Charles Stedman Newhall. Ruthie’s Story. Philadelphia, Presbyterian board of publication [c1888]
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Charles Stedman Newhall. Ruthie’s Story. Philadelphia, Presbyterian board of publication [c1888]
Even more Easter Eggs. The last batch from Easter, next will be Christmas.
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Various aurhors. The Lady of the tower. New York; Cincinnati; Chicago,: Benziger Brothers, 1909.
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Nightjar has sent us flowers. Mondays are always better with flowers. Thanks, Nightjar.
Today I bring you another wildflower, I think it is Verbascum virgatum, also known as twiggy mullein or wand mullein. According to my field guide it should bloom from April to July, which last time I checked doesn’t include January, but I suspect that such information is no longer useful so I’m standing by this ID anyway. The photo was taken with my telephoto lens while I was looking for birds (with limited success).
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Arthur “Pop” Momand. Keeping Up With The Joneses. New York, Cupples and Leon, 1920.
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Lucy S. Crandall. The Fairy Glass. A Story for Boys And Girls. Philadelphia, Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1872.
More details of the gingerbread eggs from yesterday – the backsides.
The eggshells are baked on a special form. Before we had that, we baked them on impromptu shapes made from alluminium foil with the help of a spoon. but the results were mixed.
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Gustav Putlitz. What was Said in the Woods. Translated from the German (Was sich der Wald erzählt) London, Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1851.
via: The George A Smathers Library at the University of Florida
Something special from Lofty today.
I thought that it’s about time I added some spring cheer into the blog. Attached are pictures of the Eastern Spinebill chicks nearly ready to leave the nest. I first noticed them as I brushed under our snowball tree and they made a thin piping noise. Carefully pulling down the branch to see into the foliage must have made the babies think that a parent with a meal had arrived. The first picture includes the parent that was too quick to catch in a second photo. The next day the chicks were looking much readier and a couple of days later they were gone, leaving only a pile of baby feathers on the ground below.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_spinebill
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Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. PlainDirections for the Care of the Sick and Recipes for Sick People. New York, S.W. Green, printer, 1875.
And now for some gingerbread Easter eggs.
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