The Kitchen Window

The Kitchen Window
Antique Milk Bottles with Herbs and Flowers

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Welcome to the Frog Hollow Farm blog! I've been blogging since January 2010 and have switched from Blogger to Word Press, but I'm back to Blogger because, for me, it's easier to use. My husband and I live on a little farm in Northwest New Jersey. We have some chickens and a very large vegetable garden with asparagus and raspberries, and rows and rows of sunflowers, snapdragons and zinnias. Traveling, entertaining, gardening, spending time with family, studying Italian, blogging and reading keep us busy and happy. With all of this going on, moving towards a simpler life seems almost impossible but it's definitely a daily goal.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Flower Guide Book

This past spring FHFB and I went on a short road trip down to Red Bank, NJ.  I picked up some Hemmingsley china at the antique stores down there, and mentioned a little flower guide book that I found as well. 

Since it's summer and so many bloggers, me included, are posting wonderful photos of their beautiful gardens, I thought I'd revisit the little flower book and show some more pictures of the beautiful watercolor drawings that must have been inspired by exquisite gardens and gardeners such as the ones I've loved looking at on so many blogger's pages. 
The book is about 3" by 5" with paper pages that are a bit discolored around the edges, just as you would expect with an antique book.  The binding along the spine of the book is a bit worn and broken in one spot. 

Title Page and Front Cover

A.  Wintergreen:  Checkerberry
B.  Trailing Arbutus:  Mayflower


Bull Thistle


Black-Eyed Susan

Butterfly Weed - Orange Milk-Weed


Cardinal Flower - Lobelia Cardinalis


I could look at this little book forever.  Hope you enjoyed seeing these pages from the flower guide. 



Ciao, bella!

5 comments:

  1. A darling little book. A real treasure. Are you going to keep it in tact or might you make a wall of beautiful little flower pictures from it?
    Such a sweet thing to share!
    Yvonne

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  2. I love old books such as this one - the flower prints are just lovely! What a treasure you found, Ann Marie.

    xo
    Claudia

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  3. HI FARM GIRL,
    IT IS SO HOT...TELL FARM BOY WE NEED A COOL BREEZE NOW AND THEN....THANK YOU.....
    LOVE YOUR BOOK, HOW NICE THAT YOU FOUND IT. RED BANK IS A TOWN OF ANTIQUE'S, AUNT CAROLINE, KAREN,JACKIE, AND I WOULD GO. I LOVE IT.
    LOVE, AUNT RIZ

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  4. What a beautiful book, the illustrations are so amazing!

    Donna

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  5. It's a sweet little book and I'm so glad it found you to take care of it.

    Di

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