In the ‘Spring Story’ Mr. Apple takes advantage of an idyllic spring day to plan a surprise birthday party for a cranky little mouse who fears he's been forgotten. 🐭 🎂
📷From Brambly Hedge by Jill Barklem who was a British writer and illustrator. #ChildrensBooks📚
Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes, 1917.
Beatrix Potter (1866 – 1943), British naturalist, artist and writer. #ChildrensBooks 📚 🐭
@FolkloreThurs I hope people will still share their favourite folklore on #FolkloreThursday as its one of the best things on Twitter to follow.
I’ve purchased all your amazing books and continue to enjoy them.
Thank you for creating a wonderful community that has meant so much to many.❤️
It’s #GroundhogDay Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, which means we’ll have six more weeks of winter. This Pennsylvania Dutch superstition is based on the tradition of predicting whether there will be an early spring or not.
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📷 Art by Vernon Thomas.
“During the gloaming mother nature holds her breath. She lowers her eyes and there is an eerie stillness much like that in a moment of silent prayer. Night slides over her as her day is done.
Everything about her is now secret, hidden in the darkness just begun.”
—Helen Osbourne
Starting plants to grow indoors in February so they can be planted outside when Spring arrives.
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#GardeningTwitter
📷 Art by Lena Anderson
“Snowdrops: Theirs is a fragile but hardy celebration…in the very teeth of winter.”
—Louise Beebe Wilder (1878-1938)
American Gardening Writer
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📷 Art by Asako Eguchi