Archive for November, 2007
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
There Was a Little Girl…
I collect old children’s books as well as recipe books, for the same reasons… the illustrations tell a lot about the era they were written in and for. I found this old book of nursery rhymes in a Vancouver flea market. Though the rhymes are old (dating back to Tudor England in some cases) the artists [...]
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
A Fly Went By
This was one of my favorite books as a wee tot. Not reading it, having someone read it to me. A little boy in a rowboat on a lake notices a fly buzzing by him, which is chased by a frog, which in turn is chased by a cat, which is chased by a dog… [...]
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
The Garden Keeps Growing
You’d think that by November most flowers would have given up the ghost. Not here! In the foreground are french lavender, rue, a variegated geranium, and nasturtiums (orange flowers). In the background is a lipstick sage and behind that, a eucalyptus bush. This is a dahlia that is still blooming. It’s of the collared type, [...]
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Friday, November 2nd, 2007
Egg Head
This is a better egg shot.
