Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy: The Online Diary of a Central Oregon Grandmother

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

A - Z Challenge: "B" is for Bugle Flowers

Source: Wikipedia

During the month of April, I am participating in the "Blogging From A-Z April 2012 Challenge", where we post everyday during the month of April (except for Sundays). Daily posts begin with the next letter of the alphabet. This is my third year of participating in the challenge. "CLICK HERE" to find out more.

This year, I have chosen to do a study on poet and artist, Cicely Mary Barker. I am featuring her book "A Flower Fairy Alphabet". Not only will you learn about pretty flowers, but I will also be giving you a few fun facts about Ms. Barker each day.

Demure and smiling teen girl with braided hair looking to her left

Source: Wikipedia's Article on Cicely Mary Barker

Cicely's first book was published when she was 16-years-old, in 1923. It was "Flower Fairies of Spring". In her own words, Cicely wrote, "Let me say quite plainly, that I have drawn all the plants and flowers very carefully, from real ones: and everything that I have said about them is as true as I could make it. But I have never seen a fairy...".


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8 comments:

Bob Scotney said...: Interesting to see flowers and poetry' Im doing something similar with my garden theme. It's taking me to poems/poets I have not heard of before. Cicely is totally new to me. The bugle flower looks familiar though.; April 2, 2013 at 3:58 AM
Nick Wilford said...: My four-year-old would love your theme! Very pretty flowers.; April 2, 2013 at 5:00 AM
Wendy Jo said...: I love it! What a beautiful theme!; April 2, 2013 at 9:28 AM
Wendy said...: The Bugle flower looks so familiar so I Googled and see that I know it as Ajuga.; April 2, 2013 at 12:45 PM
Rebecca Green Gasper said...: This is so cool. I love this theme. I haven't read this book and am looking forward to more.; April 2, 2013 at 6:43 PM
Patricia Stoltey said...: This is a delight series for the A to Z challenge. Now I'm going to scroll back and see some of your older posts, just for fun.; April 2, 2013 at 7:11 PM
Denise said...: What a fun challenge; love your choice for the day and as always your beautiful art. Looking forward to seeing more! :)

Blessings and love! :)
Denise; April 3, 2013 at 3:22 AM
Unknown said...: how nice, thanks for posting.; April 3, 2013 at 6:27 PM