Anne Louise Averyさんのイラストまとめ

Cover illustrations by the exceptionally talented @kiuchitatsuro for Please, a complimentary brochure issued monthly by Japan Railway Kyushu.

JR九州『Please』表紙

For anyone feeling sad or gloomy today, here are some dancing foxes and some foxes going about their everyday tricksy business to cheer you up.
#Foxes
#MotheringSunday

Garden or ornamental hermits were once hired to live in purpose-built hermitages, follies, or grottoes on the estates of wealthy 18th century land-owners. They were dressed up like druids & consulted for esoteric advice or viewed for entertainment. #Gardenlore #folklorethursday

A kodama (木魅 - 木=tree; 魂=soul) is a Japanese spirit who dwells in trees. The sound of a tree crashing in the woods & the strange echoes that sound in mountains & valleys are said to be kodama. Cutting down a tree which houses a kodama brings great misfortune #folklorethursday

For Robert Louis Stevenson's birthday, my article on treasure maps, including the strange origins of Treasure Island: 'As I paused upon my map of Treasure Island, the future character of the book began to appear there visibly among imaginary woods' https://t.co/NGpQX9qYwz #RLSDay

Poor Rosamund the Fair, kept by Henry II in a secret bower in Godstow Nunnery, protected by a labyrinth & guarded by a knight holding the end of a silver thread. One dark evening, jealous Queen Eleanor killed the guard, followed the thread & poisoned Rosamund. #folklorethursday