the-important-1:

Beautiful in life, even more so in death.

Took this picture last summer(2010) in Colorado. Right outside of a friends Cabin.

theoddmentemporium:

Puzzlewood is an ancient woodland site, near Coleford in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. The site, covering 14 acres, shows evidence of open cast iron ore mining dating from the Roman period, and possibly earlier.

In 1848 some workmen, after moving a block of stone in the woods, found a small cavity in the rocks. In this cavity, hidden away, were three earthenware jars containing over 3,000 Roman coins. No-one knows why the coins were hidden away in the cliff face nor by whom.

J. R. R. Tolkien, a frequent visitor to the Forest of Dean, may have visited Puzzlewood, and many believe Puzzlewood was the inspiration for the fabled forests of Middle-earth, such as the Old Forest, Mirkwood, Fangorn or Lothlórien contained within The Lord of the Rings. J.K Rowling is also said to have visited Puzzlewood, and it may have been this that influenced her idea of The Forbidden Forest in the Harry Potter books.

Faber Castell’s 250 Year Anniversary (1761-2011) Art & Graphic Case
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Favourite Things + Forest Walks

vurtual:

A twilight of altitude (by scooops)

mydarkenedeyes:

Photographs of abandoned places by Andre Govia.

vargesz:

ink in water (uhq)

maire-annatari:

The Sedlec Ossuary is a small Gothic church in the Czech Republic.  It is adorned with the bones of some 40,000 people (some say up to 70,000), most of them victims of the Black Death.

When life gives you plagues, improve your architecture.

18th century Vampyr anatomical research case. Owned by the physician and naturalist Francis Gerber.

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Alex CF 2009.