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.
Tyntesfield, Somerset
“He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.”
— From Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (1862).
St. Maelruans Church, Tallaght, Co. Dublin by David Soanes
Mr. Fezziwig`s ball in A Christmas Carol (1999), director David Hugh Jones
A man looses his umbrella on a windy and snowy day. London. 1962.
Beatrix Potter (British, English ) • The Rabbits' Christmas Party (generic title) • Drawing: watercolour and pen and ink over pencil on paper • 1892 • Virginia and Albert Museum, London
This drawing is one of a narrative series of four finished watercolours in the Linder Bequest known as ‘The Rabbits’ Christmas Party’.
For dessert, the rabbits roasted apples. They tied apples to strings and hung them by the fire. The rabbit who watched them used a cabbage leaf to keep her face from getting too hot. After all of the food and exercise, some of the rabbits had trouble staying awake around the warm fireplace.
– Excerpt from The Rabbit's Christmas Party
The Garrick Inn : the precise date of the construction of the half-timbered building is unknown. However, it is considered to be 1594 with parts dating back to the 14th century, making it one of the oldest buildings in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK.
from The Hunt of the Unicorn, tapestries, 1495-1505
Hever Castle, Kent.
The Shambles is a historic street in York, England, featuring preserved medieval buildings, some dating back as far as the 14th century. This stunning photo was captured by Dave Z Photography
A female great spotted woodpecker (Winterwatch - BBC)
HERCULE POIROT'S CHRISTMAS (1994)
dir. edward bennett