By definition, a soothsayer is: One who claims to be able to foretell events or predict the future; a seer. In truth, I am not a trendsetter or a soothsayer, but I have eyes and I love to see how the past and present informs the future. Come look around with me.Tumblr (3.0; @thesoothsayerssecret)http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d97f7224bad8183d0d21e2892749931b/tumblr_mmloenSQjn1qzd0s7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theblackbook.tumblr.com/post/50110582436/teeny-tiny-too">theblackbook</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/notcatherinezeta/1337060428/" title="teeny tiny too">teeny tiny too</a> </p> </blockquote>http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/50968487929http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/50968487929Mon, 20 May 2013 21:42:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f9ff15eede7cae138516e5a27132d72c/tumblr_mgzeznIN2a1qe0lqqo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://bremser.tumblr.com/post/50654582818/john-gutmann-san-francisco-1938" class="tumblr_blog">bremser</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>John Gutmann, San Francisco, 1938</p></blockquote>http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/50784544927http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/50784544927Sat, 18 May 2013 20:44:28 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7b23ce2fb6001f9790a393d788d37705/tumblr_mmr52cOfVN1qznyovo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://rulesformyunbornson.tumblr.com/post/50359272994/this-garden-kills-fascists" class="tumblr_blog">rulesformyunbornson</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>THIS GARDEN KILLS FASCISTS.</p></blockquote>http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/50461977844http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/50461977844Tue, 14 May 2013 18:14:19 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1db653345ebaab3a661cc9a663234173/tumblr_mls9wfx7M91qmok69o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/49571513783http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/49571513783Fri, 03 May 2013 22:14:17 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0bb400b714a46116749533030039ca91/tumblr_mlpvebK2Yf1qac08mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vintagestampdesigns.com/post/48700320822/ryukyu-islands-postage-stamp-textile-monkey-c" class="tumblr_blog">stampdesigns</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/karenhorton/8675884100/in/photostream" title="Ryukyu Islands postage stamp: textile monkey">Ryukyu Islands postage stamp: textile monkey</a></p> <p>c. 1967</p></blockquote>http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/48752511073http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/48752511073Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:10:09 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6b677e52f16579bedc2c46886056de98/tumblr_ml9est8WVN1qdcaroo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Physalis. Img <a href="http://fr.questmachine.org/wiki/Recette_:_Filet_de_b?oeuf_aux_physalis_et_petits_oignons_confits" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/47975626089http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/47975626089Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:14:53 -0700plants“No, I am not putting you on the Rice Diet. Eat what you like. I am thinking of you, student in your dorm room. You, solitary writer, artist, musician, potter, plumber, builder, hermit. You, parents with kids. You, night watchman. You, obsessed computer programmer or weary web-worker. You, lovers who like to cook together but don’t want to put anything in the oven. You, in the witness protection program. You, nutritional wingnut. You, in a wheelchair.”<br/><br/> - <em>Roger Ebert, from <a href="http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2008/11/the_pot_and_how_to_use_it.html" target="_blank">The Pot and How to Use It</a>. I’m thinking of you, Roger.</em>http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/47292110637http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/47292110637Sat, 06 Apr 2013 11:12:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b2c749ca93f5baa65ec2f2b1466a3ac6/tumblr_mk0qbwNB9Z1qdcaroo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hairpin, England, c. 1830. Buy it <a href="http://www.1stdibs.com/jewelry/more-jewelry-watches/more-jewelry/coral-gold-hair-pin/id-j_86790/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/45917967841http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/45917967841Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:11:56 -0700jewelry“The partridge of Arabia and those parts is understood to cry, Bi’l shakar tadawn al ni’am (with sugar pleasure endures)!”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://openlibrary.org/books/OL13995470M/The_Babur-nama_in_English" target="_blank">The Baur-nama (Memoirs of Babur)</a></em>http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/45813831131http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/45813831131Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:05:14 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0c7f9c2546d0879bb16f8656d7ab2395/tumblr_mjoi1pozwA1qdcaroo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Artus Scheiner, via <a href="http://50watts.com/Golden-Age-Bohemian-Artus-Scheiner" target="_blank">50 Watts</a>.</p>http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/45387853887http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/45387853887Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:41:49 -0700Illustration<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6ee538ad709f7e74f88c940e753940fc/tumblr_mjohvuD5TN1qdcaroo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Those shorts! Found <a href="http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/on-the-street-lina-new-york" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/45387571797http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/45387571797Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:38:18 -0700patternfashion<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/050ff15f15606271f507dda70cb8a8fe/tumblr_mjohs6Dgjq1qdcaroo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lollipops via <a href="http://miekewillems.blogspot.com/2012/10/on-plants.html" target="_blank">Mieke Willems</a>.</p>http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/45387394560http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/45387394560Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:36:06 -0700Candy<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/24c93ca2949573e71c86fb83ac263c74/tumblr_mjohmp8vbs1qdcaroo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Penhaligon’s 2012 Christmas Gift Collection, via <a href="http://lovelypackage.com/penhaligon%E2%80%99s-christmas-gift-collection-3/" target="_blank">Lovely Package</a>.</p>http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/45387137363http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/45387137363Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:32:49 -0700packaginggift wrapboxes<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3ef912061320ef08a81531f5e90fe41c/tumblr_mjohj1mLNG1qdcaroo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/04169bf98fd0fb01206f2527dd636503/tumblr_mjohj1mLNG1qdcaroo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5d6aa2e88728be30882377b19f19a516/tumblr_mjohj1mLNG1qdcaroo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Vintage magazine covers from Japan, via <a href="http://50watts.com/30-Vintage-Magazine-Covers-from-Japan" target="_blank">50 Watts</a>.</p>http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/45386967705http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/45386967705Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:30:37 -0700graphic designvintage<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3e08e23630b7329238dd9781e83041fb/tumblr_mjohcxBNxP1qdcaroo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Via <a href="http://rivet-head.blogspot.com/2012/11/photo-of-day_27.html" target="_blank">Rivet Head</a>.</p>http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/45386675405http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/45386675405Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:26:57 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4a3cc6c5ddfdcf7e536f67aaa9ed6538/tumblr_mjogvmPN2n1qdcaroo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Found <a href="http://cheezburger.com/6991117568" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/45385838617http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/45385838617Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:16:34 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a08d72a0e1aa68350f0395b80854eacf/tumblr_mjogst6roL1qdcaroo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.maxspringer.net/" target="_blank">Max Springer</a>, <em>Where Are We Again?</em> As seen on <a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/max-springer" target="_blank">It’s Nice That</a>.</p>http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/45385705470http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/45385705470Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:14:53 -0700artsculpture<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/31144afefa773ab0ad8f8b66f7c0a0ff/tumblr_mjogngOyip1qdcaroo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>As seen on <a href="http://rivet-head.blogspot.com/2013/01/best-of-ebay_16.html" target="_blank">Rivet Head</a> a while back. Love it!</p>http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/45385447653http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/45385447653Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:11:40 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2c1a59f3da90f3072f6a6094772993ba/tumblr_mjogku3Dlo1qdcaroo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Babette’s Feast, 1987. As seen on the lovely <a href="http://dark-victory.com/?p=2057" target="_blank">Dark Victory</a>.</p>http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/45385321836http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/45385321836Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:10:06 -0700hairbraid<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/92318bf6e451884cf65476b372671550/tumblr_mjogid4MJG1qdcaroo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Seen <a href="http://cheezburger.com/7059243776" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/45385205085http://thesoothsayerssecret.tumblr.com/post/45385205085Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:08:37 -0700