Tumblr (3.0; @retroalien)http://retroalien.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7617b31f74f22b91659767f3efbc2185/tumblr_mlng2qdPIF1qzgc80o1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1e68cc4cc30d11fb8e0b24c3124c2df3/tumblr_mlng2qdPIF1qzgc80o3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/876ddb3caf14aabb6cf744083958a2c6/tumblr_mlng2qdPIF1qzgc80o2_500.png"/><br/> <br/>http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/49169845132http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/49169845132Mon, 29 Apr 2013 06:10:52 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2abc88bda30c888b6bc0b65823c0e319/tumblr_mlf97xrifz1qmorhzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>The shaman and the water baby</span></p>http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/48231849426http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/48231849426Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:59:56 -0400shaman<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2f398d087fe171ad169d87110d1bcde2/tumblr_mk7a6mtqFZ1qap9cbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://zasu.tumblr.com/post/46230983433/illustrattion-from-grimms-marchen-1905-by">zasu</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Illustrattion from “Grimm’s Märchen” (1905) by Heinrich Lefler and Joseph Urban</p> </blockquote>http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/46467719573http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/46467719573Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:14:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mejnq1z5li1rmz2iwo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/44863080325http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/44863080325Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:43:47 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6izsfZihq1qip8yao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/33168220049http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/33168220049Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:12:46 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maxkv8KE761rph6wgo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maxkv8KE761rph6wgo2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maxkv8KE761rph6wgo3_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maxkv8KE761rph6wgo4_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maxkv8KE761rph6wgo5_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maxkv8KE761rph6wgo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maxkv8KE761rph6wgo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maxkv8KE761rph6wgo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maxkv8KE761rph6wgo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fuckyeahvintageillustration.tumblr.com/post/32295390715/le-reve-by-emile-zola-illustrations-by-carlos">fuckyeahvintageillustration</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://Le%20R%C3%AAve">‘Le rêve’</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Zola">Émile Zola</a>; illustrations by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Schwabe">Carlos Schwabe</a> and L. Métivet. Published 1893 by E. Flammarion.</p> <p><a href="http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5564663p/f1.planchecontact.r=Carlos%20Schwabe.langDE">Source</a></p> </blockquote>http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/33007419582http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/33007419582Sat, 06 Oct 2012 11:11:04 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7mur628cq1qasuuho1_250.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kristinmargaret.tumblr.com/post/27859825300/this-was-easily-the-best-moment-of-last-nights">kristinmargaret</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>This was easily the best moment of last night’s True Blood episode.</p> </blockquote>http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/27861522997http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/27861522997Mon, 23 Jul 2012 18:02:05 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7b2n6Z5BI1qmorhzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sleeping beauty - Nigrum Lux Photography</p>http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/27404547651http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/27404547651Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:57:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls9edyxA7P1qzozzyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://quirkyturkey62.tumblr.com/post/20768818340/cozy">quirkyturkey62</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>cozy…</p> </blockquote>http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/27190291779http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/27190291779Sat, 14 Jul 2012 08:43:14 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m54dwl7rKU1ro87l9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>In Gamla stan, Stockholm, Sweden, lies the best pub/restaurant in the whole world - The Medieval restaurant “Sjätte Tunnan”. Its located under the ground in a cellar. And when you enter you are totally taken back in time. All the workers and waitresses are dressed in medieval clothes. the music is medieval and so is the walls as well, decorated with shields and art in medieval style. The food (which also is medieval as everything else) is perfect, and so is the mead! <br/><br/>If you ever visit Stockholm and want a place of great atmosphere, you know where to go!</p> </blockquote>http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/26933062072http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/26933062072Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:28:35 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m49p80QMr51qbcporo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://artqueer.tumblr.com/post/23392040759/keith-perelli-build-45-x-24-oil-on-paper-on">artqueer</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong><a href="http://keithperelli.com/keithperelli.com/Keith_Perelli.html">Keith Perelli</a></strong>: <em>Build</em>, 45” x 24”, oil on paper on wood</p> </blockquote>http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/26707400462http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/26707400462Sat, 07 Jul 2012 13:57:28 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4uaz0ZcHL1rnseozo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4uaz0ZcHL1rnseozo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4uaz0ZcHL1rnseozo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4uaz0ZcHL1rnseozo4_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4uaz0ZcHL1rnseozo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theoddmentemporium.tumblr.com/post/24063211209/puzzlewood-is-an-ancient-woodland-site">theoddmentemporium</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Puzzlewood</strong><span> is an </span><span>ancient woodland</span><span> site, near </span><span>Coleford</span><span> in the </span><span>Forest of Dean</span><span>, </span><span>Gloucestershire</span><span>, </span><span>England</span><span>.</span><span> The site, covering 14 </span><span>acres</span><span>, shows evidence of </span><span>open cast</span><span> </span><span>iron ore mining</span><span> dating from the </span><span>Roman</span><span> period, and possibly earlier.</span></p> <p><span>In 1848 some workmen, after moving a block of stone in the woods, found a small cavity in the rocks. In this cavity, hidden away, were three earthenware jars containing over 3,000 Roman coins. No-one knows why the coins were hidden away in the cliff face nor by whom.</span></p> <p><span>J. R. R. Tolkien</span><span>, a frequent visitor to the Forest of Dean, may have visited Puzzlewood, and many believe Puzzlewood was the inspiration for the fabled forests of Middle-earth, such as the </span><span>Old Forest</span><span>, </span><span>Mirkwood</span><span>, </span><span>Fangorn</span><span> or </span><span>Lothlórien</span><span> contained within </span><em>The Lord of the Rings</em><span>. </span><span>J.K Rowling</span><span> is also said to have visited Puzzlewood, and it may have been this that influenced her idea of </span><span>The Forbidden Forest</span><span> in the </span><span>Harry Potter</span><span> books.</span></p> </blockquote>http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/24252090960http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/24252090960Sat, 02 Jun 2012 05:17:37 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4y5hwoahx1rwsj69o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rusalke.tumblr.com/post/24199606503/svjatogor-svjatogor-is-well-known-russian-giant">rusalke</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Svjatogor</strong><br/><br/>Svjatogor is well known Russian giant, but many believe that he is pan-Slavic giant, the first one. He dwells in the Sacred Mountains, and he is so big and strong that Mother Earth is barley carrying him. Svjatogor shows up only in times of great trouble, when Slavic people are in danger, and he can only be invoked by honest need coming from united people of pure hearts.<br/><br/><em>Illustrated by Petar Meseldžija, from the book</em> <strong>Exiled Creatures, Serbian Mythology</strong> </p> </blockquote>http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/24252079621http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/24252079621Sat, 02 Jun 2012 05:17:04 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4yk7hzfjD1qfg4oyo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4yk7hzfjD1qfg4oyo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mediumaevum.tumblr.com/post/24216581767/building-a-monastery-the-medieval-way-historians">mediumaevum</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h2><strong><span class="spArticleHeadLine">Building a Monastery the Medieval Way</span></strong></h2> <p><span class="spArticleHeadLine">Historians, architects, archaeologists and volunteers in Germany are teaming up to build a medieval monastery the old-fashioned way. Working conditions will be strictly 9th-century, without machines, rain jackets or even coffee. It will take decades, but they hope to garner fresh insights into everyday life in the 800s.</span></p> <p><span class="spArticleHeadLine"><strong><a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/medieval-monastery-town-to-be-built-in-southern-germany-a-822375.html">Read the article (03-2012)</a></strong></span></p> </blockquote>http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/24251894829http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/24251894829Sat, 02 Jun 2012 05:08:47 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0j7vxIQSD1qaf3uxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/23611635449http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/23611635449Wed, 23 May 2012 11:49:20 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3z1ykNRw21qb2mcao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/23500037582http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/23500037582Mon, 21 May 2012 17:41:05 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3hi87waHu1qj2u1wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dyingofcute.tumblr.com/post/22667040324/beautiful">dyingofcute</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>beautiful</p> </blockquote>http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/22959743676http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/22959743676Sun, 13 May 2012 04:20:17 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ve0oBPzB1qfg4oyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mediumaevum.tumblr.com/post/22848874583/the-shambles-york-europes-best-preserved">mediumaevum</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>The Shambles, York - Europe’s best preserved medieval street</span></p> </blockquote>http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/22904308690http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/22904308690Sat, 12 May 2012 11:07:16 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1g9jqjF4p1qeg4jio1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1g9jqjF4p1qeg4jio2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>=o !!  `·_·´</p>http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/21983983304http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/21983983304Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:25:24 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2muwg0cjq1rsoxslo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/21341439477http://retroalien.tumblr.com/post/21341439477Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:19:07 -0400