Friday, December 4, 2009

Saturnine

Happy December!

It is so so so very cold outside! They've predicted snow for next week, and I'm absolutely thrilled. If there's one thing about winter that I love, its those exciting mornings waking up to white outside--and no school announcements on the TV too, of course.

Saturnine IV
Girl, now don't you go getting lost. Dress: thrifted, jeans: American Eagle, boots: thrifted.

There are some exciting transformations going on here at home. My musician brother is getting our uninhabited living room as a studio/bedroom which leaves his old room empty. Dad's agreed I can have it--and my plan for my *second* room? To make a library/study, of course! I'm so excited to get started. I have some ideas in mind...I wanna make it look like this or this or this!

Saturnine I
I dream these dreams.

I've become quite infatuated with the word "saturnine" after reading it in Dubliners today. What a neat word, right in there with my other favorite -ine words: serpentine, elephantine, corvine, ursine, canine, feline, falconine*....

Okay, and for those of you who haven't quite caught on yet: Saturnine refers to one whose ruling planet is Saturn (mine, alas, is Mars...too bad we don't have such a cool word to describe us!) I adore this concept so much. I'm feeling so into astrology today, and even though the rational part of me is disgusted (its all made up) the romantic in me is enthralled (how thrilling!)

*of or pertaining to serpents, elephants, crows, bears, dogs, cats, falcons...

Saturnine VIII
Walk this way, walk this way...

I'm also going to make a friends "post" and start filling it up. I'll be sure to put a link (raccoon-ish in look) over to the right for y'all. I just find it to be so much cleaner than a list of links, and be sure to take a look! There's SO MANY wonderful blogs out there that inspire me endlessly.

Saturnine V
Do I look unhappy? Maybe a tad. These pictures were shot in the pouring rain.

Before I leave you, I just wanted to leave a hint as how I'm spending tomorrow evening...

Saturnine VI
;-)

"A midæval doctor would have called him saturnine."
-
dubliners James Joyce

5 comments:

well said...

Hi there.
You should post more, but don't make crappy posts. The pictures rock, and you're a good writer.
I say you should try to post at least weekly, but go for about twice per week? That'd be awesmoe.

Keep going; it's good.

Rebecca, A Clothes Horse said...

Your plaid dress is so sweet. The stories behind Astrology are so interesting, but I took an Astronomy class once and my teacher totally smashed all Astrology things to smithereens!

Amelia said...

Lovely pictures! I adore the 2nd one. Also, that plaid is perfect.

Faux Naif said...

your pictures are always so lovely!

JenniAsh said...

I love the 'I dream these dreams' photograph of the rain drops distorting sight.
It's both bizarre and simplistic but intriguing and paired with that little quotation I think it ties it up nicely.

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