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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art-of-narnia:
“Edmund and Jadis by AlvesJoao
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Edmund and Jadis by AlvesJoao

Artwork found here.

Details: Vanitas, 1645, by Cagnacci Guido (1601-1682).

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thelastenchantments:
“Crossing Hungerford Bridge…
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Crossing Hungerford Bridge…

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nemfrog:
“Canis Major. The beauty of the heavens. 1842.
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Canis Major. The beauty of the heavens. 1842.

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Snowdrops emerge among 18th century houses in the Cotswolds

loumargi:
“Jacques-Louis David - Equestrian portrait of Stanisław Kostka Potocki (1781, detail)
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Jacques-Louis David - Equestrian portrait of Stanisław Kostka Potocki (1781, detail)

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TOM STURRIDGE as Henry VI

The Hollow Crown S02E01 - "Henry VI, Part 1"

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thinking about the kind old sheep farmer who showed me snowdrops in the spring when i was barely bigger than a baby... his memory lives on every spring when gentle white flowers awaken

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european goldfinch eating silver birch seeds