~Palmer Cox

Palmer Cox (April 28, 1840 – July 24, 1924)
was a Canadian illustrator and author,
best known
for the fictional creatures known as
the "Brownies  his series of humorous verse
books and comic strips about the mischievous
but kindhearted fairy-like sprites.
The cartoons were published in several books,
such as The Brownies, Their Book (1887).

  
Palmer Cox is famous the world over for his
delightful children's books .
" His inspiration for the Brownies came from
the Scottish folklore that still survived in
and around Granby, Quebec, where he was born in 1840.
Cox learned these folktales from his mother which
featured the Brownies, or little members of the fairie
or goblin world: "imaginary sprites who delight in harmless pranks and helpful deeds. They work and sport
while weary households sleep, and never allow
themselves to be seen by mortal eyes.


~More to read~

I am only one, but still I am one.
I cannot do everything,
but still I can do SOMETHING
and just because I cannot do everything...
I will not refuse to do the something
that I can do!.
~Helen Keller~

art unknown to me

~Vintage Postcards

"Each leaf,
each blade of grass
vies for attention.
Even weeds
carry tiny blossoms
to astonish us."
- Marianne Poloskey

I found this on Facebook
but no name of artist
but I had to share, this is soooo wonderful and amazing
don’t you think?

Oraciones en el sauce / Prayers on a weeping willow
by Diego Peñuela on Flickr

This illustration was part of "A song for Japan",
a beautiful project by PechaKucha Night Bogota,
done for the victims of Japan earthquake, 2011

La Toilette
by Henri Gervex.
French Academic Painter (1852 - 1929)

HAVE A  LOVELY SUNDAY!

The Story teller will tell you the story
about the
SNOW QUEEN

~OVERHERE~

1911 Edmund Dulac from
Stories from Hans Andersen
The Snow Queen 

“… and in the centre of this lake sat the Snow Queen,
when she was at home.”

One of my favorite books!
The Secret Garden
Illustration by Inga Moore

~Have a lovely weekend!

Queen Of May
by Herbert Gustave Schmalz

by Jacob Hendrick Maris

~Vintage book

Magical illustrations by Else Wenz-Viëtor,
1882-1973
one of Germany's most well known
and prolific children's illustrators...
 

This wonderful book is my own dutch copy
I bought on flea market.
 

Young Lady Saying the Rosary,
by Vincent Vidal.
French (1811 - 1887)

John William Waterhouse at his easel
~LINK~

Illustration of Babar the elephant
by Jean de Brunhoff.

by Alexei Ivanovich Korzukhin

The Frog Prince
by Marianne Stokes (1855-1927)

~Photo Art~

I truly believe that if we keep telling
the Christmas story,
singing the Christmas songs,
and living the Christmas spirit,
we can bring joy and happiness
and
peace to this world."
~ Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993),

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

EVERYONE!!

Once upon a time,
I thought faeries lived only in books,
old folktales, and the past.
That was before they burst upon my life as vibrant,
luminous beings, permeating my art
and
my everyday existence,
causing glorious havoc.
~Brian Froud

Swan Lake
Prague 1970.
Illustrated by Ludmila Jiřincová.

Mireille Havet (1898, Médan, Yvelines - 1932)
was a French poet, diarist, novelist, and lyricist.

She wrote lyrics for songs composed by 
John Alden Carpenter and intended for Éva Gauthier. 
She wrote a novel, Carnaval, published in 1923.
She was friends with Jean Cocteau and Colette,
who referred to her as “la petite poyétesse”.

Her diary, which she kept from 1913 to 1929,
was only found again in 1995,
and published in 2003.

(source: Wikipedia)

“The fairy poet takes a sheet
Of moonbeam, silver white;
His ink is dew from daisies sweet,
His pen a point of light.”
by Joyce Kilmer

Art unknown to me

“The world could truly use a few more elves.” 
by  Susan Branch

art unknown to me

 

To laugh often and much;
to win the respect of intelligent people and
the affection of children;
to earn the appreciation of honest critics
and to endure the betrayal of false friends.
To appreciate beauty;
to find the best in others;
to leave the world a bit better whether
by a healthy child,
a garden patch,
or a redeemed social condition;
to know that even one life has breathed easier
because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

 
  “Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories
and love of kindred, and we are better throughout
the year for having, in spirit,
become a child again at Christmas-time.”
― Laura Ingalls Wilder

art by Charles Gates Sheldon
(1889-1961)

   
Illustrations by saffronlungs
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HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!
XXX

~An Award

I got an Award ;o)
thank you very much
Jelle Bakker

I’m glad and proud
you give me this honor.
XXX

I will honor Christmas in my heart,
and try to keep it all the year.

quote by Charles Dickens
art unknown to me

Christmas Eve in the City of Toys

From Nutcracker of Nuremberg,
A Christmas Fantasy Based upon the Old Hoffman Legend; written and illustrated by Donald E. Cooke
(John C. Winston Co,1938)