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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Francisco Ribalta

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hampsteadjoni:
“Girolamo Guiseffi, 1906. Detail from a wedding dress.
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Girolamo Guiseffi, 1906. Detail from a wedding dress.

(GIF) Victorian Oxford students [L-R] Abercrombie Smith (Kit Harington) and Edward Bellingham (Freddie Fox) sit side by side in conversation with their backs to the camera. Edward brings his left hand to rest and slide along the top rail of the garden bench towards Smith.  In 'A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249' dir. Mark Gatiss  [Gif Creator/Editor: k-wame.tumblr.com]ALT
(GIF) Victorian Oxford student [R] Edward Bellingham  (Freddie Fox) sensually slides his hands along the top rail of a garden bench behind fellow student Abercrombie Smith (Kit Harington) as they sit side by side in conversation with their backs to the camera.   In 'A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249' dir. Mark Gatiss  [Gif Creator/Editor: k-wame.tumblr.com]ALT

Kit Harington as Abercrombie Smith & Freddie Fox as Edward Bellingham
LOT NO. 249 (TV Movie 2023) dir. Mark Gatiss

De koning van Thule by Pierre Jean Van der Ouderaa, 1896

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silvaris:
“Castle snowy path by John Pember
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Castle snowy path by John Pember

houghtonlib:
“The procession of the months: the verses by Beatrice Crane; the designs by Walter Crane, [1889].
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Houghton Library, Harvard University
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The procession of the months: the verses by Beatrice Crane; the designs by Walter Crane, [1889].

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Houghton Library, Harvard University

thevoyaging:
“Snowy Day, Oxford, England
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Snowy Day, Oxford, England

photo via theduchess

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A Ghost Story for Christmas:

The Stalls of Barchester (1971, dir. Lawrence Gordon Clark)

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Pierre Jean van der Ouderaa (1841-1915)
"The Smith and his Sword"

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Oxford in Winter

theladyintweed:
“Allan Ramsay (detail)
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Allan Ramsay (detail)

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Haunt me no longer!

Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol & Other Christmas Writings; from 'A Christmas Carol'

art-and-things-of-beauty:
“Deer in a winter landscape by Georges Frédéric Rötig (1873-1961)
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Deer in a winter landscape by Georges Frédéric Rötig (1873-1961)