Crista Noel Smith

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Crista Noel Smith
dreams of an iliad
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dreams of an iliad / images, inspirations, design, rock and roll
Tycho Brahe
38 Pins
Tycho Brahe / "...at first I believed I was dreaming..."
Buster
20 Pins
Buster / "Tragedy is a close-up; comedy, a long shot."
March Hares
32 Pins
March Hares / "It wasn't very civil of you to sit down without being invited."
Green Men
52 Pins
Green Men
Wild Children
40 Pins
Wild Children / “Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us.” - William Golding, Lord of the Flies
Here be Monsters
62 Pins
Here be Monsters
Animalia
57 Pins
Animalia / People with the heads of animals, animals with the lives of people...
Animalia Militaria
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Animalia Militaria / Animals in military garb...
Badgers in the Wood
15 Pins
Badgers in the Wood / "The Mole had long wanted to make the acquaintance of the Badger. He seemed, by all accounts, to be such an important personage and, though rarely visible, to make his unseen influence felt by everybody about the place." - Kenneth Grahame
October Country
25 Pins
October Country / "That country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and midnights stay... That country whose people are autumn people, thinking only autumn thoughts." - Ray Bradbury
Full Fathom Five
24 Pins
Full Fathom Five / "Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change, Into something rich and strange."
Mycologica
22 Pins
Mycologica / mushrooms, fungi, toadstools & fairy rings
The Inhospitable West
14 Pins
The Inhospitable West / "Westward, ever westward." - Henry Wells
Ship Chapeau
26 Pins
Ship Chapeau / High Seas Hattery
Cunning Little Vixens
42 Pins
Cunning Little Vixens / "Once long ago he went a-Maying, he and his girl, spring’s call obeying. Now all these days are fast decaying, Flowers are fading, May time’s over." - Leoš Janáček
Suffragettes
21 Pins
Suffragettes / "Our daughters' daughters will adore us, and they'll sing in grateful chorus, 'Well done Sister Suffragettes!'"
Fairy Tales
69 Pins
Fairy Tales / Once upon a time...
Adventures in Pith Helmets
46 Pins
Adventures in Pith Helmets / "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
Polar Expeditions
33 Pins
Polar Expeditions / "I am just going outside and may be some time."
More ideas from Crista Noel
Kukeri is a traditional Bulgarian ritual to scare away evil spirits. The dance of these masked men is considered to bring blessings and fertility to the community.
Morning Tea and Midnight Moon
desert-dreamer: Peter Beard working at his bush camp in Kenya
images, african safari attire - Google Search
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea diving helmet
Sketchbook Sneak: Briony May Smith's Enchanting Characters from Myth and Folklore
Photograph: The “Endurance,” Midwinter, 1915/1922: Silver gelatin photograph: Shackleton’s Antarctic Expedition 1914-1917; “The Photographs of Frank Hurley,” 2001, p133: “‘Ice breakers, pressure centre, 1st August 1915’, wrote Hurley in his Green Album. Often used to illustrate various expedition accounts, this photo is usually titled “Almost Overwhelmed.”

Photograph: The “Endurance,” Midwinter, Silver gelatin photograph: Shackleton’s Antarctic Expedition “The Photographs of Frank Hurley,” 2001

Hombres salvajes de Europa

French photographer Charles Fréger invites us on a journey to meet the Wilder Mann of a tribal Europe.

Agaricus Decorative Mushroom

An ornate and elegant curio for the home, this glass cloche surrounds a log of sprouted mushrooms, each one hand-cast in resin.- Glass, resin, MDF- Indoor use only- diameter

Fridtjof Nansen, Polar Explorer, 1897" I searched for "Egyptian Plover" and this guy came up. Maybe he spent some time cleaning teeth.
Shackleton Ernest Henry – Nimrod Expedition 1907-09 to the Antarctic | Mapping through Territory

Shackleton Ernest Henry – Nimrod Expedition to the Antarctic

Acclaimed polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton wore Burberry gabardine on three expeditions.

From the iconic trench coat to the signature Burberry check, shop luxury leather accessories, scarves and more.

Sled rounding the point of the Barne Glacier during the British Antarctic (“Terra Nova”) Expedition September 1911.

Sled rounding the point of the Barne Glacier during the British Antarctic (“Terra Nova”) Expedition September

A Suffragist showing off her pants in 1916.

A Suffragist showing off her pants in 1916.

"The great white silence" (restored photos from Scott's Antarctic expedition)

"The great white silence" (restored photos from Scott's Antarctic expedition)