The Hare

I start out of my sleep to think
Some day I may forget
Their food and drink;
Or, the house door left unshut,
The hare may run till it's found
The horn's sweet note and the tooth of the hound.

-- Two Songs of a Fool, William Butler Yeats

Illustration: A Young Hare, Albrecht Durer

Yellow Rose

You may talk about dearest May,
And sing of Rosa Lee,
But the yellow rose of Texas
Beats the belles of Tennessee.

-- The Yellow Rose of Texas, Southern American Folk Song

Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry

Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry is probably the most important illuminated manuscript of the 15th Century. It consists of 416 pages, about half of which are full-page miniatures, and took nearly a century to be completed. Pictured is the illustration for July, which depicts the shearing of the sheep. The castle in the background is the Château de Clain, near Poitiers.

Bridge at Langlois, Arles

Painting of the drawbridge at Langlois, near Arles. Van Gogh painted the bridge six times within a period of six weeks.

Rowan Berries

Wood from the rowan tree was thought to have magical powers, and was used for druid staffs, magical wands, and dowsing sticks.

Auld Lang Syne

And there’s a hand, my trusty fiere !
And gies a hand o’ thine !
And we’ll tak a right gude-willie-waught,
for auld lang syne.

Robert Burns, Auld Lang Syne

Ladybug

"Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother."

Moroccan Proverb