I came upon this pattern on the inside of an antique book dated 1763. An inspired visual poetry of fruit and berries. Simple, humble, and irresistibly beautiful.
Each year when October arrives I am reminded of this poem, which I committed to memory in grade school. Today – the first day of October – does not conform to the sentiments expressed here (rain and possible storms are predicted), but I know the rain will soon give way to the beautiful weather and the feelings generated by this poem. October’s Bright Blue Weather by Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885) O suns and skies and clouds of June, And flowers of June together, Ye cannot rival for one hour October’s bright blue weather. When loud the bumblebee makes haste, Belated, thriftless vagrant, And Golden-Rod is dying fast, And lanes with grapes are fragrant; When Gentians roll their fringes tight To save them for the morning, And chestnuts fall from satin burrs Without a sound of warning; When on the ground red apples lie In piles like jewels shining, And redder still on old stone walls Are leaves of woodbine twining; When all the lovely wayside things Their white-winged seeds are sowing, And in the fields, still green and fair, Late aftermaths are growing; When springs run low, and on the brooks, In idle golden freighting, bright leaves sink noiseless in the hush Of woods, for winter waiting; When comrades seek sweet country haunts, By two and two together, And count like misers , hour by hour, October’s bright blue weather. O suns and skies and flowers of June, Count all your boasts together, Love loveth best of all the year October’s bright blue weather. Helen Hunt Jackson was an American poet and novelist. She was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, where her father was a professor in Amherst College, but she spent much of her life in California. Hope your October will be lovely!
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Tug Rice's work has been beautifully reproduced on this commemorative mug, expertly handcrafted by the Halcyon Days artisans. Shop Mugs at Fortnum's.
Queen Elizabeth's timeless style continues to exceed our fashion expectations. Here are the best Queen Elizabeth outfits and a collection of classic fashion statements.
In contrast to today's rather mundane spawn of coffeehouse chains, the London of the 17th and 18th century was home to an eclectic and thriving coffee drinking scene. Dr Matthew Green explores the halcyon days of the London coffeehouse, a haven for caffeine-fueled debate and innovation which helped to shape the modern world. From the tar-caked wharves of Wapping to the gorgeous lamp-lit squares of St James’s and Mayfair, visitors to eighteenth-century London were amazed by an efflorescence of coffeehouses. “In London, there are a great number of coffeehouses”, wrote the Swiss noble César de Saussure in 1726, “...workmen habitually
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"Halcyon Days" Albaro, Genoa, Liguria, Italy. A day of peace and sun on a beach in the Albaro district in Genoa, Liguria Print on professional glossy or matte photo paper, available in different formats, with 5 mm white border. The watermark will not appear in the finished product. The photo will be printed by a professional workshop to order, please kindly wait a maximum of 7/10 days for the production and sending of your order, which will be sent as soon as available! For any questions please do not hesitate to contact me! -------------------- I will send your print as soon as it is ready by Poste Italiane. Each order is packaged with the utmost care, assured and provided with track code. I am not responsible for any delays on the part of the delivery service. I am at your disposal, do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or doubts :) Your feedback is very important to me and always welcome! Thank you :)
Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg suggested the distinctive headwear should be imposed on all council officials with the power to hand out fines for minor offences.
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Today we are bringing you another fantastic day trip recommendation. If you're staying with us and looking for a charming, historic village to explore, then we suggest heading off for the pretty village of Saint-Benoît-du-Sault.
Born the son of Scotland's last telescope-maker, Stuart Braithwaite was perhaps always destined for a life of psychedelic adventuring on the furthest frontiers of noise in MOGWAI, one of the best loved and most ground-breaking post-rock bands of the past three decades. Modestly delinquent at school, Stuart developed an early appetite for 'alternative' music in what might arguably be described as its halcyon days, the late '80s. Discovering bands like Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, and Jesus and Mary Chain, and attending seminal gigs (often incongruously incognito as a young girl with long hair to compensate for his babyface features) by The Cure and Nirvana, Stuart compensated for his indifference to school work with a dedication to rock and roll . . . and of course the fledgling hedonism that comes with it. Spaceships Over Glasgow is a love song to live rock and roll; to the passionate abandon we've all felt in the crowd (and some of us, if lucky enough, from the stage) at a truly incendiary gig. It is also the story of a life lived on the edge; of the high-times and hazardous pit-stops of international touring with a band of misfits and miscreants. | Author: Stuart Braithwaite | Publisher: White Rabbit | Publication Date: Jan 17, 2023 | Number of Pages: 320 pages | Language: English | Binding: Hardcover | ISBN-10: 147462412X | ISBN-13: 9781474624121
I REFUSE to acknowledge that summer is technically over, so let’s just blow past that from the get-go. Luckily, I live in Los Angeles, a place where summer never really ends. This long weekend was CRAZY in the best way. I’m needing a detox PRONTO. I spent a few ( blurry ) nights running around... View the Post
Halcyon Days, is Beautiful Bizarre Magazine’s 14th international curated exhibition, and 5th at the prestigious Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco,
Many Hanoians have seen historical photos of the capital’s lost tramway network, which was inaugurated in 1901. What began as a state-of-the-art electric tramway eventually fell into disrepair in the late 20th century, with some lines continuing to function as late as the 1980s. ...
With an estimated value of £420,000 for the entire set, an enthusiast's collection of nearly 200 rare promotional posters includes 31 British rail ads for Blackpool, Yorkshire and other destinations.
Photographer Hazel Gaskin used her personal work to capture candid reportage and portraiture exploring the communities of Albania
It’s loved by visitors to Arrowtown for its historic 1870s bones, but Stevenson’s Cottage is a portal to the halcyon days of this family’s 1980s youth. Words: Claire Finlayson Photos: Rachael McKenna The favourite sport of the Bennetto kids in the 1970s and 1980s? Terrorizing hapless tourists along Arrowtown’s main street. Catherine, Lucy, Edd and Charlie Bennetto, now in their 40s and 50s, vividly recall the cunning tricks they employed to turn the intrusive behaviour of tourists into their own delight — and profit. With the front of their iconic gold-rush-era cottage facing onto the Buckingham Street footpath, proximity to
This unique book, written while the author and his wife have been moving around the Western USA, is full of references to place names, and flora and fauna of California, which reminds one of Californian writing of the 1960s, when poets, beats, and hippies were hanging out in places like Big Sur, Bolinas, Venice, and San Francisco. That resonance brings a level of lyricism to Leftwich's work. But his writing is very different from those halcyon days, though there is a similarity in the attention paid to common moments and things, a Zen-like attitude. But here, words are often juxtaposed with little apparent semantic relationship, making for phrases and lines that create multiple possibilities of meaning and resonance. In Part One of this book especially, each of Leftwich's "stanzas" are separate poems/ worlds/ perceptions/ and each rewards attention. They are not "thought", but mirrors of attention, blank minds open - not like the Californian 1960s at all, where such things were talked about but not manifested so much. Leftwich manifests that kind of mind, as in a classical Japanese Haiku sequence. It requires a kind of open and shifting attention of the reader, an attention that does not include any kind of searching for facile instructions about how to live. It is, rather, documentation of an acceptance and exploration of the relationship between mind and world. - John M. Bennett this week the role of shoes images of hats and nostrils insomuch as the map pages are unreadable illegible desemantized & repetitive | Author: Jim Leftwich | Publisher: Luna Bisonte Prods | Publication Date: Jun 12, 2023 | Number of Pages: 167 pages | Language: English | Binding: Paperback | ISBN-10: 1938521943 | ISBN-13: 9781938521942
Queen Elizabeth II is now a Barbie doll, complete with gloves, sash and tiara.
With the football season under way, we had a rummage through Offside’s archive of Ray Wright’s photos from Goal magazine to see how players rolled in their cribs back in the day
Quick, name the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. How many did you remember? (I only got two correct!) How can it be that something we once knew can be forgotten? Here's the answer: The Great Pyramid of GizzaThe only ancient world wonder that still exists. Hanging Gardens of Babylon A 16th-century hand-colored engraving by Dutch artist Maarten van Heemskerck with the Tower of Babel in the background Statue of Zeus at Olympia A fanciful reconstruction of Phidias' statue of Zeus, in an engraving made by Philippe Galle in 1572, from a drawing by Maarten van Heemskerck Temple of Artemis This model of the Temple of Artemis, also known as the Temple of Diana, in Istanbul, Turkey, attempts to recreate the probable appearance of the first temple Mausoleum at Halicarnassus Scale model of a reconstruction of the Mausoleum, one of many widely differing versions, in Istanbul. The Colossus of Rhodes, as depicted in an artist's impression of 1880. Lighthouse of AlexandriaA three-dimensional reconstruction based on a comprehensive 2006 study. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was the first such list to be compiled and was based on guidebooks popular among Hellenic sightseers and only includes works located around the Mediterranean rim. The number seven was chosen because the Greeks believed it represented perfection and plenty. Many additional lists have been compiled from antiquity to the present day, to catalog the world's most spectacular natural wonders and man-made structures. Various other lists include landmarks such as Stonehenge (England); Colosseum (Rome); the Catacombs (Egypt); Great Wall of China; Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italy); Taj Mahal (India) and others. Images and information from Wikipedia Were you made memorize this list in junior high school? I was, but I suppose it didn't stay with me very well!
