The First Day of each month is devoted to all things Tasha Tudor. Each month's illustration is from The New England Butt'ry Shelf Almanac that she illustrated for Mary Mason Campbell. The Almanac contains stories, poems, information on fauna and flora, and recipes. Here is a recipe for Cranberry-Apple Crisp. . . .
Tasha's book, A Time to Keep, celebrates the year through seasonal activities each month. "September is fair month," she says, and illustrates four pages of her Dolls' Fair. . . .
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Tasha also wrote about fairs in her books, The County Fair and Corgiville Fair. Tasha loved farming and animals and would attend the nearby Danbury, CT Fair when she was a teenager. Her homemade oatmeal bread won 1st prize one year. . . .
Maria Berg, an artist in Germany, found me on the Web through my postings on Morning Musings about Tasha and sent me her watercolor of Tasha with her reason for loving Tasha Tudor which she was happy to share. I've posted a link to her Web Journal HERE because it embodies the Take Joy philosophy. If you sign-up for her e-mails at her site, you will receive her encouraging posts about living a joyful life. Thank you, Maria! . . . .
If you have a story to tell or a drawing you've done of Tasha and her world and would like to share it here, e-mail it to me and I will include it in next month's post. You can find my e-mail on my Profile page.
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Take Joy!
