a mostly goodhearted twentynine year old lady who lives in a land where it’s winter half the year. starlings nest in the soffit along the side of my house and mourning doves roost under the roof above of my door stoop. i fall in love all the time.sometimes i sing.sometimes i make things. Tumblr (3.0; @swarbles)http://swarbles.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/417b485f560bdf898c397f237c36d23e/tumblr_mo4qivT37l1qzs75go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dailyotter.tumblr.com/post/52545135151/otter-gives-her-friend-nice-relaxing-scalp-massage" target="_blank">dailyotter</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Otter Gives Her Friend a Nice, Relaxing Scalp Massage</p> <p>Via <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/55426027@N03/8990932090/" target="_blank">Peter G Trimming</a></p> </blockquote>http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/52546019812http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/52546019812Sun, 09 Jun 2013 10:36:50 -0400oh my gotterswhy can't this be my existence?with you.<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://awritersruminations.tumblr.com/post/52339983290/a-thinking-woman-sleeps-with-monsters" target="_blank">awritersruminations</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>A thinking woman sleeps with monsters.</em> <br/><br/> — Adrienne Rich, from “<a href="http://www.best-poems.net/adrienne_rich/snapshots_of_a_daughter_in_law.html" target="_blank">Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law”</a></p> </blockquote>http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/52340988943http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/52340988943Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:40:49 -0400adrienne richthings that are truesnapshots of a daughter-in-law<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/64aa0d5c13bea71dcdc5bfbf5c4356d9/tumblr_mnrqolc0t31qzs75go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dailyotter.tumblr.com/post/51967693931/something-has-caught-otters-attention" target="_blank">dailyotter</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Something Has Caught Otters’ Attention</p> <p>Thanks, Emily!</p> </blockquote>http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/51972209610http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/51972209610Sun, 02 Jun 2013 11:10:19 -0400oh my gotterswhy can't this be my existence?with you.<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgmuwiuff11qzwhs1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>YES.  dog as my pilot.</p>http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/51431856981http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/51431856981Sun, 26 May 2013 20:06:27 -0400dog as my pilotgood doggiedoggielet me hug youadorable things<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6b1f25f101cf8a61f28d7500738fe5bf/tumblr_mneqezXLTG1qzs75go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dailyotter.tumblr.com/post/51387691465/otters-share-sweet-kiss" target="_blank">dailyotter</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Otters Share a Sweet Kiss</p> <p>Submitted by Sara; photo by <a href="http://www.foxbat.me.uk/2.0/index.php" target="_blank">Andy Brown</a></p> </blockquote>http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/51391322499http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/51391322499Sun, 26 May 2013 10:28:59 -0400oh my gotterswhy can't this be my existence?with you.adorable thingsotter kisses<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1c29d068f2ff462986e45ebb8332cf52/tumblr_mmjreyKGWA1qz581wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/51391301368http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/51391301368Sun, 26 May 2013 10:28:38 -0400adorable thingssloththings i want to hug<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzhu71J5ZD1qac76ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ziarci.tumblr.com/post/51320388988/mattressmountains-blessedrelief" target="_blank">ziarci</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mattressmountains.tumblr.com/post/51320234287/mobbing-sea-lantern-whymper" target="_blank">mattressmountains</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blessedrelief.tumblr.com/post/465023394/mobbing-sea-lantern-whymper" target="_blank">blessedrelief</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://scrap.oldbookillustrations.com/post/457177954/mobbing-sea-lantern-whymper" target="_blank">oldbookillustrations</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Mobbing the great sea lantern</em><br/> Illustration by Charles Whymper, from <em>Birds of the wave and woodland</em>, by Phil Robinson, London, 1894.<br/> Via <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/birdsofwavewoodl00robi" target="_blank">archive.org</a>.</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/51321624864http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/51321624864Sat, 25 May 2013 15:07:10 -0400charles whymperlovely thingslighthousebirds<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqo9vbekzT1qff35ao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://floral-prince.tumblr.com/post/49053036914/closetaffairs-bigcoolscorner-rocky-once" target="_blank">floral-prince</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://closetaffairs.tumblr.com/post/42410081725/bigcoolscorner-rocky-once-again-trying-to" target="_blank">closetaffairs</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bigcoolscorner.tumblr.com/post/9534430188/rocky-once-again-trying-to-convince-himself-that" target="_blank">bigcoolscorner</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Rocky once again trying to convince himself that he is in fact a lap dog.</p> </blockquote> <p>I WANNA CUDDLE HIM FOREVER</p> </blockquote> <p>this picture made all of my problems go away</p> </blockquote> <p>awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwh!!!</p>http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/51108972435http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/51108972435Wed, 22 May 2013 20:20:08 -0400doggiegood doggiethings i want to huga lota lot a lota lot a lot a lot<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fd398b42537a066e05c31ccb042aa8c6/tumblr_mn3xx5ixZG1qavnbio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>THIS DOGGIE LOOKS SO ASHAMED AND THEY SHOULDN’T.  i just want to hug.</p>http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/51108901340http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/51108901340Wed, 22 May 2013 20:19:11 -0400doggiegood doggiei keep accidentally typing good doogie but i keep catching myself<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7764c6156fd2b0acc6a444d81745d147/tumblr_mmss8p4u561qh6pbfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dogswearinghats.tumblr.com/post/51089448485/2011-02-27-13-06-44-jpg-by-hamiltonchu" target="_blank">dogswearinghats</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>2011-02-27 13-06-44.jpg (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hamiltonchu/5560955174/" target="_blank">hamiltonchu</a>)</p> </blockquote> <p>DOGS WEARING HATS IS A TUMBLR THAT EXISTS AND I DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL JUST NOW AND I’M REALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT NOBODY POINTED THIS OUT TO ME SOONER.</p>http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/51108679353http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/51108679353Wed, 22 May 2013 20:16:14 -0400doggiegood doggie<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/812b1dab3749d595a00c2d4678a22d6b/tumblr_mldz0roFa61qgfypzo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/21a1ba308f96cde8946aac3f15fcb23e/tumblr_mldz0roFa61qgfypzo2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3bb992e542031ad5e584cca38dc85df4/tumblr_mldz0roFa61qgfypzo3_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bradfordsox.tumblr.com/post/50490482443/what-a-little-rascal" target="_blank">bradfordsox</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>what a little rascal</p> </blockquote>http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/50492406915http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/50492406915Wed, 15 May 2013 08:31:44 -0400possumadorable thingsonly reblogging possums nowsorry(not sorry).<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/64416feda2e725216851936bcff88b20/tumblr_mmqz820u6I1sn75h6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wandatinasky.tumblr.com/post/50448764625/noonewantsanalien-awwww-cute-so-my-buddys" target="_blank">wandatinasky</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://noonewantsanalien.tumblr.com/post/50448700064/awwww-cute-so-my-buddys-buddy-is-a-vet-colin" target="_blank">noonewantsanalien</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://awwww-cute.tumblr.com/post/50445432691/so-my-buddys-buddy-is-a-vet" target="_blank">awwww-cute</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>So my buddy’s buddy is a vet</p> </blockquote> <p>colin can u be a vet now?</p> </blockquote> <p>i want to so bad</p> </blockquote> <p>LOOK AT THAT POSSUM!  i can’t handle it.  i can’t.  i can’t.</p>http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/50458268115http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/50458268115Tue, 14 May 2013 20:26:26 -0400possumadorable thingsi just want to hug that possum SO MUCH<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2rbvj2AB1qgo9z1o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/50338238047http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/50338238047Mon, 13 May 2013 08:38:14 -0400stop poopingchris traegerparks and recreationstomach virusfood poisoningsomething is wrong with me but i'm not sure what<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/183053b9d119861dc488050c69ce3247/tumblr_mm1wetLIjT1qe0lqqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mpdrolet.tumblr.com/post/49933927856/road-bordered-with-pine-trees-lit-up-will" target="_blank">mpdrolet</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong><span class="xl66">Road bordered with pine trees lit up will </span><span class="xl66">Christmas lights, n.d.</span></strong></p> <p><span class="xl66">Doug White</span> </p> </blockquote>http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/50257883701http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/50257883701Sun, 12 May 2013 10:10:47 -0400doug whitechristmaslovely thingsall the beautiful places i want to be with youlet me live in your belly<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ad037bfde02d95f60efe8aa534bfb5ef/tumblr_mmej31hC1K1s566qeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://brigadierlethbridge-stewart.tumblr.com/post/49813174059/carson-ellis-is-an-extraordinary-human-being" target="_blank">brigadierlethbridge-stewart</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Carson Ellis is an extraordinary human being.</span></p> </blockquote>http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/50257822299http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/50257822299Sun, 12 May 2013 10:09:41 -0400carson ellislovely thingswinter<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a39f3c82f917955a901a26232ad86a8a/tumblr_mixgu0Z78L1qas1mto1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ca7546e9c3aae89c91370a85b3479cb5/tumblr_mixgu0Z78L1qas1mto4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/625ca9169cb5165fd054bc1a5102bca6/tumblr_mixgu0Z78L1qas1mto3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7a4eefb673f5b46a9d1030102394c7fb/tumblr_mixgu0Z78L1qas1mto2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6e75ec9b2eb616d750171f307e57d883/tumblr_mixgu0Z78L1qas1mto5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://christophe-lebreau.tumblr.com/post/44214240362/sosuperawesome-glass-acorn-necklaces-by" target="_blank">sosuperawesome</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Glass acorn necklaces by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/bullseyebeads?section_id=6005831" target="_blank">BullseyeBeads</a></p> </blockquote>http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/50199401729http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/50199401729Sat, 11 May 2013 18:10:39 -0400acornlovely thingsthings that should live with mealso i would like to learn how to blow glass.<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7d211b9bf2c7360f99554d79cfbe74e2/tumblr_mmn39hPT4M1qzs75go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dailyotter.tumblr.com/post/50169358838/one-otter-plays-lookout-as-other-naps-seaweed-bed" target="_blank">dailyotter</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>One Otter Plays Lookout As the Other Naps on a Seaweed Bed</p> <p>Via <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fetlar/8705074884/" target="_blank">Fetlar</a>/Brydon Thomason</p> </blockquote>http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/50170972062http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/50170972062Sat, 11 May 2013 11:30:11 -0400oh my gotterswhy can't this be my existence?with you.<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cb8455557c00872f3e893b34495b7c89/tumblr_mmaz85dN4j1r9943oo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d72cc4bdb5f3694a517730ee4eba8558/tumblr_mmaz85dN4j1r9943oo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/63de16a091cf11b29f2a1ed06a283a9b/tumblr_mmaz85dN4j1r9943oo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p><span>This little church was once called St. Luke Baptist Church but nicknamed Little Zion. It was built by and for the African American slaves in 1883. The land was once part of the Cleona Plantation. It became abandoned in the early part of 1970. The pastor retired and the people started attending other local churches. </span><span>I went back there not long ago to take more photos. I was very sad to see that this old church had completely collapsed! I’m just grateful that I was able to photograph it a few times while it was still standing.</span><br/><span></span></p> <p><span>Taken in Chackbay, Louisiana.</span></p> <p><span class="by">by</span><span> </span><a class="u" href="http://salemcat.deviantart.com/" target="_blank">SalemCat</a></p> </blockquote>http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/49644554176http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/49644554176Sat, 04 May 2013 22:22:15 -0400let me live in your bellyst. luke baptist churchlittle zionall the beautiful places i want to be with you<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b72daff0aa2091e1612962457fb90b43/tumblr_mesi84igf51r8vrhxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://breathemystardust.tumblr.com/post/38229197754" target="_blank">breathemystardust</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Tree covered in <strong>frost-laden spiderwebs</strong></p> </blockquote>http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/49471773067http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/49471773067Thu, 02 May 2013 19:49:26 -0400spiderwebswinterlovely things<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/925177fefabc462bb6f37b425b74fe3e/tumblr_mm67kmLCWQ1qzs75go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dailyotter.tumblr.com/post/49432933901/otters-can-make-sleeping-slanted-roofs-look-comfortable" target="_blank">dailyotter</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Otters Can Make Sleeping on Slanted Roofs Look Comfortable</p> <p>Via <a href="http://blog.kohan-studio.com/archives/52061972.html" target="_blank">Das Otterhaus</a></p> </blockquote>http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/49443268934http://swarbles.tumblr.com/post/49443268934Thu, 02 May 2013 12:25:23 -0400oh my gotterswhy can't this be my existence?with you.