The Book of Flowers Taschen Highgate birch bark is easily cut

birch bark is easily  cut

a summery Caprese

While gravy is traditionally reserved for holidays

the glasses’ pewter bases and crystal playfully mirror each other and create a lovely glow in the room

this Simon Pearce petite Weston vase demonstrates the impact of small bunches of flowers

The Book of Flowers Taschen Highgate birch bark is easily cutFlower painter Pierre Joseph Redout (17591840) devoted himself exclusively to capturing the diversity of flowering plants in watercolor paintings which were then published as copper engravings, with careful botanical descriptions. The darling of wealthy Parisian patrons including Napoleons wife Josephine, he was dubbed the Raphael of flowers, and is regarded to this day as a master of botanical illustration.