Heaveninawildflower

Floral notes, pressed petals, likes, loves, the occasional greyhound. Sorry, not really a chatty blog. Don't feel obliged to 'follow' me because you 'like' or re-blog my posts. However, please retain my links and credits (usually, just click on the picture for the source).

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'Still-life with Roses' (1880) by Helen Cordelia Angell (1847–1884).

Watercolour.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Wikimedia.

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Varieties of cherries taken from 'Pomona Britannica' (1812) by George Brookshaw.

From the British Library archive.

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'Bird' (1878). Designed by William Morris for Morris & Co.

Heavy wool fabric.

The Met. Internet Archive Python library 0.5.1

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Lemon Cookies with Boxed Cake Mix

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'Audiobook'. Pawel Kuczynski. 

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Granitic Elements

(c) gif by riverwindphotography, August 2026

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For World Elephant Day.

This is a facsimile version of “Libro de la utilidad de los animals” (The Book of the Usefulness of Animals: (Kitāb manāfi' al-hayawān). It is an illustrated Arabic bestiary crafted in 1354, probably in Syria. Each animal is introduced by a description of its characteristic features, habits, and reactions in various situations. Then follows an account of the different anatomical parts of the animal and their curative effects on humans. (From Facsimile Finder)

World Elephant Day was created to bring attention to the urgent plight of Asian and African elephants and to help conserve and protect elephants from the numerous threats they face.

Libro de la utilidad de los animales Ibn al-Durayhim al-Mawsili ; presentación y traducción de Carmen Ruiz Bravo. Ibn al-Durayhim, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, 1312-1361 [author]

ابن دريهم، علي بن محمد، 13121361. [Madrid] : Publiafinsa, S.A., Kaydeda Ediciones : Editorial Patrimonio Nacional, [1990] 1 facsimile volume (154 leaves of plates) : color facsimiles ; 27 cm + 1 commentary volume (xviii, 309 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm) Spanish and Arabic Facsimile reproduction of the manuscript El Escorial, Real Monasterio, Ms. Árabe 898, with accompanying volume of commentary. 1990 HOLLIS number: 990131300150203941

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From our stacks: Illustration from William Blake: Etchings from his Works By William Bell Scott. With Descriptive Text. London: Chatto and Windus, 1878.

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Black-capped Chickadee

(c) gif by riverwindphotography, August 2026

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Wild Rose (1831) by Moritz Tettelbach (1794–1870).

Dorotheum

Wikimedia.

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Varieties of peach with blossom taken from 'Pomona Britannica' (1812) by George Brookshaw.

From the British Library archive.

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Textile Fragment (14th century). Probably made in Spain.

Silk; lampas.

Image and text information courtesy The Met.

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Tomato and zucchini quiche

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The dog days of summer are almost behind us! Despite what the name suggests, they were never really about dogs struggling through the heat.

The phrase comes from Sirius, the Dog Star, the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major. In the ancient Mediterranean world, Sirius’s appearance in the summer sky became associated with the season’s most intense heat.

This tiny garnet ring stone, made sometime between the 1st century BCE and 3rd century CE, depicts the head of Sirius—a fitting artifact for the final days of one of summer’s oldest expressions.

Image: Garnet Ring Stone with the Head of the Dog Sirius, 1st century BCE–3rd century CE. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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From our stacks: Illustration detail "Plate XLIX. Middle Ages. Fifteenth Century. Illuminations of Manuscripts. Flowers and Jewels. Illuminated Book of Hours. Lithographié par F. Durin. Imp. Firmin-Didot fr. Fils & Co., Paris." from Polychromatic Ornament. One Hundred Plates in Gold, Silver, and Colours, comprising upwards of two thousand specimens of the various styles of Ancient, Oriental, and Mediaeval Art, and including the Renaissance and the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. The Subjects selected and Arranged, in historical order and in a form suitable for practical use, by A. Racinet. With explanatory text, and a general introduction, translated from the original French. London: Henry Sotheran and Co., 1877.

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