He weighs time Even to the utmost grain. Henry V  Act II Scene 4 #ShakespeareSunday #HollowCrownPlaysSeriesOne

Art by Naoko Machida Goodnight Blue ones #MenWithCats

"For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings; How some have been deposed; some slain in war, Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed; Some poison'd by their wives: some sleeping kill'd;" - Richard II (A3, S2) #ShakespeareSunday

Give me the glass, and therein will I read. No deeper wrinkles yet? R2 4.1 #ShakespeareSunday

The game's afoot. H5 3.1 #ShakespeareSunday

"The game's afoot: Follow your spirit, and upon this charge Cry ‘God for Harry, England, and Saint George!’" Henry V Act 3, Scene 1 #ShakespeareSunday #ForTheLoveOfShakespeare Theme: The Hollow Crown Plays

"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, Or close the wall up with our English dead!" Henry V Act 3, Scene 1 #ShakespeareSunday #ForTheLoveOfShakespeare Theme: The Hollow Crown Plays

🪽🐎🪽"When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk: he trots the air; the earth sings when he touches it..." 👑Henry V #ShakespeareSunday #ForTheLoveOfShakespeare

This is a good reminder for alt text composition.

Sweet & soft, summer dreams to you all. Good night, all ♥️ (art Nicholas Hely Hutchinson)

A Midsummer Night’s Dream After several attempts, I finally managed to photograph fireflies in the Czech woods.

Did a sketch but couldn't be bothered to flesh it out. Happy world firefly day/weekend, regardless. May your butts be the light in these dark times.

Never let the cynics and naysayers grind you down. You *can* have it all at once.

Here's the full quote: "The America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries." Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

Happy Independence Day

Today’s effort. #art #painting

Daughter of Eve from the far land of Spare Oom where eternal summer reigns around the bright city of War Drobe, how would it be if you came and had tea with me? C. S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe 🖼️ Kate Slater #bookwormsat

Every real story is a never ending story. Michael Ende, The Neverending Story #BookWormSat 🎨 MichaelBarnardArt

‘O Tiger-lily,’ said Alice, addressing herself to one that was waving gracefully about in the wind, ‘I wish you could talk!’ ‘We can talk,’ said the Tiger-lily: ‘when there’s anybody worth talking to.’ ~ Lewis Carroll #BookWormSat 🖼️ Tenniel

‘Go not to the Elves for counsel for they will answer both no and yes.'~ LOTR, Tolkien. @racheldeering.bsky.social here for the rest of a fantastically childish #BookWormSat 🖼️ Janka Latečková

'Though thy slumber may be deep Yet thy spirit shall not sleep There are shades which will not vanish There are thoughts thou canst not banish By a power to thee unknown Thou canst never be alone....' ('The Incantation' Lord Byron/art Lancelot Speed)

“from the treetop gliding into midsummer... bright moon” (Issa) 🎨 Ogata Kōrin

"...but it's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then." 📕 Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 🖼️ Charles Blackman, Alice series #BookWormSat #Alice'sDay

I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, & by the time it is printed & bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again #BookWormSat

"- at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then." 📕 Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland AIW illustration by Tove Jansson #BookWormSat #Alice'sDay

'Summer trees full of leaf, whispering, massive; dark winter firs that fear no master and let no light brighten their woods. He learned the nature of all trees, the particular magics that are in oak and beech and ash.' Susan Cooper, The Dark Is Rising #BookWormSat 🎨Anastassia Skopp

I wonder if I’ve been changed in the night? Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I’m not the same, the next question is, Who in the world am I? Ah, that’s the great puzzle. #BookWormSat 🎨 Tove Jansson

Disney missed the point of fairytales. You don't succeed life through beauty or violence—the two gender-specific defences that protagonists are given against the world. You need wit, cunning, tenacity, kindness, and magic. 🎨 Gustaf Tenggren

Remember: There is strength in strangeness. There is fortitude in freakiness. There is opportunity in oddness. There is wisdom in weirdness.

Your daily affirmation: You haven't yet met all the people in your life that will be charmed and slightly horrified by your weirdness. Take comfort in that.

Friday Night's Mother Nature Fireworks in Chicago.

The Fireworks Started Early. Last night the Hancock gets hit with lightning during a Chicago storm.

❔😺❔"'Would you tell me please, which way I ought to go from here?' 'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat." 📖Lewis Carroll - Alice in Wonderland. #BookWormSat #Caturday

"But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad." "How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here." -Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll #BookWormSat

One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”

‘I don't like the look of it at all," said the King: "however, it may kiss my hand if it likes." "I'd rather not," the Cat remarked.’ ~ Carroll, AIW. This #BookWormSat celebrates Alice’s Day with children’s fantasy literature. Do join us. 🖼️ John Tenniel

What kind of stories scare a phantom? #PhantomsFriday

"Cat in the Moonlight" Art by Théophile Alexandre Steinlen c. 1900 Goodnight Blue ones #MenWithCats

This line from widow's bay can be used in so many circumstances.

Goodnight. 🖼️ Dillon Samuelson

Just one more chapter 🎨 Ryta's Art World

"Raven's Moon: Reflections on the Tree of Life" Art by Victoria Armstrong Goodnight Blue ones #CorvidCrew

It has been 14 years since The Hollow Crown first aired on BBC 2! This weekend's theme is in celebration of this wonderful series. #FortheloveofShakespeare This weekend's #ShakespeareSunday theme - THE HOLLOW CROWN PLAYS (series 1) 👑 - Richard II - Henry IV 1+2 - Henry V

“Has anyone ever told you that you're a bit weird?” “They never really stop.” #DoctorWho

"Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are." - Mason Cooley 🎨 Gwen van Knippenberg

White rabbit. Amongst others. 🖼️ Pui Lan Cockman

Pride Month is ending 😔 …but Wrath Month is starting 😈

Touching grass was never the goal 😅 #CalvinandHobbes #Relatable

"Happiness" Art by Emi Satō. 2026 Good Morning Blue ones #MenWithCats