fletchpj @fletchpj@qoto.org

#BOTD author William Hope Hodgson. His years as a sailor informed many of his early horror stories. He would later pioneer cosmic and dystopian horror, with influential works like The House on the Borderland and The Night Land. He also created occult detective, Thomas Carnacki. #books
#ghosts #bookstodon #horror

Yellow-crowned night heron

Roe deer in the garden

Oaks near Sheepstor this week #Dartmoor #Devon #photography #mosstodon

Central aircraft station at Notre-Dame.
From "Le vingtième siècle" written & illustrated by Albert Robida, Paris: 1883 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/aircraft-station/

Samhain / Halloween vibes at Fourwinds yesterday, the walls are the remains of a school built for the nearby quarry worker’s children.
#Dartmoor #Devon #photography #autumn

American Dipper hunting for Kokanee Salmon eggs, Taylor Creek, Lake Tahoe. #laketahoe #salmonrun #BirdPhotography

Depiction of Bael, “the first king of hell”, with the head of a toad, a man, and a cat — one of the many illustrations by Louis le Breton for the 1863 edition of Jacques Collin de Plancy’s "Dictionnaire infernal". More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/defining-the-demonic/

Day 26: Mask
I found this little guy on a tomb in the tiny village of Wherwell (where the myth of the Cockatrice came from) and loved him so thought I’d make him into a print. Not sure of his origins other than that!

#Mask #MDWC24D26 #Halloween #Costume #TrickorTreat #spookyseason #October #Drawing #Illustration #printmaker #Print #gold #black #graveyard #grave #tomb #spooky #guardian #linocut #goth #gothic #gargoyle

Stream (Newlycombe lake), near Norsworthy bridge, Burrator last week, #Dartmoor, #Devon.

Plate from M. E. Descourtilz’s Atlas des Champignons (1827), a delightful series of colour lithographs of mushrooms, divided into those that are edible, poisonous and “suspect” — https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/atlas-des-champignons/

This was taken this morning here in Glastonbury about an hour before sunrise along my favourite lane.

Pied-billed Grebe with minnow. This little one kept me entertained in the moonlight before dawn on Saturday, I was glad it stuck around for some actual decent shooting light! 😆

Taylor Creek, Lake Tahoe, CA

#laketahoe
#salmonrun
#BirdPhotography

Pictures taken this week at Burrator reservoir and from Tavistock viaduct, it’s looking a lot like Autumn 🍂, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #mosstodon

A bit of autumnal forest dampness on a hike today. A little dark, a little spooky, but mostly just pretty.

Twin Falls trail, Olallie State Park, Central Cascades in Washington State (USA).

#moss #mosstodon #PNW #Seattle #Washington #forest #trees #autumn #fall #nature

Pilzkolonie.

#fungiverse #mosstodon

riding bikes every day until I can’t for some reason, day 1517

#Cycling #BikeTO #Photography #BikeTooter #BikeStreak #Autumn

The Plague of Darkness.
Gustave Doré, from "La Sainte Bible," Tours: 1866 #art #illustration https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/plague-darkness/

A giant walks through the city

#Photography

One of the new illustrations…

I’ll be getting some prints done when I’ve finished a few more new pieces. Hopefully they will be available by the end of October.

#flower #butterfly #artwork #painting #flowers #illustration #art #mastoart #artistsonmastodon #FediArt