A-Z Challenge: "M" is for Mallow

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.

Source: Wikipedia's Article on Cicely Mary Barker

"In 1940, the Barker's live-in maid retired, and Dorothy Barker closed her school at the back of the house in The Waldrons. She continued to supervise the household, and to give both her mother and sister the care they needed. Dorothy and her sister collaborated upon only two books: Our Darling's First Book and the Christian-themed, He Leadeth Me. In 1954, Dorothy Barker died of a heart attack. Barker was unable to pursue her art to any significant extent following her sister's death as all the care of her aged mother devolved upon her. She managed however to begin planning a stained glass window design in her sister's memory for St. Edmund's, Pitlake.^[9]" Source: Wikipedia's Article on Cicely Mary Barker

• "A is for Apple Blossom"
• "B is for Bugle Flower"
• "C is for Columbine"
• "D is for Double Daisy"
• "E is for Everbright:
• "F is for Fuschia"
• "G is for Gorse"
• "H" is for Twopence"
• "I is for Iris"
• "J is for Jasmine"
• "K is for Kingcup"
• "L is for Lily-of-the-Valley"
• "M is for Mallow"

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