Signe Maene
@signemaene.com
Belgian writer of stories inspired by Flemish folklore. Loves spooky woods, fairies, selkies, poetry and pretty shoes :-) BookWormSat with Rachel Deering.🖤 OUT NOW: Flemish Folktales Retold. signemaene.com/links/
View of Oudenaarde in Winter, Edmond Van de Vyvere (1880-1950).
January 13, 2026 at 11:52 AM
View of Oudenaarde in Winter, Edmond Van de Vyvere (1880-1950).
'The Fairy dropped her shimmering garment, drew back the branches, and a moment after was hidden within their depths.'
-The Garden of Paradise, Andersen.
🎨Edmund Dulac
-The Garden of Paradise, Andersen.
🎨Edmund Dulac
January 13, 2026 at 9:41 AM
'The Fairy dropped her shimmering garment, drew back the branches, and a moment after was hidden within their depths.'
-The Garden of Paradise, Andersen.
🎨Edmund Dulac
-The Garden of Paradise, Andersen.
🎨Edmund Dulac
Moonlight in Winter, Louis Douzette (1834-1924).
January 13, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Moonlight in Winter, Louis Douzette (1834-1924).
Winter Music, Léon Spilliaert (1881-1946).
January 12, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Winter Music, Léon Spilliaert (1881-1946).
A Milkmaid on Ice Skates by a Sledge, Henri van Seben (1825-1913)
January 12, 2026 at 10:28 AM
A Milkmaid on Ice Skates by a Sledge, Henri van Seben (1825-1913)
The Saint Martin church in Beauvechain. ❄️🤍❄️
January 10, 2026 at 7:12 PM
The Saint Martin church in Beauvechain. ❄️🤍❄️
'Flowers may open, buds may blossom,
Bud and flower alike are vain;
Her days shall pass like a mournful story in
care and tears and pain.'
-Emily Brontë
🎨Gabriel Ferrier
#BookWormSat
Bud and flower alike are vain;
Her days shall pass like a mournful story in
care and tears and pain.'
-Emily Brontë
🎨Gabriel Ferrier
#BookWormSat
January 10, 2026 at 10:21 AM
'Flowers may open, buds may blossom,
Bud and flower alike are vain;
Her days shall pass like a mournful story in
care and tears and pain.'
-Emily Brontë
🎨Gabriel Ferrier
#BookWormSat
Bud and flower alike are vain;
Her days shall pass like a mournful story in
care and tears and pain.'
-Emily Brontë
🎨Gabriel Ferrier
#BookWormSat
'...and I fall into melancholies of honey and roses which are none the less melancholy.'
-George Sand
🎨Kenneth Frazier
#BookWormSat
-George Sand
🎨Kenneth Frazier
#BookWormSat
January 10, 2026 at 10:17 AM
'...and I fall into melancholies of honey and roses which are none the less melancholy.'
-George Sand
🎨Kenneth Frazier
#BookWormSat
-George Sand
🎨Kenneth Frazier
#BookWormSat
'I would not exchange the sorrows of my heart
For the joys of the multitude.
And I would not have the tears that sadness makes
To flow from my every part turn into laughter'
-Kahlil Gibran
🎨Anne-Marie Zilberman
#BookWormSat
For the joys of the multitude.
And I would not have the tears that sadness makes
To flow from my every part turn into laughter'
-Kahlil Gibran
🎨Anne-Marie Zilberman
#BookWormSat
January 10, 2026 at 9:56 AM
'I would not exchange the sorrows of my heart
For the joys of the multitude.
And I would not have the tears that sadness makes
To flow from my every part turn into laughter'
-Kahlil Gibran
🎨Anne-Marie Zilberman
#BookWormSat
For the joys of the multitude.
And I would not have the tears that sadness makes
To flow from my every part turn into laughter'
-Kahlil Gibran
🎨Anne-Marie Zilberman
#BookWormSat
According to a Flemish folktale, a rich, greedy farmer who stole from his farmhands was condemned to haunt this world in the shape of a duck after his death. Sometimes he appeared as a dog that bullied the non-ghost animals. Eventually, the ghost was banished to a woodshed.
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
January 9, 2026 at 9:50 AM
According to a Flemish folktale, a rich, greedy farmer who stole from his farmhands was condemned to haunt this world in the shape of a duck after his death. Sometimes he appeared as a dog that bullied the non-ghost animals. Eventually, the ghost was banished to a woodshed.
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
January 9, 2026 at 9:12 AM
'For his wide and glittering cloak of snow
Protects the seeds of life below;
Beneath his mantle are nurtured and born
The roots of the flowers, the germs of the corn.'
-Winter, Eliza Cook
🎨Gustave Courbet
Protects the seeds of life below;
Beneath his mantle are nurtured and born
The roots of the flowers, the germs of the corn.'
-Winter, Eliza Cook
🎨Gustave Courbet
January 8, 2026 at 9:27 AM
'For his wide and glittering cloak of snow
Protects the seeds of life below;
Beneath his mantle are nurtured and born
The roots of the flowers, the germs of the corn.'
-Winter, Eliza Cook
🎨Gustave Courbet
Protects the seeds of life below;
Beneath his mantle are nurtured and born
The roots of the flowers, the germs of the corn.'
-Winter, Eliza Cook
🎨Gustave Courbet
Winter in Amsterdam, George Hendrik Breitner (1857–1923).
January 8, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Winter in Amsterdam, George Hendrik Breitner (1857–1923).
Village Under the Snow near Grammont, Leo Piron (1899-1962).
January 8, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Village Under the Snow near Grammont, Leo Piron (1899-1962).
Winter or The Wolf in the Snow, Félix Bracquemond (1833-1914)
January 7, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Winter or The Wolf in the Snow, Félix Bracquemond (1833-1914)
Snow-Covered Landscape, Guillaume Vogels (1836-1896).
January 7, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Snow-Covered Landscape, Guillaume Vogels (1836-1896).
3/3 Her neighbours must not have minded that she had obtained milk by using magic as they tried to steal the key more than once as the years passed by, but never succeeded.
Passage from The Witches of Flemish Folklore. More stories like this can be read in the book! 🧹
Passage from The Witches of Flemish Folklore. More stories like this can be read in the book! 🧹
January 7, 2026 at 9:02 AM
3/3 Her neighbours must not have minded that she had obtained milk by using magic as they tried to steal the key more than once as the years passed by, but never succeeded.
Passage from The Witches of Flemish Folklore. More stories like this can be read in the book! 🧹
Passage from The Witches of Flemish Folklore. More stories like this can be read in the book! 🧹
2/3 She threw the key underneath the butter churn and said, ‘from every house a spoon.’ The churn quickly filled itself with milk as her spell had stolen an unnoticeable amount of milk from everyone who lived in the area.
January 7, 2026 at 9:02 AM
2/3 She threw the key underneath the butter churn and said, ‘from every house a spoon.’ The churn quickly filled itself with milk as her spell had stolen an unnoticeable amount of milk from everyone who lived in the area.
1/3 According to a Flemish folktale, the neighbours of a suspected witch were jealous because she managed to churn more butter than they did. When her neighbours asked her how she did it, she showed them a little key.
#WyrdWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
January 7, 2026 at 9:02 AM
1/3 According to a Flemish folktale, the neighbours of a suspected witch were jealous because she managed to churn more butter than they did. When her neighbours asked her how she did it, she showed them a little key.
#WyrdWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
One more just for you. 😽
January 6, 2026 at 12:10 PM
One more just for you. 😽
He's a snow kitty now.
January 6, 2026 at 11:22 AM
He's a snow kitty now.
Woodland in the Snow, Henri van Seben (1825-1913).
January 6, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Woodland in the Snow, Henri van Seben (1825-1913).
'There is more than glass between the snow and the huge roses.'
-Louis MacNeice
🎨Stasys Eidrigevičius
-Louis MacNeice
🎨Stasys Eidrigevičius
January 6, 2026 at 9:10 AM
'There is more than glass between the snow and the huge roses.'
-Louis MacNeice
🎨Stasys Eidrigevičius
-Louis MacNeice
🎨Stasys Eidrigevičius
'Silent, and soft, and slow
Descends the snow.'
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
🎨Akira Kusaka
Descends the snow.'
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
🎨Akira Kusaka
January 6, 2026 at 8:37 AM
'Silent, and soft, and slow
Descends the snow.'
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
🎨Akira Kusaka
Descends the snow.'
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
🎨Akira Kusaka