Category: Random Posts from Home
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Manual for Life in the Open Air aka Outdoor Manual
This Italian book from the 1970s was recently found in a box while my boyfriend was sorting through his things. As a boy, he moved from Italy to the United States with his family. Since he left while still learning to read and write well, he asked his mom if they could order some Italian…
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Cloudberries and a Kabocha Squash
Reproduction of a painting by the Swedish botanist C. A. M. Lindman taken from Bilder ur Nordens Flora (first edition published 1901–1905). Recently a Finnish friend of mine asked me to pickup some Cloudberry Preserves for him from a local import store we have here in the Portland Metro area (Scandia Imports). Since he travels…
Ann Loves Plants 