Almost anything that caught her wandering eye, Mother gathered and brought indoors. In bottles, tea pots, dishes, and jugs, in anything old or beautiful, she’d put roses, beech-boughs, parsley, hellebore, garlic, cornstalks, and rhubarb.
from Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee, 1959
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I really like the color combination, here, Sylvia.
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Thank you Curt. I actually thought this photo would work best as a black and white but once I made it black and white, I realized the red books and the warm grey were really necessary, so I went back to the original. Thank you for noticing. 🙂
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Good choice. 🙂
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What a beautiful still life! And the lovely words to go with…
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I could close my eyes and randomly choose a paragraph from this book and it would be beautiful. Thanks for commenting Dale. 🙂
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I think I needs must put it on my to-read list!
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Dale, it’s not of this era and is very out of step in one chapter in particular with our world and sensibilities of today. I know this is a book that is studied in English Literature classes throughout England by school children and I don’t know how they handle sensitive topics within literature. I haven’t been in school for over 30 years so discussions about misogyny and race within literature were barely discussed in my experience. I would hope in our current times a beautiful book like this would inspire some very serious conversations that would lead to some much needed self awareness. Ok, that’s way too much information for such a small little comment. Sorry, I got a little carried away. Thanks for stopping by Dale 🙂
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I love books not of this era (and have already bought it for my Kindle 😉 ) And I think they should be taught so that conversations are invited. It’s important to look back and discuss so that we can move forward while understanding the past.
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Pretty! 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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Quaint, charming image.
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🙂
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