Sudden desire to revisit the 17thC.
#biography #english #diarist #restoration #pepys
Dorothy Wordsworth; a dutiful, beautiful songbird, with songs long unsung. #Diarist #Poet #Journalist #StoryTeller #DevotedSister #NotableNotes
#diarist #poet #journalist #storyteller #devotedsister #notablenotes
#December 29, 1956
#OTD Vita Sackville-West, English #Author, #Poet, & #Garden #Designer, wrote in her Journal:
The shortest day has passed,
and whatever nastiness of #Weather
we may look forward to in #January and #February -
At least we can notice that the days are getting longer.
Minute by #Minute, they lengthen out.
#Gardening #Gardener #GardenersofMastodon #Nature #WhiteGarden #Sissinghurst #Diarist #Equinox #Spring #Winter #Writer #Writing #Poetry #Verse #Poem
#December #otd #author #poet #garden #designer #Weather #january #february #minute #gardening #gardener #gardenersofmastodon #nature #whitegarden #sissinghurst #diarist #equinox #spring #winter #writer #writing #poetry #verse #poem
Birthplace and early childhood home of Fanny Burney, novelist, playwright and diarist. Directly opposite is the entrance to King's Lynn Minster. #Novelist #Diarist #KingsLynn
https://www.bl.uk/people/frances-burney
#Chestnuts are delicacies for #Princes and a #Lusty and #Masculine food for #Rustics and make #Women well-complexioned.
- John Evelyn, #English #Writer, #Gardener, and #Diarist
#Autumn #Gardening #Garden #November #Nature #Trees #Tree #Holidays #Roasting
#chestnuts #princes #lusty #masculine #rustics #women #english #writer #gardener #diarist #autumn #gardening #garden #November #nature #trees #tree #holidays #roasting
17 Nov 1688: Samuel Pepys #diarist witnesses James II's will at #Whitehall #otd