The Darkling Thrush I leant upon a coppice gate,When Frost was spectre-gray,And Winter’s dregs made desolateThe weakening eye of day.The tangled bine-stems scored the skyLike strings of broken lyres,And all mankind that haunted nighHad sought their household fires. The land’s sharp features seemed to meThe Century’s corpse outleant,Its crypt the cloudy canopy,The wind [...]
Month: November 2020
Easy Nature Crafts – Number 2 – Make your own Ice Lantern!
Hello everyone! How are you doing? And how are you doing really? As we continue to dance under the Covid cloud, I hope this will provide a little moment of distraction and escapism. It is literally a little light of hope. I first saw this when I was little. It was in a little Christmas [...]
Poetry Mondays – Thankful by Mandy Cidlik.
As it is Thanksgiving this week, I thought I would pick a poem centred around this. Be kind, always. Thankful No ghosts or goblins and trick-or-treats, No candy or flowers for your sweets. No gifts to buy or presents to give, Just be THANKFUL for the life that you live. [...]
Advent of Change – A calendar worth opening.
It seems that with the mess of a year 2020 has been so far, many of us (myself included) are willing to plan for the festive season even earlier than usual. Who can blame us? Don't feel guilty about the little things that make you smile - especially when you can make a positive change. [...]
Poetry Mondays – Winter Trees by William Carlos Williams.
Winter Trees. All the complicated details of the attiring and the disattiring are completed! A liquid moon moves gently among the long branches. Thus having prepared their buds against a sure winter the wise trees stand sleeping in the cold. William Carlos Williams
Easy, Autumnal, Nature Crafts – Number 1
Hello everyone! I thought I would save some of the crafts for half term to last throughout Lockdown 2.0! I came across Mud and Bloom on Instagram, and I was so impressed - please check them out! Mud and Bloom boxes are a monthly subscription delivering seasonal nature and gardening crafts and activities to your [...]
Joe Biden wins the American Presidential Election!
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris holds hands with President-elect Joe Biden and her husband Doug Emhoff as they celebrate Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) - The Orange County Register. Goodness me, this last week has been in utter turmoil since voting began! But I am still living in a little glowing [...]
Poetry Mondays – There’s Nothing Like The Sun by Edward Thomas.
There's Nothing Like the Sun. There's nothing like the sun as the year dies, Kind as it can be, this world being made so, To stones and men and beasts and birds and flies, To all things that it touches except snow, Whether on mountains side or street of town. The south wall warms me: [...]
Poetry Mondays – Pencil and Paint by Eleanor Farjeon
Pencil and Paint Winter has a pencilFor pictures clear and neat,She traces the black tree-topsUpon a snowy sheet. But autumn has a paletteAnd a painting-brush instead,And daubs the leaves for pleasureWith yellow, brown, and red. Eleanor Farjeon
