Portal to another world ✨ 🎨Meraylah Allwood

Happy birthday, America, from one of your very best ideas! #FourthOfJuly

4th of July Nationalism 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸 The Old Continentals (1922) by N.C. Wyeth Remember who you are, American

Travel isn't always chosen. In fairy tales, girls are banished, brothers cursed to wander, and soldiers discharged into dark forests. These are survival journeys. Stories told by people who knew the road not as a dream, but a necessity. #FairyTaleTuesday

In Icelandic folklore, some believed certain turf houses were alive. They grew moss faster than others, resisted rot, and “shifted” over time. One tale tells of a house that moved 5 feet during a harsh winter, avoiding an avalanche and saving the family inside. #WyrdWednesday

Let us stop in at the lodge for a few scotches before heading into the hills. 🥃

Summer should be like this

mermaid lagoon from peter pan (1953) 🧜🏼‍♀️

An alpine hike in Denali National Park and Preserve on a clear summer day is what dreams are made of! Photo by Daniel A. Leifheit / NPS

Summer Sundays should be like this

#FolkloreSunday 🌞 #HighSummer In Irish lore, blackberries are fairy gifts in high summer. A girl picked July’s sweet berries humbly, and fairies filled her basket. 🧺🫐 Her greedy sister took too much, earning only thorns. Respect the Good Folk’s bounty! 🧚‍♀️ #Irishfolklore

Unicorns are the gentlest, shyest of creatures. The most magical of them enjoy waking-up upon mushrooms. #FairyTaleTuesday #Art: Lily Seika Jones

Sunrise at Stonehenge today (15th July) was at 5.09am, sunset is at 9.14pm ⛅️

In Scotland and northern England, if a strange black cat appears at your house, it's bringing you good fortune. #cats #folklore #Scotland

Nicknamed Iceland’s Bluest Waterfall, Brúarfoss stuns with its icy, electric-blue stream 💙 A must-see for those venturing beyond the Golden Circle 🗺️ #waterfall #iceland

Rabbit taking the #moon into the forest to play. #lunar #folklore #weekend #FolkloreSunday #Art: Feridun Oral

Good night, dear Kindred Spirits and Magical Dreamers. Tonight I will leave you with this illustration by Kurt Huang.