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

Welcome to the online diary of a Central Oregon Grandmother (me) who is busy celebrating the positive portions of her everyday life ... along with her best friend husband (Cary). It is quite an eclectic diary and I try to do my best to incorporate a little bit of history into many of my posts. Your visit to our piece of American Pie is greatly appreciated. This chatty Kathy posts frequently, so coming back to visit often is highly encouraged.

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

A-Z Challenge: "C" is for Columbine

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 father, Walter Barker, owned a seed company. He was also an artist, though not professionally speaking.

Cicely was born at home, and suffered from epilepsy as a child. Her older sister, Dorothy Oswald Barker helped care for her, along with her parents, a nanny and a governess. Cicely spent a lot of time in bed. She enjoyed reading books, especially those by artists Kate Greenaway and Randolph Caldecott. Their works became a great influence on her own art later on.

Please leave me a comment, and I will be by to visit you as soon as I can! I just started working full-time this week and I'm behind, but I will catch up. Thank you,

~Kathy M.


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7 comments:

nutschell said...: great job on joining the AZ! I love that picture. what a pretty flower
Nutschell
www.thewritingnut.com; April 3, 2013 at 10:53 AM
Bob Scotney said...: Kathy, each week I go to a group called Books and Banter at a local library. The topic today covered the role of women in gardening, The presenter linked in literature. One of the people who came up was Cicely Mary Baker - hows that for a coincidence?; April 3, 2013 at 10:54 AM
Decadent Housewife said...: Oh, don't you just love the older illustrations? Thanks for posting this.
Will have to see if I can find it at the library.

Trish; April 3, 2013 at 2:30 PM
Unknown said...: best of luck with your job. I'm enjoying your posts.; April 3, 2013 at 6:31 PM
Rebecca Green Gasper said...: I love columbines! They are so beautiful. and i just love how you are featuring this book. What fun :)

Thanks for stopping by Moxie Writers- Happy A-Z <3; April 3, 2013 at 7:44 PM
Patricia Stoltey said...: The Columbine is Colorado's flower, so I especially enjoyed this post.; April 3, 2013 at 10:32 PM
Julie Goucher said...: Kathy, stopping by from A-Z. Great theme and I need to go back to A to read the daily posts.; April 4, 2013 at 2:28 AM