Tag Archives: Peter Rabbit

Finished!

It took longer than some and it was fun and satisfying to put in the last piece of this puzzle. Two more puzzles are on their way from my puzzle club present.

Another below freezing day here in the northeast corner of Washington State. Morning devotions, catching up on blogs (I always get behind from Friday through Sunday), washed bed linens, finished the puzzle, made a meal using up some stuff in the freezer (thankfully it was good), braved the freezing temps to throw out some food for the birds and that was about it. We didn’t have to trek out to the mailbox since it was Martin Luther King Jr. day here in USA and no mail was delivered.

That was yesterday. Today is our son Dan’s birthday. Happy Birthday, Dan!

Hope all is well in your corner of the world.

The Tailor of Gloucester

gloucester cathedral 029-001I started my Beatrix Potter Figurine collection on my first trip to England in 1973. I also bought a complete set of the books that Beatrix Potter wrote and illustrated. We knew about this shop in Gloucester and were determined to visit it while we were in Gloucester 41 years after I started my collection. gloucester cathedral 042

gloucester cathedral 030 There are lots of shops relating to Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit in England.

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This shop had a lot of fun displays filled with memorabilia.

early September 010Here is my “Tailor” and the books I purchased in 1973. Some of them are a little worn. I have 27 figurines. I’m just going to share a couple more for this post.

early September 012Here is Pigling Bland. The book to the right of Pigling Bland is Little Pig Robinson and when Josh was a little guy he figured out that this book was one of the longest in the series so he’d ask to have that one as his bedtime story knowing sleep would be delayed just a tad longer.

early September 011Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle is one of my favorites.

Of course Peter Rabbit is the most recognized of Beatrix Potter’s beloved characters.

 

Have you read Beatrix Potter’s books? Who is your favorite character?

Beatrix Potter ~ July 28, 1866 – December 22, 1943

Today in 1866 Helen Beatrix Potter was born. She lived to be 77 years old.

 

This little rabbit made her famous with The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

“I don’t know what to write to you, so I shall tell you a story about four little rabbits whose names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter….”

“And that – a letter to a small boy called Noel- was the beginning of the Beatrix Potter Books.”

 

 

 

I started my Beatrix Potter Collection in the summer of 1973 while touring England. I bought the Biography The Tale of Beatrix Potter by Margaret Lane in Oxford July of 1974.

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Pink Saturday ~ Beatrix Potter

For my third Pink Saturday I’m combining Pink with my love of all things Beatrix Potter. I started my collection of Beatrix Potter figurines in 1973 while in England. I’ve picked out 3 of my 27 figurines. These three have pink on them and I am sharing the book they come from and an excerpt from the book.

The first figurine is of “Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail” from The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

 

 

Next is “Hunca Munca” from The Tale of Two Bad Mice

 

 

The third figurine I’m sharing is “Goody Tiptoes” from The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes

 

 

Happy Pink Saturday everyone. Hope you enjoyed a little of my Beatrix Potter Collection. To see more Pink Saturday Posts visit our gracious hostess Beverly at How Sweet the Sound…

Photobucket is holding all my photos from 2007-2015 hostage on their site and have replaced my photos with black and grey boxes of ugliness. I’m slowly deleting those boxes from my blog and trying to update so many posts, very frustrating.