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fern eleanor \ 22 \ brighton. illustrator, and a fan of the moomins, sufjan stevens, and the colour yellow. i love trees and birds and plants
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nourish yourself
it’s a kind of a regular thing at work when i’m explaining all the fun ways kids could paint their pottery or what they could put on it, or i overhear parents suggesting things, and then the kids rebutting with “no that’s for girls/boys” and then the parents patiently explaining how things aren’t just for girls or just for boys, that we all share and it doesn’t matter, and the kids are often so stubborn about it like no. Flowers are for girls. Cars are for boys. and i’m like…where the heck are these kids picking this up like their parents are obviously not enforcing those gender codes so it must be coming from nursery/school which is honestly…so sad……..
today at work is baby day, that one day a week where we do half price studio fees for parents wanting baby prints on pottery. a couple babies are cute, if they’re calm and they don’t kick and the parents don’t have crazy high expectations, more than that is hell, babies screaming everywhere, toddlers running around, mums chatting and not really engaging with you whilst you attempt to press a tiny foot onto a mug, and then asking you to try again when the arch of the foot is too high…today we have 12+babies coming in….lay me down..to rest……
Dayalets vitamin mascots intended to promote a healthy diet, circa 1950
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every lord in the 15th century: I want my family weapon to symbolise myself and my unique qualities
advisor: m'lord…. perhaps…… a lion??????
lord: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Anonymous asked: hello! I see that you're maybe going through a tough time right now and i just wanted to tell you that I hope everything works out for the best for you in the future. You seem like a very bright, nice person and I hope the world treats you as greatly as you deserve.
ah this seems a little out of the blue, I rarely update my tumblr these days! thank you kind stranger, being a graduate with really no friends left in my city is hard, I’m lucky to have a wonderful boyfriend otherwise I think the loneliness might drive me totally crazy, I’m trying to remember how to make friends but I’m okay. I’m facing upto the reality that I’m not ever really going to know many people, that’s not the type of person I am, and that will have to be that and I’ll learn to be content in that life! it’s all okay now and it will all become more okay I’m sure, thank you again pal, Wish I knew who u were and what spurred this sweet message
I’m nearly all moved into my new flat with my boyfriend and it’s lovely, really lovely, but it doesn’t have curtains yet so I wake up when the sun rises and this morning I decided to walk down to the sea alone which is just at the end of our road like 2 mins down, at 7:30am with fresh coffee, and it’s windy and a bit rainy and my nose is running but it’s so peaceful. and I spent a long time last night crying because I was out with my boyfriends mates when they all started snorting gross stuff and I came straight home cause it makes me sad and anxious to be around, and I’m so happy I can come out here this morning and breathe the fresh air and last night doesn’t seem so huge and horrible
