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@be1t2h @AudryRibka @RosaTrunk Thanks Beth. Same here, dear friend. Wishing all here a happy Tuesday.

#SwampSunday

Adonis painted by a running brook,
And Cytherea all in sedges hid,
Which seem to move and wanton with her breath
Even as the waving sedges play wi' th' wind.
–The Taming Of The Shrew.
Prologue, 2.

🎨Walter Crane

#ShakespeareSunday

#FolkloreSunday

Here Summer in her wheaten garland crown'd.
–Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2, 34.

🎨Alphonse Mucha.

#SuperstitionSat
In medieval times ladybirds were symbols of good luck and protection, as they ate the aphids destroying the farmers’ crops. In English folklore, a ladybird landing on your hand means you will be married within the year.
🎨Blanche Fisher Wright

#FaustianFriday
In medieval folklore an incubus is a demon assuming the form of a man to seduce young women as they slept. Men too were subject to these visitations but by horses in female form called a succubus. Hence nightmares. Sweet dreams! 🎨Henry Fuseli, Philip Burne Jones.

#FairyTaleTuesday
Old Etonian, alumnus of Oxford, the vain, heartless and sadistic pirate, Captain Hook, is Peter Pan’s arch enemy. However,
“The man is not wholly evil – he has a Thesaurus in his cabin.”
–J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan.
🎨Steve Crisp.

#BookWormSat

And there is one sure thing about the fall of gods: they do not fall a little; they crash and shatter or sink deeply into green muck. It is a tedious job to build them up again; they never quite shine.
–John Steinbeck, East of Eden.

#FairyTaleTuesday

As I was walking all alane,
I heard twa corbies makin a mane.

The opening lines of The Twa Corbies (crows) an old Scottish ballad. A dark, cryptic tale about the murder of a knight. It is hinted that the knight was less than chivalrous and deserved his fate.

#FolkloreSunday
Pinning a blessed medal on baby’s vest, pram or crib is a lovely, time honoured tradition for generations of Catholic families. The medal is a visual reminder that God sends guardian angels to protect His children, keeping them safe from harm.
🎨Frances Brundage

#SwampSunday
And forever and forever,
As long as the river flows,
As long as the heart has passions,
As long as life has woes;
The moon and its broken reflection
And its shadows shall appear
As the symbol of love in heaven,
And its wavering image here.
— H W Longfellow.