"You tell me this has been proved a myth. Of course it has. Do you know of any story, romantic and picturesque, from Noah to the Thundering Legion, that has escaped a mauling from prosaic hands? Even science seems a quicksand of conjecture."

Herbert Tompkins, 1902

#hookland

A good day done, the dark too early come, as Summer fades to Autumn shades. The eve, family-spent, is good, & fed, replete, unexpected-shower cleaned (don't breathe wine!), #Hookland post has crystallised via bus travel memories & sideways sight. Roll on 10pm. May feature ghosts & public transport.

Re-introducing a Hookland childhood nightmare/beloved icon. Mr. Lookout – the ghost bear mascot of the Hookland Tourist Board's 'I-See! series of books'. The scarrer of many a child's imaginations as depicted by @tomsbrown.bsky.social. #MrLookout #Hookland

This is very #hookland

Still a bit under the influence of this virus, but I wanted to actually *finish* something and I've been wanting to try and capture an impression of the Stay Belows of #hookland for ages so, here we are.

#I_made_this with apologies to #David_Southwell for being overly inspired by #Hookland
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This is very much #Hookland for those who wander there @hookland.bsky.social

There's a #Hookland post ready to go. Gnomes! Nan Fenman! Risk of sleep...

My first #hookland trinity here. thomas-brown-1.sumupstore.com/product/sign...
Will add another trinity soon, as soon as I draw Stay Belows. (as requested by that @bobfry.bsky.social )

Sometimes the Stay Belows don’t. #hookland

Start simply, make mistakes, and build on upwards from there… (the final draft reminds me of a #hookland signpost… Next step, a far bigger signpost!)

This is very #hookland.

PSA:

When using the traditional witches' travel charm, "Horse and hattock," regardless of what other words are appended, enunciation is vital. "Horse and haddock" will land you somewhere else entirely, likely quite damp.

Would anyone happen to know the evening bus schedule out of #Hookland?

Tonight, at something close to, but not, #Hookland, serenaded by music old, but too new for the County, thoughts & ideas flow, all the better for returning to discipline, pattern, & sideways, re-enchanted byways of @hookland.bsky.social. I shall call the name, not walk on by, vision unforgotten.

When I approached, I saw the rest: a mixed flock, mostly jackydaws , with one jay and a few pied-mags lagging behind as they always do. Possibly descendants of the flock Ray Berwick trained in the 60s for that film.
#hookland #booksky

They weren't leaving. And they weren't after food.

Outside today, I accidentally summoned the Corvids. A large crow pecked at the window—drawn by the nearby hazel-stick framework I'd rigged up for something else entirely. It tapped and cawed, insistent.

Over and over again.

A toad too, pressed against the rotten wood.

#hookland #booksky

Hi. "extensive evidence of magic in modernity" here.
Glad to see such fora gaining new life. Hoping for some class analysis in there, as well as practitioner presence.
Do you know #Hookland and our motto of Reenchantment Is Resistance?