John Constable

John Constable

Constable Country  It was on this day that the English landscape painter John Constable was born in 1776.   He was born in Suffolk England in an area now known as, “Constable Country”.   When he wrote to his friend John Fisher in 1821 he said, “I should paint my own places best”    and …

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June 11, 2019 Garden Journal, National Corn on the Cob Day, John Constable, Julia Margaret Cameron, Henry David Thoreau, Thomas Love Peacock, The A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants by Christopher Brickell, Chamomile, and ET

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Here’s another idea for your garden journal: Flip to the back and save two pages. On one page, write “Successes,” and on the other “Failures.” In the garden, we learn equally from both.       Brevities #OTD Today is National Corn on the Cob Day – June 11th. Corn is part of the grass…

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