Valhalla Textiles

29/03/2024

Today is National Vietnam Veterans Day. I'm thankful to have met so many wonderful veterans, and several that went to Vietnam. Their sacrifices will not be forgotten.

25/12/2023

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Merry Yule, whatever it is you celebrate! 🎄🎁🎅🌲

20/12/2023

You know what's WAY COOL?! When you get to support your friend's sons new business. I've known his mama Zeina Aguilar since HIGH SCHOOL and I know she's ONE PROUD MAMA. So of course we had to show up & show love! The ice cream is PHENOMENAL. I'll surely be back for sandwiches next! Well done Melo!
Also, Temecula friends, go check out his place. Next to Francesca's Italian in Temecula on Temecula Parkway!

Melo's Sandwich & Dessert
(31165 Temecula Parkway, Suite G2, Temecula)

https://www.facebook.com/Melossandwichshop

01/11/2023

Rise & shine y'all!!!!!! It's coffee time!!!!!

30 likes, 7 comments. “Coffee time... who else is unpleasant before their coffee?!”

30/10/2023

This season is over, but I'm so proud of my boys. My husband is the green kart, making the pass. Our son is also racing but had to miss this one due to a broken wrist.

10/09/2022

Our thoughts & prayers go out to everyone affected by the Fairview Fire. We have been displaced for a few days, but as of this morning, our home still stands. We remain hopeful that the rain continues to help get the fire under control & everyone safe.

07/01/2022

Hey all. Sorry I've not been around much lately. Started chemo and I'm just wiped out. 24/7. Hope to be feeling better and creating REAL SOON though!

18/05/2021

always KILLS IT with the edits!

18/04/2021

This has been my view from my bed, since Wednesday. Recovering from sinus surgery is BORRRRING. I'm so over it. The upside is that each day (even though they suck) is still better than the day before. So I'm thankful for that. But man.... this is absolutely miserable!!

14/04/2021

On this day, in April 11 in the year 882, Vikings defeated a Frankish army in Remich, Luxembourg. The Vikings were led by Guðfrið – a veteran of the Great Heathen Army that pillaged the English isles. This was, however, not first time that Guðfrið and his men put this region under their axes.

Guðfrið had descended on Northwestern Europe in 880, devastating Flanders, the Kingdom of Lotharingia and several cities in the region. He remained a scourge until 882 when Emperor Charles the Fat assembled a considerable force to deal with the Vikings ravaging his realm. As the attackers marched towards Asselt, where the Vikings were camping, they cleverly split up their forces to take the Northmen by surprise.

The attack, however, didn’t go as planned. The element of surprise was spoiled by traitors who warned Guðfrið, which gave the Vikings a chance to prepare for war. Faced with a bloody, pitched battle, Charles decided to withhold his attack. He saw a strategical advantage with laying siege on the Viking camp instead, which could hand him victory without wasting more lives. It was a good idea - in theory.

As the siege proceeded, an extreme hailstorm appeared out of nowhere and severely punished the Frankish forces. The Vikings most likely enjoyed better conditions in their encampment (Thor must have been praised that day). Things got even worse for the attackers when disease started spreading from the rotting corpses that they had piled up. Only 12 days into the siege, it became unbearable for the Franks to wait any longer for Guðfrið’s surrender.

Even though opinions must have differed among the Frankish commanders, Charles the Fat went ahead and sent an envoy to discuss peace terms with the Vikings. Left with little choice (other than starve to death), Guðfrið was forced to come to terms. He swore an oath to the Emperor, promising that he would never again attack his Kingdom.

He also had to accept baptism, becoming a Christian with Charles the Fat as his godfather. In return, Charles made him the Duke of Frisia in Netherlands, which came with both political and financial power. Guðfrið was also given the daughter of the Lotharingian king as wife (she must have been pleased…). He was in other words made a vassal of Charles the Fat, making it impossible for him to break his oath.

The other Viking leader present in the camp, Sigfrið, was apparently neither interested in land nor titles, since Charles had to pay him off with church money.

One would think that Guðfrið would have lived his life happily ever after, controlling Frisia and bedding a princess. However, old loyalties seldom die. As other Vikings raided and pillaged large parts of northwestern Europe in 884 and 885, Guðfrið did nothing to stop them. This infuriated the Franks who summoned him to a meeting where he was accused of complicity. The whole situation got solved the medieval way, with Guðfrið being murdered by local nobles.

Live by the sword – die by the sword.

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08/04/2021

Yep. Up next on the loom! The "Finan" scarf for !!! I'm SO excited for this one! I planned on waiting until after surgery next week. But I couldn't wait to start on it! This is my 2nd TLK scarf! The first was a "Steapa" scarf for Adrian Bouchet. I would be happy to make Uhtred, Sihtric, Stiorra scarves! Maybe I'll find a way to get in touch with them too......I would be stoked.....

04/04/2021

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31/03/2021

Has it really ended though?

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"Vikings Golden Ages Has Ended"
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29/03/2021

Because you know we never pass up a Halfdan video.....
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29/03/2021

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26/03/2021

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20/03/2021

This is fascinating!!!! Discoveries like these, literally change the stories in history!

Should we rethink the role of women in ancient societies? For more than 100 years, a high-ranking Viking warrior was assumed to be male. Dr Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson has been studying the grave found in the 19th Century. Her team carried out a DNA test on the bones, revealing that they belonged....

16/03/2021

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Thank you to for keeping my noggin warm when the MA weather doesn’t know WTF it wants to do!! 🤣

13/03/2021

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This is Kvitravn (White Raven). The opposite of "Odin's Ravn". Inspired by the song Kvitravn.

"Into twilight

Lure you in
Ok
White raven

Veiled and dwelling


Will you follow me

throughout my time?

Will you watch over me

throughout my time?


Spirit-bird

Gave me wings

White raven

Gave me foresight

Chanting

12/03/2021

12/03/2021

This scarf was SO cool to make. I used Wool, Acrylic, and Faux Suede in it. Should be arriving at its destination SOON! Do you think will love it!?

11/03/2021

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10/03/2021

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➽ Happy Odin's Day, Vikings! ᚺᚨᛁᛚ ᛟᛞᛁᚾ!⚔️
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"Small heed didst thou take | to all that I told,
And false were the words of thy friends;
For now the sword | of my friend I see,
That waits all wet with blood.
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Thy sword-pierced body | shall Ygg have soon,
For thy life is ended at last;
The maids are hostile; | now Othin behold!
Now come to me if thou canst!
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Now am I Othin, | Ygg was I once,
Ere that did they call me Thund;
Vak and Skilfing, | Vofuth and Hroptatyr,
Gaut and Jalk midst the gods;
Ofnir and Svafnir, | and all, methinks,
Are names for none but me."
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09/03/2021

08/03/2021

Haven't been feeling well lately. Haven't been making anything lately, either. Just.... dealing with a bunch of garbage really. So. Nothing new to post except a CT SCAN of my beautifully deviated septum😂😂😂How is my nose NOT seriously crooked?!

08/03/2021

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Happy . I just wanted to put this out there (put my armour on just in case I get shot down in flames)... It is entirely possible to admire one woman without tearing down another - in fact, it is entirely possible to admire all these women for different reasons 💪 👊 ✊ 👑

This account is obviously focused primarily on Tudor history and particularly Queen Anne Boleyn. Now as a male, I have never had a problem with admitting that all my role models are women. But one thing I have always found perplexing, is how society likes to put one woman against another. It continues to happen all the time in the media and on social media in discussions and debates. There are countless of modern examples - whether it be the Duchess of Cambridge & the Duchess of Sussex, Kylie Minogue & Madonna, or Britney Spears & Christina Aguilera.

But I also see it happen with women in history as well. Even though these people have been dead for hundreds of years, people are still putting one against the other. Now admittedly circumstances at the time meant that not all of these were on friendly terms with another (to put it mildly), but that doesn’t mean to say that we in 2021 still need to be choosing sides.

Obviously as I run The Anne Boleyn Society, I make no secret of the fact that my favourite historical figures are Anne Boleyn and her daughter Elizabeth I. But that doesn’t mean for one second that I do not have great admiration and sympathy for Catherine of Aragon or her daughter Mary I, Mary Queen of Scots, or in fact any of HVIII wives. I have the greatest respect and admiration for all these women and countless other historical women - not just royal (that I couldn’t fit in the picture 😂) for fighting to survive in what was (and in many ways continues to be) a male dominated world.

How about we build people up, whether they lived hundreds of years ago, or in the present day? How about in 2021 we use social media to spread more positivity in the world?

Apologies for getting on my soap box a little here 😂. Just want to also give a shoutout to the who really get the message of supporting all the wome

07/03/2021

Which is your favorite?!