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Wanderlust & Pixie Dust

@velvetnmoon.bsky.social

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Merchant of curious goods. Collector of old books & ancient dusty things. Doggy mama. Progressive Victorian. Passionate about the past but woke A F.

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Wanderlust & Pixie Dust @velvetnmoon.bsky.social · 2d

#Mood youtu.be/hyJtGlvVzDQ?...

Chill Halloween Music & Calming Ambience | Calm Songs, Spooky & Instrumental Playlist

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Wanderlust & Pixie Dust @velvetnmoon.bsky.social · 15h

In search of matching salt and pepper shakers.

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Wanderlust & Pixie Dust @velvetnmoon.bsky.social · 15h

Or Vice, at the very least. 🙄

Wanderlust & Pixie Dust @velvetnmoon.bsky.social · 15h

Perhaps. I have a thing for Carmen Miranda stuff. Always on lookout 👀 . Especially for Bugs Bunny in drag.

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Wanderlust & Pixie Dust @velvetnmoon.bsky.social · 15h

I found a sweet little Carmen Miranda baby doll at the flea market. What a cutie pie!

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Wanderlust & Pixie Dust @velvetnmoon.bsky.social · 1d

Same. Animation and music!

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Emory 🩶 @emory-f8.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know?

In the Victorian era, mummers carried on the ancient English tradition of performing short plays and songs in disguise.

Clad in ragged ribbons, and paper costumes to conceal their identities, they were both festive and mysterious.

#Victorian #history

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Loreena McKennitt - The Mummers' Dance

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Wanderlust & Pixie Dust @velvetnmoon.bsky.social · 2d

#Mood youtu.be/hyJtGlvVzDQ?...

Chill Halloween Music & Calming Ambience | Calm Songs, Spooky & Instrumental Playlist

YouTube video by Holiday Sweater

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 4d

Day 7 of #31DaysOfGraves - Angel

Angels come in so many different shapes and sizes in Scottish graveyards, we've opted for this Victorian Gothic form, sitting in the shadow of Glasgow Cathedral, forever gently dropping stone flower petals onto the graves of the Smith family below...

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Wanderlust & Pixie Dust @velvetnmoon.bsky.social · 8d

That’s it!!!

Wanderlust & Pixie Dust @velvetnmoon.bsky.social · 10d

HTH is that a gaffe?

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Solarman @solarman55.bsky.social · 10d

Now, more than ever, we need you NPR. Ramp up reporting actions, not just what people say.

In other words, pleas redouble your efforts to report full, comprehensive truth. No more both-sides caca. No more mealymouth sentences to gentle-down the brutality of the truth.

TRUTH IS UNDER ASSAULT.

NPR @npr.org · 10d

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Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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Wanderlust & Pixie Dust @velvetnmoon.bsky.social · 13d

I don’t doubt you. As a Catholic myself, I feel that any religion can have extremists. However, Evangelicals take the prize in this country for having the most that are Cuckoo for Coca Puffs. They’re fargin scary.

Wanderlust & Pixie Dust @velvetnmoon.bsky.social · 13d

Catholics too. They’re like warring tribes. Unless they can use one another.

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Wanderlust & Pixie Dust @velvetnmoon.bsky.social · 15d

If you’re not opposed to preowned, try your luck stalking sites like Poshmark and Ebay.

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Michael Brown @medhistoryman.bsky.social · 18d

Please read our amazing RA @helenvmurray.bsky.social's evocative blog post on the @victorianhand.bsky.social website, which conjures the tactile, time-spanning qualities of G F Watts' affecting hand casts. As she points out, they were a big influence on the conception of the whole project.

The Victorian Hand @victorianhand.bsky.social · 18d

Time feels tangible in these casts...
Over on the Victorian Hand project blog, our Research Associate @helenvmurray.bsky.social reflects on her trip to Watts Gallery to research their extensive collection of plaster cast hands..
www.thevictorianhand.uk/blog-touchin...

A plaster cast of the hands of GF Watts, one folded over the other.

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Danielle McMahon @dehm000.bsky.social · 18d

My etsy store called The McThrifty (www.etsy.com/shop/TheMcTh...) sells literary, feminist, boho & victorian punk POD items. This $ goes to me. 😉

Some of these items will also be in the e(i store (engineidling.net/store) as part of a fundraising effort. This $ goes to contribs & a 🤞future contest!

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Wanderlust & Pixie Dust @velvetnmoon.bsky.social · 18d

I continue to dream.

Old Houses Under $50K and Beyond @oldhouses.bsky.social · 18d

c.1894 #NorthCarilna #QueenAnneVictorian $185K.
oldhousesunder50k.com/c-1894-north...

Wanderlust & Pixie Dust @velvetnmoon.bsky.social · 18d

Oh my!

Jean and 🐈‍⬛ Emmaline and 🌈🐈Oliver🌈 @jeanchimera.bsky.social · 18d

I absolutely *adore* these sorts of things. From medieval through Victorian, chatelaines, sewing kits, travel cosmetic and toiletry kits. They're all just so cool!

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 18d

The Lady's Companion, a series of small kits containing things a Victorian woman would have carried in the mid-19th century: sewing kit, notions, small notebook, scent bottle, corkscrews, and ear picks. Currently on display at the Tatter Library in Brooklyn

IG tatterbluelibrary

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Charming Quail™ Jewelry Design LLC @charmingquail.bsky.social · 18d

My Victorian-inspired bat necklace has finally spread its wings just in time for spooky season! This piece was designed for those who appreciate the mysterious beauty of bats & the timeless charm of vintage jewelry.

Perfect for chiroptera lovers & Halloween enthusiasts alike.

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Foolish Mortal @foolish-mortal.bsky.social · 19d

Prints and Postcards for sale. Support an independant artist - help pay my medical bills.

www.etsy.com/shop/Foolish...

#plaguedoctor #victorian #steampunk #skeletons #gothic #spooky #carousel

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Wanderlust & Pixie Dust @velvetnmoon.bsky.social · 20d

I realize that it’s way beyond your pay scale but it was much more than that. Memorializing a human being that was unjustly murdered, for one thing. Hello.

Wanderlust & Pixie Dust @velvetnmoon.bsky.social · 20d

“…whilst I don’t normally care for Victorian interiors.” Oh my. Perish the thought! Obsessed with Victorian interiors my entire life. ☺️

Wanderlust & Pixie Dust @velvetnmoon.bsky.social · 20d

Good to know.

VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · 20d

a reminder that I have a big website where you can find out things about Victorian London. www.victorianlondon.org/index-2012.htm

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Dave in AK @bikewritedave.bsky.social · Jul 9

“As the rhetoric demonizing people outside our borders grows more heated, those who do not want to outsource our thinking to politicians should try to put ourselves in new places, take ourselves on new adventures, and meet the people with whom we share this rock.”

– Bekah Congdon

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Wanderlust & Pixie Dust @velvetnmoon.bsky.social · 20d

Ok. Well, that’s interesting.

Dave in AK @bikewritedave.bsky.social · 20d

According to Australian historian John Zubrzycki, who holds a PhD in Indian history, the most pirated book of the Victorian era was Richard Burton’s 1883 translation of The Kamasutra.

Human nature is ever predictable.