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Happy Medicinal Plant Monday!

Is that a thing? I sure hope so. This beautiful plate comes from The Book of Health (1898). From left to right you see: peony, St. John’s wort, aconite/monkshood, and lily of the valley.

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American homes and gardens 1909

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1978 Lucasfilm Christmas card by Ralph McQuarrie.

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Carnival at Nice, Paul Signac

Medium: chalk,watercolor,paper

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Born to be wild

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The lady on the scooter was an artist named Szabó Éva (sadly she passed away 4 years ago). She decorated the scooter herself, and as far as I know she could have embroidered the dress herself too, as she was absolutely skilled at the craft and often gave away tapestries to churches.

She worked on cars too (as well as easter eggs, besides teaching folk dance):

She learned the art of Kalocsa patterns from her mother and she believed in keeping the folk motifs alive so passionately that she reportedly told she’d paint an entire house or airplane kalocsai if anyone asked her.