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nic, 4 days ago (edited 4 days ago) to random Welsh

Rhag ofn y bydd diddordeb, dyma edefyn mawr ar gyfer “records brawd Wil” a ddaeth i'm gofal ddoe.

Dyma'r degfed tro, o leia, i fi gael rhodd fel hyn, ac heb os un o'r casgliadau mwya difyr a diddorol dw i wedi’i dderbyn.

(Cewch fudo’r edefyn os nag oes diddordeb!)

#feinyl #vinyl

thisismyglasgow, 7 days ago to glasgow

By far my favourite bit of architectural ironwork in Glasgow, and possibly anywhere in the world! It can be found on D.B. Dobson's 1902 Art Nouveau commercial building at 50 Darnley Street in Glasgow.

#glasgow #ironwork #dragon #architecture #glasgowbuildings #pollokshields #decorativeironwork #drainpipe

anderlandbooks, 21 days ago to random German

I'm so crazy busy these days and unable to keep up with all my beloved hashtags - so please don't be mad if I post a day or two late (or not at all, but I guess that wouldn't be an issue for anyone but me 😅).

#wordweavers #writerscoffeeclub #TimeTravelAuthors #phantastikprompts #fantasyleserprompts #pennedpossibilities

dorkomatic, 2 months ago to calligraphy

A few years ago I started doing "binocular lowercase g's".

They're weirdly addictive and adorable.

#calligraphy #handwriting #FountainPens

paradoxmo, 2 months ago to fountainpens

Handwriting practice while watching TV. Guess what I was watching

#FountainPens
#handwriting

nic, 2 months ago to random Welsh

Railroad Bill - Iron and Steel.

Gyda'r anfarwol Brian Hibbard

https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=9d7nU2-xFMc

https://youtu.be/9d7nU2-xFMc

dorkomatic, 2 months ago to fountainpens

#FountainPens Confession: I've never really liked the Kaweco Sport.
It's too small & fiddly.

(I do like the Kaweco Perkeo though. A much better pen imho.)

18+ AimeeMaroux, 2 months ago to 13thFloor

It's the #DayOfHelios / Sol's Day / #Sunday! ☀

"Governor of the flaming stars, Phaethon [#Helios the Sun], is himself a potentate all of fire."
Nonnus, Dionysiaca 27.100

🏛 Roman oil lamp decorated with the image of Helios/Sol, from the cemetery of Fragonisi near Olympia. Dated to the 2nd to 3rd century CE.

#DayOfHelios #GreekRomanArt #mythology #Sol #pottery #ancientRome
@antiquidons @mythology

ColinTheMathmo, 3 months ago to random

The inventor of auto-correct has died. Their funnel is tomato. -- Source unknown

dorkomatic, 3 months ago to fountainpens

So what are your favourite everyday mid-green inks?

I use DIamine's (Inkvent) "Elf" a lot because it's well behaved but I want something paler and less saturated. Any suggestions?

#FountainPens

snail, 3 months ago to Babylon5

I keep driving past bus stops in the UK with posters advertising "it's too good to be true - Babylon 5 - this February" but so far so my searching has failed to find any details or specifics. Help me out Fediverse.

#Babylon5 #UKTV

dorkomatic, 3 months ago to fountainpens

I recently bought a cheap vintage Pelikan - probably 1980s?
But I don't know what this model is called. Can anyone help with identification?
#FountainPens

dorkomatic, 3 months ago to fountainpens

Last week I bought some Robert-Oster "Black & Blue" ink.

It's fantastic - greenish-black with a pale blue shimmer (I'm not a great fan of shimmer inks but this is beautifully well behaved)
It's sort of sober and business-like, but with a secret gleam - like a magpie's wing.

So far, it's proving very difficult to photograph though...

#FountainPens

nocontextb5, 4 months ago to Babylon5

#Babylon5

dorkomatic, 4 months ago to Cardiff

It's always worth spending an hour or so in the Museum, looking at some art.

#Cardiff

stina_marie, 5 months ago to Meme

The REAL reason for the season.

I almost wish I had a tree, just to make a tree topper like this 😜

#meme #Christmas #Xmas #holidays #TheyLive #Carpenter #horror @horror #MotherSuspiriasMorningMeme

exploreyourarchive, 5 months ago to histodons

This is fabulous! #EYAHobbies

From LSE Library: "Some hobbies and pastimes including "Hot Cockles", "Hoodman blind" and "Animals imitated", from 1801 rare book "Glig-Gamena Angel-Deod, or the Sports and Pastimes of the People of England’"

@histodons #archives #GLAM

Pages from Glig-Gamena Angel-Deod with 6 drawings to show the activites 'Hoodman blind' and 'Hot Cockles'. The drawings include people with hoods covering their heads and others bent over in preparation to be spanked.
A page from Glig-Gamena Angel-Deod with 3 drawings to show the game 'Animals imitated'. It includes people with sticks, drums, dogs, bells and a stag.
A page from Glig-Gamena Angel-Deod with 3 drawings to show the activity called 'Mummeries'. There are various people dressed up in outfits like those a jester might wear. Others have animal heads.

ryanhoulihan, 6 months ago to random

I’ve never met someone who doesn’t like Missy Elliott and if I did I would disavow them in a public statement and put some ad money behind promoting that post

vwbusguy, 6 months ago to random

After all the various employee harassment trainings I've had, I'm still not sure if Kentuckian jokes are legal or not.

TheSpaceshipper, 7 months ago to scifi

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979): K't'inga-class battle cruisers (artist unknown)
#scifi #startrek #spaceship #klingon #conceptart

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dorkomatic, 7 months ago to fountainpens

My new (old) pen arrived today.
It's a vintage Osmiroid 75.
#FountainPens

dorkomatic, 7 months ago to random

I was playing Nethack yesterday.
Obviously I died. (That's a given.)
But here's a reminder - don't play Nethack on Friday 13th - it's genuinely unlucky!