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Pretty garments from French Napoleonic military uniforms
There was quite a lot of variety in the uniforms. Here is an account from a memoir of a soldier in Napoleon’s grande armée:
“I had been in the company for five months when, one Sunday, my chief squadron sergeant major, passing in review the preparations for inspection, stopped in front of me and, after looking me over from head to foot, said: ‘Parquin, you may have a handsome uniform, but you are not a soldier! Your gaze should be assured, look me squarely in the whites of the eyes; make me tremble if you can! You are in the army now!’”
Source: The Age of Napoleon, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Encyclopaedia volumes or indie band names?
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American Gods | Neil Gaiman
Equal Music | Vikram Seth
Jade Ladder | Anthology
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I photographed some pretty painted edges at work today!
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Sometimes we go outside... Sometimes we visit the local bookstore to check out their Olivie Blake table... We’re always in love with these gorgeous books <3
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cute huck in this edition :) trickster angel
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june 5: poetry
Dusk: a blade of honey between our shadows, draining.
I have a lot of poetry books that I bought over time and these five are the ones that were in my line of sight. While Ocean Vuong's poems are slightly bit more closer to my heart for obvious reasons, Tishani Doshi's poems echo in a familiar way. Besides, her poem simping for Patrick Swayze was always recited dramatically amongst friends, so it's a personal favourite.
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I HAVE HER
[description: two pictures of a hardback of The Half Life of Valery K propped up in a window sill. the first picture also includes a stack of books slightly behind Valery K. the second picture is only of Valery K, with two candles in the background.]
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𝐻𝑒𝑦! 𝐻𝑒𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒! 𝑌𝑜𝑢! 𝐻𝑒𝑦, 𝑔𝑢𝑦𝑠!
𝑊ℎ𝑜 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢?
𝑂𝑥? 𝑂𝑥! 𝐷𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡?
𝑁𝑜, 𝑛𝑜, 𝑛𝑜. 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝚋𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚛.
𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢! 𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡? 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚? 𝐷𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑠? 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢? 𝑊𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒. 𝙵𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢. 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒?
𝑊𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑎𝑑. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦'𝑙𝑙 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐.
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𝙸'𝚖 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢.
𝙵𝚘𝚛?
𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚍.
𝙸 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖. 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝙸'𝚖 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚎. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸'𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝.
𝚈𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚠. 𝙾𝚡. 𝙾𝚡. 𝙾𝚡. 𝙳𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚎?
𝚂𝚎𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝?
𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.
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𝙼𝚘𝚖, 𝙼𝚘𝚖. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚒𝚖. 𝙸𝚝’𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎…𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎. 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚘 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝙳𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎... 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛�� 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗’𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝙸’𝚖 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘳 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝘨𝘳𝘳 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚜𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘮. 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠. 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚊 𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜. 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚌 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚠𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎.
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Oh, don't mind me, I'll just be over here crying and thinking about these fictional characters... 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯. I can't wait to see the hardback versions.
Read about werewolves where the characters are amazing and it's amazing and you'll have such a fun time getting your heart broken. 🥰 (Looking at you, 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨)
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always busy reading ✌️
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No, I don’t have any self-control when it comes to library books, why do you ask?
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This book is so cute 😊
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it's time to go back to paperbacks for a while, since i got my kindle on monday i haven't touch a physical book and i need to finish the secret history this month without any excuse :)
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