ROBIN'S NEST

for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death,”
― John Keats, Ode To A Nightingale

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.

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enchantedengland:
“ Snow makes all things lovely, but I think Oxford University (Oxfordshire, England) is the indisputable winter winner. (hazyphotos flickr)
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   Snow makes all things lovely, but I think Oxford University (Oxfordshire, England) is the indisputable winter winner.  (hazyphotos flickr)

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Details from the painting Medea meditating on killing her children (1852), by Bezzuoli.

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coffeeforthemoon:
“© Ksenia Skosyrskikh
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© Ksenia Skosyrskikh

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Listening to silence - Jo Barry

British, b. 1970 -

Hand colored etching

ancient-serpent:
“Mariner’s compass c. 1750 (National Maritime Museum, London)
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Mariner’s compass c. 1750 (National Maritime Museum, London)

leadingtone:
“Manuscript of the first page of the Winterreise cycle.
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Manuscript of the first page of the Winterreise cycle. 

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THE COMPANY OF WOLVES (1984) dir Neil Jordan

Rosaleen & The Huntsman / The Wolf

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all souls college, university of oxford

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Monastery Garden in Snow, c.1829 - oil on canvas
Karl Friedrich Lessing (German, 1808-1880)

papillon-de-mai:
“Robert Lefèvre — Pauline Bonaparte. detail. 1806
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Robert Lefèvre — Pauline Bonaparte. detail. 1806

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