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of the Virgin Islands titled "The Heart of the Pumpkin: Healthy Cooking with Caribbean Fruits and Vegetables," has some healthy pumpkin recipes you could try today, like Cream of Pumpkin Soup or a Chocolate Pumpkin Cake. Yum!

Beautiful illustrations by Kate Greenaway. One of the flowers is a Poppy, which is an August flower! The "Little Folk's Nature Painting Book" (1880) has outlined engravings that are intended for coloring. You can see that the farm animal illustration has been lightly colored.

Below is an image from the UFDC World Map Collection of the Northern Hemisphere that was published in 1817.

The Northern Hemisphere has more land, pollution, and around 90% of the world's population.

#MapMondays #DigitalLibrary #UFSpecialCollections

July's birth flowers are the Larkspur and the Water Lily. This Water Lily is from the Minna R. Fernald Collection, a recently digitized collection that has over 300 intricate watercolors of many of Florida’s wildflowers.

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"As a native of Gainesville, I found this thesis interesting. A 1938 sociological study by Edward Loring Miller, it has photos of buildings. I've seen and been in some of those original structures. Some have moved or been rebuilt. Just seeing this is truly a moment in history."

The bird of the month is the American Robin! It is a lovely songbird, popular for its warm orange breast. You may be familiar with Robin's eggs that are a light blue color. They also "rock in the tree tops all day long" and we "love to hear the robin go tweet tweet tweet."

This 1982 news clip about Dr. Jerry Weinberg, a UF research scientist, studying the effect that dirt has on viewing the solar system through instruments on the space shuttle is #OutOfThisWorld.

It's amazing what you can find in the archives, if you only look.

The Yule log was the peak of the Solstice. Once in the fireplace, it was decorated in seasonal greenery, doused with cider or ale, and dusted with flour before set ablaze. The log would burn through the night, then smolder for 12 days.

Celebrate Picture Book month with alphabet books held by the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature: https://t.co/VQ3gYyCPMG

Happy Birthday to Mickey Mouse! On this day in 1928, Disney released the short animated film Steamboat Willy, featuring Mickey Mouse. This photo from the 1960's shows Disney Comic Strip artists: https://t.co/qRannAavPU