Leather and Lace

A beautiful new camera bag from my sweetheart for Valentines with my crocheted lace shawl in progress. (More on the shawl later...)

Have a lovely weekend!

Ring Out, Wild Bells

 

Ring Out, Wild Bells

 

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,

The flying cloud, the frosty light;

The year is dying in the night;

Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.

 

Ring out the old, ring in the new,

Ring, happy bells, across the snow:

The year is going, let him go;

Ring out the false, ring in the true.

 

Ring out the grief that saps the mind,

For those that here we see no more,

Ring out the feud of rich and poor,

Ring in redress to all mankind.

 

Ring out a slowly dying cause,

And ancient forms of party strife;

Ring in the nobler modes of life,

With sweeter manners, purer laws.

 

Ring out the want, the care, the sin.

The faithless coldness of the times;

Ring out, ring out thy mournful rhymes,

But ring the fuller minstrel in.

 

Ring out false pride in place and blood,

The civic slander and the spite;

Ring in the love of truth and right,

Ring in the common love of good.

 

Ring out old shapes of foul disease,

Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;

Ring out the thousand wars of old,

Ring in the thousand years of peace.

 

Ring in the valiant man and free,

The larger heart the kindlier hand;

Ring out the darkness of the land,

Ring in the Christ that is to be.

 

~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson

 

Wishing you a bright and happy new year!

Glacier calving series taken at Glacier Bay National Park in August 2012. 



Merry and Bright

I wanted to put together a little mixtape of Christmas songs together for you but it proved difficult to transfer it from the computer to my blog.  The few songs I really wanted to share with you were:

Dave Matthew's Christmas Song: Found on his Live at Luther College album (disc 2), the lyrics tell the story of Jesus's life in a genius way.

Sarah McKeown's Christ Child: A Celtic singer, found on her album with Through the Bitter Frost and Snow which is a beautiful collection of winter and Christmas music. Highly recommend!

In the Bleak Midwinter by The Tudor Choir found on Fair with Her Firstborn album.  This is a local professional chamber choir which I'm excited to see in concert this Saturday! 

If you have a few moments and can seek out those songs  either through XBox Music (which is where I found them) or iTunes, etc. 

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!

xoxo ~Annette