Robin Purcell (American, b. 1956, New England, USA) - 1: Poppies Above the Bay, 2017 2: Monarch of Carmel Valley, 2017 3: Tejon Ranch Greens, 2017 4: Blue Ridge from Diablo Squared series, 2016 5: Mount Diablo Northern View, 2016 6: A Thirsty Hill, 2017 7: Blue Ridge, 2017 8: Tejon Ranch Spring, 2018 9: Peak Near the Eiger, Switzerland, 2018 10: Seven Layers of Spring, 2018 Paintings: Watercolors on Paper
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Anonymous asked:
Do you have any fun obscure facts about Joan of Arc? She's one of my favorite historical personalities and would like to know more.
peashooter85 Answer:
Before she was captured by the English she had planned to lead a French crusade against the Hussites. She had never really lead an army more than say 5,000 - 10,000 men against an English army no larger than 10,000 men. But she had faith enough in God to take on a Hussite Czech army that numbered around 30,000 which had massacred armies numbering as large as 100,000 or more on numerous occasions. To boot the Hussite commander was a badass looking guy with an eye missing and gnarly facial scars who had never been defeated in battle.
Methinks things would have gone badly for Joan.
Hussites would’ve fucked her up.
This is what happens when you’re a vampire. You have to watch everyone die. Your mother and father. All your friends. Sometimes brutal, like slipping and falling onto a giant spike. Or falling asleep in an autumn pile of leaves and having some of them block your windpipe. Or making the simple mistake of fashioning a mask out of crackers and being attacked by ducks, geese, swans.
What We Do In The Shadows (2014) dir.Taika Waititi
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