Petra Pavlíková
@elsinor.bsky.social
Nature lover, forest worshipper, folklore enthusiast, and story-teller from the edge of the woods. Always lost somewhere between reality and tales. 🌿
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Petra Pavlíková
@elsinor.bsky.social
· Feb 28
Some of my Oak Tree Tales, tiny illustrations and stories connected with an oak. The alt text includes also the stories.
In a garden on the edge of a city once stood an oak. 🌿
#OakTreeTales
In a garden on the edge of a city once stood an oak. 🌿
#OakTreeTales
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"Melania" is gonna get the FIFA Academy Award
January 29, 2026 at 2:58 PM
"Melania" is gonna get the FIFA Academy Award
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This is what police have been doing to black Americans since forever. Enough of the "this isn't who we are." You're now noticing because it's white people.
January 24, 2026 at 10:15 PM
This is what police have been doing to black Americans since forever. Enough of the "this isn't who we are." You're now noticing because it's white people.
#BookWormSat
"The Weatherbury bees were late in their swarming this year. It was in the latter part of June, and the day after the interview with Troy in the hayfield, that Bathsheba was standing in her garden, watching a swarm in the air and guessing their probable settling place."
~ Thomas Hardy
"The Weatherbury bees were late in their swarming this year. It was in the latter part of June, and the day after the interview with Troy in the hayfield, that Bathsheba was standing in her garden, watching a swarm in the air and guessing their probable settling place."
~ Thomas Hardy
January 24, 2026 at 11:30 AM
#BookWormSat
"The Weatherbury bees were late in their swarming this year. It was in the latter part of June, and the day after the interview with Troy in the hayfield, that Bathsheba was standing in her garden, watching a swarm in the air and guessing their probable settling place."
~ Thomas Hardy
"The Weatherbury bees were late in their swarming this year. It was in the latter part of June, and the day after the interview with Troy in the hayfield, that Bathsheba was standing in her garden, watching a swarm in the air and guessing their probable settling place."
~ Thomas Hardy
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Incredibly emotional to hear my poem has been turned into a song of resistance and is being sung in Minneapolis right now. Please do not give up.
January 18, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Incredibly emotional to hear my poem has been turned into a song of resistance and is being sung in Minneapolis right now. Please do not give up.
#BookWormSat
"The night is darkening round me,
The wild winds coldly blow;
But a tyrant spell has bound me,
And I cannot, cannot go.
The giant trees are bending
Their bare boughs weighed with snow;
The storm is fast descending,
And yet I cannot go."
Emily Brontë
"The night is darkening round me,
The wild winds coldly blow;
But a tyrant spell has bound me,
And I cannot, cannot go.
The giant trees are bending
Their bare boughs weighed with snow;
The storm is fast descending,
And yet I cannot go."
Emily Brontë
January 17, 2026 at 3:19 PM
#BookWormSat
"The night is darkening round me,
The wild winds coldly blow;
But a tyrant spell has bound me,
And I cannot, cannot go.
The giant trees are bending
Their bare boughs weighed with snow;
The storm is fast descending,
And yet I cannot go."
Emily Brontë
"The night is darkening round me,
The wild winds coldly blow;
But a tyrant spell has bound me,
And I cannot, cannot go.
The giant trees are bending
Their bare boughs weighed with snow;
The storm is fast descending,
And yet I cannot go."
Emily Brontë
Reposted by Petra Pavlíková
A conversation I’m having a little too often: I say I want guns banned so a guy replies “we need them because of the second amendment”
I ask “is that the one where you need guns to stand up to a tyrannical regime?”
He says “yes.”
So I ask “so are you using it right now?”
And then he blocks me
I ask “is that the one where you need guns to stand up to a tyrannical regime?”
He says “yes.”
So I ask “so are you using it right now?”
And then he blocks me
January 15, 2026 at 3:06 PM
A conversation I’m having a little too often: I say I want guns banned so a guy replies “we need them because of the second amendment”
I ask “is that the one where you need guns to stand up to a tyrannical regime?”
He says “yes.”
So I ask “so are you using it right now?”
And then he blocks me
I ask “is that the one where you need guns to stand up to a tyrannical regime?”
He says “yes.”
So I ask “so are you using it right now?”
And then he blocks me
#BookWormSat
“I did not want to think about people. I wanted the trees, the scents and colors, the shifting shadows of the wood, which spoke a language I understood. I wished I could simply disappear in it...”
― Patricia A. McKillip, Winter Rose
“I did not want to think about people. I wanted the trees, the scents and colors, the shifting shadows of the wood, which spoke a language I understood. I wished I could simply disappear in it...”
― Patricia A. McKillip, Winter Rose
January 3, 2026 at 11:21 AM
#BookWormSat
“I did not want to think about people. I wanted the trees, the scents and colors, the shifting shadows of the wood, which spoke a language I understood. I wished I could simply disappear in it...”
― Patricia A. McKillip, Winter Rose
“I did not want to think about people. I wanted the trees, the scents and colors, the shifting shadows of the wood, which spoke a language I understood. I wished I could simply disappear in it...”
― Patricia A. McKillip, Winter Rose
Rogue and mage wish you a Happy New Year. :)
January 1, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Rogue and mage wish you a Happy New Year. :)
Happy Winter Solstice! :)
December 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Happy Winter Solstice! :)
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December 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Normally I'd leave a post like this for DAFanFriday, but given the depressing state of my skyline and I suspect yours as well:
Are you a human who creates #DragonAge inspired anything? Show it off. Are your commissions open? Let people know.
Let's show support to real, human creatives! 🫶
Are you a human who creates #DragonAge inspired anything? Show it off. Are your commissions open? Let people know.
Let's show support to real, human creatives! 🫶
December 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Normally I'd leave a post like this for DAFanFriday, but given the depressing state of my skyline and I suspect yours as well:
Are you a human who creates #DragonAge inspired anything? Show it off. Are your commissions open? Let people know.
Let's show support to real, human creatives! 🫶
Are you a human who creates #DragonAge inspired anything? Show it off. Are your commissions open? Let people know.
Let's show support to real, human creatives! 🫶
Reposted by Petra Pavlíková
Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does
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As some of you are aware, part of Dragon Age day was to thank the DA Devs for all the hard work they put into the series we love so much.
This is also the first DA Day where we have no DA team, as they were laid off earlier this year.
So let's make an effort to support their new projects!🧵
This is also the first DA Day where we have no DA team, as they were laid off earlier this year.
So let's make an effort to support their new projects!🧵
December 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
As some of you are aware, part of Dragon Age day was to thank the DA Devs for all the hard work they put into the series we love so much.
This is also the first DA Day where we have no DA team, as they were laid off earlier this year.
So let's make an effort to support their new projects!🧵
This is also the first DA Day where we have no DA team, as they were laid off earlier this year.
So let's make an effort to support their new projects!🧵
#BookWormSat
"Erl-King will do you grievous harm.
...
The Erl-King lives by himself all alone in the heart of the wood in a house which has only the one room. His house is made of sticks and stones and has grown a pelt of yellow lichen."
Angela Carter
"Erl-King will do you grievous harm.
...
The Erl-King lives by himself all alone in the heart of the wood in a house which has only the one room. His house is made of sticks and stones and has grown a pelt of yellow lichen."
Angela Carter
November 15, 2025 at 8:49 AM
#BookWormSat
"Erl-King will do you grievous harm.
...
The Erl-King lives by himself all alone in the heart of the wood in a house which has only the one room. His house is made of sticks and stones and has grown a pelt of yellow lichen."
Angela Carter
"Erl-King will do you grievous harm.
...
The Erl-King lives by himself all alone in the heart of the wood in a house which has only the one room. His house is made of sticks and stones and has grown a pelt of yellow lichen."
Angela Carter
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A project to restore ancient forests in the Scottish Highlands is significantly boosting moth biodiversity, a Butterfly Conservation study has found. 🌳
Read the full story 👉 buff.ly/AyKPh6e
📷: Patrick Cook, Sarah Wanless
#MothsMatter #TeamMoth
Read the full story 👉 buff.ly/AyKPh6e
📷: Patrick Cook, Sarah Wanless
#MothsMatter #TeamMoth
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
A project to restore ancient forests in the Scottish Highlands is significantly boosting moth biodiversity, a Butterfly Conservation study has found. 🌳
Read the full story 👉 buff.ly/AyKPh6e
📷: Patrick Cook, Sarah Wanless
#MothsMatter #TeamMoth
Read the full story 👉 buff.ly/AyKPh6e
📷: Patrick Cook, Sarah Wanless
#MothsMatter #TeamMoth
It's a perfect misty morning for taking pictures of lichens. :)
November 2, 2025 at 7:58 AM
It's a perfect misty morning for taking pictures of lichens. :)
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#Halloween 🎃
The Yew was regarded as the gentle guardian of the dead 💀
It was formerly revered so much in Wales that to cut it down was considered an act of desecration, while to burn any part of it was looked upon as sacrilege 🔥
#Wales #History
The Yew was regarded as the gentle guardian of the dead 💀
It was formerly revered so much in Wales that to cut it down was considered an act of desecration, while to burn any part of it was looked upon as sacrilege 🔥
#Wales #History
October 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
#Halloween 🎃
The Yew was regarded as the gentle guardian of the dead 💀
It was formerly revered so much in Wales that to cut it down was considered an act of desecration, while to burn any part of it was looked upon as sacrilege 🔥
#Wales #History
The Yew was regarded as the gentle guardian of the dead 💀
It was formerly revered so much in Wales that to cut it down was considered an act of desecration, while to burn any part of it was looked upon as sacrilege 🔥
#Wales #History
#BookWormSat
"Darkling I listen; and, for many a time
I have been half in love with easeful Death"
John Keats
"Darkling I listen; and, for many a time
I have been half in love with easeful Death"
John Keats
November 1, 2025 at 9:44 AM
#BookWormSat
"Darkling I listen; and, for many a time
I have been half in love with easeful Death"
John Keats
"Darkling I listen; and, for many a time
I have been half in love with easeful Death"
John Keats
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There is almost nothing in Tolkien as pervasive as his love for the small and vulnerable, for the meek and the gentle. These are not the values of these thugs and they do not have any claim to them.
October 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
There is almost nothing in Tolkien as pervasive as his love for the small and vulnerable, for the meek and the gentle. These are not the values of these thugs and they do not have any claim to them.
Autumnal garden :)
October 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Autumnal garden :)
#BookWormSat
In Czech and Slovak folklore, vodník is a male water spirit. He looks human and can survive outside water if his clothes are wet. He tricks and drowns people, then keeps their souls in teacups underwater. Vodník is also the main character in one of the ballads by Karel Jaromír Erben.
In Czech and Slovak folklore, vodník is a male water spirit. He looks human and can survive outside water if his clothes are wet. He tricks and drowns people, then keeps their souls in teacups underwater. Vodník is also the main character in one of the ballads by Karel Jaromír Erben.
October 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
#BookWormSat
In Czech and Slovak folklore, vodník is a male water spirit. He looks human and can survive outside water if his clothes are wet. He tricks and drowns people, then keeps their souls in teacups underwater. Vodník is also the main character in one of the ballads by Karel Jaromír Erben.
In Czech and Slovak folklore, vodník is a male water spirit. He looks human and can survive outside water if his clothes are wet. He tricks and drowns people, then keeps their souls in teacups underwater. Vodník is also the main character in one of the ballads by Karel Jaromír Erben.
Artemis and Hekate by @nikitagill.bsky.social :)
October 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Artemis and Hekate by @nikitagill.bsky.social :)
October 18, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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If you would like to learn more about Flanders's witches, something witchy has appeared on Kickstarter! 🌙 Consider aiding us in spreading these tales across the four winds.
It means the whole world to us!
kck.st/492NqKt
It means the whole world to us!
kck.st/492NqKt
The Witch's Child and other Dark Tales from Old Flanders
An illustrated short story collection inspired by witch folklore from Flanders
kck.st
October 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
If you would like to learn more about Flanders's witches, something witchy has appeared on Kickstarter! 🌙 Consider aiding us in spreading these tales across the four winds.
It means the whole world to us!
kck.st/492NqKt
It means the whole world to us!
kck.st/492NqKt