tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post2074894537564931445..comments2023-05-30T06:26:29.914-04:00Comments on RavenWood Forest: Deep Winter WhisperingValeriannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02621130622153365184noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-5312729538741342282011-01-22T09:18:18.498-05:002011-01-22T09:18:18.498-05:00Velma - wonder if you got the ice storm we did? I&...Velma - wonder if you got the ice storm we did? I'm drawn into the story of your place with your words....<br /><br />Steven - "river mist steaming violet", sounds beautiful!<br /><br />stregata - We had a melt for a day or so, then an ice storm and then more snow... so it is in winter, I wonder if you'll get more...<br /><br />Penny - I love winter through to the end! Even the brown, muddy ending..... its summer that can get a little challenging for me, at least when its extremely hot and humid. <br /><br />mariedodd - yes, I wonder about that....though I do know folks from the northern land who would rather live in the south!<br /><br />Jasmine- I wonder about the smell of snow..... I surely know the smell of rain, for me, I think my association with the smell of snow is the slight tinge of wood smoke I smell when out and about in the forest..<br /><br />sympathy- me too!<br /><br />susan- wonder if the arctic air has come back to you with snow-offerings? <br /><br />elle- welcome to RavenWood, and glad you found some serenity and relaxation reading my stories here.... The land brings me that, for sure. <br /><br />Joe- oh, glad to offer you that!<br /><br />mermaid- glad to hear you're safe from the flooding, what devastation. Wishing you just enough water...<br /><br />ramona - I did capture one of Pasha's most expressive moments. He's definitely NOT a dull companion!<br /><br />elle- Ahhh, Estonia, I loved visiting there sooo many years ago. Tallinn. In 1984, still so Soviet. Riga, too. I thought Riga quite beautiful, especially the old city.... <br /><br />Della - it definitely inspires poetry in me, this forest. <br /><br />Faery Space- thanks, I'll check it out! Gleeful Green.... funny name!Valeriannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621130622153365184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-79613269065655491172011-01-21T09:26:13.331-05:002011-01-21T09:26:13.331-05:00Hi dear! so sorry it took so long for me to repond...Hi dear! so sorry it took so long for me to repond to the paint color question!!! It is called Gleeful Green and I picked it up at the Ace hardware in town. I love it, but, it does not reflect light, which is a bit of a drag in the winter, especially. It is a warm wonderful feeling, like having moss on the walls all year! hope that helps! Blessings and btw the pictures above took me to another world. Magical! Blessings.Such a Wondrous Place this Faery Spacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11878477149165717581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-30172941755047561282011-01-21T06:47:48.333-05:002011-01-21T06:47:48.333-05:00Wow, 1984, you saw this little nook of Europe duri...Wow, 1984, you saw this little nook of Europe during a very different era then. <br />We had a few days of thaw, now back to a snow blanket over everything - I don't mind winter, I quite like it, but I do wish it didn't last so darn long!elle s'ennuiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16348285449582861799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-17303804820670629652011-01-21T06:05:30.262-05:002011-01-21T06:05:30.262-05:00Your winter forest images are so calming and seren...Your winter forest images are so calming and serene, how lucky to have an abode there :) – it's so full of poetry.Dellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929729508094497950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-18510748020454048582011-01-20T06:03:10.502-05:002011-01-20T06:03:10.502-05:00I'm in Estonia - yet close as it is to Latvia,...I'm in Estonia - yet close as it is to Latvia, I've actually never been there, despite having made plans to go for several summers. I do love kitties, but alas, most of the ones pictured on my blog are not mine :) And my own kitty is a little scaredycat, not nearly as brave and adventurous as Pasha!elle s'ennuiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16348285449582861799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-40932345838967064322011-01-19T20:56:15.235-05:002011-01-19T20:56:15.235-05:00Oh, how I love a good snowed in feeling! Winter in...Oh, how I love a good snowed in feeling! Winter in all its splendor! <br />Pasha is so expressive in his pleading face to be let in. What a beauty is he. Best wishes on your return to classes.ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615254210131699811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-61829979605775042242011-01-19T00:15:31.113-05:002011-01-19T00:15:31.113-05:00So beautiful, Valerianna. And a joy to read when ...So beautiful, Valerianna. And a joy to read when our hot, dry summer stretches into April and even May! We have no flooding here, but up further north, near the town of Carnarvon they've had some devastating flooding, though thankfully no lives lost. News from the East coast continues to shock, just the sheer vastness of it. At the moment we have the opposite problem, not enough water...but this year may be a wet one for us too.A mermaid in the attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01139858546037879539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-38712790368306824162011-01-18T23:58:21.974-05:002011-01-18T23:58:21.974-05:00my heart hums and fills my ears with silent conten...my heart hums and fills my ears with silent contentment whenever i dip into your wonderful blog!Joe Madlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689856999523884499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-44470962763667641242011-01-18T13:28:07.344-05:002011-01-18T13:28:07.344-05:00I love your words and pictures and the stories the...I love your words and pictures and the stories the two create together. I found your blog a few weeks ago, and read through all of it, to the very beginning, in a couple of days. There's something so serene and relaxing about reading about your life in your forest, with Pasha and the foxes and bears and birds and trees... I look forward to each new post. And delighted to find out that you have an ancestral connection close to here - I am a little bit further up north of Latvia. :)elle s'ennuiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16348285449582861799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-43126868821219485122011-01-18T11:29:37.264-05:002011-01-18T11:29:37.264-05:00A wonderful post to read before heading out to the...A wonderful post to read before heading out to the day job this morning, V - Flossy and I have done our slippery flashlight walk along the road, sorry to see our deep fluffy snow of the past few days now turning to rain as the Japanese current swings closer to the Alexander Archipelago again. Blessings to you and Pasha. - susAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17790734873076989843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-42282372917737438762011-01-18T11:19:35.059-05:002011-01-18T11:19:35.059-05:00granddaughter of northern folk... i like that.granddaughter of northern folk... i like that.illustration poetryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05234799027315035658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-27287723954796104832011-01-18T09:31:02.631-05:002011-01-18T09:31:02.631-05:00You live in such a wonderland. So beautiful, and ...You live in such a wonderland. So beautiful, and inspiring. I can almost smell the snow in the woods through your pictures xJJasminehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07101808317736275755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-61556986393883741852011-01-18T08:15:47.250-05:002011-01-18T08:15:47.250-05:00so very lovely - poetry of words and images that b...so very lovely - poetry of words and images that become timeless... i find such comfort in the winter as well... i am drawn to the quiet... my relative hail from scandinavia and northern europe - wouldn't be surprising if there was a genetic connection to the season...mairedoddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01518352870828784085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-79751045014707234232011-01-18T06:35:21.524-05:002011-01-18T06:35:21.524-05:00I'm with Pasha! Only joking. I do find winte...I'm with Pasha! Only joking. I do find winter wondrous but not when it's still around in March and April!Penny Berenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15806619078160825540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-31965170558915680532011-01-18T04:54:08.204-05:002011-01-18T04:54:08.204-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Samualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09497033145557185992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-25057534484986932252011-01-18T01:08:50.216-05:002011-01-18T01:08:50.216-05:00You must have an ancestral connection to the snow....You must have an ancestral connection to the snow...<br />Ours is all melted, except for where it was piled really high while clearing. But winter is not over yet and they are predicting a drop in the temperature, so there may be more to come.stregatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14573668708723922929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-66991886976802805362011-01-17T20:30:30.468-05:002011-01-17T20:30:30.468-05:00today - a winter sky filled with river mist steami...today - a winter sky filled with river mist steaming violet, tangerine and pale blue. the trees rimed with frost. crows on a branch. the trees stand entirely still. we're so blessed with such fullness!!!! stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482310772862064470.post-59788868333161158062011-01-17T20:16:28.211-05:002011-01-17T20:16:28.211-05:00i am right there, right here, in moonlight, in col...i am right there, right here, in moonlight, in cold, in snow, in winter, and in the hope of returning daylight, though i love the darkness quite well. no sundance at day's end, just crows messing about with their roosts in town, out here, an empty indigo sky. weather coming, they say.Velma Bolyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446502295849533888noreply@blogger.com