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Warmth in the Archives

April 8, 2018 ·

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.”

This has been a long winter, but perhaps not in the way you might think.

I relish long winters, the kinds with weekly snowstorms and the biting cold that pushes its way through scarves and mittens. The kinds with heaps of snow falling from tree boughs with a satisfying “farumph.” The kinds with hockey on frozen frog ponds and snowshoeing through silent forests.

Those kinds of long winters I count as old friends because those are Maine winters. But here in the Finger Lakes region of New York, it feels as though winter never properly arrives, and yet also will not move on!

We seem to experience about six months of 30-35-degree weather, too warm for snow and too cold for anything else. Perhaps the winters here have not always been such and we are passing through during a pocket of peculiar seasonal conditions.

Regardless, it has been 6-months of gray skies, cold muck, and no snow to speak of, and I am ready for springtime. And so I have gone back through my photographs from last spring and summer, as I am craving color and texture, life and warmth. And I thought I would share a few with you.

 

Pssst! I have a collection in the works for you. I have started working on my annual springtime collection, featuring ferns and prehnite, leaf-print and twisting tendrils. This will be the third year I have done this collection, and I can’t wait to share it with you!

   

Filed In: At Home, Musings / Tagged: creative process, forest, inspiration, lifestyle, naturalist, nature, photography, springtime, winter

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Today I will be combining orders, refunding shippi Today I will be combining orders, refunding shipping overages, and responding to messages. Pieces continue to float out of the shop, and if you purchase an additional piece I will try my best to continue to combine orders if the first purchases aren't in the mail already! 🩵🌙🦋
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Sooo many familiar names fluttering through the shop catching their butterflies. And so many new names as well. Welcome! 

I love imaging the little collections you've crested for yourselves over the years. Deep amethyst and prehnite rutiles, skittering spiders and bare tree ravens. I bet you've collected the loveliest sets. 🥰
🦋 The “On Noiseless Wing” Collection is in 🦋 The “On Noiseless Wing” Collection is in the shop, sweet summer souls! You can find a direct link on my profile or in my stories. 🦋
Oh! I forgot to let you know here that the blog pr Oh! I forgot to let you know here that the blog preview is up. So it you want to see additional photos, ring sizes, prices, measurements, and inspiration, pop on over there!
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🌼 “ON NOISELESS WING” Collection Release: TONIGHT at 7:00 p.m. EST 🌼
Montana agate, hessonite garnet, and a veritable f Montana agate, hessonite garnet, and a veritable flutter of butterflies passing on a summer's day. 

🌼 “ON NOISELESS WING” Collection Release: SUNDAY, JULY 13th at 7:00 p.m. EST 🌼
Tomorrow, tomorrow, all you painted ladies and sum Tomorrow, tomorrow, all you painted ladies and summertime souls! 🦋🤍☀️
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🌼 “ON NOISELESS WING” Collection Release: TOMORROW, JULY 13th at 7:00 p.m. EST 🌼
The soft swirling browns of a pine elfin wing, and The soft swirling browns of a pine elfin wing, and the constant flutter of a red garnet. 
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🌼 “ON NOISELESS WING” Collection Release: SUNDAY, JULY 13th at 7:00 p.m. EST 🌼
“Summer afternoon – summer afternoon; to me th “Summer afternoon – summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” 
– Henry James
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🌼 “ON NOISELESS WING” Collection Release: SUNDAY, JULY 13th at 7:00 p.m. EST 🌼
🦋 Lilting Blues Earrings 🦋 When I think of 🦋 Lilting Blues Earrings 🦋

When I think of blue butterflies, I think of Vladmir Nabokov, who also lived in Ithaca, New York for a spell, as we did. 

He was an avid amateur lepidopterist, and even discovered and named a few species himself, particularly common blue butterflies. 

There is still a collection of the butterflies he caught and studied at Cornell. We were able to peek at them once a year when Cornell would dust off the archives and bring them out for people to see. 

And so, I named these earrings after those lilting common blues, soft as a summer morning and twice as beautiful. 
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🌼 “ON NOISELESS WING” Collection Release: SUNDAY, JULY 13th at 7:00 p.m. EST 🌼
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