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When time began the snow had no colour, & the flowers of the earth refused to help. It was only the snowdrop who took pity & offered up its colour. In return the snow has always protected the snowdrop from the harshness of Cicely Barker

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2018-11-29

シシリー・メアリー・バーカー（Cicely Mary Barker）（1895～1973）による「冬の花の妖精」。イギリスの挿絵画家で、背中に蝶や蜻蛉の翅を付けた「花の妖精」たちを描き続けました。ラファエル前派の影響を受けながら、花を子供として描き出しています。書肆ゲンシシャでは彼女の画集を扱っています。

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2018-11-24

Crab-apples, Crab-apples, out in the wood,
Little and bitter, yet little and good!
The apples in orchards, so rosy and fine,
Are children of wild little apples like mine.
The branches are laden, and droop to the ground;
The fairy-fruit falls in a circle around; - Cicely M. Barker

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2018-11-17

The Blackthorn rules the dark half of the year from It is dark moon magic, an "increaser of secrets." Its thorns are the pins in a poppet, its wands used for cursing. A tree protected by faeries, its berries are the sloe.
Image - Cicely Mary Barker

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2018-10-25

As well as carrying the devil’s curse on all those who eat them after blackberries can protect your home against vampires. If planted nearby, a vampire gets distracted by counting the berries & forgets his harmful intentions.

Image - Cicely Barker

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2018-09-27

“My shoots are tipped with buds as dusty-grey
As ancient pilgrims toiling on their way.”
The Wayfaring Tree is a sign that you are on or near a path. It was plentiful on the medieval pilgrim route from London to Canterbury.

Poem & fairy: Cicely Barker, 1930s

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2018-09-13

Born in Croydon, Surrey ~ English artist, illustrator ~

Cicely Mary Barker ~ 1895~1973

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2018-09-08

“The apple never falls far from the tree”- you always end up resembling your parents in some ways. Referred to in a 16th century German book of but probably ancient Ottoman.

Image: The Crab-Apple Fairy, Cicely Mary Barker, c.1935

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2018-08-23

was originally gonna be a Bun version of Cicely but eventually turned into their own character 🍑

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2018-08-22

I was always entranced by Cicely Mary Barker's Flower Fairies when I was little. So happy to hear there's a show devoted to them - here's the beyond-magickal Nightshade Fairy – the deadliest of them all

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2018-08-13

“Rowan tree & red thread make witches tine their speed”- an ancient rhyme. Known also as witchentree & witchwood, the Rowan was planted by homes to protect them from harm, & by churches in to watch over & protect the dead.
Image: Cicely Barker

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2018-08-09

The sweetness of life, the sorrow of death in the folklore of berries

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2018-08-02

The in at 3:47 am on 13th July, rules all white flowers. Their petals bring gentle healing to a new moon that is sensitive, nurturing, tearful & introspective, & opposes the lord of darkness, Pluto, in
Images: Cicely Barker

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2018-07-12

Whistler's - Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander 1872-4. Sir James Lavery - Her first Communion 1902. Whistler stayed with Lavery in 1902. with
Patrick Bourne.

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2018-07-10

I improved more than I thought and that makes me glad! Since I've redone Cicely's app art Iori might be next, I'm not sure...

Thanks for the interest in Libetellus @ our new potentials! Hope to have fun with you in the future!

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2018-07-07

White Bindweed belongs to Saturn, ruler of witchcraft. No gardener’s friend, its strong, tangled vines are used in binding spells on the dark of the moon. They also form a bridge between this world & the unseen realms in threshold magic. Image: Cicely Barker

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2018-07-05

Love-in-Idleness & Heart’s-ease are folk names for the Wild Pansy. This flower is the basis of Oberon’s love potion in A Night’s Dream, causing fairy queen Titania to fall in love with the first thing she sees after sleeping. Image: Cicely Barker

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2018-06-21

Coming soon... FLOWER FAIRIES: BOTANICAL MAGIC, a collection of original illustrations by Cicely Mary Barker, sponsored by . Opens on the 8th August at the Garden Museum.

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2018-06-06