Suzanne Recommends Things

suzannerecommends.bsky.social

18 October 2026 10:20

Sometimes during summer I get scared that I've build up the fall season too much in my head and I'll get disappointed with reality. But I can once again confirm it's as wonderful as I'd imagined!🍂

Dirk Puehl

wunderkammertales.eurosky.social

16 October 2026 14:36

"A dream picture: it must produce such a stillness that one would be awed by a knock on the door." Arnold Böcklin was born #otd 1827 🎨 "Isle of the Dead" (1883)

VenetiaJane’s Garden

venetiajane.bsky.social

16 October 2026 07:33

Left illustration: Medieval manuscript image of St Hedwig of Silesia holding two small figures, from Hedwig Codex (Lubin, 1353), now in the Getty Museum. Right: Detailed C19th illustration of a Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) by Magnus von Wright from Svenska Fåglar (Swedish Birds).

VenetiaJane’s Garden

venetiajane.bsky.social

16 October 2026 07:33

16 October is the feast day of St Hedwig (1174–1243), patron saint of orphans. Her name comes from Old High German words for battle and war, suggesting a female warrior. J. K. Rowling named Harry Potter’s owl after this medieval saint, fittingly, as Harry was himself an orphan.

shamrock9967.bsky.social

15 October 2026 14:44

Nice