Sophisticated Sensuality

tiny-librarian: First draft of the layout for the gardens of...

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:45:21 -0400

First draft of the layout for the gardens of the Petit Trianon. Approved and signed by Marie Antoinette on July 10th, 1774.

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On day 4 of Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:04:00 -0400

My roommate’s mom gave her a whole bunch of workout videos when she came for Mother’s Day. Poor thing.

I’ll only be able to get through the first 10ish days before I leave for France. In case anyone is thinking about getting in shape, I’ll post before and after pics (if I’m brave enough XD) before I leave. So far I’ve already lost 3 pounds.

Day wear.

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:58:27 -0400

Day wear.

Has anyone ever couch surfed in a foreign land?

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:12:06 -0400

My boyfriend and I want to get out of Paris and see some of France while we’re there (May 29-June 13), so we’re thinking of trying out couch surfing.

Adventure time!

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Thu, 16 May 2013 20:43:21 -0400

Buying Harvest Moon: Animal Parade

Fri, 10 May 2013 19:28:38 -0400

I would just buy Harvest Moon: Back to Nature, but it’s now $120. Natsume knows when they’ve done a good thing.

Various works by Tae (たえ)Tae is a Japanese artist who often...

Fri, 10 May 2013 19:28:03 -0400

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This World (この世界)

Untitled (むだい)

Various works by Tae (たえ)
Tae is a Japanese artist who often paints portraits of women in her works. Her minimal use of color as well as the movement of shapes and digital brushstrokes across the portraits create a clean, seemingly weightless space within which her characters exist.

Whole-Apple Apple Pie! My Recipe Preheat oven to 375...

Wed, 08 May 2013 19:18:00 -0400

Whole-Apple Apple Pie!

My Recipe

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Cut the top off and cut a square around the core. Pull it out (with a spoon if necessary).
Scoop out the insides and mix with brown sugar (to taste, I used 1/3 cup for these three) with a pinch of ground cinnamon, set aside juices left in bowl.
Cut dough into 1/2 inch to 1/4 inch slices (I used the store brand-ready-to-go kind as I’m hosting a dinner party and have other dishes to make!)
Basket weave the strips into a pretty topping.
Mix an egg white into the brown sugar mixture left over from the apple filling.
Brush on egg white/brown sugar. Place apples in deep pan with about a 1/2 inch of water. Cover in foil and bake at 375 for 15 min. Uncover, and continue baking for about 40 min or until tops are golden brown <3
When pies are done let them cool on a baking rack for a minute or two then serve with vanilla ice cream for a creative down-home American dessert!

Classical Civilisation: unpopulartextpost: i’m laughing so hard because my latin textbook has...

Wed, 08 May 2013 18:15:45 -0400

Classical Civilisation: unpopulartextpost: i’m laughing so hard because my latin textbook has...:

unpopulartextpost:

i’m laughing so hard because my latin textbook has this demon incantation for cursing charioteers and i just

like can you imagine a bunch of dudes in togas prancing around a pentagram in the floor and asking a bunch of demons to kill some dudes so their team wins in…

ancientart: Ancient Celtic bust of Marcus Aurelius, dates to...

Wed, 08 May 2013 18:12:07 -0400

ancientart:

Ancient Celtic bust of Marcus Aurelius, dates to about 180 AD, from Avenches, Switzerland.

Through his portraits, the emperor is constantly in attendance over his vast empire. The hair is combed back from the forehead, representing a typical Celtic hairstyle and reveals the Gallo-Roman origin of the artist. Hammered from a single sheet of gold, the bust is a masterpiece of craftsmanship.

Courtesy & currently located at the Historical Museum of Bern. Photo taken by Xuan Che

This.Is.So.Cool.

Ce matin je cuisinais la ratatouille avec mon petite R. :)

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:55:00 -0400

Ce matin je cuisinais la ratatouille avec mon petite R. :)

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Wed, 08 May 2013 10:00:48 -0400

Was finally able to understand what Thérèse is babbling in this...

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:18:20 -0400

Was finally able to understand what Thérèse is babbling in this scene! She says “regardez une petite abeille!” or “look, a little bumblebee!”
I think my soul exploded from all the cutes <3

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Tue, 07 May 2013 23:13:51 -0400

Vittorio Reggianini (Italian,1858-1938) - La soirée - Detail

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:13:47 -0400

Vittorio Reggianini (Italian,1858-1938) - La soirée - Detail

Final grades were posted!I knew I was going to get something in...

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:39:00 -0400

Final grades were posted!
I knew I was going to get something in the B-range for my tech class, but I’m ecstatic that I got A’s in everything else!

rainedragon: Innocent World 19th century series.

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:12:12 -0400

rainedragon:

Innocent World 19th century series.

tierradentro: “Vanity”, Guillaume Seignac. (via)

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:12:05 -0400

tierradentro:

“Vanity”, Guillaume Seignac. (via)

tiny-librarian: On May 6th, in 1682, Louis XIV officially moved...

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:11:55 -0400

tiny-librarian:

On May 6th, in 1682, Louis XIV officially moved the court from Paris and into the Chateau de Versailles. It would remain the seat of power for the French monarchy until 1789, when revolutionaries forced Louis XVI and his family to return to Paris.

SO EXCITE.

fuckyeahhistorycrushes: Ladies and gents and etcetera, let me...

Tue, 07 May 2013 11:51:37 -0400

fuckyeahhistorycrushes:

Ladies and gents and etcetera, let me tell you about JAMES FUCKING BARRY, aka Mr Awesome.

He was a surgeon from the UK and lived mostly in the first half of the 19th century. He was a damn Inspector General in Military Hospitals. He worked in South Africa and India and Jamaica and Canada and Saint Helena and damn a lot of other places.

He fought for better food, sanitation and medical care for prisoners and soldiers and their families and basically MEDICAL CARE FOR EVERY1

He was the first Brit to perform a succesful Ceaseran section (in Africa) and the child was named after him okay

He had a dog named Psyche

Wherever they sent him he was soon kicked out or moved because well he was quite bitchy. He got into trouble with local politicians and soldiers and stuff like A LOT. It got him arrested once.

He did what he wanted.

He got into fights a lot.

Duels forever. He killed a guy in one of them.

He hated on Florence Nightingale once. Like, hated really hard. She remembered it till he died.

He got accused of homosexuality bc of his close relationship with the governor of Cape Colony Lord Charles Somerset (who was also quite a cutie himself, go check him out)

Oh did I mention he was born as a “she” and managed to pass as a guy for over 50 damn years and was therefore the first Brit born female to be a fucking qualified surgeon isn’t that shit fucking COOL.

He was forgotten for long because people didn’t want any scandal about his/her/whatever gender.

Ze is called a “he” out of habit by people because let’s face it we’ll never know whether ze was trans or genderqueer or just REALLY damn wanted to be a doctor.

Either way James Barry is fucking awesome.

He is my crush forever.

WOAH PLOT TWIST