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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 1h

Oh good thinking! I was thinking of just stamping on them but I was a bit worried about damaging my boots. Though I don't own any footwear as valuable as these walnuts would be on the open market Smash, Walnut, Repeat: this season's Abort, Retry, Fail

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 1h

Lactic Void Tray Bake, add dust to taste

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 1h

I've just realized I don't have a nutcracker But the can of evap is easy-open. Now looking for inspiring new recipes calling for a can of evap and nothing else

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 7h

Gordon Bennett I really miss Walnut Whips. God, imagine. I could make a giant one and then burst out of it dressed as the Wailing Walnut Man, but sexy because it's Hallowe'en Well at least I know what I'm wearing to that Goth night in Rennes now

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 7h

I think the evap may be related to a conversation I had some time ago in the generous benefactor's presence about the difference between evap and condensed milk, and how you couldn't get evap here I didn't actually want either but I love surprises so whatevz

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 7h

Now searching for recipes calling for 5kg of walnuts and 1 can of evap Might just stick the nuts all over my body to lean into this year's Burry Man style trend. Lumber through the village screaming. Oh, that's just the Wailing Walnut Man crying his evap tears, it happens every autumn

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 7h

A generous benefactor has given me a massive bag of walnuts and one can of evaporated milk,which is also a handy indicator of scale This walnut tree apparently produced 100kg of nuts last year, there must be someone beating it round the clock

A really big paper bag of walnuts on which rests a can of evap

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 8h

Every person is a book, they say, and I'm a water-bloated volume of 1920s sermons someone paid 15p for so they could gouge out my worthless words and silly pictures with a Stanley knife and stick them in a bright subversive collage while I sit on the shelf with mould growing up my spine

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 22h

Most of my snaps of the skull are marred by reflections of my own face partly superimposed on it, or the fingers of my phone-holding hand sprouting from the skull's temple like the fat white legs of a bloated spider It's all very well thought out

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 22h

Oh yeah and here are some bits of Guillaume Firmat. I wasn't sure whether to post these because they didn't come out well (his skull is in a glass dome behind more glass), but what the hell

Long shot of a marble table with three gilt reliquaries on it, all shaped like houses with mansardish roofs and glass fronts, two little ones on either side holding pieces of bone and one big one in the middle holding the skull of Firmay. Behind is another platform supporting two more reliquaries and behind that is a stained glass window flanked with statues.

Close up of the skull in its glass dome, nestling in red and gold brocade cushions

One of the other reliquaries, showing some long bones and fragments of bone on a red and gold tasselled cushion. The front of these reliquaries is quite ornate, three gold pinnacles in a row under the "roof", which is grey but has gold markings that look like slates

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 22h

A few shots from the Collegiale at Mortain. I do like a starry ceiling, and I don't think I've ever seen J-boy dangling quite that high before

The vault of the church, showing a coat of arms and an array of stars in gold against a dark blue sky; below the ribs are the tips of three lancet windows

The very high nave, with a sizeable crucifixion dangling high above the altar. The pillars on either side of the altar are grey stone, then above there are a huge lot of alcoves full of saints, set into the white plaster, then a similarly huge lot of clear glass lancet windows above that, and finally the roof.

View of the Collegiale tower and side wall seen from the outside.

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Jamie @vanjpes.bsky.social · 23h

Today’s October feature: ‘Terror of the Sweet Honey’, ep 8 of Ultra Q (1966) finds romantic jealousy and professional sabotage leading to a GIANT FUCKING MOLE causing chaos in the countryside. Trains are trashed, volcanoes erupt, shit gets wild. This show is always good monstrous fun.

Two men in overcoats and a woman, her hair held back with a thick headband, look seriously at something offscreen. Behind them, we can see a tent and the arm of a soldier at edge of frame, another soldier visible further back.

In a cave, a silhouetted figure walks towards camera, smoke and shadows filling the rest of frame

A giant mole roars at the exit of a mine. In front of it, vehicles show scale, small in comparison

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 22h

That's a sound idea, but what would there be for Russell to do? I suppose he could dress up as a bat and honk a mournful oboe or something

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 23h

What if Bela Lugosi also played Ron Mael? Though I suppose the other way round is the more realistic proposition these days. Either would be awesome though

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

All sleeping bags should have Sandia warnings on them tbh

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Although it has no wings there is something about this chap that reminds me of the Owlman of Mawnan pictures, especially the one drawn by Sally Chapman

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Some stone carvings from the porch at the church at Ger.

Pale stone carving of a lamb, in one of the corners of the porch, and acting as a kind of support for one of the ribs of the vault. The carving is of a lamp on a what looks like a tasseled litter, with a triangle of rays all around it like a sun

This one is an eye inside a triangle, surrounded by flowers. Here the wall is grey rather than white and the carving is also of a grey stone

This one, also grey, is in the shape of a Chi Ro

A pelican and nest of young, on a part of the wall that is white but with sections of grey plaster, and a grey cable duct

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I am already horribly missing the kind of Summer light on display here, and whenever I remember this part of town I am briefly convinced the palm trees are miniature, even though they are in fact real size

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This town, incidentally, is the same place I'm going on my date next week and I am already looking forward to asking the Man From The Internet to walk me home, then leading him to the most weed-choked of these shin-high dwellings and letting him take it from there

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I posted that original thread when I only had about three followers here, so if any newcomers to the parish would like to see a considerable mount of Lilliputian real estate and also admire my only ever use of the new Picture Carousel feature, please step this way

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Went to see all these houses again. The other weather has come and the clock face has misted up a bit. Now it looks like it says /NO/ ME I'm being trolled by a miniature clock tower I did feel sorry for the tiny houses though, under the assault of real-size raindrops. Something should be done

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 07/10/2026

Sultry Day Paul Landacre, 1935 collection.terraamericanart.org/objects/413/...

A reclining nude figure reading a book near an open window, accompanied by a cat and a glass, looking out onto a landscape with rolling hills

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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

... or for the excitement of finding out if the modernist is going to live up to the expectations he raises among the premodernists when mentioning hellmouths. We're going to need some slightly-bored-looking, slightly-feline-looking hellmouths.

mouth of hell by an unknown dutch artist ca 1440. it's about three cat-like faces in to each other, bringing forth little devils

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Jamie @vanjpes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Tonight’s October feature: the Alan Garner-scripted closing episode of Leap in the Dark. Imagine Kubrick’s version of The Shining but with less murder and axes, as Harry wrestles with writer’s block, his failing mental health, and a muse just out of reach. Gorgeously shot, unsettling and moving.

Leap in the Dark series title card shows the silhouette of a flame in black against a red background

Title card for the episode reads To Kill a King

A close up of a hand holding a rock that appears to have a face on it. Behind the hand, we can see the water the rock was just pulled out of, trees reflected in its surface

A close up of a page in an electric typewriter, a sheet of paper in it that reads HELP typed over and over again alongside the quoted phrase “What are you going to do about it, Harry?”

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Oh I do hope you enjoy it. If you like seighventies sci-fi/supernatural TV (it's often mentioned in the same breath as Sapphire and Steel, and Doomwatch) you should definitely check it out. I especially love the second episode, "Visitations".

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

That's very kind though it's not really about generosity haha. But I've got this. I'm gonna prepare myself by spaffing out a huge fediverse post about The Omega Factor two hours before the appointed time, like a paranormal pre-date jackoff

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thank you kindly for the vote of confidence. If I can avoid talking about music or ghosts too much it might be alright, but that's almost as impossible for me as finding a nice place to not talk about music or ghosts

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

But how do people manage? I hear you ask. Well, most of the time they Do It In The Woods. But I can't stomach that. I do everything else in the woods already. I need a break. I want to go somewhere with lights that flash on and off, and coasters on tables. Somewhere DEFORESTED.

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

In the end I was forced to settle for a dog-eared brasserie in a town which I chose because it's got two waterfalls, so there will be a jumping-off point in case it all goes wrong. The word "Cascade" is everywhere, on signs, bars and house names, so it's a perfect spot for a failure

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

So tonight I had to find a location for a date, i.e. a quiet drink somewhere not too uncomfortable, which has to be open on a weeknight, half an hour's drive from where I live. That was the brief and it was next to impossible. Everywhere is shut by 8 p.m., or closed until Spring.

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Does he also come with miniature versions of all the creatures Hercules was required to grapple with, because that would be awesome as long as they avoid too much rough-housing among the china

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Shaking out the Sourdeval bag: some commendable donkey work and what experts (me) consider a really nice Virgin and child. She just seems to have such a kind face, though the Wiki page for the church has nothing about the age or origins.

A wooden carving of a bishop with crook sitting down, on top of a white stone plinth carved with a donkey ridden by someone who is being kneeled to by another man, all stuck to the wall

The marble semi-circular altar below the Virgin, holding jars and pots of flowers around a kind of polished tea-caddy, maybe an urn of some kind. Above the statue is mounted on a pedestal on the wall, and backed by a deep blue velvet curtain. Pale blue, gold and white light shimmers on the wall to her right.

Closer shot of the Virgin, crowned, and child.

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Haha no problem, if I was selling The White People it would came with a "Quail before its immensity or your money back!" guarantee. It achieves a huge amount without the kind of bombast you get from Lovecraft But your mileage may vary, hope you enjoy it though!

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"The White People" is basically about hedgewitchery of the kind practiced by women of the "lower orders", and it is just so strange and oblique, even now. And it's very vital and unstuffy in the way his best writing is. It's one of the most convincing stories about magic I can think of

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Oh Arthur Machen is the MACK DADDY of the pagan tale of terror, though he was also very concerned with early Christianity in stories like "The Great Return". His most famous story is "The Great God Pan" but it's relatively long-winded (albeit awesome) and tbh I would start with "The White People"

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's definitely worth investigating if you're a Machen fan. It's different from a lot of his stories, being much more concise, and all the tales here are (obviously) very short, like colourful little miniatures.

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

That Aickman story is hard to top but this is also most banging, and I'm really glad to see that Snuggly Books have put this affordable edition out so everyone can have the experience of thinking "Well, 'Torture' is pervier than I expected" #ArthurMachen

The cover of a recent Snuggly Books edition of Ornaments in Jade by Arthur Machen. I can't find out how did the picture because the publisher's website won't work for me but it's, you know, a lot of barenaked women melting into one another up the side of the picture, and a nebulae of stars and a hazy woman's face on the right, all in shades of sage green

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

No other recommendations necessary, that is the Best Short Book

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I did go arse over tip for this book, which is from the 80s but so deeply in hock to Yesteryear that I don't really feel like it counts as a modern book. Even now sometimes I draw little figures and cut them out and move them around pics of houses www.publishersweekly.com/9780531057643

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Annabel's House by Norman Messenger

It's a picture book . . . no, it's a house for paper dolls . . . no, it's an Edwardian stage set. However you choose to classify...

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

But the illustrator I really hated, who could send me into paroxysms of rage with a single picture, was Quentin Blake, and god how old Quentin was shovelled at you as a kid in the 80s. I loathed the way he seemed to be aping the drawing style of children. Still don't like his stuff now tbh

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I do remember really hating nearly all childrens' book art from the 1960s to the late 1980s. That stuff with bright colours and dynamic strokes of pen or brush, stuff that looked grainy. Some of it I like now, but it made me suffocatingly anxious and often angry at the time

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's only just occurred to me how OLD all these books are. The most recent are barely post-war. I've tried to think of more recent ones I liked as much, but could only come up with The Children of Green Knowe, which was from 1954. I had never realized how much of a young fogey I was

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I don't recall anyone ever being dumb enough to try to pour the bag from a jug though. That looks impossible at any rate, but maybe I'm wrong and it's something Canadians do as a matter of course, even when they're not having a nervous breakdown. I would be interested to know

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Though I knew Bell Biv Devoe from their appearance on the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, like many non-Canadians I was bewildered by the bag of milk the first time I saw this sketch. Which is ridiculous as my parents bought bags of Lait Cru in the south of France in the 90s. How soon we forget

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I don't know if it's the air pressure or what but today I've been acting even more like this guy than usual, even though no-one's mother's been cheating on me I wish I had that much root lift though. Kevin Macdonald should have had his hair like that all the time www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIqn...

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Kids in the Hall - Nervous Break(Fast) Down: Can't fix the car without a whole lotta milka.

YouTube video by rf dobbs

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The church was shut, but I was bemused by this cross which seems to be pushing its kid ahead of it. "Go on, sing your song for the lady".

A tall churchyard cross stands in an uninspiring expanse of gravel, and behind it tarmac and grass, with in front of it and embedded in the same stone plinth, a very short cross

Close up of the short cross, which is spattered in lichen and some kind of white growth.

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Cheers, I'll check them out! Oh I see you've got Leer and Gina X Performance there, very nice!

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The Solar Pavillion @sylvanshine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I was also very keen on Edward Gorey when I was a young child, then between the ages of 10 and 18 I one day became absolutely terrified (in a bad way) of his stuff - possibly due to the full implications of his work really hitting - then I fell in love with him all over again!

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