Oh, history, your instance on calling the conflict first initiated by the monarchies of Europe in an attempt to quell the revolution, preferably before the proles in their own countries get any funny ideas, and then re-enitiated by Britan a mere year after Amiens not wanting to actually honour the treaty they…

i’ll admit i’m pretty careful with them too. they had a pretty easy life and i’m careful when moving them ... but still ... over 15 years. that’s gotta be worth a star, right ?

The marriage announcements, 'called to the bar' and the court circular are usually good for a laugh as well, it's like going back in time.

Love Sorcha. I know a fantastic person called Ciaomhe too.

yeah.

Nextdoor, if your community uses that, is also great. I see people buying, selling, trading and borrowing tools all the time on there.

lol gross! but yeah, it’s funny how easy it is to forget to clean/how dusty and gross things get

I know exactly what you mean with tidy vs clean. My apartment is very tidy — stuff gets put away, I don’t have clothes on my floor, I make my bed, etc. But when I first moved, I think I went a year without vacuuming my carpet because I hadn’t gotten around to buying a vacuum cleaner. And I have an 18 pound cat, so…

I FINALLY figured out what bugs me about 1840s fashion plates! (yes, I look at 19thc fashion plates often enough that this is an ongoing issue.) Nobody has a goddamn CHIN! Like, yes, the 1830s were bonkers (the sleeves really were that big, and the hairstyles really were that ridiculous) but at least they had…

yeah I can keep a secret

where the fuck did she find yellow gloves

it’s fine

Sweetie, your bustle is showing. Have you been hitting the laudanum again?

The Gentleman’s Daughter: Women’s Lives in Georgian England by Amanda Vickery can give you at least a good idea of what real life women were talking about — at least in the Georgian era. Vickery concentrates on the lives of the middle class, women presumed to have some education as they were expected to run…

No one goes to school in Bath. Bath is where you go to escort your maiden aunt who’s suffering from ill humors and must take in the air, but needs a companion other than her over indulged spaniel Mr. Powderhauser and her dour ladies maid Frida. If she asks you to go, you must, because you have no fortune of your own,…

Okay, I recognize that lady with the rolled up fan in the first (composite!) picture from my Dover clip art series, and according to them, that is the “magnificent Lise,” who has gotten sick of her unfaithful lover’s cheating, and is going out on the pull to find a new one to-DAY.

I would have this cloak. I will use it to hide my secrets my secret lover, or my secret and scandalous pregnancies.

What fascinates me is how important having (or being) a good seamstress was to duplicating (or improving upon) the fashions on the plates. Imagine the hours selecting the right (affordable) fabric for the gown, the right lace for the trim, the right beading, the right tassels, the right rosettes, the correct hat,…

I have Regency and Victorian fashion plates hanging in my bedroom and they’re some of my favorites things. The care put in the drawing, the colors. I’ve always found them fascinating. Sometimes I can’t imagine how hard picking out dresses and styles were back then but really, how is it any different than looking at a…