For Danielle's Blog

Treeson Terrarium by Chimerical on Polyvore.com

Danielle's Blog

and some more experimenting....I think I shall play a little "Where's Waldo" type game in my polyvore images. Can you spot the Treeson? I can. Because I put him in there. And my oh my, isn't he just the cutest thing?

Witching Hour at Pemberley by Chimerical featuring Notte by Marchesa dresses

Playing on Polyvore

Autumn Wedding by Chimerical featuring Martinez Valero shoes

The Mariner's Revenge by Chimerical featuring Monsoon bags

Garden Party in the Aviary by Chimerical featuring Christian Louboutin shoes

By the Time We Got to Woodstock by Chimerical featuring Minnetonka shoes

We Suffer for Fashion or Whatever

Just a typical day off Diagon Alley...





Shoes: Wine Bar Brogues (aka my soulmates) from Modcloth
Skirt and Plaid Messenger Bag: Urban Outfitters
Purple Coat: Nordstrom
Gloves and Beaded Vest thingy: collected from a few of the five vintage stores within 5 minutes of my flat

Bellamour, inverted and perfect, is a holy island.

Her fields are waves of violet grass;

Her forests, obsidian trees.

And the skies like blue-gray eyes

Swirl above their canopies

Orange pools among toad stools,

With mica dust where dirt should be,

Conceal limbs of grottos and caves;

Fluorescent moss and leaves.

All is pure, and safe, and real,

For only two dwell on these shores.

Who roll in every field of grass,

And laugh amid the gasping moors.

The sea, their only boundary here

And they know naught but love.

So by its will the whole world yields

When fingers sigh and move.

They stand as tempest masters,

Who are as they create,

With every single flake and drop

Born out of their fate.

For when a soul finds its counter,

With love unmatched and blind,

There is no realm that they’d deserve,

But one of their design.

-romantic daydreaming by me :)

Mood Music

The Eyre by Chimerical featuring Seychelles shoes

Take a Hike by Chimerical featuring CC Skye jewelry

True Love

I live like a hermit in my own head...

An Entirely Modcloth Ensemble Courtesy of My New Polyvore Account

All Modcloth, All the Time by Chimerical on Polyvore.com

Wow...this is much, much easier than jumping back and forth between Word and Paint. ....But no where near as impressive! Sometimes doing things the much harder way demonstrates....skill....?

For Me and For You

For Me on some Sunday in Edinburgh:
For Danielle on a dinner date:
For Miss Harris in Paris:For Catherine puella Roma:

For Emily Marie on the T:

please note: the first three were not made using Polyvore...but all by hand in paint. Then I saw the light...and started using the far easier method.

Fantasy Holiday Party Ensemble

Holiday Dream in Green

If only we all had the money for our own pair of Christian Louboutins.....*sigh* Mom? Christmas? (as if)

Inspired by:

Holiday Dream in Red:

Inspired By:

Beautiful articles of unbridled fashion brought to you by: Modcloth.com, Anthropologie, Urban Outfitters, Zappos.com, Accessorize, J. Crew, and Christian Louboutin (*sigh* again...)

Chicken Fajitas

• Take two chicken breasts, rinse with water. Cut diagonally into 2 in. by 1/2 in. slices. Marinate in olive oil, salt, pepper, chili powder, and garlic powder. Refrigerate for 20 mins.
• Chop up one green pepper, one red pepper, half a white onion, and some coriander.
• Heat medium pan in medium heat with a dash of olive oil and some fresh chopped garlic. Place chicken and chopped up pepper and onion in pan. Cook until chicken is slightly browned, turning over occasionally. Add more chili powder during process if necessary.
• In the mean time, prepare Molly's Mom's Famous Guacamole. One avocado (or two), mushed up with one dollop of sour cream, 2 tblspoons full of Medium Newman's Own Salsa, and a dash of lime juice (or grapefruit juice...you'll just have to take my word for it). Mix thoroughly.
• Once chicken, peppers, and onions are done cooking, place on flower tortilla. Add my mom's Guac, a few leaves of coriander, and some cheddar...

And you'll have a meal that will make some tummblies very happy.

Annabel Lee

But our love it was stronger by far than the love

Of those who were older than we-
Of many far wiser than we-
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.

The Degradation of Childhood Pedagogy as it Pertains to Darwinian Principles of the Natural World and Educated Systems of Rational Thought Structures

It is common knowledge that the members of Lagomorpha Leporidae are irrefutably the most glorious and majestic creatures to grace the skin of this earth. I am speaking, of course, of the Great Hare or “Bunny Rabbit.” While, for most, this may seem a grossly obvious acclamation, I was troubled to discover in my recent soirees with local peers and inferiors, that some do not revere these regal beasts as would be supposed. In fact, at the mere mention of their blatant superiority to all other animalia, and certainly mammals, I have been called “silly” and even “funny.” I do not find my respect for unadulterated fact to be humorous at all. On the contrary, I am downright shocked that one could so much as chuckle at a “bunny” without feeling complete and utter self revile. To this end, I have decided to construct a kind of children’s moral yarn to nip bunny blasphemy at the source. Education is the only cure for the sin of ignorance, and as an avid Lagomorphist it is my destiny to enlighten the masses and eliminate this injustice of gargantuan proportions. Ehem.

Once upon a time there was a little boy named Brutus who was very stupid. Brutus was so stupid that he would insist to all the other little boys and girls at school that bunny rabbits were not the most stupendous creatures in all creation. In fact, he spouted beliefs that rabbits were uniformly simple, idiotic pests, asserting that they were in the Rodentia order of mammals which was, obviously, completely false. Now, Wendy, who was not stupid, soon grew tired of Brutus and his idiotic allegations.

“I believe you are mistaken,” she said to him one day. “For there are many different bunnies with many different souls. For example, floppy-eared rabbits are more aggressive. Dwarf rabbits are more judgmental. And Violet Jackalopes are more inclined to alcoholism.”

“Jackalopes?” snorted Brutus. “Why, they aren’t even real!” Other pupils were beginning to gather around them in the school yard.

“How dare you!” snapped Wendy. “Just because you’ve never seen a Jackalope doesn’t mean it isn’t real. Jackalopes live in the roots of Grape Trees. Everyone knows that.”

“There’s no such thing as a Grape Tree.”

“Do you hear him, everyone? First he doesn’t believe in Jackalopes, and now he doesn’t believe in grapes either!” The schoolyard combusted with laughter.

“Stop it!” Brutus belted in vain. “Stop it I say!” But the guffaws only grew. Brutus, now mad with rage, inflated to his greatest stature and boomed above the crowd. “Rabbits are worthless, disease ridden little fools! They are inferior, disproportioned, sex-crazed rats, and I believe no more in their goodness, than I do in the Violet Jackalope!” A silence fell over the courtyard like vomit, as the children stared at Brutus with wide eyes and foaming mouths.

“Let’s kill him!” yelled Wendy, breaking the shock. And with that each little boy and girl picked up what could be fashioned into a weapon (sharpened lolly pop sticks, baseball bats, tree boughs, jump ropes, morning stars, etc), and went for Brutus. Wendy, who was clearly the cleverest of all the children, ripped down a swing set chain. Together, unified as they never were before, the pupils of Wolpertinger Elementary brutally bludgeoned, stabbed, flogged, and choked Brutus to death. Charges were never pressed. Everyone knew little Brutus deserved what he got. And they all lived Happily Ever After…except for Brutus…

The End.