🏰I'm taking you with me to Corvin Castle, #medieval #Transylvania . We took shelter in the cool upper balcony, by the Queen's room. Look, down is the Quadriporticus, the courtyard surrounded by colonnaded porticoes.

#AlphabetChallenge #weekQ #Im4Ro #architecture #travelphoto

⛪ This tiny #adoorablethursday is the side door of the old monastery of the Chapel (1925), today on University of Pretoria campus💖

I love the QUOIN detail: dressed stone on the corner of the staircase.

#AlphabetChallenge #weekQ #architecture #churches #CampusLife #FlyUP

🌊 A witch's staff asking us Question, don't you ❓

Spotted this guy on a lonely beach. Some staffs are said to carry their own spirit within.

A blackthorn staff was considered a badge of witchcraft.

#thursdaymorning on the beach.
#AlphabetChallenge #weekQ #folklore .

Pure at Heart
written by: Patricia Furstenberg
💙💛Patricia Furstenberg, Author 🏰🌲💙

When she comes, always at night and spillwords.com/pure-at-heart/… #readers community #writers #writers community #SpillWords #readers

Oh, 🇨🇦 look: my book Dreamland sits at #3 on Amazon
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Only 2.99 CAN$! 💚 📕

'The author’s love & knowledge of Romania [is] evident...he also conveys a magnetic desire for the reader to visit the places she describes.'

#deal #kindle #free wt KU

A quartet of roses.

#RoseWednesday #alphabetchallenge #weekQ #mobilephotography #GardensHour #garden

He descends upon maidens
on wings of sleep,
tormenting them until they weep
of longing, remembering none
when dawn flushes
their waxen cheeks.
(💙💛Patricia Furstenberg, Author 🏰🌲💙)
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Romanian myth of FLY BOY, a symbol for impossible love.

#LegendaryWednesday #Im4Ro
🗿Amore e Psiche by Canova

💧Romanian folklore tells us that swallows announce rainy weather when they fly low.

🍀Swallows also bring good luck so don’t kill their chicks or destroy their nests.

🪶 #LegendaryWednesday #Im4Ro #superstition #birds #Goodluck #folklore

The #skull & cross #bones is not only a pirates' flag. Come WW1, Royal Navy 1st flew the Joly Roger after sinking a German submarin, as submarines were considered un-british. Come #WW2 , Royal Navy submarines fly the Joly Roger to mark each victory... #symbolism 🚢

And in the dark of Saint George's night
enchantresses searched the woods around
for a rabid #wolf to put a #spell ,
to steal its howl and keep it locked
till put to evil use they will-
charming men into submission,for good.

#SuperstitionSat #Im4Ro
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Wooden carved icon of Saint George slaying the dragon + pin wt the symbol of Order of the Dragon (Societas Draconistarum), monarchic chivalric order founded in 1418 by King Sigismund of Hungary to defend Christianity-of which both Vlad Tepes & father belonged.

#MythologyMonday

On my blog:
5 Facts About the Baby’s Brain Parents Must Know alluringcreations.co.za/wp/5-facts-abo…

#WorldBookDay #ReadingHour #baby #parenting #newmom #newdad #ReadYourWay #WorldBookNight #ReadingHour

🐆🐶🐾📚💕
The CHEETAH and the DOG

'The story is refreshing and delightful. Kasi and Mtani will win the hearts of all young readers'
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
➡MyBook.to/CheetahDog

#kidslit #dog #PB #bedtime #WorldBookDay #IARTG #Worldbookhour
Read free on #KindleUnlimited

To poetry lovers and not only I'd like to bring forward the poems of Wendy E. Slater for 'a highly recommended voyage into the heart of the human experience.'

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#WorldBookDay #ReadYourWay #ReadingHour #poetrylovers

The Hunter (Cal Hooper Book 2) by Tana French #AudiobookReview #NetGalley #Mystery #IrishFiction #TuesdayBookBlog betweenthelinesbookblog.com/2024/04/23/the… via CathyRyan

#Extract from #TheComingStorm by Greg Mosse | Moonflower Books swirlandthread.com/extract-the-co… via Mᴀɪʀᴇ́ᴀᴅ Hᴇᴀʀɴᴇ 📚

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The first bookshelves I search for when entering a bookshop.

Although I read everything published by tess gerritsen. To date.

#WorldBookDay #ForTheLoveOfBooks #booklover #ThatTinglingFeeling

It is said that on the night of Saint George, Sfantul Gheorghe, enchantresses or witches search the woods for a rabid wolf and put a spell on it to #steal its howl, which they later use to charm men into submission.

#FolkloreThursday #Romanian