a little bit of heaven On Mother Earth’s warm chest Draws bees from a distance fulfill their quest. Baby-Blue-Eyes up close. Baby-Blue-Eyes has several Californian sisters. Most of them look like her. Their color is different, but their shape is the same. They have honey trails, honey receptacles, and hair barriers. All of them are loved by the entomologist. One of the sisters is completely different, but I think you can find it. Instead of growing close to the ground, it climbs up and shoots itself over bushes. It’s stem is square. You can feel the angles. But beware of […]
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Wild Hollyhock | The Doll Coloring Book
Hollyhock, scent laden, Curtsies cheerfully to the breeze. Those old gossip come alive To spread the word among the bees When Poppies and Buttercups, Cream Cups, and Baby-Blue-Eyes all color the fields, you see pink spots here and there. Then, you know Wild Hollyhock has come to town. Its color is subtle, but it is well-built to last through the year. Choose a leg. Watch how all the beautiful bell-shaped flowers crowd to their top. Look at one flower. It looks as if it is made of cute pink gauze. It contains many heavy white lines leading to the center. […]
Buttercup Land by Rose Henderson
Buttercup Landby Rose Henderson Come, little girl in the new blue dress,Let’s take a walk next to the big round rockThis lies by the soft warm sandThis leads to the edge of Buttercup Land. There are no crosswords in Buttercup Land, But flies and cockroaches and bees and birds, And a little gray frog is jumping and jumping In the tall, cool grass where the broccoli stops. Nobody frowns if your curls are messed up. And nobody mind if your apron is dirty. But the great blue sky is smiling, near and far. Where’s the little anomaly, the golden little […]
Rose, When You’re Bored With Blooming
Rose, when you’re bored of bloomingBy Mary Caroline Davies I’m glad there are roses, roses,Are you happy with me?I wonder if the rose is assumingAnyone can beVery pleased with it? The rose is happy with the sun, rain and bees. I’m happy with dolls and hats And swing between our apple trees, from jars and cats; and baseball bats. I’m glad there are roses, roses, Are you happy with me? When you’re tired of blooming, look, You’ll see me sitting with a book Or knock me down on my knees. The times when you had nothing else to do You […]
Antique Floral Postcards for The Dolly Mail
Your dolls can send a beautiful flower postcard to their family and friends through Dolly Mail This set includes: old roses, crocuses, daisies, cornflowers, carnations, heliotropes, mums, rhododendrons, verbena, apple buds, tulips and hyacinths. For personal use only. Do not resell or redistribute.
Parts of The Flower Poem
Diagram of the parts of a flower. parts of a flower CALYX is the outer cup. Hold the flower comfortably. SEPALS WAS WEAVING STRONG To keep cool and damp. Corolla is the colored part This rejoices every heart like a child. Petals wave on the breeze To call butterflies and bees. stamens next to the ring, Their ANtherS set on Magic Spring. These ANTHERS stock up on generous meed of pollen, needed to make seeds. The pistils are in the middle of the fare Because they should get the most care. Stigmas caught POLLEN beads that converts ovules into seeds.
Baby Blue Eyes: Lesson 1
a little bit of heavenOn Mother Earth’s tender breast,with a shy welcome smile,It rewards our relentless pursuit. Are there any of you children who wouldn’t rejoice at the first blue baby girl you find in the spring? Are you ever tired of this delicious flower? Even if you lived next door to a whole field of Baby-Blue-Eyes, you’d still love them. Their bright blue faces seem to smile at us as sweetly as children do. But if Baby-Blue-Eyes reminds us of a cute little baby, she’s not helpless. She is well able to carry on with her work. She is […]
Cream Cups | The Doll Coloring Book
A pastoral scene that pleases the eye –Soft cattle, still ewes, with lambkins drink, And the pannequins crowded on the hills Filled with Jersey Fairy Flora. A small cousin of the poppy is a cup of cream. You and I might think it doesn’t look much like its brighter cousin, but then not all cousins look alike! Botanists say they are cousins. Botanists are people who study plants well. They say the poppy and the cup of cream are cousins! A cup of cream colors a field, as does either a poppy or a buttercup. Her pale light catches Mrs. […]
The California Poppy | The Doll Coloring Book
i’m a california kid, The sun was born under the sun and the bright sky. Opening the heart is Azhari, Everyone who loves will find a place here. Poppy field in California. California kids know the poppy as well as the buttercup. They saw it rush after the first fall rains. It grows anywhere, along the railway track, in grassy meadows, on top of a sunny hill. It lights up so much of our land that we have made it the flower of our state. Is the poppy the same corolla as the buttercup? You see at once that it […]
Buttercup Lesson 1. | The Doll Coloring Book
buttercup and chamomile, Oh! the beautiful flowers Coming before spring To talk about sunny hours.Mary Howitt. Does your grandmother sing you that song? “Buttercups and chamomiles, oh! Beautiful flowers…” my father sang when I was a little girl. He learned it from his grandmother. For many years our people have been singing it to their children. We sang it because they know children love these flowers. They are such friendly flowers. They are always ready to tell the children what is good for them. Put a ranunculus under your chin to see if you like the butter. If a bright […]