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Where there’s a will there’s a wombat.
Engraving of wombats after a drawing by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur by Arthus Bertrand, 1824.
One of the Pleiades, Taygete, chose to be alone in the mountains. Artemis turned her into a doe to save her from the clutches of Zeus. Solitude by choice for #MythologyMonday
🖼 The Pleiades, Elihu Vedder, 1885.
Surprised ~ Akun Eagle Owl,
Dubois, Alphonse, 1905. #OwlishMonday
Joyous Summer, Pleasant it Was When the Woods were Green, Philip Calderon, 1882.
Collection of various shells. A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Oliver Goldsmith, 1820.
‘“Will you walk a little faster?”
said a whiting to a snail.
“There’s a porpoise close behind us,
and he’s treading on my tail.’ Carroll’s The Mock Turtle’s Song. Illustration ~ John Tenniel #BookWormSat
‘O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.’ The Stolen Child, Yeats. 🖼 Rackham #BookWormSat