sugar, cinnamon, gold and silver glitter(optional but pretty), rose/strawberry incense or any love corresponding incense, dried aloe vera stalk or leaf, rose quartz(optional), selenite(optional), labarodite(optional), a seashell(optional but recommended) and jade(optional)
first, mix your powders together first then add the rose petals+aloe vera stalk
second, youll need to crush your incense into the mix. be careful, youre hands will smell after this.
place your newly made powder in a jar or whatever you want and surround it with your crystals and seashell. if you chose not to use crystals, simply place your container in the moonlight to charge it. or do both idk mix it up.
after all that, youre done! boom! powder! yay! use it however you want idc
DISCLAIMER: DO NOT USE THIS ON YOUR FACE PLEASE, IT REALLY MAKES YOUR EYES ITCHY AND COULD DAMAGE YOUR SKIN OR SOMETHING!!!!
if you have any questions or if this did not work for you or if you just wanna know the correspondents to the ingredients, just dm me!
“I wish you to know
that you have been the last dream of my soul.”
—Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
Summer solstice honey cakes ☀️🌻
Happy summer solstice! Here’s a recipe to honour the day:
(Makes about 30 cupcakes or 2 big cakes)
Ingredients:
Cake:
450g plain flour
225g butter
4 tbsp honey
150g sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp salt
4 eggs
250 ml milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
Icing:
150g icing sugar
20 ml water
1 tsp cinnamon
As much honey as you want
Lavender (optional)
1. Lay out cake cases or grease your tray if you are making one big cake and preheat your oven to 180C/350F
2. Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt together
3. Add the eggs, honey, butter, milk and vanilla extract and mix until smooth
4. Put the mixture into whatever you are baking it in
5. Bake for 20mins (cupcakes) or 40mins (big cake)
6. Whilst cakes are baking prepare your icing. Mix together the icing sugar, water, cinnamon and honey until smooth. Add more water if you need to.
7. Once the cakes are done, take them out and leave to cool
8. When the cakes are cool, drizzle the icing onto them. Add lavender if you wish
9. Eat!
Dogbane leaf beetle, Chrysochus auratus, Chrysomelidae
Found in eastern North America, dogbane beetles feed on plants in the Apocynum genus. Plants in this genus contain toxins (cardenolides) that, when ingested, are fatal to many organisms, including humans, causing cardiac arrest. However, the Dogbane beetle is able to consume the plant and compartmentalize the cardenolides into glands. If threatened, the beetle can secrete the cardenolides as a defense mechanism.
Photo 1 by nickhobgood, 2 by davewendelken, 3 by judygva, 4 by briangratwicke, 5 by nlblock, 6 by dalien, 7-8 by christinetucc, and 9-10 by akilee
i fucking love taking the bus for real. the only thing i love more than taking the bus is taking the train. choo choo am i right. i think most human distress can be alleviated by listening to dramatic music on public transportation.
the plot of the secret history and stranger things take place at the same time. let that sink in.
instead of tiktok influencers i think they should invite strange old ladies with long white hair who wear silk scarves and gloves to the met gala
this is the future the liberals want
getting teary eyed thinking about gerda gottlieb's paintings of her wife after she transitioned
thing is, for a lot of these paintings it wasn’t “after” lily elbe’s transition. there was no after to it. the one op posted was painted in 1928. this was 2 years before lily legally changed her name and began undergoing revolutionary gender affirming procedures. unfortunately she died due to complications of an experimental uterine transplant in 1931.
up until that point, during the day lily continued to dress in masculine clothing and even attended galleries showing gottlieb’s paintings of her. which was kind of iconic. she got to stand in a room full of people who were marveling her beauty, not knowing she was right next to them. it must have been such a cute little secret for them as a couple.
here’s gerda and lilly together
not to mention that for most people there is no real “after” to a transition. especially for these trans historical figures who had to balance identity and safety at all times.
i think having a wife paint these portraits must have felt really amazing for lily. to be able to see herself through the eyes of someone who loved her. i’m very much seconding op on the getting teary eyed.
here are some of my favorite gottleib lily paintings
modern music and modern movies don't suck you're just watching the wrong movies and listening to the wrong music, and btw it's always been like this, there's always been bad contemporary movies and music and also books
Society places way too much pressure on hitting certain “milestones” by certain ages, so I’m here to remind you that:
It’s okay if you’re not where you “should” be.
It’s okay if you haven’t met your goals yet, or if you don’t even know what those goals are.
It’s okay if the only thing you’re accomplishing right now is surviving.
The “rise and grind” culture is toxic and you are not obligated to participate.