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61, ill-health retired from NHS; degree in English Lit; I love churches, historic barns, art, music, history & wildlife. My son Chris is a doctor in the NHS.

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The best I can do is offer you a cat-in-training. The "slide" posture is well thought through, but there is no tray (yet - that's the advanced level).

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More decorative delights from the Kynoch Press Notebook & Diary • Robert Tavener • 1958.

The inventiveness and joyful execution shine through. And that is a proper crab 🦀🦀🦀

Source/credit: https://t.co/wvTDtkfGaS

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This illustration by John Nash took me aback. I had no idea that such a scene was part of "The Natural History of Selborne"!

"Some ladies took a fancy...to a toad"!

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Margaret of Antioch: emerging from the back of a Dragon. The hem of her mantle hangs from the dragon's mouth.

I can hear that dragon happily munching!
Book of Hours, Morgan Library
MS M.117 fol. 52v.

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In a time of crisis, Mr Squirrel says "Nibble your nuts".

Bodleian Library MS. Douce 366, f.36r.

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There is a deal of softness to Spring eg pussywillow, but these two women artists find a balancing "edge" in these superb wood engravings.

Gertrude Hermes (left) A spring bouquet,
1929
Monica Poole (right) Spring, 1988

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For those who might be puzzling over semi-naked French rugby players, I feel I should fill in the back story.

A friend sent me this calendar & it has definitely added variety to the aesthetic treats available domestically. The Greek mythology theme adds class to Gallic flair!💓

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Speaking of shy items, , the lion does a sterling job shielding Adam from ridicule in this design for stained glass by Philip Webb

V & A: 1861 watercolour design for stained glass, showing Adam naming the lion & the roebuck. with a voluminous mane!

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I'm up for the Eckersley cheerfulness challenge. His bird portraits are scintillating!

Cockerel menu, 1967 (left)
The Zoo by floodlight (poster), Tom Eckersley and Eric Lombers, 1935 (right)

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One of the joys of looking for one artist's work is accidentally finding another's. It was a delight to find some of Brian Hope-Taylor's wood engravings in this way.

These illustrations are from "The Lake & the Woods", 1951.

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