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“Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort” ~ Jane Austen

Sunrise at Stonehenge today (18th April) was at 6.06am, sunset is at 8.08pm ⛅️

"In pale moonlight the wisteria's scent comes from far away." Buson Yosa (images: Nansei Sakagami/ Kiyokata Kaburagi)

Sunrise at Stonehenge today (20th April 🐣) was at 6.02am, sunset is at 8.12pm 🌞

Always loved this video of Your Love Goes On by the fabulous Hothouse Flowers hothouseflowers m.youtube.com/watch?v=USdBsr…

Colonel Brandon...was silent and grave...his countenance was sensible, and his address was particularly gentlemanlike ~ Jane Austen

I saw pale kings, and princes too, Pale warriors, death pale were they all; They cried—“La belle dame sans merci Hath thee in thrall!” —John Keats, “La Belle Dame sans Merci” Keats’s poem was possibly written #OTD 21 April 1819 in a journal-letter to his brother George.

There comes a Day, One of those glorious deep blue days, When larks are singing and bees are humming, And Earth gives voice in a thousand ways - Then I, my friends, I too shall sing, And hum a foolish little thing, And whistle like a blackbird in the Spring. ~A.A.Milne #EarthDay

The Stray, Harrogate 🌸

Sunrise at Stonehenge today (22nd April) was at 5.57am, sunset is at 8.14pm ☀️

Gustave Doré’s (1832-83) summery dream…

“He is a gentleman, and I am a gentleman's daughter. So far we are equal” ~ Jane Austen

"If you will stay close to nature, to its simplicity, to the small things hardly noticeable, those things can unexpectedly become great and immeasurable." ~ Rainer Maria Rilke 🎨 Stanislav Zhukovsky

Robin Hood's Bay 😍

"It is always what I have already said: always the wish that you may find patience enough in yourself to endure, and simplicity enough to believe; and that you may acquire more and more confidence in that which is difficult." ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

Bren makes exceptional videos talking all things books, I am truly honoured to get a mention in this one. Thank you Bren 🙏

Haven’t managed to follow posts recently but hopefully get back to it in near future. A wave to the poets, artists, musicians whose posts I enjoy reading. 💜

fragmentedvoices.com/2020/05/27/two…

Dante and Devotion. Named after Italian 13th century writer Dante Alighieri, Dante Gabriel Rossetti published a translation of the ‘Vita Nuova’ (New Life) by Alighieri - a group of sonnets detailing Dante’s unrequited love for Florentine gentlewoman Beatrice Portinari.