Happy Whitsun! See you next week!

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Henry Heerup (1907-93)

The Human Nest

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A vintage German snail illustration

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Vintage postcard by Regina Steib

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Bookworm and snail bookplate

LAPL Central Library

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Ernst Kreidolf (1863-1956)

'Alte Kinderreime'.
Ernst Kreidolf, illustrator.
Cologne: Hermann Schaffstein, 1905.

Snail in the house,

 Come on out.

 Two with spears are coming to shoot you

 Two with sticks are coming to scare you

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Snail and Mushrooms felt bowl

This fiber art bowl is intended for decorative use 

rather than for functional purposes. This piece is a one-of-a-kind; 

hand felted by Alison Chase ispired by her daughter's 

love for snails and mushrooms! 

 Tortoise Shell Studio, Etsy

Vintage storybook illustration

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From Lis Pauludan's 'Easy Embroidery'

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Anna Lübsee: 'Snow drops with a Feather'

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A Dušan Kállay illustration

by Dušan Kállay

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A vintage Ernst Fay postcard

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Bible, Paris 15th century

Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine, ms. 62, fol. 70v

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Snails and dill...

Laura Latvala: 'Pikku-Marjan eläinkirja'

illustration: Helga Sjöstedt

'Dilliä ja piparjuurta
äiti kasvattaa.
Dillin vartta vaapperaa
pitkin ylös kapuaa
kaksi etanaa niin suurta
nähdäksensä avaraa
maailmaa'.

something like:

Dill and horseradish
mom is growing.
Up to the dill's wobbling stem
is climbing
two snails so big
to see
the wide wide world.

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'Sorry I am late...' greeting card

 Inside of card it reads: 'Happy Belated Birthday!'

Purchase the card here: Rat Dog Ink, Etsy

Puffin Book illustrations by Grace Gabler

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A vintage Marja de Ruyter postcard

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An illustration from 1936...

Illustration by Helen Jacobs from 'Piccolo The Elf' by Viola Bayley 

From the book 'The Wings of the Morning' 1936

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