bucolic beauty

About me

Gender Female
Occupation woolgatherer
Location OR, United States
Introduction Hello, and welcome. I am Karrina. This is my humble little corner of the blog world, my second voice, where I speak of what makes my heart happy; my schoolteacher husband, our two children, living on the banks of a river in the wilds of Oregon, gardening, photography, dusty old books, soulful music, feathers, gipsies, la vie boheme, Queen Anne's Lace, sunlight streaming through windows, shadows, vignettes, dappled sunlight, rain, fog, rolling green hills, a rooster's crow, a steaming cup of coffee, whistling kettles, embroidering, the sound of my children laughing, a lazy Sunday morning, the scent of lavender, fresh hay, the glory of autumn, sand between my toes, the bleached beauty of winter, mushrooming, fields flocked with sheep, old barns, tea, curling up with a beloved novel and finding beauty in the every day.
Interests creating memories with my family, photography, gardening, herbs, tea, fairy tales, novels, poetry, mushrooming, the Victorian Era, la vie boheme, cooking, baking, gipsies, faeries, woolgathering, collecting coffee mugs, laughing, crying, loving, living.
Favorite Movies The Young Victoria, Miss Potter, Sense and Sensibility, Moulin Rouge!, The Princess Bride, Bright Star, The Wings of the Dove, Jane Eyre(Masterpiece Classic version), The Jane Austen Book Club, Wives and Daughters, The Notebook, Amelie, Ever After, The Duchess, Across the Universe, Pan's Labyrinth, Phoebe In Wonderland, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Almost Famous, Dazed and Confused, Cranford, Sense and Sensibility, Coraline, (500)Days of Summer
Favorite Music Priscilla Ahn, Loreena McKennitt, Hayley Westenra, Kate Rusby, Johnny Cash, Tom Waits, Willie Nelson, The Eagles, Hank Williams, Vagabond Opera, classical, old-time country, traditional Celtic, Jolie Holland, Jack Johnson, Ray LaMontagne, The Avett Brothers, Mumford and Sons, Of Monsters and Men
Favorite Books Wuthering Heights, The Mists of Avalon, To Kill A Mockingbird, Gone With the Wind, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, The Kite Runner, Sword of Truth series, Harry Potter series, A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Other Boleyn Girl, Angela's Ashes, The Secret Life of Bees, The Devil Wears Prada, Summer Sisters, The Hobbit, The Jane Austen Book Club, The Namesake, Jane Eyre, North & South