#acrossthewavesoftime

[isthenapoleoncute]

Sent to me by a dear friend-- I am a bit concerned seeing as his posture and facial expression may indicate mild distress, so here goes the question to the professional: Is this Napoleon cute? Should we get a vet? And if so, for the horse, or the Napoleon?

Rating: Cute!

Napoleons often have a condition called RGF, or Resting Grump Face….but not this one! He’s actually just smiling, kind of dopily, as he enjoys his exercise. This Napoleon is actually content, and just enjoying a nice day with its horsey. I can’t speak about taking the horse to the vet, unless you think the Napoleon may have been riding it past its comfort level?

Napoleons do that to horses sometimes…

#acrossthewavesoftime #ask #cute #napoleon #I got this ask sooo long ago and it looked like tumblr ate it but then it came back again like anphoenix rising from the ashes of this… #this hellsite

[nordleuchten]

Number 12 for the book ask, please! :-)

Thank you for the ask, dear @acrossthewavesoftime!

12. did you enjoy any compulsory high school readings?

Any? I think I enjoyed most – if not all, of my compulsory readings! I read or reread some of my absolute and all-time favourites during my time in school. Even when a book/story was not particularly to my liking, I still enjoyed learning about a subject through the medium of books and being able to read at home all day long while simultaneously completing my homework. Compulsory reading has always been heaven for me. :-)

#ask me anything #acrossthewavesoftime #ask game #personal #books #reading

[pentecostwaite]

14, 19, and 25 for the ask game, please? :)

Thank you for the asks, dear @acrossthewavesoftime!

14. Favorite book you read this year? I'm glad to get this question twice, as I had a few favorites! Another great book I read this year was Anarchist's Guide to Historic House Museums. I spent most weekends this summer giving tours of an 18th-century New England courthouse, and so had plenty of time to think about how docents approach tours and how historic houses present themselves to the public. This fascinating book has lots of new and radical ideas about how docents and other house-museum professionals can present uber-local history.

19. What’re you excited about for next year? A couple things! In February I'm presenting the first phase of my work on reconstructing the lives and labor of the enslaved in my New England hometown by using three 18th-century account books. It's my hope that someday the account books and the transcriptions I've done will be available online for everyone to access.

The other thing I'm looking forward to this coming year is creating a finding aid for the archives at the small historical society at which I am a trustee. The upkeep of the archives has not been a priority for some time, and I am eager to begin to get it back into (usable) shape.

25. Did you create any characters (in games, art, or writing) this year? Describe one. While I didn't create any new characters this year, it's been great fun to work on the backstory of a character I developed in 2019 for NaNoWriMo. The character's name is Nat Roy, and he is based on the "sailor half" of the Great Seal of Maine (below). I've talked about him before in this blog, I think.

Nat is the son of a wealthy physician in Berwick, Maine, who was meant to follow in his father's footsteps. Recognizing that he is not cut out for such a life, especially the marrying-and-starting-a-family part, he runs away to sea in 1813. He discovers that he enjoys being a sailor, and that the life of a sailor allows him, a young man who loves other young men, a kind of freedom he could never have on land.

While in the yet-to-be-completed novel, set in 1820, Nat ends up falling for Eben Sprague (the "farmer half" of the Seal), Nat also has a bit (a LOT) of history with other fellows, one of whom was the Master's Mate of the ship Olinda, Benjamin Hawkins. @focsle drew a wonderful commissioned piece for my spouse featuring Nat and Ben on board the Olinda:

Nat has a long relationship with Ben Hawkins during a multi-year cruise from Salem to Sumatra and back again, though the two end their affair once the journey is over. After several years apart, they run into each other again in Salem and rekindle their acquaintance. Happily, they discover they are excellently paired as friends.

#ask game #acrossthewavesoftime

[sanguinarysanguinity]

Came for guided by a mysterious waterfowl, stayed for Keith Windham and Ewen Cameron! ;)

A very excellent waterfowl, I am sure!

#acrossthewavesoftime

[cedarboots]

Just here to tell you that I love your Keith Windham art is perfect! I love the little portrait and rain-wet Keith, you just have a knack for drawing him!

Thank you so much! I like drawing grumpy facial expressions so as far as characters go he was a real find

#acrossthewavesoftime #asks

[chiropteracupola]

and on thy cheeks a fading rose /

fast withereth too...

#em draws stuff #the flight of the heron #ewen cameron #keith windham #la belle dame sans merci TAKE TWO! #it's the john william waterhouse one for real this time! #after some discussion acrossthewavesoftime and I decided that this one would work equally well despite the need to re-navigate All That Hair #but luckily we've got some nice drapery in its place and I think I might finally be getting the hand of drawing it properly! #still got some more Cursed Images to finish but afterwards I think I might do a few more painting redraws #these have been fun because I've always loved this poem and reciting bits of it #and they give me good memories of walking down to the lake with my dad and both of us Pointing at the reeds #and Shouting at each other that the Sedge had Withered... good times good times

[nellgwynn]

william iii: i’m a real boy!

charles ii: you wish pinocchio

kafka: and so william samsa wished he was a real boy and not a cockroach, but he unfortunately died after he was stepped on by the green stockinged foot of james ii of england

#creds to acrossthewavesoftime #sending me williams bug eyed pic #FR gregor samsa and william are actually the same person #kafka #charles and james wish they could bug spray william

[clove-pinks]

War of 1812 Officers' Day, to be held 14 May at Fort George National Historic Site, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. (I will be there in spirit with my cookbook from the Fort George gift shop).

#war of 1812 #historical reenactment #living history #canadian history #fort george #i appreciate the hairstyling efforts of the standing reenactor #dressed to kill #@ acrossthewavesoftime the gift shop stocks elizabeth simcoe

[vankeppel]

Tumblr Mutuals I'd stage an amateur production of GLORIOUS with

#acrossthewavesoftime messaged me this and I’m like YEAH YEAH #to all y’all #glorious

[my-deer-friend]

Thanks for the tag, @acrossthewavesoftime! 💕

Favourite ship

Well obviously it's lams in musicalverse, and as for historical... I must say Cutty Sark. What a speedy girl!

Last song

Handel's Wassermusik Suite in F major (the Mozart bubble has finally burst)

Last film

I finally found the time to watch Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction, and while I can't say it's a great movie, it was certainly amusing and charming and scratched the historical romance itch.

(Side note - Danish now sounds to me like someone speaking Norwegian with cottonwool in their mouth.)

Currently reading

About a dozen volumes of letters by Johannes von Müller, queer Swiss historian of the 18th century. Yes, really, for fun.

Currently craving

I'm with you on spring, @acrossthewavesoftime (this is new to me – I'm not used to seasons!).

Also marmite.

And a swiss roll (unrelated to swiss history).

Tagging @permanenthistorydamage @ouiouixmonami @nordleuchten @kaiserin-erzsebet and you!

#tag game #please ask me about my new friend johannes von muller (threat/dare)

[recycledmoviecostumes]

This medieval headdress was first worn by Elspet Gray as The Queen in the first series of Blackadder in 1983 in the episode The Queen of Spain’s Beard. It appears to have undergone some alterations for use on Caroline Blakiston as Angela Hartley in the 2005 episode of Midsomer Murders entitled Bantling Boy.

It’s difficult to tell if this is indeed the same piece. The film quality and lighting quality between both productions varies heavily, and clearly alterations have been made for Midsomer Murders. That being said, enough details remain consistent to assume that these are the same. 

Costume Credit: acrossthewavesoftime

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#blackadder #elspet gray #midsomer murders #caroline blakiston #costume drama #period drama

[echo-bleu]

Captain "Lucky Jack" Aubrey.

I rewatched Master and Commander recently and couldn't resist.

[ID: Digital painting of Jack Aubrey in his uniform (a long dark blue jacket with golden épaulettes, buttons and trimmings, and a cream-coloured vest and breeches) hanging over the side of a (off-screen) ship, holding onto a rope. More ropes are visible behind and in front of him. The background is a calm sunny sea-scape.]

@ltwilliammowett and @acrossthewavesoftime I'm tagging you because you're the only ones I know who post about this movie.

#jack aubrey #master and commander #aubreyad #master and commander fanart #aubreyad fanart #lucky jack #russel crowe #echo's drawings #digital art

[nordleuchten]

You're making it tough for me to decide on one for the ask game, because they all sound great (as I know, having already been privileged to read scenes from a few of them)! Hm, how about you choose (pretty please!), because I absolutely cannot and think I already did a great job narrowing it down to just 2: Sophie and La Fayette, or Pitt_AU? :D

Dear @acrossthewavesoftime,

thank you very much for the question. Since we already had Sophie and La Fayette, I tell you something about Pitt_AU.

Sooo … this one is actually a wild mixture of a lot of different thought experiments. I wanted to play with the idea how Pitt would have continued to influence politics if he had survived longer. Especially in regard of the slowly but surely approaching regency. This in turn lead me to the next though-experiment – could Pitt have lived longer and if yes, how so? There are both medical approaches in the text as well as the ideas of Pitt’s contemporaries. Lastly, this text is the somewhat logical conclusion of a bedtime story for my friends.

Add to this my interest in the history of northern Europe, amateur heraldry and that one Sabaton song that I have stuck in my head, and we have all the ingredients for this WIP. :-) It really is not even quite as strange as it sounds.

#ask me anything #acrossthewavesoftime #ask game #william pitt the younger #my writing

[pentecostwaite]

There is nothing more exhilarating than discovering a bit of local folklore is true.

#also a deposition that makes Adm Samll Graves out to be totally unhinged with anger #@acrossthewavesoftime what do you make of Simeon Turners statement of July 20 1775 NDAR Vol 1 pp 937-937 #my goodness such language

[marquisevonobst]

Had the great pleasure to visit Paleis Het Loo with @acrossthewavesoftime and @kattestrophe

Absolutely stunning building.

#william iii #william iii of england #mary ii #mary ii of england #het loo #history #paleis het loo #lets get ready to ramble #willem iii van oranje

[unanchored-ship]

individual post for Charlie cuz my man deserves the spotlight!!!

@acrossthewavesoftime

#credit to the expo markers and whiteboard guys #oh and my church for having this whiteboard #wasnt even looking at a reference drawing this #no other has his face!! #charles ii of england