A-Z Challenge: "T" is for Thrift

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

"Barker's sketches, drawings, and paintings of children were given to friends or to the parents of the subjects, donated to charitable institutions and church sponsored events, or exhibited through various art organizations. She illustrated magazine covers, dust jackets, and produced series of postcards for Raphael Tuck and other publishers such as Picturesque Children of the Allies (1915), Seaside Holidays (1918), and Shakespeare's Boy and Girl Characters (1917, 1920). Her own Old Rhymes for All Times (1928) and The Lord of the Rushie River (1938), a tale about a girl who lives among swans on a riverbank, were critically well received. Set about 1800, Groundsel and Necklaces (1943) tells of a girl named Jenny who rescues her family from poverty through the agency of the fairies. The story features an old Scrooge-like man called Mr. Petercoo and tonally suggests a Dickensian social consciousness. Simon the Swan, intended as a sequel to Rushie River was outlined in 1943 with Groundsel, but only developed in 1953. It was published posthumously in 1988 and is critically considered less successful than Groundsel.^[12]"  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"
• "N is for Nasturtium"
• "O is for Orchis"
• "P is for Pansy"
• "Q is for Queen of the Meadow"
• "R is for Ragged Robin"
• "S is for Strawberry"
• "T is for Thrift"

At Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy, if you miss a day, you miss a lot!  All material on this post is copyrighted and not for use without my permission ...Please click here to go to my home page and see what is happening in Mayberry today.