Longfellow Poetry Pin-Keep

Snow~Flakes

Out of the bosom of the air

Out of the cloud~folds of her garments shaken,

 

 Over the woodlands brown and bare,

Over the harvest~fields forsaken,

Silent, and soft, and slow

Descends the snow.

  Even as our cloudy fancies take

Suddenly shape in some divine expression,

 Even as the troubled heart doth make

In the white countenance confession

The troubled sky reveals

The grief it feels.

   This is the poem of the air,

Slowly in silent syllables recorded;

 This is the secret despair,

Long in its cloudy bosom hoarded,

Now whispered and revealed

To wood and field.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

January 18th, 2012

 Dear Diary

This morning I woke up to falling snow...the sky was downcast and melancholic...a perfect day to hike our rocky beaches. I love the feel of the coast in winter...some say it's depressing...you either have to revel in it or curl up and get depressed by it...I choose to revel in it. It was a very grey day, damp and chill...the kind of chill that numbs your hands in seconds. But I loved it...I love this wild quiet place...close to the big city but yet...it feels like you are a thousand miles away. Bald eagles alight on giant cedars, sea otters eat their catch on rocky outcrops, seals flit and fly through the water. Growing drowsy from the cold...relaxed and content...home for tea.

Homemade London Fog Tea 

    1 big mug of strong Earl Grey Tea. I like to preheat my mug with hot tap water before I pour my tea...me hates lukewarm tea.
  a good healthy splash of Organic Cream
3 TBSP Organic Vanilla Extract.

2 Packs Stevia Powder...I love really really sweet tea.

Will warm the cockles of your heart.

One of my favorite things to do is collect poetry...really visually inspiring poetry, I write it out, put it in my pocket, then go outside with my camera to search for landscapes that match the poem. Researching and reading Mr. Longfellow's poems inspired me to create a Mr. Longfellow Pin-keep.

Faded blues, Forget Me Not Flowers, French General Fabric, Linen Backing.
Ivory buttons, seam binding ribbon and a few tarnished pins embellish this piece. And one old vegetable ivory button to hold them all together...on the back.

Cheers,

Cold and Chilled Susan