tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795037737024485874.post2082282585798069855..comments2024-03-22T12:48:55.797+00:00Comments on Under An English Sky: OHC- Frosty WeatherShirley-Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02678506786099888928noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795037737024485874.post-9713878136738910032013-01-05T22:04:04.095+00:002013-01-05T22:04:04.095+00:00Thank you for your kind words Leslie :o) I do love...Thank you for your kind words Leslie :o) I do love photography. When my girls were small I ran a small photography business - taking portraits etc. But photographing nature is just up my ally. Who knows, perhaps it is an avenue to pursue once our homeschooling season comes to an end :o)Shirley-Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02678506786099888928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795037737024485874.post-25663792963027819712013-01-05T21:57:14.028+00:002013-01-05T21:57:14.028+00:00Oh wow! Thanks Leslie. What a lovely poem. It is o...Oh wow! Thanks Leslie. What a lovely poem. It is one that deserves to be read a couple of times over. There is so much imagery in it! Using it for copywork would be a good way to ponder on the imagery. I think I will add a verse or two to my journal :o) Thanks again for sharing.Shirley-Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02678506786099888928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795037737024485874.post-17510844272790555412013-01-04T22:49:59.248+00:002013-01-04T22:49:59.248+00:00Hi, Shirley Ann!
Today we were reading some winte...Hi, Shirley Ann! <br />Today we were reading some winter poetry, and when I read this I couldn't help thinking of your beautiful frost photos. So I had to share it with you. It is by James Russell Lowell, from "The Vision of Sir Launfal" (which is a very long vision!) Maybe your girls would enjoy using it for some of their copywork!<br /><br />Down swept the chill wind from the mountain peak,<br />From the snow five thousand summers old;<br />On open wold and hill-top bleak<br />It had gathered all the cold,<br />And whirled it like sleet on the wanderer's cheek;<br />It carried a shiver everywhere<br />From the unleafed boughs and pastures bare;<br />The little brook heard it and built a roof<br />'Neath which he could house him, winter-proof;<br />All night by the white stars' frosty gleams<br />He groined his arches and matched his beams;<br />Slender and clear were his crystal spars<br />As the lashes of light that trim the stars;<br />He sculptured every summer delight<br />In his halls and chambers out of sight;<br />Sometimes his tinkling waters slipt<br />Down through a frost-leaved forest-crypt,<br />Long, sparkling aisles of steel-stemmed trees<br />Bending to counterfeit a breeze;<br />Sometimes the roof no fretwork knew<br />But silvery mosses that downward grew;<br />Sometimes it was carved in sharp relief<br />With quaint arabesques of ice-fern leaf;<br />Sometimes it was simply smooth and clear<br />For the gladness of heaven to shine through, and here<br />He had caught the nodding bulrush-tops<br />And hung them thickly with diamond drops,<br />Which crystalled the beams of moon and sun,<br />And made a star of every one:<br />No mortal builder's most rare device<br />Could match this winter-palace of ice;<br />'T was as if every image that mirrored lay<br />In his depths serene through the summer day,<br />Each flitting shadow of earth and sky,<br />Lest the happy model should be lost,<br />Had been mimicked in fairy masonry<br />By the elfin builders of the frost.<br />Leslie aka Mother Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02891915194496109100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795037737024485874.post-64764754293246320352013-01-03T03:23:25.993+00:002013-01-03T03:23:25.993+00:00Shirley Ann, your photos of frost were mesmerizing...Shirley Ann, your photos of frost were mesmerizing. I really thought at first they were black and white images. You certainly have a photographer's eye for capturing beauty in the everyday. Great notebooking too. Outlining in glitter? Love it!<br />My latest post <a href="http://motherrobin.blogspot.com/2013/01/wordless-wednesday-lamest-thrones.html" rel="nofollow"> Lamest Throne</a>Leslie aka Mother Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02891915194496109100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795037737024485874.post-61595384055514723392013-01-01T09:13:21.501+00:002013-01-01T09:13:21.501+00:00Thanks Barb. The girls would have spent much longe...Thanks Barb. The girls would have spent much longer on the ice if I wasn't freaking out on the sidelines - LOL. I allowed a quick 'skate' around the short pier, rushed a couple of snaps and then it was onto firmer ground for them! :o)Shirley-Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02678506786099888928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795037737024485874.post-45601636532558000022013-01-01T09:11:19.993+00:002013-01-01T09:11:19.993+00:00Thank you Cristy - the girls really enjoyed workin...Thank you Cristy - the girls really enjoyed working on their frosty pictures!Shirley-Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02678506786099888928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795037737024485874.post-2017492341457524322013-01-01T09:10:20.689+00:002013-01-01T09:10:20.689+00:00It really was a beautiful walk Angie. Almost magic...It really was a beautiful walk Angie. Almost magical :o)Shirley-Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02678506786099888928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795037737024485874.post-24260508364114302272013-01-01T09:09:39.754+00:002013-01-01T09:09:39.754+00:00Thank you Sarah. I hope you have lots of opportuni...Thank you Sarah. I hope you have lots of opportunity and lots of seized moments in 2013!Shirley-Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02678506786099888928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795037737024485874.post-15870860278589639802013-01-01T09:08:07.801+00:002013-01-01T09:08:07.801+00:00Thank you Robin. I also like the frost - it is so ...Thank you Robin. I also like the frost - it is so delicate and pretty :o)Shirley-Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02678506786099888928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795037737024485874.post-82129618265573240232013-01-01T00:45:57.748+00:002013-01-01T00:45:57.748+00:00Nice pictures! I especially like the frost! Nice pictures! I especially like the frost! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08551330384611568682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795037737024485874.post-1581220076756881962012-12-31T22:42:35.439+00:002012-12-31T22:42:35.439+00:00I love the photo collage and the notebook pages. ...I love the photo collage and the notebook pages. I like how you seized the moment. I need to do more of that!<br />Sarahdstbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12640426092185071874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795037737024485874.post-18479038376794767912012-12-31T20:41:53.207+00:002012-12-31T20:41:53.207+00:00What a beautiful walk! I love the images of the fr...What a beautiful walk! I love the images of the frost. Thanks for sharing with the OHC!Pebblekeeper ~ Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04792217890092486144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795037737024485874.post-85957573461233575192012-12-31T13:50:46.892+00:002012-12-31T13:50:46.892+00:00Oh my! I love your nature pages. The children'...Oh my! I love your nature pages. The children's art work is beautiful. Great job on the collage of frosty items, too. Kudos.Cristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11885394458317264217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795037737024485874.post-2917665909737141322012-12-16T11:37:28.581+00:002012-12-16T11:37:28.581+00:00So proud of you for making time to enjoy your fros...So proud of you for making time to enjoy your frosty world...sometimes you just have to make it a priority. Love you images in this entry and your girls are brave to stand on the ice. Loved hearing about your follow up and seeing your journals too. Thanks Shirley Ann for sharing with the OHC.Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02565810011908156870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795037737024485874.post-73886070338706009132012-12-12T13:23:52.599+00:002012-12-12T13:23:52.599+00:00Please send some of that chilly cold weather over ...Please send some of that chilly cold weather over here!!! I love the water photos :)karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09252685705241032079noreply@blogger.com