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Drift-Weed (Hardcover)
Mabel Loomis Todd, Celia Thaxter, David Peck Todd
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R870
Discovery Miles 8 700
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Drift-Weed (Paperback)
Mabel Loomis Todd, Celia Thaxter, David Peck Todd
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R526
Discovery Miles 5 260
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The illustrated classic of an inspired woman and her flower garden
on Appledore Island. Celia Thaxter’s small garden with hollyhocks
and poppies and scarlet flax was much admired by friends,
neighbors, and visitors to the island off the coast of Portland,
Maine. There, she wrote this collection of remembrances and
gardening advice that was originally published in 1894, shortly
before her death. It has never been out of print since. In vivid
prose, Thaxter captures the stretching stems and blossoming flowers
in moods ranging from bitter defeat—delivered by unrelenting
slugs—to the exultant triumph of birdsong and bursting blooms.
Any gardener will understand and take heart from Thaxter’s
philosophical outlook. “I am fully and intensely aware,” she
writes, “that plants are conscious of love and respond to it as
they do to nothing else.” Many artists found inspiration in Celia
Thaxter’s garden including the American impressionist, Childe
Hassam, who provided this enduring book’s many full-page
paintings and chapter head decorations. This book is perfect for
anyone passionate about flowers and the many trials and triumphs of
gardening.
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