I am a shy daydreamer, wanderer of the moors, reader by candlelight, nostalgic soul, rabbit-hearted with pale hands, rosy cheeks, and teary eyes. Lover of classic literature, fairy tales, old folk stories, abandoned ruins, secret gardens, rainy nights, and lost treasures.
A misty spring morning in Bath // ig: kristinelizabeths
Heart; Love
18th Century wood engraving London 1792
The front of Wythenshawe Hall. Restored, with wooden plugs rather than nails, as well as rendering and later ‘improvements’ removed. Only open irregularly with council funding cuts but well worth the effort as an impressive example of a medieval hall. Allegedly there are secret tunnels underneath that connect to the even harder to access (i.e. never open) Baguley Hall.
Daniel Seghers (detail)
The eye of a marble statue from Herculaneum, with surviving paint. Roman before 79 AD.
Full video: WILD FINLAND / Four seasons in Finnish nature, Ossi Saarinen
Daffodils at St Mary's Abbey, York, England.
Sir Hubert von Herkomer (1849–1914), Ivy, 1869, Mixed method engraving on paper.
THE SECRET GARDEN (1993)
dir. agnieszka holland
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, from a letter to Jane Williams written in February 1823, featured in The Letters of Mary Shelley