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Thanks for visiting. All photos are sourced via click-through link unless otherwise noted. Salut!</description><title>gratia placenti</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @gypsymc2)</generator><link>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>lionskeleton:

by Silvia Pelissero
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmha6iplx01qgkoejo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lionskeleton.tumblr.com/post/6321375697" target="_blank"&gt;lionskeleton&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;by &lt;a href="http://agnes-cecile.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d3hiy50" target="_blank"&gt;Silvia Pelissero&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50974816372</link><guid>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50974816372</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 23:54:25 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1b4653f03685ed6212ff51373d835416/tumblr_mn3nu7Ifm31qda29ko1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50974769423</link><guid>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50974769423</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 23:53:12 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>"Life was immeasurably better once I forced myself to stop taking it seriously."</title><description>“Life was immeasurably better once I forced myself to stop taking it seriously.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Hunter S. Thompson (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fakeville.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;fakeville&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50974678400</link><guid>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50974678400</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 23:50:45 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>bella-illusione:

banana-chocolate-fudge-cupcake-02 by pickyin...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0f7297529aaca3095f6ee79f71166a21/tumblr_mmcoukCjip1qixah2o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bella-illusione.tumblr.com/post/50926206032/banana-chocolate-fudge-cupcake-02-by-pickyin-on" target="_blank"&gt;bella-illusione&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12470164@N05/7877745092/" title="banana-chocolate-fudge-cupcake-02" target="_blank"&gt;banana-chocolate-fudge-cupcake-02&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12470164@N05/" target="_blank"&gt;pickyin&lt;/a&gt; on Flickr.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50974576568</link><guid>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50974576568</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 23:48:08 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>"When you’re traveling, you are what you are, right there and then. People don’t have your past to..."</title><description>““When you’re traveling, you are what you are, right there and then. People don’t have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.””&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6444872.William_Least_Heat_Moon" target="_blank"&gt;William Least-Heat Moon&lt;/a&gt; (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blog.wanderforth.com/" target="_blank"&gt;wanderforthblog&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Exactly&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hilittlemisssunshine.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;hilittlemisssunshine&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50974513216</link><guid>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50974513216</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 23:46:28 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>"Within the souls of the awkward and the overlooked often burns something radiant."</title><description>“Within the souls of the awkward and the overlooked often burns something radiant.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Jo Ann Beard (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://larmoyante.com/" target="_blank"&gt;larmoyante&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50972675617</link><guid>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50972675617</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 23:02:10 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>vanityfair:

The Sad Reality of Gun Control by Bruce...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6969c0f9455929539742f2b5bf1ffd5e/tumblr_mn45xdA1ii1qfy8apo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://vanityfair.tumblr.com/post/50929728891/the-sad-reality-of-gun-control-by-bruce-feirstein" target="_blank"&gt;vanityfair&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Sad Reality of Gun Control by Bruce Feirstein&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Illustration by Steve Brodner&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50972618319</link><guid>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50972618319</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 23:00:56 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>bella-illusione:


Buttermilk Blueberry Pie

</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5a2df55cf65918beb6652293e6117153/tumblr_mlgcp1ZZiL1s92ij0o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bella-illusione.tumblr.com/post/50942969410/buttermilk-blueberry-pie" target="_blank"&gt;bella-illusione&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;

&lt;h3 class="post-title entry-title"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.adventures-in-cooking.com/2011/06/buttermilk-blueberry-pie.html" target="_blank"&gt;Buttermilk Blueberry Pie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50954217516</link><guid>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50954217516</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:35:37 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4f4f893e9b105ce26311c6da2d5af1c4/tumblr_mn2z83pmoN1rnvzfwo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50954108878</link><guid>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50954108878</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:34:19 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/706c95cfe0c65ce1c1f717dc6237b6a5/tumblr_mlxcmh56rJ1rojiz2o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50954055465</link><guid>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50954055465</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:33:40 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a54ec4d606b9f609e24104cb149cad26/tumblr_mij2gj1IIT1r0o7uao1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50953971116</link><guid>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50953971116</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:32:38 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>greatgatzby:

bemusedlybespectacled:

ramoorebooks:

opinionatedl...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5ee9c6d0d5b64727f1e9992d1e88fe09/tumblr_mmyvvy0NFh1rfuhuko3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/093603dc7536cf2215ec63756f89de14/tumblr_mmyvvy0NFh1rfuhuko7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8bd003b6bfcd3c266087f676e2f189e0/tumblr_mmyvvy0NFh1rfuhuko2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/505a250a2bdf73160a56de3b3b7385a9/tumblr_mmyvvy0NFh1rfuhuko4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/25c972dba705b6545a2ff97a1c12131f/tumblr_mmyvvy0NFh1rfuhuko5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8d6ec72741767236db145acb70f29fd8/tumblr_mmyvvy0NFh1rfuhuko1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3233b41c34b6e07a3356efdd4dc259f2/tumblr_mmyvvy0NFh1rfuhuko6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3a72ce3e188b3d27ec9db8a1543f3ce7/tumblr_mmyvvy0NFh1rfuhuko8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/937b09dc810d76c23b81cb818f3b6cf1/tumblr_mmyvvy0NFh1rfuhuko9_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6240067c6761d58770026445ffe1bb60/tumblr_mmyvvy0NFh1rfuhuko10_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://greatgatzby.tumblr.com/post/50942914581/bemusedlybespectacled-ramoorebooks" target="_blank"&gt;greatgatzby&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bemusedlybespectacled.tumblr.com/post/50794812564/ramoorebooks-opinionatedlez-here-are-some" target="_blank"&gt;bemusedlybespectacled&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ramoorebooks.tumblr.com/post/50792640890" target="_blank"&gt;ramoorebooks&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://opinionatedlez.tumblr.com/post/50687211958/here-are-some-awesome-and-empowering-quotes-from" target="_blank"&gt;opinionatedlez&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here are some awesome and empowering quotes from several very strong female celebrities. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And Kristen Stewart.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;No, you know what? Fuck you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let me tell you about Kristen Stewart.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let’s talk about how she’s the centerpiece of one of the most inexplicably popular misogynistic pieces of film shit and somehow gets blamed for it sucking, despite the fact that, hey, the books were actually &lt;em&gt;worse.&lt;/em&gt; For those who were lucky enough to escape reading the actual books, her apparent lack of emotion is 100% accurate to Bella’s character, because Bella is in fact not a character but a blank white wall for fourteen-year-old girls to project themselves onto. Robert Pattinson is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; the only one in the cast who hates Twilight, thank you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let’s talk about how she got crucified in the media for having an affair with a married man, when that man was her director. And let’s remember that she was called all manner of things for “ruining her relationship with RPattz” when she wasn’t even engaged to the dude, let alone married with kids. But oh no, she gets called a slut because she’s Kristen Stewart, she gets her career fucked because she’s Kristen Stewart, and the dude gets off scott free.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let’s talk about how she is incredibly shy and anxious (rather, incidentally, like Chris Evans) but does film anyway, because she’s just that awesome.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fuck your noise. She’s not the best actor in the world but she sure as hell doesn’t deserve that kind of shit.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Preach it to infinity and beyond&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50953901921</link><guid>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50953901921</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:31:47 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>aneclecticcontradiction:

elemenop.tumblr.com
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8da9fad9696fc96a7b7b4edf639f464f/tumblr_mn1wnbKzL61r7fsa9o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://aneclecticcontradiction.tumblr.com/post/50823265728/elemenop-tumblr-com" target="_blank"&gt;aneclecticcontradiction&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;elemenop.tumblr.com&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50953661455</link><guid>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50953661455</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:28:52 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>symphonyofstardust:

 
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e6e0e24f6db1116c9f69e613619ce480/tumblr_mka8o6ZLwN1qfk5vjo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://symphonyofstardust.tumblr.com/post/46895593236" target="_blank"&gt;symphonyofstardust&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dustjacketattic.tumblr.com/post/46795450411/eugenia-volodina-by-bruno-dayan-tatler-russia" target="_blank"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50953452327</link><guid>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50953452327</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:26:22 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>thedecorista:

The kind of chandelier that makes you swoon. ya,...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b1553b9995321215f410f7a6ba2bb851/tumblr_mn4gjoef4P1qazgvfo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thedecorista.tumblr.com/post/50947501993" target="_blank"&gt;thedecorista&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The kind of chandelier that makes you swoon. ya, this is one of them. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;via @papercitymag&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50953129688</link><guid>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50953129688</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:22:25 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>"It’s a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical mind."</title><description>“It’s a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical mind.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;Naguib Mahfouz&lt;/span&gt;  (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thatkindofwoman.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;thatkindofwoman&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50952870233</link><guid>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50952870233</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:19:16 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>simplyorthodox:

myownequilibrium:

awkwardsituationist:

98...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/28e5c6b27e8aa11b9ed71b809da32cd6/tumblr_mmw382pEYB1s3ggdno1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9c4c2f69631f04d04d67fca46890bcf5/tumblr_mmw382pEYB1s3ggdno2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1a69be0211dd0e26320f0f5dbf8d745c/tumblr_mmw382pEYB1s3ggdno3_r1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://simplyorthodox.tumblr.com/post/50835784806" target="_blank"&gt;simplyorthodox&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://myownequilibrium.tumblr.com/post/50654956773/awkwardsituationist-98-year-old-dobri-dobrev-a" target="_blank"&gt;myownequilibrium&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://awkwardsituationist.tumblr.com/post/50604116393/98-year-old-dobri-dobrev-a-man-who-lost-his" target="_blank"&gt;awkwardsituationist&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;98 year old dobri dobrev, a man who lost his hearing in the second world war, walks 10 kilometers from his village &lt;/small&gt;&lt;small&gt; in his homemade clothes and leather shoes &lt;/small&gt;&lt;small&gt;to the city of sofia, where he spends the day begging for money. &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;though a well recognized fixture around several of the city’s chruches, known for his prostrations of thanks to all donors, it was only recently discovered that he has donated every penny he has collected — over 40,000 euros — towards the restoration of decaying bulgarian monasteries and churches and the utility bills of orphanages, living entirely off his monthly state pension of 80 euros and the kindness of others.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wow.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I would love to meet him one day &lt;3 A true example of the genuine Orthodox Christian life!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50945434593</link><guid>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50945434593</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:44:39 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>"I think we forget the importance of being appreciative, of saying thank you and being grateful. We..."</title><description>“I think we forget the importance of being appreciative, of saying thank you and being grateful. We sometimes think that we are going through our journey of life alone, when most of the time they’re plenty of people helping us get by every day. Let’s not forget the ones who make sure we get there. Be grateful.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;(via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://stevenrosas.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;stevenrosas&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50944867523</link><guid>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50944867523</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:37:16 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/77a832498d3b366e08fdacefd54d213d/tumblr_mma33j7nsS1sotsfeo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50944459872</link><guid>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50944459872</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:31:54 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>victorielle:</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c8ec2ad91afa029227be567a0ef2bd39/tumblr_mmjzqz6TTR1rxssuno1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://victorielle.com/post/50374183067" target="_blank"&gt;victorielle&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50943927185</link><guid>http://gypsymc2.tumblr.com/post/50943927185</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:25:00 -0700</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
