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Rene Cloke

🌷 Cute fantasy art 🌷

A Midsummer Night's Dream ~ William Shakespeare Illustrated by Arthur Rackham ''Wake up, some vile thing is nearby ...''

Rene Cloke

Rene Cloke - Sleeping Beauty

(108 pieces jigsaw puzzle) I'm sailing away, set an open course for the virgin sea I've got to be free, free to face the life that's ahead of me On board, I'm the captain, so climb aboard We'll search for tomorrow on every shore And I'll try, oh Lord, I'll try To carry on I look to the sea, reflections in the waves spark my memory Some happy, some sad I think of childhood friends and the dreams we had We live happily forever, so the story goes But somehow we missed out on that pot of gold…

So many have lived among us who we would never know were it not for postcards. Rene Cloke is one. As a shy young girl Rene was interested in drawing and illustrating books. While in her forties, she worked in Britain’s War Office where the maps she made saved young lives during World War II.

Self-Heal Flower Fairy Vintage Print by Cicely Mary Barker printed c.1950 - The Self-Heal Flower Fairy is one of Cicely Barkers Wayside Flower Fairies. This is guaranteed to be an early printing & over 60+ years old. Click on the image to enlarge !!!!