Fyribua - Fýri Búa

Cloud Study, John Constable, 1822, Tate

Presented anonymously 1952 Size: support: 476 x 575 mm frame: 605 x 705 x 70 mm Medium: Oil paint on paper on board

http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/constable-cloud-study-n06065

Innocence Hiking, from Among Gnomes and Trolls 6

Illustration by John Bauer

1912

What I’ve always longed for is a kind of soft silence. The kind one finds in the midst of green fields.

I hate reading a cool piece of folklore and tracking down its location, only to find out the location has long since been paved over >:(

According to legend, the legendary Danish hero Holger Danske once got a pair of magical glasses from a witch that would allow him to see through anything. He tested them on Nørre Fælled, a well-known right outside Copenhagen, where he laid down and saw straight through the Earth. But when he stood up again, two big holes were left behind, which later filled with water and became lakes.

This map was made in the 1600s, where the glasses-lakes are clearly visible

Nowadays there's just a big dumb hospital in its place, and no sign left of Holger Danske or his witch glasses >:(

Annie Stegg Gerard (@anniestegg)

by Rebecca Moss

Silver Falls State Park, Oregon

Colorful memories

All the paintings i have done for Nucleus Portland's annual postcard show opening on December 15th! The originals will be available to purchase there and then online (I'll link them to you once it's done) These paintings are memories from my summer. Lately I've grown quite tired of always painting sunny landscapes, so, i've tried to paint other mood as well. I hope you will enjoy them :)

Velkominn, blíði vegfarandi, til Jǫtunn-Halla háva, þar sem sálir várar reika, en aldregi týnask.

Velkommen, blid vegfarende, til den høye Jotnerhallen, der hvor våre sjeler vandrer, men går aldri seg vill.