Emily Jane Rothwell 🖤🌸🖋️

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PhD candidate/historian/writer•♥️ history+art history, literary childhoods, intellectual pasts, books, prints, myths, maps, fairy tales, old sites, & the cozy+kind• Canadian🍁• #GoSensGo #BlueJays50• (my other account is hacked)•♥️ kindness🍃•

A bear & a fox, two friends, enjoy some stargazing together on a clear night, as stars & the moon illuminate the sky —they sit on old rocks on the edge of a lush forest on a hill.
A luminous ghost visits with an owl in his tree home in a story by Otfried Preussler.
A woman, with her back to us, wearing a white dress looks out over a night landscape as magical lights & stars glow in the distance beyond & large leafy trees surround her. It’s an enchanting scene.
A confident & sage bunny wizard, clad in a beautiful & ancient cape & hat, holds a magical, bespoke staff, & looks over his shoulder, as he stands on an ancient rock amidst blooming foxgloves, lilacs, plants & flowers while hiking through the rain. He is magical & so is the scene.
Two hedgehogs enjoy a warm night on a farm, in a flower-filled meadow, near a small, wooden house as an owl flies overhead and blossoms bloom everywhere.
A fox sits on a hill in summer, gazing up at a full moon…he is surrounded by blooming flowers, beautiful plants, trees, and rolling hills, and, in the distance, a cottage sits under the enchanting moonscape.
A stag, a skunk, a turtle, & a fox enjoy their leisure time as friends. The stag & the skunk are carrying stacks of books home, while the fox & the turtle knit quietly under a birch tree.
Zora Neale Hurston is depicted in a photograph wearing a fedora hat & a wool/tweed suit/dress with beautiful & chic beading around the neckline. She appears to be carrying a clutch purse & is elegantly dressed in the late 1930s or early 1940s.
Tiny Thumbelina sleeps in her hammock made of plants and miniature flowers; the surrounding dandelions & small flowers illustrate her small scale in her miniature world. Andersen’s fairy tale explored ideas of the miniature and the small as related to survival & enchantment.
A woman & small children light their Japanese lanterns and hold them glowing on a summer night during the Edwardian era. They are surrounded by flowers as night falls, and the lanterns glow beautifully.
A hare gazes up at a full moon and sees the moon goddess and hare spirit of his ancestors, while sitting next to an ancient tree on a summer night.
Birds huddle together & snooze on a old tree’s branch, as other birds & bats surround the tree home that is glowing with lit windows on a summer night. A squirrel makes his way, wearing a nightcap, to his tree home, surrounded by toadstools & flowers on a full moon night.
An owl soars quietly above a small river and marsh in the countryside of Britain, as hedgerows mark the ancient fields; and in the far distance, a fox makes his way across the field -with a birch tree in the foreground and beautiful plants and trees lush on a summer night.
A fairy sits quietly on a branch with spring blossoms…she sits in silhouette, with her beautiful, ethereal wings, glowing & backlit as stars glow in the night.
Animal friends (badger, rabbit, squirrel, hedgehogs, mole, mice, & birds), gather to have a chat in a green meadow with flowers next to a construction site (perhaps to discuss the encroachment). Overhead, pink flowers bloom as birds listen to the conversation and participate.
There are four illustrations of Mole & Ratty enjoying a day of boating in Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows. All of them show different stages of the boating: from preparing to go on the shore, to painting the boats wood base, to enjoying the day out with a dragon fly overhead as they row, to rowing quietly underneath a huge green weeping willow and enjoying a beautiful day together as friends. The three artists are Moore, Shepard, & Dunn.
Hundreds of wildflowers, diverse in beauty, reach for the morning sun in a beautiful forest. Tree trunks, dark brown in colour, stand in semi-silhouette against the rising sun & its luminous rays.
Anne of Green Gables, as a young woman, stands on a bluff & sand dunes, and looks out at the ocean in Prince Edward Island, while holding her hat and case. She wears Edwardian fashion with her hair up. She looks contemplative. In the distance, the red soil of PEI is visible, as is a distant home/small lighthouse/lightkeeper’s home.
A fairy, called a spirit by Grimshaw, flies over a wooded forest and lake at night. She is clad in a transparent, ethereal gown, sheer & flowing, as her iridescent wings & glowing light surround her in flight, as she extends her arm & magical wand over the landscape.
Swallows soar & fly along sand dunes, among beautiful wildflowers, next to the blue sea and shore on a clear, summer’s day.
Badger & Mole enjoy a cozy night by the fire in the beautiful, ancient library next to a huge and old hearth.
An enchanted, ancient tree home, for fairies or small creatures, glows with its lit windows, small & lit door-lantern, & tree lights as it’s surrounded by fungi, toadstools, flowers, ivy & plants in a magical & misty forest.
A small bird, in silhouette, rests on a tiny branch as dusk falls on a summer night…soft, pink-orange clouds dance through the sky as the sweet bird rests.
A woman recovers from a cold/flu in her bedroom, tucked under a quilt, surrounded by her beloved cats, dog, hot chocolate, books, magazines, twinkle lights, & her lovely window seat…next to a beautiful snowy landscape outside her large window… it’s a very cozy scene.
A fawn sleeps on a forest floor in a clearing on a summer night surrounded by plants, flowers, ancient trees, & a crescent moon far above…in the distance, a fox scampers by, & in the rear distance, a home is visible in the hills.
On a summer night, a woman, carrying a warm & lit lantern, walks towards a glowing and lit, large, ancient tree…the tree is brimming with twinkling enchantment, as stars shine in the night sky, & glowing lights surround the meadow, path, & forest. She is followed by her small kitten.
On a quiet, summer night, flowers bloom in lushness & tall glory as night falls in a soft twilight, and, in the distance, a glowing house’s window illuminates the scene…in the very far distance hills give way to stars.
A bear, raccoon, mouse, and hare all enjoy stargazing on a summer’s night…gazing up with wonder.
Woodland animals and creatures (bear, fox, squirrel, rabbit, mouse, hedgehog, badger, gnome, fairy) toast each other as friends while sitting at a large tree stump in an enchanted forest, as lanterns glow overhead & fireflies/fairies glow, under an arched tree canopy.
A young man sits next to an ancient water fountain in an old European village, looking up at the stars, and taking a moment… the atmosphere is magical and fairy-tale esque.
A lake in Canada in summer is surrounded by ancient pines, pussy willows, gentle plants along a quiet lakeshore. The sun is beginning its slow descent as dusk falls, and the atmosphere is one of softness, stillness, and the dimming of the day.
Fireflies glow and illuminate a forest on a summer’s night as a tree canopy arches overhead.
A bunny writes & and thinks high up in an ancient & leafy green, & welcoming oak tree in summer. His bird friends accompany him as he composes his thoughts and writes.
A hedgehog naps happily while fishing in a pond with lilypads, flowers, reeds, & dragonflies. Two toads conspire to play some shenanigans & take his red rubber boot & hook it to his fishing line for bait.
A man, turned into a tree by a curse, reaches out to put his arms around his love, a woman, as tree branches and a tree canopy grow out from his limbs and back and head. The woman is wearing a medieval/renaissance soft gown.
Two birds fly together over a lush & blooming meadow full of flowers, butterflies, and plants in the summer; in the distance, is an old village behind a hill surrounded by ancient trees, farmers’ fields, & hedgerows.
A red fox gazes up at his friend the owl on a summer & moonlit night, in a lush meadow surrounded by trees, butterflies, flowers, and plants.
Mole & Ratty make their way along a river by rowing in a rowboat, as a full moon illuminates the sky & an owl soars above them; Weeping Willows and ancient trees, surround the river in this moonlit, tranquil scene.
A fawn sleeps quietly in an ancient cave with a lantern hanging from a hook on the rock cave; the fawn is taking shelter from an intense rainstorm as toadstools, and an ancient dragon rock surrounds the cave.
A full moon illuminates a summer landscape as a dirt path wind its way through a lush field of trees, shrubs, & flower beds, glistening in the moonlight with soft dew. Stars shine above puffy clouds in the beautiful moonscape & its enchantment.
Vibrant, beautiful, and colourful books spines line a shelf. They are all fairy-tale editions comprising Hans Christian Andersen and the Grimms. They are magical looking.
Thumbelina, clad in a medieval-esque dress, welcomes a butterfly into her hands, while standing on a lily pad on a placid pond in the beloved fairy tale.
A bird and a mouse have a chat while sitting among lush flowers and blooming green plants and fresh berries in the late summer.
The is sun rising or setting on a lake in summer, as a stand of trees are in the foreground in silhouette…with forests surrounding the placid lake.
An elder mouse reads to their little mouse in bed from classic fairytales in what looks like a tree home; it’s a cozy scene replete with a candlelit table lamp, a quilt, and a wooden bed with tree roots on the walls, and a red, velvet drape.
Two hares leap & jump through a midsummer meadow that is full of beautiful flowers…and in the distance, blossoming trees and other hares enjoy the luminous, warm night under a crescent moon.
Oberon & Titania, clad in a magnificent lengthy & golden gown, meet in the enchanted wood of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Surrounding both of them are their enchanted retinues & entourages, as glowing fairies illuminate the magical forest.
A bunny and an owl look out together over an expansive landscape of mountains, fields, and forests below them. And beside the bunny is a glowing moon that has come down to earth, while stars illuminate the sky magically.
A barn owl expands its magnificent wings and begins to descend, as it flies through the night sky with glowing stardust surrounding it and a luminous moon in the very far distance.
Rabbit and birds surround an old wooden door in summer, which leads to an ancient garden within; an old brick and stonewall surrounds the door and arch, as ivy, plants, flowers and animals surround the pastoral scene & port
A fairy ring, surrounded in midsummer celebrations in a rural forest, enchants with the arrival of summer -as a young woman bends over to take part in the ceremony.
A beloved and worn dirt path makes its way through a forest in summer, as sunlight dapples the leaves and throws an old tree & its leaves into beautiful, golden, backlit silhouette.
A beautiful summer landscape makes up the painting as seaside cottages, inhabit this rural, seaside region; rabbits birds and blooming flowers, alongside ancient walls and hedgerows, make up a beautiful scene.
An otter and turtle ferry across an ancient & beloved marsh, sailing on an old log, driftwood; the turtle carries an old & cherished black tea pot on his back. They are surrounded by beautiful lily pads & old trees, on shore, on a misty & foggy day. The otter wears a lotus flower as a hat. They’re old & dear friends.
A porcupine or hedgehog reads quietly alone in his toadstool & log home …he has a toadstool lamp and is surrounded by trees and flowers in his cosy nook.
A full moon hangs in the sky on a summer night in rural England. In the foreground, wild flowers bloom and old trees arch over an ancient gate… in the far distance rolling hills trace their way under the moon.
In a scene from Peter Pan, Peter flies into the nursery at night as Wendy and the boys sleep, and magical light illuminates the room in Edwardian England.
A woman and her cat take in a calming rain shower while sitting on an old porch peacefully. The scene is lush with green plants, trees, and beautiful wind chimes.
A person with dark hair sits gazing up at a half moon with a magical string tied to the row boat in which they sit. It’s a starry night and the boat sits in the middle of a quiet and placid lake with small hills and forests surrounding it. It’s an incredibly peaceful scene and so tranquil.
A small mouse sleeps so happily on a stack of haystacks in his own little green bed covered in a blue quilt in a barn. He looks very warm and snug… a crescent moon & stars shine brightly through the barn window and a single pink flower sits happily on the window ledge in a water-filled vase; it’s a peaceful and cozy scene.