Inez N. McFee. The Tree Book. New York, Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1919.
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Affinity
Art, Fun, & Nonsense.
Maurice Hewlett. The Fool Errant: being the memoirs of Francis-Antony Strelley, esq., citizen of Lucca. London, W. Heinemann, 1905.
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Bright yellow flowers from Nightjar.
This week I bring you another flower that is all over the place this time of the year. Except this time it shouldn’t be. Oxalis pes-caprae, also known as sourgrass or Bermuda-buttercup, is indigenous to South Africa and an invasive species in many parts of the world. It’s beautiful nonetheless, it covers the fields in yellow and bugs seem to like it.
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Walter Dwight Wilcox. Camping in the Canadian Rockies. New York; London, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1896.
Helen Hunt Jackson. Pansy Billings and Popsy. Boston, Lothrop Publishing Company, 1898.
T.S. Arthur, editor. The Prattler; A Picture and Storybook For Boys and Girls. Philadelphia. J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1876
Zelia M. Walters. The Magic Window. A Story for Boys and Girls from Six to Twelve. Cincinnati, The Standard publishing company, 1915.
The Birthday Party and Other Stories. A Book for Girls. Boston, T. B. Noonan, 1885.
It’s such a dull, dreary time of year, but kestrel has sent us some glamour photos of her orchids to brighten the day. Thanks, kestrel.
Phalaenopsis ©kestrel, all rights reserved
Zygopetalum ©kestrel, all rights reserved
Annie Elizabeth Harris. Hale Merrill’s Honey Quest. How One Girl Made the Best of Things. Boston, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1918.
Gilbert Haven. Our Next Door Neighbor. Winter In Mexico. New York, Harper, 1875.
I’m dreaming about winter in Mexico today, because I’m going to Mexico on Feb. 13th. It would be an understatement to say that I’m excited. My girlfriend and her husband lived in Mexico for 11 years, but her husband died two years ago and she moved back to my city. She’s finally sold her home in Jacotopec and we’re going down to pack up the last of her things. We’ll also do a few other things that might be more touristy, but we’ll see what comes our way. I’ve never been to Mexico, nor had a winter holiday in the south so I don’t care what we do, as long as there’s no snow involved, I’ll be happy.
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Thanks to Nightjar and her magic with a camera we have beautiful flowers to start the week.
I wanted to share these photos I took on my first walk of 2020. This is Fumaria officinalis, known as common fumitory or earth smoke, and one of the first winter wildflowers to bloom here in Portugal and give the fields some colour. They look even prettier covered in morning dew.
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Bayard Taylor. Boys of other Countries. Illustrated by Frederick Coburn (and others) New York, London, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1912.