Flowers are indeed hard to ignore. They brighten our lives & our surroundings. This work shows how to paint scenes full of colour, mood & character, inspired by flowers growing naturally: along riverbanks, in woods, in the landscape & in parks & gardens. ...

Through thick mist & a cold east wind, Lavinia returns to Scotl&. Up at the big house Mrs Farquhar is dying. Seeing Lachlan again, Lavinia remembers her childhood holidays there: swimming in the loch, the picnics, bottle-feeding the lambs down at the farm & the evenings when they danced reels. Most of all, she remembers Mrs Farquhar's grandson Rory. In the house, as the old lady lies serene & beautiful in the bed she has slept in since coming home to Lachlan as a bride, Lavinia meets Rory once again. Flowers in the Rain is one of sixteen stories, each giving another magical glimpse into Rosamunde Pilcher's world. The world in which most would prefer to live all the time. ...

Provides an account of how the war changed Scotland irrevocably by exploring a wide range of themes, including the response to the call for volunteers, the performance of Scottish military formations in 1915 & 1916, & the militarization of the Scottish homel&, & the resistance to war in Glasgow & the west of Scotl&. ...

Begins with a bare Earth at the start of time, on which Mother Nature creates trees & flowers, & places the Golden Bluebell in a secret location. This title also talks about Medusa, who is transformed into a monster, & who in rage sets out to destroy every living thing on Earth. It is aimed at readers aged 8 years & above. ...

Flowers pop up everywhere in Renaissance art. Why are there pinks in a pot above a Crivelli Madonna, roses scattered across Botticelli's Primavera & columbines in the borders of many a fifteenth-century manuscript? This is the first book to explore how & why flowers feature so extensively in the extraordinary art of the Renaissance. Choosing twenty favourite plants, the author introduces each & then describes & illustrates a number of wonderful examples. The new naturalism in Renaissance art makes every one clearly identifiable but there is also still a reason & meaning behind each chosen flower. Even their names can be loaded with meaning & the attributes of these flowers were well known to their original audience. Today we need to have these things explained
- whether the flower is in a Tudor portrait, a tapestry, a Leonardo, a piece of jewellery or even on a plate or spoon. These flowers were valued by everyone from emperors to needlewomen: this delightful & revelatory book seeks out these hidden treasures & provides an unrivalled exploration of their beauty & their significance.
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Cambridge, 1892. Four years have passed since Vanessa Duncan's memorable introduction to detective work, & her success at proving the innocence of the wrongly accused has not gone unnoticed. With the arrival of the formidable Mrs Bryce-Fortescue, Vanessa is once again called on to help solve a perplexing mystery. Mr George Burton Granger has been found shot dead at the edge of his manor estate. His wife Sylvia, daughter to Mrs Bryce-Fortescue, appears to be the police's main suspect. But could the fragile Sylvia really be capable of such an act? & who is the mysterious young man sighted on the day of the killing? Vanessa must delve into the innermost secrets of the suspects if she is to find the hidden solution. ...

Details:
A great steel cutting die in the shape of some flowers
- compatible with most die-cutting machines.



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Fluff & Billy are the best of friends... but sometimes even best friends fall out!

Whatever Fluff does, Billy copies,

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Bluff your way to winning in a family game of Fluff!

Clever & crafty players do best in this game of liar's dice

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Keep your fidgeting fingers occupied with this coloured Fluff Stuff Squidgy Fun Gooey Putty.

This pot of putty is perfect

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