Tag Archives: storms

Bench Series (Winter)

Posted on January 11, 2022 by anotetohuguette

“Darkness is where the magic of moonlight lives.” – Unknown Before our part of the world became a winter wonderland, there were two days where I happily found myself – sitting at an outdoor table at the “cabin in the … Continue reading →

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Sweet Tidings

Posted on December 16, 2021 by anotetohuguette

“May and October, the best smelling months? December: evergreen, frost, wood smoke , cinnamon.” – Lisa Kleypas A creamy hot chocolate and Harry Potter were my companions today after practicing yoga at home amid the tail end of yet another … Continue reading →

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Wandering

Posted on October 24, 2021 by anotetohuguette

“Listen! The wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves, we have had our summer evenings, now for October eves.” – Humbert Wolfe It’s the first day of autumn and after an early morning rain and atmospheric mist, … Continue reading →

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Crows & Leaves

Posted on November 7, 2019 by anotetohuguette

“On a bare branch a crow is perched – autumn evening.” – Basho It’s the first day that feels like fall – we woke to a tropical-like rainfall that fell in cool, misty sheets rendering the dark green forest in … Continue reading →

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Storm Season

Posted on November 23, 2017 by anotetohuguette

“ Find a part of yourself hidden in the twilight.” – Fennel Hudson, Traditional Angling -Fennel’s Journal – No. 6 With the change back to standard time barely upon us, I woke recently to a darkness in our room that … Continue reading →

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Finding Eden

Posted on April 6, 2017 by anotetohuguette

What came before, she no longer remembered there is only damp stone and ruined walls now, a mean shelter among the tall firs of the silent forest, this new life a blank slate, waiting for what, she did not know. … Continue reading →

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Live Each Day With Extreme Beauty

Posted on June 16, 2016 by anotetohuguette

“ Beauty is the promise of happiness.” – Edmund Burke Even a late Spring storm is a thing of beauty – as I look out my kitchen window, I can see a pure white swan swimming gracefully across the now … Continue reading →

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Twilight Revels

Posted on April 14, 2016 by anotetohuguette

“ The Realm of Fairy is a strange shadowland lying just beyond the fields we know.” – Author Unknown The wind is whistling and howling up against the glass of the balcony windows, a reminder from Winter, even though my eyes … Continue reading →

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Storm Chasing

Posted on February 11, 2016 by anotetohuguette

“…to listen to stars and buds, to babes and sages, with open heart; await occasions, hurry never…this is my symphony.” William Henry Channing I recently missed a storm here in the West End, it happened last Friday evening as I … Continue reading →

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