Rachel Alexander's Blog, page 49
August 4, 2021
nemfrog:
Spring flowers. Maclean’s. April 15, 1949. Cover...
Spring flowers. Maclean’s. April 15, 1949. Cover.
conspectusargosy:Narcissus flowers revisited!
Narcissus flowers revisited!
st-severus:please hate my favorite fictional character ac...
please hate my favorite fictional character accurately at least
therkalexander:
“And what say you?” Charon turned to Orph...
“And what say you?” Charon turned to Orpheus. “Are you aware that if the shades of Asphodel find you, with blood flowing through mortal veins, that they will tear you limb from limb to drink and remember their prior lives?” — Chapter 13, The Good Counselor ( @therkalexander )
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THE GOOD COUNSELOR • March 22 2022
August 3, 2021
Not weird, but first off, where did you get them?! I want...
Not weird, but first off, where did you get them?! I want some!
Also, thank you! I am really looking forward to completing The Good Counselor (and editing it. Not so much to marketing it. That part always sucks, but eeeeee it’s almost done!!!)
August 2, 2021
orionspride:Blooming asphodel
Blooming asphodel
blogbirdfeather:
Summer Asphodel - Abrótea-menor (Asphode...
Summer Asphodel - Abrótea-menor (Asphodelus aestivus)
Benavente/Portugal (16/04/2021)
[Nikon D500; ∑ 18/300mm DC Macro OS HSM; 1/640s; F14; 400 ISO]
hauntedgardenbook:The asphodel is a native of Sicily, and...
The asphodel is a native of Sicily, and its roots were once enjoyed as food. But it was also strongly associated in ancient times with funerals, death, and the afterlife. It was planted around tombs to provide sustenance to beloved spirits. Inscriptions found on old Sicilian tombs included “I am nourished by the asphodel” and “Without, I am surrounded with mallows and asphodel, and within I am nought but a corpse.” Homer, in The Odyssey, described fields of asphodel that lay beyond the river Styx, bordering the paradise of Elysium.
therkalexander:
Hades would wait within the Plutonion for...
Hades would wait within the Plutonion for Persephone each fall, listening to her mother’s priests drone on as they prepared the masses for her departure and the barren winter ahead. His proffered hand would reach out from the shadows, and take hers gently, not daring so much as a squeeze of affection in front of all of Eleusis. None knew it was him, and he knew it would sully all of Persephone’s progress with the mortals if they knew that the feared Lord of the Dead stood in the shadows.
The Good Counselor, Chapter 7
