The children had been up early in the morning, and beginning to roll a snowball about they very soon saw that at every roll they gave it got bigger and bigger, and at last got so big just by the cottage door that they couldn’t move it, and then it stood right in the way,…
Category: Rosalind Esche
Third Day of Advent
O is for Orange – good, eaten in reason, P for Plum Pudding, the crown of the season. From “Father Christmas’ ABC” illustrated by Alfred J. Johnson, published by F. Warne & Co., 1894 I love the bright, cheerful warmth of this illustration – I can almost smell the tangy scent of those oranges. Is…
Second Day of Advent
Come to the window, little folks, And read these tiny Story-books! From ‘Snow-Flakes and the Stories they Told the Children’, by Matilda Betham-Edwards, illustrated by Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz), published ca. 1862 This is my personal favourite, it’s by Phiz, Dickens’ illustrator. I love his pictures full of charming, quirky detail. The elves in…
First Day of Advent
Tower Treasures Advent Calendar
For Truth’s Sake
It is hard to explain the sensation of reading something in your own language and not having a clue as to its meaning
People see what they want to see
David Henty is an extraordinarily gifted artist who paints copies of paintings by well known artists, such as Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Monet, Modigliani, Basquiat, Lowry, Rockwell, Sickert, Picasso and many more. Is this art forgery? Not really, because David is transparent about his paintings, signing them on the back and selling them openly as copies –…
Angel roofs
There are more angel roofs in East Anglia than anywhere else in the country
The Ruth Galloway series by Elly Griffiths
Immense warmth emanates from the pages of these books
Peter James
I have been surprised by Peter James’ detective novels, I never expected to experience the emotions I feel when reading them.
The Babes in the Wood
What a sorry little tale this is …