Tuesday 17 December 2013

Bloom Society




Hollyhocks
'... The mother loved them years ago;
Beside the fence they used to grow,
And though the garden changed each year
And certain blooms would disappear
To give their places in the ground
To something new that mother found,
Some pretty bloom or rosebush rare—
The hollyhocks were always there.  ...'
- Edgar A Guest




Alcea, commonly known as hollyhocks, is a genus of about 60 species of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae. They are native to Asia and Europe.

For prints (watermarkless!): Here 

Illustration: ©Alison Day Designs
Verse via: All Poetry

Thursday 5 December 2013

Partridge Prance







"On the first day of Christmas

my true love sent to me:
A Partridge in a Pear Tree... "

The first in a series of TWELVE printed cards illustrating The Twelve Days of Christmas
here
Season's Greetings,