I don't give myself much time to read. I love to read, but somehow I've always got something else to do. Recently our Aunt Sally told me about a wonderful easy quick read about Tasha Tudor. Tasha was born Aug. 28th 1915 in Boston, Mass. Ever since she was a young woman she had wanted to live back in 1830. She eventually had her son build her a farm house to her specifications in Vermont in which she lived till she passed away last June 18th. at the age of 93. She was a wonderful author and illustrator of 70 children's books. On her farm, living alone, she had chickens, goats, Fantail pigeons, many fancy birds in the house, her ever present Corgi dogs, and a one eyed cat named Minou. She cooked on a wood stove, made all her own clothes, collected beautiful clothing from fashionable ladies out of the 1800's, made dolls and marionettes, and all the while drawing and illustrating her books. She also had lovely gardens full of heirloom vegetables, flowers and herbs, again tending to these herself.
I'm finished with the book you see here, and have one more waiting called " Tasha Tudor's Garden" I also will be ordering more of her works. Below you see some of the illustrating she had done on her book called Corgiville Fair. She had 5 Pembroke Welsh Corgi dogs.
Illustration from the book "Corgiville Fair."
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