#Caturday Yoyo meeting a cuddly toy Bastet, Egyptian Cat goddess, protector of the house from disease & evil spirits.

#OwlishMonday What's not to love about the cover art of Ernest G Henham's fantasy horror tale 'Tenebrae' (1898) which features a giant spider & a narrator who spends his daze in a black room studying arcane manuscripts?

Big skys at Avebury this week. Pic by Andy Gladstone.

The dolmen of St-Maudé in Pont-Aven (Finistère) has a single capstone on 5 orthostats. This card by Emile Hamonic in St-Brieuc was first issued in 1905 with a further 7 printings up to 1924. #TombTuesday.

Everyone should listen to Carolyn Porco … this alien spaceship stuff is completely out of hand - it’s OVERWHELMINGLY likely to be a lump of ice and rock. We went through similar nonsense with the ‘LHC might create a black hole and destroy the world’ fiasco. There is value in

The hot weather is beyond disagreeable: 'Sonic' Medusa Jose Segrelles Albert 1885-1969\

On the 5th of August, 57 years ago this strange story from World War I appeared in the Daily Mirror: aldeburghplatform.blogspot.com

#AdoorableThursday This rather somber antique door is currently for sale - which reminds me of a 👻story about a man who installs an impressive second-hand door in his home only to find that whenever it is opened it is on to a scene of unutterable ghastliness. Just saying.....

R.I.P to the great Terence Stamp pictured here with co-star Carol White on the cover of Nell Dunn's gritty novel 'Poor Cow', made into a moving film by Ken Loach, 1967. Not for all did the 1960's swing.....

"Abracadabra" is a mysterious word-spell of Aramaic origin meaning “I will create as I speak” (or “what I say will be done”). It gained popularity in ancient Rome, where it was used as a protective charm against diseases, particularly malaria. The spell was often inscribed on a

#OwlishMonday Owl-Ways & Furever : illustration by the extraordinary Leo & Diane Dillon.

Sweet Dreams......(image Helgi Arnson 1893-1972)

Roger believed he was at his scintillating best that night.

Hookland I've tried outrunning a Barrow Hound on my mobility scooter, revving up to a full 12mph & just about got away which might be attributed to the scooter having being blessed by a priest. However the hound did leave some terrible scratches on the paintwork.

The simple dolmen of Rostudel in Crozon (Finistère) has a capstone of 3 orthostats. There are at least 10 early cards of it many of which use carefully chosen or positioned figures for animation to exaggerate its size- it is little more than 1m tall.

#WerewolfWednesday He was working late in his lab one night. Henry Hull as the 'Werewolf of London' (1935)

1970's Goat Pendant & Pomander for storing mysterious herbs: For the Lord or Lady of Frenzy in your life. The Seventies weren't an era of subtlety.

Every river has it tutelary deity. Ever river sings a unique song telling of the land it has passed through. The witch learns the deity's name, quietens herself till she can hear its song. For the conversation with rivers is an immersion into liquid wisdom. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982

'Listen the wind is rising And the air is wild with leaves We have had our summer evenings Now for October Eves' (Words: Humbert Wolfe/Art Sam Pugh)