- JUST BLOOMED TODAY
- AWKWARD PHOTO OF THE DAY
- TWEET TREATS
- DID YOU KNOW...? URBAN LEGENDS
- DOG CONFESSIONS
- GARDEN UPDATE
- DOG HALLOWEEN COSTUMES
- FAUNA
- GARDEN GIGGLE
- WHAT IN THE WORLD?
- FEEDBACK
JUST BLOOMED TODAY
AWKWARD PHOTO OF THE DAY
TWEET TREATS
bringing you the quirky, funniest and most interesting tweets from Twitter that we came across.
DID YOU KNOW...? URBAN LEGENDS THE SELKIE
Selkies are legendary creatures from Irish, Scottish and Icelandic folklore. Generally they are imagined as seals that can transform into humans, usually beautiful women. It's thought that they transform by removing their seal skins and return to their seal form by putting the skin back on. So, selkies are a very common sight across Orkney. Heads bobbing above the waves, they are often seen by the shore, watching inquisitively with uncannily human eyes.
The majority of tales about selkies are romantic tragedies about lonely fishermen stealing the seal skin of a selkie while they are in human form, forcing them to come home with them to become their wife. The couple then have children and in some versions these children have webbed hands or other abnormalities, all the while the selkie continues to search for her skin as she cannot return to the sea without it. Once found the woman will return to the sea leaving the man desolate. However in some cases the man is completely unaware of the woman's true nature, that they are selkie. A selkie can only make contact with one human for a short amount of time before they must return to the sea. They are not able to make contact with that human again for seven years, unless the human is to steal their selkie's skin and hide it or burn it
Another legend says that if a lonely fisherman's wife drops seven tears into the sea a male selkie will appear and make love to her.
DOG CONFESSIONS
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| Sometimes I take all the little shampoos and lotions from hotels and use them to stock my Barbie Costco.@perlapell |
Selkies are legendary creatures from Irish, Scottish and Icelandic folklore. Generally they are imagined as seals that can transform into humans, usually beautiful women. It's thought that they transform by removing their seal skins and return to their seal form by putting the skin back on. So, selkies are a very common sight across Orkney. Heads bobbing above the waves, they are often seen by the shore, watching inquisitively with uncannily human eyes.
DOG CONFESSIONS
GARDEN UPDATE
Oooh cool and chilly today with just a touch of sun! Had to laugh when I saw that annuals were marked down...ya think?
DOG HALLOWEEN COSTUMES
Oooh cool and chilly today with just a touch of sun! Had to laugh when I saw that annuals were marked down...ya think?
DOG HALLOWEEN COSTUMES
GARDEN GIGGLE
FAUNA
WHAT IN THE WORLD?
On today in American history, people in gardens everywhere were talking about:
1915 Women march for right to vote
1921 Unknown soldier chosen
1976 Chicago has #1 hit with "If You Leave Me Now"
1983 US Embassy in Beirut hit by massive car bomb
1989 Gas leak kills 23 at plastics factory
1993 Carter homers to win World Series
1998 An abortion performing doctor is murdered
2012 Presidential debate #3
1915 Women march for right to vote
1921 Unknown soldier chosen
1976 Chicago has #1 hit with "If You Leave Me Now"
1983 US Embassy in Beirut hit by massive car bomb
1989 Gas leak kills 23 at plastics factory
1993 Carter homers to win World Series
1998 An abortion performing doctor is murdered
2012 Presidential debate #3
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