Hottea Auttie

Autistic •ADHD• Polymath• Bi• Gen X• Progressive• Chef • Hangin‘ Out • Takin’ a Break • Havin’ a Sip • ☕️💗🌈🫶💫🦄👩‍🍳🧘‍♀️☮️
#ActuallyAutistic

[Michelle Cowbourne @Glastomichelle]

A cloud shaped like a Genie. Photo taken on Glastonbury Tor early morning.

[Maude Frome @frome_maude]

For those anxious to keep vampires at bay this #Halloween - the rosehip should do the trick. Its thorns when placed around a vampire’s grave can trap it therein, whilst the hips, when thrown, can stop an out & about vampire in their tracks. #MythologyMonday #FairyTaleTuesday

[PHILOSOPHY | φιλοσοφία @PhilosophyOnX]

Silence is not emptiness. It is selection.

[Carl Bovis @CarlBovisNature]

Male and female Blackbird clashing in mid-air! 😊🐦

[HerodotusWave @HerodotusWave]

This brilliant Chimú tabard was made in Peru between 1400 and 1600. A tabard is an open-sided tunic, but this example feels less like ordinary clothing and more like a moving wall of colour.

Its feathers came from Amazonia. The makers grouped them together, tied them to cotton strings and then stitched those strings onto a woven base. Each row overlapped the next like roof shingles. That detail changed how I looked at it: the smooth surface is actually the result of many separate feathers arranged with great control.

Four winged beings fill the garment. They have red headdresses, wide eyes and mouths with fangs. We cannot identify them with certainty, but they were probably supernatural figures. Feathers were removed from one side, so the surviving stitching also allows us to see how the piece was constructed.

I keep imagining it being worn rather than displayed flat. With every step, the feathers would have caught light and moved slightly. Its pattern was not only meant to be seen—it was designed to come alive around a human body.

Image credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1959. Public Domain.

[Masterpieces of Japan @JapanTraCul]

Plum Tree by a River, by Kamei Koun, 19th century

[WikiVictorian @wikivictorian]

Music box, clock and snuff box, 1820. China. Sotheby's.

[Historium Unearthia @HistoriumU]

The Swedish tomte or nisse guarded farms and livestock, provided the household treated him respectfully. A bowl of porridge was a traditional offering. Forgetting the butter could provoke trouble in some tales. Even fairy farmhands had culinary standards. #MythologyMonday

[Hottea Auttie @HoTTeaAuttie]

Dinner 🍽️:
I didn’t get to groceries today, so using what’s left in the fridge…
Wild Rice & Quinoa with Lemon Juice, Veggie Crumbles with Pesto & Balsamic, Herbed Pesto Roasted Vegetables finished with a Parmesan Gratin
🙏🫶💜🌽🌾🍋🧅🫛

[Heritage Matters🔱 @HeritageMatterz]

"Carnival Couple"

Art Deco sculpture created by Professor Otto Poertzel, circa 1925. 

Bronze and carved ivory.

[Carl Bovis @CarlBovisNature]

White Feral Pigeon touching down! 😍
Taken recently at Apex Park in Somerset. 😊🐦

[Historium Unearthia @HistoriumU]

One widespread fairy belief warns against eating food in the Otherworld. Accepting fairy hospitality could bind a mortal to the supernatural realm or make returning home impossible. It's one of folklore's strangest recurring warnings: sometimes the feast is the trap. #MythologyMonday

[Historium Unearthia @HistoriumU]

The fairy ring was believed in parts of European folklore to mark a place where fairies danced. Entering one could bring enchantment, illness or a terrifying distortion of time. The mushrooms are real; the supernatural dance is folklore. Both make the circle intriguing. #MythologyMonday

[Silvercrow @Silvercrowuk]

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[Basho Society @BashoSociety]

chrysanthemum fragrance
in the old temple town
the ancient Buddhas

Basho

[Hottea Auttie @HoTTeaAuttie]

Sunrise & Clouds Today
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[The Still Point @thestillpoint_]

"Let there be in the soul a luminous image of a sphere, holding all things within it... Keep this vision, and call upon the God who made it, praying that He may come."

— Plotinus, The Enneads

[Hottea Auttie @HoTTeaAuttie]

Happy Monday !
Out for an early ride …
And a little walk …
Thankful is all I got…
Sending Well Wishes to Everyone Hope your day starts with someone or something that You Love!
🙏🫶💗☕️🍀🚶‍♀️📸🍰👩‍🍳🥣

[Muppet Show GIF of the Day @GIFs_of_Puppets]

Today's #TheMuppetShow GIF of the Day is...