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Ulla Thynell

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The Fall of Icarus, René Milot, Canada. The myth of Icarus represents human ambition, the desire for the unattainable, and its consequent death in the attempt: Daedalus and his son Icarus, prisoners of King Minos, attempted to escape by air.

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Art by Kristina Kemenikova

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Undine' by Friedrich de la Motte Fouque, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1909.

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southernfairy1.bsky.social @southernfairy1.bsky.social · 23h

💍🍄‍🟫💞🍄💐 October is wedding season for fungi.

German illustrator, painter, cartoonist, and graphic artist Heinz Geilfus (★ 25. November 1890 in Gießen; † 25. January 1956 in Bad Nauheim)

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southernfairy1.bsky.social @southernfairy1.bsky.social · 1d

V(Maude Frome)

southernfairy1.bsky.social @southernfairy1.bsky.social · 1d

🧙🧙🧙🧙🧙🧙🧙‍♀️🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹When witches go riding and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers, ‘Tis near Halloween!’”
(Author unknown)

Art by Jane Newland

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southernfairy1.bsky.social @southernfairy1.bsky.social · 1d

🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈 Louis Wain ( 1860-1939). Singers and musicians cats in Christmas. 1910.

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southernfairy1.bsky.social @southernfairy1.bsky.social · 1d

The realm of fairy tales is vast, deep, and high, filled with many things: all kinds of animals and birds are found there; endless seas, countless stars; beauty that is an enchantment, an ever-present danger; both joy and sorrow are as sharp as swords. —J.R.R. Tolkien🧙‍♀️🧙‍♂️🌳🐿️🐦‍⬛ Art by Ulla Tynell

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southernfairy1.bsky.social @southernfairy1.bsky.social · 2d

🐇When a hare crosses your path repeat this phrase to avoid misfortune~

"Hare before, Trouble behind:
Change ye, Cross, and free me."

British Folklore (1875)
Art by Amanda Clark, v(Kerria)🐇

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southernfairy1.bsky.social @southernfairy1.bsky.social · 2d

Weaving shadows through pumpkins aglow, 🎃

A bounty of stars in her silvery calm, ✨

Whispering thanks as the wild winds blow.

Oh, moon of the reaper, your glow lingers long, 🌕

Turning frost-kissed earth to a harvest song.

Poem: ©2025 Nifty Buckles Folklore. All Rights Reserved.

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southernfairy1.bsky.social @southernfairy1.bsky.social · 2d

Harvest Moon's Whisper 🌾

In October's hush, where the crisp air bites,

The Harvest Moon swells, a lantern of gold,

Spilling secrets on fields ripe with delights—

Cornstalks bow low, their amber hearts told.

She cradles the night in her luminous palm,

Weaving shadows✏️

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southernfairy1.bsky.social @southernfairy1.bsky.social · 2d

👼 "The Wounded Angel", by Finnish painter Hugo Simberg, 1903.

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southernfairy1.bsky.social @southernfairy1.bsky.social · 2d

Goodnight everyone 🌙💜🕊

Art by Maggie Vandewalle✨🌟💫

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southernfairy1.bsky.social @southernfairy1.bsky.social · 2d

The Harvest Moon's presence encourages a transition into the "comforting darkness of winter" deeper self-reflection and a reminder to stay enchanted by the natural world.
The illustration is by Iris Beaglehole. The image is the cover of the book "Accidental Magic.”

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southernfairy1.bsky.social @southernfairy1.bsky.social · 2d

illustration by Ivan Bilibin🍁🍂

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southernfairy1.bsky.social @southernfairy1.bsky.social · 2d

🎃🧙👻🧹 Art by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

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southernfairy1.bsky.social @southernfairy1.bsky.social · 3d

Beatrix Potter

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southernfairy1.bsky.social @southernfairy1.bsky.social · 3d

The mistletoe is found but rarely upon the oak; and when found is gathered with due religious ceremony, if possible on the sixth day of the moon (for it is by the moon that they [Druids] measure their months and years..."
~ Pliny the Elder Stephen G.Rae