Empress Maria Feodorovna (wife of Paul I, not the other one) commissioned a diadem from the famous Duval Brothers. The Empress wanted something that would remind of the Russian fields, and so the brothers created a diadem of oak and laurel leaves, bordered by sheaves of wheat.
away from all of reality
Aries: When they try hard to lead and take control of something but fail and get frustrated and their brows furrow and they get flustered. And shift their weight from one foot from the other.
Taurus: When they play with their hair and sit quiet and patient and give you little and caring smiles to you from across the room and their eyes spark up because you smiled back.
Gemini: When they are trying to talk and they go too fast and their words tangle up into bunches and start to blush a bright crimson and giggle trying to untangle their words but stumble them up more.
Cancer; When they try to explain something but they don’t know how to, and they start to look at the floor and hide their face. And they start to get shy and they apologize over and over for no reason.
Leo: When they try to cheer you up but they cant and they start to feel bad and play with their hands and pace back and forth to figure it out. And they start to try to distract you by cute little pointless questions.
Virgo: When they get upset and fuss about it and pout their lip and cross their arms and give you big wide-eyed puppy dog eyes. And bit their lip while gazing at you still with those eyes.
Libra; When they start to laugh silently at something you said then it get louder and their eyes spark up and they cover their mouth with their hand and tries to stop their uncontrollable laughter.
Scorpio: When they start to look at you with these utterly bright eyes and look away quickly when you notice, and after a while they come over and talk about their day with and how amazing it was because they got the solo or something like that.
Sagittarius: When they get so excited about something they start to sway back and forth and go around in circles and jump up and down and ramble on how excited they are.
Capricorn: When they are working so hard on something and they spin around on their rolling chair and lay on the floor trying to think and when they are writing they slightly stick out their tongue out of their mouth.
Aquarius: When they get so tired after a very long day and rest their head on your shoulder and play with the bracelets you’re wearing. And tells you little childhood stories and asks you for random advice.
Pieces: When they start to draw on their hand with a pen while carrying a steady conversation and not noticing they are drawing on their hand until you point it out and they smile and whisper, “oh.”
i really need to drive to a field in the middle of nowhere and scream for hours
It was a huge disappointment as a child to fall in love with the stars and then find out how much math it requires to get anywhere near them.
i just want all my secrets back, i don’t want anyone to know anything about me anymore.