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Illustrator Cicely Mary Barker was largely self-taught due to ill health.
Her Flower Fairies combined botanical sketches with characterful life drawings of local children.
Here her portrait of ‘The Garden Boy’ becomes the watchful Elm Fairy

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So I decided to draw every bachelor and bachelorette in this style, so today is Sam :)

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Before Enclosure of the fenlands, people of the Carrland in Lincolnshire used to use opium (as white poppy tea) to treat malaria in adults, children & livestock. It’s said that opium dreams & malaria fevers explain the very strange tales that come from there

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Grandville was a French caricaturist with an eye for the unnatural & absurd. The Flowers Personified (1847) shows a fantasy world peopled by humanised flowers. His disturbing images are recognised as an inspiration to the surrealist movement.

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January 25th is Saint Dwynwens day . The Patron Saint of Lovers in Wales . Born in the fifth Century Dwynwen was a Princess and a Healer . Her amazing tale is here
. The Tale of Santess Dwynwen. https://t.co/ZEZNBSPze6

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Costumes of the Commedia d'Arte of Naples (secondary characters). Nobody really knows the origin of the characters, and it could be very ancient.

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As today is the feast day of St Agnes, patron saint of young girls , how apt to invoke her today. After all her symbols are a lamb and the In Christianity, the palm branch is associated with Jesus' Triumphal Entry on Palm Sunday. 🌿

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In Greek myth, Gemini represents Castor and Pollux. They shared a mother, but only Pollux was the son of Zeus. They became the patron saints of sailors, apparently able to avert a shipwreck. More air signs -> https://t.co/itBouu8yTW

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In England children are warned never to bring dandelions into the house because if you do they will cause you to wet the bed. As if in confirmation of their urine-inducing powers in France they are known as pis-en-lit which translates as 'wet the bed'!

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Yarrow is named for Achilles used it to heal his soldiers on the battlefield. It’s been used for centuries to slow & stop blood flow. A sprig of Rue & some Yarrow off a grave sprinkled with a few drops of Amber oil can promote dreams of your future destiny.

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Good morning! here to start today's plant and flower themed (Image: Eleanor Vere Boyle, via wikimedia commons)

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here's an update on my bachelorettes ! haleys still a wip but leah, maru, and abigail are all complete now!!!! :D

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stella and loretta redesigns from castlevania: portrait of ruin

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THANK YOU so much to everyone who helped make such a fun, joyful, and HOPEFUL event.
Thank you to for the inspiring art, and for the rockin' Reylo jukebox!

Now, on to Sat. February 20 and

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If you're joining in the tag event today, here's the Reylo Jukebox, courtesy , our FAQ, and of course ' wonderful art.
Enjoy a TL full of hope, and love! https://t.co/wmq5ndZxpV

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In Brazil, we have a saying that goes "Deus ajuda quem cedo madruga" (God helps those who wake up early"), as the hard work will be rightfully rewarded.

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The Queen on Old Twelfth Night, 17th Jan, was often a child. She would knock on the trunk of the oldest tree in the orchard & ask the fertility spirit within, known as the Apple Tree Man, “to awake”. She then placed cider-soaked bread in its branches.

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