(Source: flickr.com, via loveyourchaos)
Scattered Trees - A Conversation (About Death on New Year’s Eve)
…And I’m sorry, I’m sorry
I’m sorry, I’m sorry
That everybody’s falling apart
You said it doesn’t haunt you like it haunts me
That everybody’s falling apart
You said I’ll be there when you wake up from this dream
When you turn your life into a story
Oh and I’ll tell every ghost, everyone that I see
I’m waiting here, I’m ready for you
I’m waiting here, I’m ready for you…
Costumes worn to the Romanov Anniversary Ball in 1903. The theme of the lavish masked ball was the reign of Alexei of Russia, second ruler of the Romanov dynasty (1645-1676). Some guests went so far as to actually wear original costumes from the period that were being stored at the Kremlin.
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More from the Ball of 1903
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*I couldn’t fit her name on the line, but Czar Alexei’s wife was Maria Miloslavskaya.
Romanov swag
Louise of the Netherlands, Queen of Sweden and Norway by Johan Christoffer Boklund, 1861 Sweden, Nationalmuseum (Stockholm)
19th century Swedish royal swag