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In this week's wallpaper, Conrad the Crow flies over an enchanting pastoral scene, "The Fairy Queen And Her Lambs" by Warwick Goble, chosen by @SuperstitionSat for our common Imbolc-theme, since Imbolc & Candlemass traditionally mark the beginning of the lambing season.
Nachzehrer (lit "after-drainer") are a Vampire variant from the German-speaking countries with the technical advantage of not having to leave their graves to sap the strength of the living.
🎨 So Pine Nut
#ofdarkandmacabre #Superstitiology
Darklings!
This week's #ofdarkandmacabre theme for the remaining five of the Twelve Nights is
"Wild Hunts & Wintry Horrors!"
Tag your bleak and chilly tweets with #ofdarkandmacabre for a RT and remember, the themes are not exclusive but here to inspire you!
🎨 Henri Lievens
"And the roar of the stormy chase went by,
Through the dark unquiet sky!" (Felicia Hemans)
Darklings!
Welcome to a Yule-ishly flying #FaustianFriday!
RTs from 10am - 10pm CET
🎨 Lisa Hunt
"The arrangements and decorations of the banquet were probably intended to signify that death in life which had been the testator’s definition of existence."
(Hawthorne "The Christmas Banquet")
Darklings!
Welcome to a seasonally soppy #FaustianFriday!
RTs from 10am-10pm CET
“How did it get so late so soon?” (Dr. Seuss)
December already, Darklings!
"White Rabbit! White Rabbit! White Rabbit!!" for good luck.
🎨 Jane Keay
Darklings!
A new week beckons, lights are still on, blue bird is still... alive and #MythologyMonday should open your lore & books week tomorrow, while #ofdarkandmacabre flutters through the November gloom, quotes sombrely (for #bookchatweekly, too) and RTs your dark gems!
Darklings!
Time to haunt the nightly autumnal woods - we'll meet you tomorrow for another bout #ofdakandmancabre a nature for #bookchatweekly.
🎨 13_con
"...it means a death is close, and in that way they are like ravens or crows" (Margaret Atwood)
Darklings!
Welcome to a ominously feathered #FaustianFriday
RTs between 10am - 10pm CET
🎨 Caspar David Friedrich "Tree of Crows" (c 1822)
“I say what other people only think, and when all the rest of the world is in a conspiracy to accept the mask for the true face, mine is the rash hand that tears off the plump pasteboard, and shows the bare bones beneath.” (Wilkie Collins "Woman in White")
#bookologythursday