“I noticed a woodchuck’s skin tacked up to the inside of his shop. He said it had fatted on his beans, and William had killed it and expected to get another to make a pair of mittens of, one not being quite large enough. It was excellent for mittens. You could hardly wear it out.”
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Archive for the ‘Gardening’ Category
Woodchuck Mittens
Posted in Gardening, Literature on August 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
More Book Art
Posted in Art, Gardening, Literature on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of those rare marriages of literary and artistic talent creating a book I will never be able to afford.
Five O’Clock Tea
Posted in Art, Gardening, Tea on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am a fool for Jessie Wilcox Smith (1863-1935), an illustrator who studied with Howard Pyle and specialized in images of children. I think her work is magical, almost dream-like, pretty and sentimental to be sure, but much deeper than that. She was brought to mind when I saw these images yesterday, from postcards published [...]
