Vesna Armstrong Photography

  When spring met winter in my local park this morning nature created moments of stunning ethereal beauty.

  Ostara Birth of Spring "Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth gas gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon  see the results of their love! Awake thou wintry earth - Fling off the sadness! Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth Your ancient gladness!  No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn!"                                                                                      

  Highlights from my first visit this year to my spiritual home, Haworth, the home of the Brontë Sisters. It was a beautiful weekend day with early spring in the air and cheering and uplifting signs of nature awakening all around. A much needed day for both my body and soul. 

  "Our life is March weather, savage and serene in one hour. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~

Brontë Parsonage Museum is one of the most fascinating and well preserved former literary homes in the world. It was the home of the Victorian Brontë sisters - Charlotte, Emily and Anne whose novels belong to the classics of English literature and are still widely read and enjoyed today.  The parsonage is situated in the village of Haworth, West Yorkshire, at the top of Main Street and on the edge of bleak, broody but beautiful heather moorland which inspired the sisters' writing. There were no trees in the graveyard when the Brontës lived here. The sisters lived in the parsonage from the early childhood to their untimely and tragic deaths, with their brother Branwell, father Patrick and aunt Elizabeth Branwell (there were also two older sisters who died very young). Brother Branwell was just as talented as his sisters, but sadly succumbed to alcohol and drugs abused which prevented him from becoming an acclaimed writer/artist. Aunt E. Branwell came to look after the children when