Heidi Caillier - Cow Hollow

Residence 2582, Cow Hollow, San Francisco, California, USA,

Geddes Ulinskas Architects,

Stairwell designed by John Lewis

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Don’t miss this celebration of the next step in our Mother Lear journey!

Mother Lear Film Screening 3-6PM, March 2 At the Episcopal Church of St. Mary the Virgin 2325 Union St., San Francisco

3pm: Welcome! Gate opens 3-4pm: Drinks and bites in the courtyard 4pm: Film Screening 5-6pm: Conversation and mingling

I made Vlad travel across the universes with the plush amogus

I hope he's not tired :)

jonmartin but hollow knight #9

OK, SEVERELY rambly post incoming but - Anderperry Stardust (2007)/ The Little White Horse AU, anyone?

Rundown: I think many of us are familiar with Stardust, originally a Neil Gaiman book but also a great film, starring Claire Danes as a falling star and That Guy Who Plays Daredevil as the lad who promises to bring her to the girl he's infatuated with. The Little White Horse is, to the best of my knowledge, more unknown, but equally very good (for sentimental reasons, I think of it much more highly than Stardust). Published in 1946 by Elizabeth Goudge, it tells the story of thirteen-year-old orphan Maria Merryweather, who moves to her cousin Sir Benjamin's Moonacre Manor in the West Country, where she finds a) a thriving cosy community and a long family history, b) the little white horse of the title, c) a longstanding family feud cutting off Moonacre from the sea, d) her imaginary best friend Robin, real and in the flesh, and e) some of the most deliciously-described food that has ever been or will be. It's a great book even past the rose-tinted glasses of my childhood. Go read it. (The one (1) marring is that you can't find a bloody edition that doesn't have a JK Terfling quote pasted onto the cover, because apparently it was one of her favourite books, but fuck OFF, I'm reclaiming it now. Thou shalt not keep the cosy low fantasy from me.)

Anyway even though I mention Stardust this isn't really part of the AU I have in my mind, except for the bit with the Star, because Todd as a main character who thinks he's a very forgettable bland boy-in-the-corner until he finds out he's a star is a great thought to me. Particulars on /how/ he's a star to be fleshed out later! (I only thought of this AU about two hours ago, lol.)

In my mind this is how it goes - nebulously Olden Times setting (TLWH is set in 1842, so perhaps then). Todd is around seventeen/eighteen and Geoff has just graduated from university, and gone off around Europe, accompanied by their parents. Months go by. Something happens - he's never given the liberty of knowing, but Geoff and their parents stay in Europe, and the townhouse in London is sold, and Todd is packed off to stay at a distant relative's - Keating, as it turns out. It's a blessing in disguise, because Todd is finally away from his family for the first time in his life and around people that appreciate him. He begins to bloom under this new care - but there are strange family secrets only now being revealed to him, and dark forces beyond the valley which threaten to disrupt the haven he's found...

The rest is very cosy fantasy, featuring Mr Perry as the local uptight vicar locking horns with Keating at every opportunity, Neil as his withdrawn but friendly son just longing for a rebellion, and more! (Read: Charlie is here and he is Outrageous as usual. Read also: Pitts as a sailor because I think he'd like it.) Right now I'm thinking of adding an equivalent of Monsieur Cocq de Noir for a villain (Mr Perry is NOT the villain), and Cameron can play a part there so I can give him a good redeeming! Here are a couple of extracts from TLWH to show the kind of mood/tone we're working with:

Thematically, I REALLY like the idea of Todd as a star because it allows me to work in a very fun trope, of "not of the rose but near the rose" - when a character perhaps is shy and a little quiet and reclusive, but inspires other people around them to brilliance and greatness. (Honestly I do think this kind of goes in with the film, where it's not just Keating's teaching but Todd's reaction to it and his presence that galvanise Neil to continue.) This ties in really well if Todd's a star and adds to the overall self-confidence journey - plus I was really thinking about the sun/moon motifs! They're very prominent in TLWH (Maria is a "moon" Merryweather and Robin is a very sunny boy), and I really want to implement them here with slight twists. I think of Todd as a sunny moon; yes he's warm and caring and cheerful but once you go a little closer it's more of a luminosity rather than a blaze, there's a coolness and quietness to him I like. You know, a quiet character doesn't always have to be quiet because there's something "wrong" with them, sometimes they're just like that. For Neil it's the opposite, he's a moony sun; under the thumb of his father he's polite and decorous and demure but somewhere under all of that there's a very loud and booming laugh and a healthy sort of ruddiness. I don't know, I just like sun/moon motifs!!!!!!!!!!

(On a more personal note: this AU, which I already love very much despite not having known very long, would be above all a careful love letter to the West Country. It's been lovely living around here almost all my life and by this time in September I'll be hopefully up very far north at uni, so I'm pre-emptively kind of :') about it. Mutuals who are at uni/college how on earth did you cope?)

some pictures of hollow woods before the update tomorrow!!

i know theres a lot i got a bit carried away.. i love hollow woods sm i cant wait to see its new look tho

Bathing cows <3<3

uh oh! it’s been a few years but the siren call of mewithoutYou has lured me back in…

I grew up watching this guy, idolizing him, wanting to do what he did.

And As I got older I felt more exploited and tired. I didnt want to see his content. And then he started expanding and the gimmick was fun for a while but I didnt like any of the content and felt stupid for still watching it.

Then I stopped.

And I never looked back.

But he never did. And it felt like we were never going to get to go back to when he made theorys he cared about and thought through and researched on his own/ with a small team. That he was just going to get bigger and bigger and suck everyone with a single creative idea into this void that was now GAME THEORY. Watching his platform become this twisted money maker making half baked theorys on anything popular. Indie artists dreaded hearing his name had touched his work when it used to be this BIG GREAT THING. "matpat covered my stuff? Amazing!" Became "Dear god I hope he doesnt cover my content" It never helped the creator either. Especially early on when he fought linking to the small artists cause it drew attention away from HIS platform.

(Actually unsure if he ever revoked this statement and started crediting smaller creators or not but I would hope so since even Toby fox had to get involved.)

And now that he's retiring. We might get new different content. Real theorys. Or a whole new rebrand. I dont really care.

The child in me is somewhat sad but Even that is tainted in this feeling of relief. Bittersweet I guess.

I meant it when I said I feel free. Happy.

goodbye game theory. For good this time

started playing hollow knight the other day and i'm kinda in love

Cow Print Dangles

the little bell at the top 🥹 (the bell is inspired by harvest moon)

good cows

Every time I get pumpkin pie as a food source in minecraft I have a super strong urge to go and buy a pumpkin pie IRL and just pick it up to eat it instead of cutting slices, you have no idea