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Vintage Easter Postcard Two Lucky Chicks Toast to Spring, Easter Holiday

Miss Mary — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:48:30 +0000

Two lucky chicks lift up their glasses to toast the Spring season and Easter holiday in this daring Victorian Easter postcard that you can use as free clip art.

A Toast to Easter: Vintage Easter Postcard. Click the image to download a larger image that you can use as free Easter clip art.

Or, perhaps they are notorious drunks, trying to get a rush by gnawing on lucky four-leaf clovers? We may never know, so let’s just assume it’s just an innocent holiday scene and not the workings of my tired, fevered imagination.

Sad Victorian Boy Longs to be Set Free

Miss Mary — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:53:48 +0000

The birds! The birds! How they mock him. Suffering from ennui with a side of malaise, all the young Master can do is wish for sunnier days and better circumstances as he pines away indoors.

Perhaps you can find a good use for this vintage Victorian engraving, a Gothic bit of clip art as ever there was.

: Gothic Victorian Boy Clip Art

Robins Make Me Nervous

Miss Mary — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:05:22 +0000

A trio of baby Robbins, protected from the elements by my porch.

Trio of Baby Robins

Had to use the zoom, hence the rather crappy picture, but there you have them. Three baby robins, American Robins to be exact. They are a delight, both ma and pa taking an active role in feeding the hungry little critters. They make me nervous in that I worry about them. Will all three survive? What about that feral cat that has claimed more than one bird from the feeder area? I’ve read that squirrels prey on young Robbins (as they have my insulation). Are they hiding, spying, waiting to kidnap them? I’ve seen what squirrels can do to a feeder when they are hungry, perhaps they are satisfied with seeds for the moment.

Ah, nature!