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Finding Inspiration XXXVI - The Future is Ours

on June 26, 2012

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You know that tail when you see it!

Velvet black toy cat link

Photographer Unknown link

1930s Ghost Stories magazine cover link

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Vintage Steiff velveteen black cats Ruby Lane

by Henry Clayton Hopkins

Christmas in the Woods, 1917 eBay

Bird Heaven, 1920
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'Victoria regia' - 'Victoria amazonica'

Water lilies in Tower Grove Park, US, ca. 1900
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Victoria amazonica
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'Victoria amazonica' is a species of flowering plant, the
largest of the Nymphaeaceae family of water lilies. The species
has very large leaves, up to 3 m in diameter, that float on the water's
surface on a submerged stalk, 7–8 m in length. The species was once
called 'Victoria regia' after Queen Victoria, but the name was
superseded. 'Victoria regia' was once the subject of rivalry
between Victorian gardeners in England...
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Annie Paxton standing on a Victoria amazonica leaf in the lily
house at Chatsworth; Paxton's design for the Crystal Palace
took its cue from the organic structure of this plant

'On unbent leaf in fairy guise,
Reflected in the water,
Beloved, admired by hearts and eyes,
Stands Annie, Paxton's daughter...'

The Gigantic Waterlily (Victoria Regia),
'In Flower At Chatsworth' Illustrated London News, 1849
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byWalter Hood Fitch, 1851
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