Nina Antoniaさんのイラストまとめ

Still waiting for the Ladybird equivalent.....

'Sabrina Fair,
Listen where thou art sitting
Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave,
In twisted braids of lilies knitting
The loose train of thy amber - dropping hair
Listen for dear honor's sake, goddess of the silver lake.'
(John Milton/Sulamith Wulfgang)

Leprechaun: (Not just for St. Patrick's Day.) A merry sprite once known by many names: Luprachaun, Luricane, Lurrigadane, Cluricane, Luppercadane & Loughryman. Orig derived from 'Lu' meaning small & 'Corpan' = body (art: Larry MacDougall, Model: Teeny O' Feeny)

#ShakespeareSunday
Titania: 'I'll give thee fairies to attend on thee
And they shall fetch thee jewels from the deep
And sing while thou on pressed flowers dost sleep
And I will purge thy mortal grossness so
That thou shalt like an airy spirit go. (art Edith Nesbit, 1896)

#insomnia : Lucky old 'Somnus' all chilled out when I'm red eyed from lack of shut-eye & waiting for the dawn......Still the birds are all a-tweet which is like sugar in the tea of existence.

@mythosfox Agile gingers, most probably!! 🦊

Pastriarchy

Using Holly for festive decor originated with Saturnalia. Believed to keep magic at bay, it was hung in the halls of English homes so that elves & faeries could enter into the spirit of Christmas with everyone else & 'hang in each leaf & cling to every bough.'

'Ballet For An Owl', 1952, by 'The Queen of the bohemian artists', Gertrude Abercrombie; a title that translates as marginalized during her life time. Her work is enjoying a resurgence though Gertrude has already passed into the strange shadows she was so adept at painting.

No cheese sandwiches before bed or else: Illustration, Julia Blackburn, 1905, 'The Lances of Lynwood.'