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Sunlight hits the page as I
read in my garden.
(Toni A. Watson)
Art by Vladimir Gusev
HAVE A NICE, SUNNY SUNDAY!!!!
Sunlight hits the page as I
read in my garden.
(Toni A. Watson)
Art by Vladimir Gusev
HAVE A NICE, SUNNY SUNDAY!!!!
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Isaac Israëls (1865-1934)
J.B. Monge
Friedrich von Amerling (1803-1887)
~Link to beautiful Crows Illustration`s~
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Edmund Blair Leighton (1853-1922)
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, she had so many children, She didn’t know what to do! She gave them some broth without any bread- she whipped them all around- and put them to bed! ~Beatrix Potter~
Jean-Étienne Liotard
WE'RE TALKIN' BOOKS, ILLUSTRATIONS AND ART!
"Some day you will be old enough
to start reading fairy tales again."
~ CS Lewis~
to start reading fairy tales again."
~ CS Lewis~
LAST ONE IN'S A ROTTEN EGG!
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are posted here with permission
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If you are the copyrightholder
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to contact me.
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are posted here with permission
from their owners or have
been gathered from various
sources on the internet.
If you are the copyrightholder
to any of the photographs
herein do not hesitate
to contact me.
They will be swiftly
removed if desired so.
Thank you!
Copyright on these images varies.
It is best to assume that modern,
living artists have full
copyright on their work.
I am using them under
'fair use' with,
at least I try to,
full acknowledgement
and links to appropriate sites.
I would advise others to always
check if possible as artists
(understandably) vary
as to their tolerance
of re-use of their works.
OH, PLEASE DO COME IN...
and join us for Apple Blossom Tea...
Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle has just washed
the nappykins and has set the table!
~Beatix Potter,
The tale of Miss Tiggy Winkle~
and join us for Apple Blossom Tea...
Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle has just washed
the nappykins and has set the table!
~Beatix Potter,
The tale of Miss Tiggy Winkle~
~My Favorite Place
In my search of
childrenbook writers
and illustrators and
other Fairy artists,
I come across so many
great painters.
My faverites are:
Waterhouse,
Amoreno,
Daniel Knight,
Julien Dupré.
So ones in while
I will post about them
childrenbook writers
and illustrators and
other Fairy artists,
I come across so many
great painters.
My faverites are:
Waterhouse,
Amoreno,
Daniel Knight,
Julien Dupré.
So ones in while
I will post about them
If you want your children
to be bright,
read them faerytales.
If you want
them to be brilliant
read them even
more faerytales.
by Albert Einstein
to be bright,
read them faerytales.
If you want
them to be brilliant
read them even
more faerytales.
by Albert Einstein
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Promise me
you'll always remember:
You're braver
than you believe,
and stronger
than you seem,
and smarter
than you think.
said
Christopher Robin to Pooh.
by A.A. Milne
you'll always remember:
You're braver
than you believe,
and stronger
than you seem,
and smarter
than you think.
said
Christopher Robin to Pooh.
by A.A. Milne
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Books are the quietest
and most constant of friends;
they are the most accessible
and wisest of counselors,
and the most patient of teachers.
~ Charles W. Eliot ~
and most constant of friends;
they are the most accessible
and wisest of counselors,
and the most patient of teachers.
~ Charles W. Eliot ~
The greatest adventure
is what lies ahead.
Today and tomorrow are yet to be said.
The chances, the changes
are all yours to make.
The mold of your life
is in your hands to break.
— J.R.R. Tolkien
(The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again)
is what lies ahead.
Today and tomorrow are yet to be said.
The chances, the changes
are all yours to make.
The mold of your life
is in your hands to break.
— J.R.R. Tolkien
(The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again)
To feel most beautifully alive,
means to be reading
something beautiful,
ready always to apprehend
in the flow of language,
the sudden flash of poetry.
~Gaston Bachelard~
means to be reading
something beautiful,
ready always to apprehend
in the flow of language,
the sudden flash of poetry.
~Gaston Bachelard~
"If you steal from one author,
It's plagiarism;
If you steal from many,
It's research."
~Wilson Mizner (1876-1933)~
It's plagiarism;
If you steal from many,
It's research."
~Wilson Mizner (1876-1933)~
Isaac Israëls (1865-1934)
My Favorite Top 10
- ~Alice in Wonderland
- ~Beatrix Potter
- ~Helen Oxenbury
- ~Inga Moore
- ~Jean- Baptiste Monge
- ~René Cloke
- ~Tasha Tudor
- ~The Secret Garden
- ~The Wind in the Willows
- ~Walt Disney
J.B. Monge
“ Everything in the world exists
to end up in a book. ”
~Stéphane Mallarmé~
to end up in a book. ”
~Stéphane Mallarmé~
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- Anna
- Echt, Netherlands
- Welkom op mijn blog. Mijn naam is Anna, Ik ben getrouwd met Richard, Ik verzamel geïllustreerde kinderboeken en sprookjesboeken. Verder verzamel ik emaille en blik, paspoppen en naaifournituren! Doordat ik al tig jaren hiermee bezig ben hebben we ondertussen een verzamelhuis gekregen!!! wil jezelf eens een kijkje komen nemen? mijn huis, tuin en atelier zijn open op afspraak! Rommelmarkten en kringloopwinkels aflopen, zijn een favoriete bezigheid! Deze bloggen ben ik begonnen zodat jullie kunnen lezen en zien over mijn hobbies en passies! Veel plezier! bij evt. vragen en/of opmerkingen kun je mij altijd mailen!
Friedrich von Amerling (1803-1887)
Every child is an artist.
The problem is how to remain
an artist once he grows up.
~Pablo Picasso~
The problem is how to remain
an artist once he grows up.
~Pablo Picasso~
'We are going to be the best of friends,'
said Gilbert, jubilantly.
'We were born to be good friends, Anne.'
~Anne of Green Gables, Chapter 38~
said Gilbert, jubilantly.
'We were born to be good friends, Anne.'
~Anne of Green Gables, Chapter 38~
I enjoy doing housework,
ironing, washing, cooking,
dishwashing.
Whenever I get one of those
questionaires and they ask
what is your profession,
I always put down housewife.
It's an admirable profession,
why apologize for it.
You aren't stupid because you're a housewife.
When you're stirring the jam you can
read Shakespeare.
~Tasha Tudor~
ironing, washing, cooking,
dishwashing.
Whenever I get one of those
questionaires and they ask
what is your profession,
I always put down housewife.
It's an admirable profession,
why apologize for it.
You aren't stupid because you're a housewife.
When you're stirring the jam you can
read Shakespeare.
~Tasha Tudor~
I wonder
If I've been changed in the night?
Let me think.
Was I the same
when I got up this morning?
I almost think I can
remember feeling a little different.
But if I'm not the same,
the next question is
'Who in the world am I?'
Ah, that's the great puzzle!"
~Alice in Wonderland~
If I've been changed in the night?
Let me think.
Was I the same
when I got up this morning?
I almost think I can
remember feeling a little different.
But if I'm not the same,
the next question is
'Who in the world am I?'
Ah, that's the great puzzle!"
~Alice in Wonderland~
~Kindred Spirits~
- ~a Faerietale of Inspiration
- ~a Touch of Vaudeville
- ~Acornmoon
- ~Adrienne Trafford
- ~Art Inconnu
- ~Babel
- ~Belle and Boo
- ~Boekenstek
- ~Bronté Sisters
- ~Button Willow Chronicles
- ~Carmen Keys
- ~Celtic Lady
- ~Children's Illustrations
- ~Das Musenkind
- ~David Wyatt
- ~Disney & More
- ~DoDo blog
- ~Everland
- ~Faerie Majikks Fantasy Art
- ~Fairy Lanterns
- ~Fox in Socks
- ~Francine van Hove
- ~From the House of Edward
- ~Into the Hermitage
- ~Jan Brett
- ~Jane and Elizabeth
- ~Jane Austen
- ~Joanne May Illustration
- ~Laura's Little Houses
- ~Message from the Muse
- ~Moongazing Hare
- ~Moonlight and Hares
- ~Notes from the Rookery
- ~Polar Bears Tale
- ~Reflections in the Afternoon
- ~Sidhe-Art
- ~Terri Windling
- ~The Alice Tree
- ~The Dutchess
- ~The Lost Princess
- ~Tony DiTerlizzi
~Link to beautiful Crows Illustration`s~
"Some day you will be old enough
to start reading fairy tales again."
~ CS Lewis~
to start reading fairy tales again."
~ CS Lewis~
"You know I always thought
unicorns were fabulous creatures too,
although I never saw one alive before."
"Well now that we have met,"
said the unicorn,
"If you believe in me, I'll believe in you."
~Lewis Carrol~
unicorns were fabulous creatures too,
although I never saw one alive before."
"Well now that we have met,"
said the unicorn,
"If you believe in me, I'll believe in you."
~Lewis Carrol~
Oh, No, What else?
There must be more to life than this?
Just a mole, living in a hole...
I wouldn't mind it all so much,
that it wasn't so... so boring...
That's it! boring...
It's also boring being a mole!
Boring...
~From the Wind in the Willows~
There must be more to life than this?
Just a mole, living in a hole...
I wouldn't mind it all so much,
that it wasn't so... so boring...
That's it! boring...
It's also boring being a mole!
Boring...
~From the Wind in the Willows~
If I had a world of my own,
everything would be nonsense.
Nothing would be what it is,
because everything
would be what it isn't.
And contrary wise,
what is, it wouldn't be.
And what it wouldn't be,
it would.
You see?"
~Alice in Wonderland~
everything would be nonsense.
Nothing would be what it is,
because everything
would be what it isn't.
And contrary wise,
what is, it wouldn't be.
And what it wouldn't be,
it would.
You see?"
~Alice in Wonderland~
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"Really, I think one's art
goes only as far and
as deep as your love goes."
~Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)
goes only as far and
as deep as your love goes."
~Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)
"I declare after all
there is no enjoyment like reading!
How much sooner one
tires of any thing than of a book! --
When I have a house of my own,
I shall be miserable
if I have not an excellent library."
~Jane Austen~
Pride and Prejudice
there is no enjoyment like reading!
How much sooner one
tires of any thing than of a book! --
When I have a house of my own,
I shall be miserable
if I have not an excellent library."
~Jane Austen~
Pride and Prejudice
The fairy tale . . .
gives not only pleasure,
it gives form and inspiration.
~Max Luthi~
gives not only pleasure,
it gives form and inspiration.
~Max Luthi~
"Good books, like good friends,
are few and chosen;
the more select, the more enjoyable."
~Louisa May Alcott~
are few and chosen;
the more select, the more enjoyable."
~Louisa May Alcott~
Stories don't always end
where their authors intended.
But there is joy in following them,
wherever they take us.
~Beatrix Potter~
where their authors intended.
But there is joy in following them,
wherever they take us.
~Beatrix Potter~
Only as high as I reach can I grow
Only as far as I seek can I go
Only as deep as I look can I see
Only as much as I dream can I be
~Karen Ravn~
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Don't cry when the sun is gone,
because the tears won't let you
see the stars
~Violeta Parra~
Only as far as I seek can I go
Only as deep as I look can I see
Only as much as I dream can I be
~Karen Ravn~
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Don't cry when the sun is gone,
because the tears won't let you
see the stars
~Violeta Parra~
"Reading a great work of literature
can truly be likened to having
a conversation with a great mind."
~Jennie Chancey~
can truly be likened to having
a conversation with a great mind."
~Jennie Chancey~
I like living.
I have sometimes been wildly,
despairingly, acutely miserable,
racked with sorrow,
but through it all I still know quite certainly
that just to be alive is a grand thing.
~Agatha Christie~
I have sometimes been wildly,
despairingly, acutely miserable,
racked with sorrow,
but through it all I still know quite certainly
that just to be alive is a grand thing.
~Agatha Christie~
A dream is a wish your heart makes
when you're fast asleep.
In dreams you will lose your heartache.
Whatever you wish for, you keep.
Have faith in your dreams, and someday,
your rainbow will come smiling through.
No matter how your heart is grieving,
if you keep on believing,
the dreams that you wish will come true.
when you're fast asleep.
In dreams you will lose your heartache.
Whatever you wish for, you keep.
Have faith in your dreams, and someday,
your rainbow will come smiling through.
No matter how your heart is grieving,
if you keep on believing,
the dreams that you wish will come true.
~Interesting Places to Visit~
- *Arthur Rackham
- *Artwork by Leanne Ellis
- *David T. Wenzel
- *Duirwaigh Gallery
- *Elsa Beskow
- *Endicott Studio
- *Gary A. Lippincott
- *Hans Christian Andersen
- *In the Labyrinth
- *J.K Rowling
- *James Browne
- *Jane Austen Today
- *Jane Austen's World
- *Jane Starr Weils
- *Jean- Baptiste Monge
- *Lenny's Alice in Wonderland site
- *Lines and Colors
- *Mouse Circus
- *Narnia
- *Peter Weevers
- *Rebekah's book revieuws
- *Reflections in the afternoon
- *Sarah Mensinga
- *Searching for Alice
- *The Unicorn Diaries
- *Tolkien Fact Sheet
In reading,
a lonely quiet concert
is given to our minds;
all our mental faculties
will be present in this
symphonic exaltation.
~Stephane Mallarme~
a lonely quiet concert
is given to our minds;
all our mental faculties
will be present in this
symphonic exaltation.
~Stephane Mallarme~
"It is not often that someone
comes along
who is a true friend and a good writer.
Charlotte was both."
~E.B. White, Charlotte's Web~
comes along
who is a true friend and a good writer.
Charlotte was both."
~E.B. White, Charlotte's Web~
‘Look through this glass, Gerda,’ said he.
And every flake seemed larger,
and appeared like a magnificent flower,
or beautiful star; it was splendid to look at!
‘Look, how clever!’ said Kay.
‘That's much more interesting
than real flowers!
They are as exact as possible;
there is not a fault in them,
if they did not melt!’
~From: The Snowqueen~
And every flake seemed larger,
and appeared like a magnificent flower,
or beautiful star; it was splendid to look at!
‘Look, how clever!’ said Kay.
‘That's much more interesting
than real flowers!
They are as exact as possible;
there is not a fault in them,
if they did not melt!’
~From: The Snowqueen~
All our dreams can come true,
if we have the courage to pursue them.
~Walt Disney~
if we have the courage to pursue them.
~Walt Disney~
"The pleasure of all reading is doubled
when one lives whith another
who shares the same books."
~K. Mansfield~
when one lives whith another
who shares the same books."
~K. Mansfield~
"Beyond the Wild Wood comes
the Wild World," said the Rat.
"And that's something that doesn't matter,
either to you or me. I've never been there,
and I'm never going, nor you either,
if you've got any sense at all..."
~from The Wind in the Willows~
the Wild World," said the Rat.
"And that's something that doesn't matter,
either to you or me. I've never been there,
and I'm never going, nor you either,
if you've got any sense at all..."
~from The Wind in the Willows~
Books are the plane,
and the train,
and the road.
They are the destination,
and the journey.
They are home.
~Anna Quindlen~
and the train,
and the road.
They are the destination,
and the journey.
They are home.
~Anna Quindlen~
"Far away in the sunshine are my
highest aspirations.
I may not reach them, but I can look up
and see their beauty, believe in them,
and try to follow where they lead"
~Louisa May Alcott~
highest aspirations.
I may not reach them, but I can look up
and see their beauty, believe in them,
and try to follow where they lead"
~Louisa May Alcott~
"Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them!
How I need them!
I'll have a long beard
by the time I read them."
~Arnold Lobel~
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them!
How I need them!
I'll have a long beard
by the time I read them."
~Arnold Lobel~
Ik beken, dat er nergens
een schonere jonkvrouw is dan
Prinses Catherine van Yorkshine.
~from Wuthering Heights~
een schonere jonkvrouw is dan
Prinses Catherine van Yorkshine.
~from Wuthering Heights~
Als een boek uw geest verheft en
u edele en moedige gevoelens ingeeft,
zoek dan geen andere maatstaf:
het boek is goed en met
kundige hand geschreven."
~Jean de la Bruyère~
Frans schrijver 1645-1696
u edele en moedige gevoelens ingeeft,
zoek dan geen andere maatstaf:
het boek is goed en met
kundige hand geschreven."
~Jean de la Bruyère~
Frans schrijver 1645-1696
I have dreamed in my life,
dreams that have stayed with me
ever after, and changed my ideas;
they have gone through and through me,
like wine through water,
and altered the color of my mind.
~Emily Bronte~
dreams that have stayed with me
ever after, and changed my ideas;
they have gone through and through me,
like wine through water,
and altered the color of my mind.
~Emily Bronte~
Oh that clock! Old Kill Joy.
I hear you!!
Come on, Get up! You say,
Time to start another day!
Even he orders me around.
Well...
There's one thing.
They can't order me to stop dreaming...
~from Cinderella 1950~
I hear you!!
Come on, Get up! You say,
Time to start another day!
Even he orders me around.
Well...
There's one thing.
They can't order me to stop dreaming...
~from Cinderella 1950~
"Fairy tales have always
got to have something
a bit scary for children
- as long as you make them laugh as well,”
~Roald Dahl~
got to have something
a bit scary for children
- as long as you make them laugh as well,”
~Roald Dahl~
Edmund Blair Leighton (1853-1922)
Gardening is about enjoying
the smell of things growing in the soil,
getting dirty without feeling guilty,
and generally taking the time to
soak up a little peace and serenity.
~Lindley Karstens~
the smell of things growing in the soil,
getting dirty without feeling guilty,
and generally taking the time to
soak up a little peace and serenity.
~Lindley Karstens~
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, she had so many children, She didn’t know what to do! She gave them some broth without any bread- she whipped them all around- and put them to bed! ~Beatrix Potter~
I am writing in the garden.
To write as one should of a garden
one must write not outside it or
merely somewhere near it,
but ín the garden.
~Frances Hodgson Burnett~
To write as one should of a garden
one must write not outside it or
merely somewhere near it,
but ín the garden.
~Frances Hodgson Burnett~
Jean-Étienne Liotard
You cannot open a book
without learning something.
~ Confucius~
without learning something.
~ Confucius~
" De mooiste zee is de zee
die we nog niet hebben gezien.
Het mooiste kind rust nog in de wieg
waardoor het wordt beschermd.
De mooiste dagen zijn de dagen
die we nog niet hebben beleefd.
En wat ik je wilde zeggen, het mooiste
dat heb ik nog niet gezegd."
~Nazim Hikmet~
die we nog niet hebben gezien.
Het mooiste kind rust nog in de wieg
waardoor het wordt beschermd.
De mooiste dagen zijn de dagen
die we nog niet hebben beleefd.
En wat ik je wilde zeggen, het mooiste
dat heb ik nog niet gezegd."
~Nazim Hikmet~
KEEP ON READING, THERE IS MORE TO SEE!
JUST CLICK ON "OUDERE BERICHTEN"
ER IS NOG VEEL MEER TE ZIEN EN TE LEZEN...
JE HOEFT ALLEEN MAAR TE KLIKKEN OP "OUDERE BERICHTEN"
JUST CLICK ON "OUDERE BERICHTEN"
ER IS NOG VEEL MEER TE ZIEN EN TE LEZEN...
JE HOEFT ALLEEN MAAR TE KLIKKEN OP "OUDERE BERICHTEN"
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So lovely.
No.... its not sunny here in the UK but it was yesterday and I can dream of sitting with this lovely girl and her dogs enjoying the sunshine.
I absolutely love this painting! I know you have a special interest and love for ALICE IN WONDERLAND. If you look on my blogpost today, I wrote about an amazing show that is put on here in Southern California - a tableaux of "living pictures". They have an incredible recreation of Alice that I think you'd like to see. http://goodbooksforyoungsouls.blogspot.com/2011/07/its-only-make-believe.html
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