A beautiful, short, sad story from Avalus.
Last year, I photographed bumblebees on lavender. This year, it was much less frequented but still abuzz with all kinds of bees. You can really see how much less insects are around.
A Year Later. ©Avalus, all rights reserved
Ruthven Todd. Space Cat. Illustrated by Paul Galdone. Charles Scribners Sons, 1952. Photo from Amazon.com
Space cat is a series of 4 books written in the 1950’s by Scottish novelist Ruthven Todd about Flyball the cat and his adventures in outer space. The books are filled with charming illustrations by Paul Galdone who also designed the set of 4 covers that have made the books highly collectible and hard to find. The Book isn’t in the public domain so I can’t send you to read them, but in 2018 the set was re-issued and is available for purchase at a reasonable price. Here’s the link to Amazon, but the books can be found at most major book stores. Click through if you’d like to see the other 3 book covers – they are fun!
Neil Munroe. Gilian The Dreamer: His Youth, His Love and Adventure. New York, Dodd Mead, 1899.
Loretta Ellen Brady. The Green Forest Fairy Book. Illustrations by Alice B. Preston. Boston, Little Brown & Co., 1920.
I’ve included all the colour plates in this book below the fold. The drawings are done in a limited palate in the Art Nouveau style and I think the artwork is charming.
Our book today was sent in by Anne, Cranky Cat Lady. I am greatly amused that our resident Cat Lady is sharing a book about the killing of a bird.
Who Killed Cock Robin & Other Stories. New York, A.L. Burt Co., 1916. Photo courtesy of ©Anne, Cranky Cat Lady
Who Killed Cock Robin & Other Stories. New York, A.L. Burt Co., 1916. Photo Courtesy of ©Anne, Cranky Cat Lady
This week Opus has sent us an interesting fungus that he found growing on his property.
Finally had a little time for photography so started with some fungus from the property. I have no idea what this is, or why it grows in square segments, but it is striking.
©Opus, all rights reserved
William Everett Cram. Little Beasts of Field and Wood. Boston, Small, Maynard and Co., 1899.
via: The Internet Archive
©voyager, all rights reserved
©voyager, all rights reserved
©voyager, all rights reserved
This pretty pink sedum plant lives along one of our regular walking routes and I’ve been waiting for the colours to emerge. I haven’t seen it in a week or so and was happily surprised today with its progress. Just look at all those delicate pinks jumbled together like a bag of confetti. This plant is throwing its own garden party!
Clara Dillingham Pierson. Among the Pond People. Illustrated by F.C. Gordon. New York, E.P. Dutton and Co., 1901.
Jack loves to hang out among the pond people, but I’m not sure they feel the same way about him.
via: The Internet Archive
Mary Johnston. To Have and to Hold. Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1900.
via: The Internet Archive
Last time we looked at the front, now it’s time to enter. I momentarily feared I was going to be shot at the security checkpoint because I jumped towards my backpack as they were trying to open it. But the nice people were trying to open a backpack full of camera equipment holding it so that my lenses would fall out. They afterwards agree that it’s a nice camera…
Anyway, when you enter you walk past a gate with flower and plant decoration, complete with assorted beetles. I couldn’t find out if there was something special about this fellow, but it was polished shiny from all the hands, so it seemed customary to caress it as well.
©Giliell, all rights reserved
Visiting in the evening is amazing as the sun shines directly through the windows, basking everything in light and colours. We were extremely lucky with the weather. In Mataró it had rained all morning and when we set out, it was still cloudy. In Barcelona the clouds tore up, the air was clear and fresh and the sun shone all evening. When we got back we saw that in Mataró the rain had returned with a vengeance…
©Giliell, all rights reserved
©Giliell, all rights reserved
©Giliell, all rights reserved
©Giliell, all rights reserved
Archer Butler Hulbert. The Queen of Quelparte: A Story of Russian Intrigue in the Far East. Illustrated by Winfield S. Lukens. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1904.
Cover Photo via: Kobay Auction
Available to read at The Internet Archive
Arabella B. Buckley. Life and her children: Glimpses of Animal Life. Insects illustrated by Edwin Wilson. All other illustration is by Dr. Wild. New York, D. Appleton & Company, 1901.
Cover Photo via: Heaven in a Wildflower
The Book is available to read at The Internet Archive