where I'm coming from

Morning: when I wake up and it's still dark, I put the fairy lights on, turned the radio to the classical station, and do yoga.

Sometimes, I stay in bed, and let the light come in very softly.

Evenings:

Now, stir the fire, and close the shutters fast,
Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round,
And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn
Throws up a steamy column, and the cups
That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each,
So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
                                   -William Cowper

autumn's last hurrah

I took these on various walks over the last few weeks. Frost has started to accumulate on the ground, and snow is sticking at my mom's home fifteen miles away. It's not long till winter here.

I can never choose a favorite season; I'm looking forward to the fresh white blanket of snow, cozy mornings, chilly walks and skis. But the last hurrah of autumn is so beautiful before everything goes to sleep.

              Two moments from this weekend. Oh, and I am beginning to love Tennyson.

I spent a long time last night looking at scholarships to art schools. I'm dreaming of being in a studio in the mornings...

In the stormy east-wind straining,

The pale yellow woods were waning

The broad stream in his banks complaining,

Heavily the low sky raining

         Over tower'd Camelot...

                                 -Alfred, Lord Tennyson, ("The Lady of Shallot")

It was raining when I woke up this morning.

Well, I decided what I want my new hat to look like.

(Annie Larson's shop.)

the ladies

So far, the names are Estelle, Audacity, Harriet, and Irene. We're taking our time naming them.

I discovered this gorgeous song today (from this lovely blog.)

winter walk

I went out the other day, and it was freezing when I first when out, until the sun came out.

This morning, I am eating peanut-butter granola. I gave my chickens some new straw.

"I am not afraid of storms for I am learning to sail my ship."-Louisa May Alcott

I wish I felt like that all of the time.

A gentle introduction.

Hello.

My name is Robin. I've begun a blog, and this is the first thing I am showing you.

This is my desk. When I stopped to take this picture, I was drawing a small collection of things and eating a piece of toast.