Im especially interested to hear if there are any new rose varieties you cant live without! Misty of Chinoteague was a book I wanted to live in. With great soil you can grow anything :-). As with so many others, I find it hard to narrow down to a book that most interested me as a child. I always escaped by reading as a child. Now as an adult and a mom, I work hard to make sure my girls get to experience and soak up the homestead life, even though were currently living in the burbs. I could sit on their couch and explore, space, time and the world. I grew up in a large family (nine siblings!) She brings seeds with (from her dear grandmother who taught her about gardening) and sows flowers everywhere. Heck, I still love a good adventure story.They fuel my love of travel, visiting new places and help me see my own familiar places in a different light. I loved the Little House On The Prairie books. Growing up, I loved a book my grandmother gave me called Pictures of Japan that had amazing illustrations of Gardens and oceans in Japan along with beautiful poetry and haikus. This looks like a beautiful and delightfully fun book! Im a Fairy tales reader! As a child I read repeatedly through the Black Stallion series of books, by Walter Farley, imagining myself galloping on the back of a powerful and beautiful racehorse. One of my favorite childhood books was Anne of Green Gables. Dad was always working, and/or drinking. Ive always been an avid reader. My favorites were the Nancy Drew series. Thanks for this chance to win a copy! Thank you for your support! I loved Snugglepot and Cuddlepie by May Gibbs. The idea of being a young inquisitive woman always appealed to me and I must say persists today. It helped me get through all my years of babysitting. Arriving home, I would pull out the encyclopedia and begin my research, losing myself in the pictures and words. I once read that its better to believe in the impossible and probable than probable and impossible. It gave a message that a childs level of work is valuable and taking steps to achieve a desired end is possible. When I was young, I played, I did not read. During tonights episode, viewers learned that Alexis Sky has just signed a major record deal with rapper 6ix9ines label, Treyway. And the sun shines through the windowpane. When I was young I was obsessed with Nancy Drew. Yum, yum, bacon's my favorite food!" 2. food that rhymes with alexis. For 40 years I made up for it reading countless books to six year olds as a teacher. I was that girl who loved all things horse, spending hours drawing them and living for every other Thursday at 4pm when I could have a riding lesson on my favorite old black horse, Peanuts, at Jimmy Rainwaters Flying Horseshoe Ranch. Winnie the Pooh was also beloved. Horse stories and mysteries. Or hope to come across a squirrel that could talk. I didnt realize that at the time, but all those stories helped me navigate many difficult challenges with hope! I still love animals and the delicate dance between all living things created by God. I memorized many of the poems and loved the beautiful drawings. My favorite books as a young girl were the Betsy-Tacy books by Maud Hart Lovelace. Shel Silverstein. 2. The places I could explore. I especially loved the one on nature & space. As I sit here in my warm, cozy home with 5 feet of snow outside and watching it continue to snow Ive been pulling out my gardening books and coffee table books seeking some inspiration and hope that Spring will arrive before I know it. I have one granddaughter that is very keen on learning about gardens and all things natural. I loved reading this interview and learning about flower life in New Zealand! A love for reading to me inspires us to live life to its fullest. The book was about a boy who wanted a pig. One by one, the books arrived in our mailbox and I loved every one of them. Here are some super simple food activities. The Ugly Duckling, by Hans Christian Andersen, made such an impression on me as a young child. When trying to come up with a name for our flower farm I knew we needed to call it Basket of Flowers Farm after that Childhood book because of what the book was all about. They captured my imagination and I loved reading about historical peoples lives such as Betsy Ross, Dolly Madison, Harriet Tubman, etc. Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand This book appears to be magical. I always liked biographies not only about people that did great and world changing things, but also about little farm girls that grew up with the most simple of lives. I read the Boxcar Children series to my children and now my grandchildren. Those books shaped my love for Paris for one. I always loved books about pioneers, whether biographies or fiction. I loved every book in the Little House on the Prairie series, Mrs Piggle Wiggle series and Pippi Longtocking and we would pretend to be the characters in those books and bring the magic of those stories into our play. They were just short little stories about famous people. As an early reader my favorite book was Chip and Dales book of The Mystery of the Missing Peanut. From making butter to growing vegetables, overcoming hardships and the importance of family. I read all the nature books, I wanted to know everything about all the animals lol! She played a lot in the garden so I must seek a Ziggy for her.. I love that sentiment. They all knew us. The magic of a garden remains ever present in my life as I shifted to flower farming in 2019 thanks to the Floret Workshop! Imagination. One of those illustrations pictured a hot summer day. Ive read this with my own kids many times! I loved books that my imagination placed me within the setting. Lots of animal, garden and childcare done by Pell as he worked his way through summer to get his own new blue suit. Zoe, first congrats on your book , the collage of flowers and color is very inviting , well done. I later became a photographer very much inspired by those books. The Faraway Tree Enid Blyton. As a kid, my mom would let me choose piles of books from the scholastic order forms sent home from school. Yes, this season we collaborated on some workshops with Rhonda of Flora Forms, who has a farm about 20 minutes from us. Filled with shock and then compassion for the duckling, this has influenced my life in many ways. I am 14 and have a dream of growing my own flowers, arranging them and seeling them in gorgeous bouquets. The pictures and the rhymes were so precious and whimsical, and so imaginative. Father went to work, and the two children played happily. The story has become a part of me as no other story ever has and Im sure that is why Ive spent my life trying to create the same magic in my garden for my family. Today, I feel like I still have that dream of her cottage in the garden shaping me. Mysteries always mysteries. I became an art director of publications, seeking out and surrounded by many talented photographers and illustrators and still enchanted with gorgeous books. I was a huge fan of the Ramona Quimby series. I still love to read and usually finish my day with a good book. An adult, I think it helped to shape my goals to travel and share travel experiences with my children as often as possible. The little house on the prairie books and Beatrix potter were definite favorites but its hard to choose (epically when your a book worm!) My grandparents garden became my playground for imagining I was someplace from those books and let me live out my adventures. I got so lost in the Thoroughbred book series as a young reader because I had a wild passion for all things horses. The dog and horse books were my dreams of wanting a dogandahorse. As a child my favorite book was , Put Me In The Zoo. My mom found an original copy of the book a few years ago and gave it to me for Christmas. This interview brought up ALL the magic. I love how the community is still small there. I cannot wait to read Zos book. Illustrated Fairy Tales launched me into a lifelong love of nature and the outdoors. So alas, I must take my leave of you now to search for a magical plant that includes princess or tiara in its name. I loved story books with pictures like Beautrix Potter. I still have the book on my self and its illustrations still inspire me to live amongst the flowers and birds! I know it sounds crazy but we did not have a lot of money so the flowers were inspiration. Una delicia para cualquier edad. Its interesting to think that some of the inspiration for what Im trying to achieve with this place visually comes from those books. As a child, I was fascinated with Anne Frank. They helped shape my love of learning and adventure. My favorite book as a teen was The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady by Edith Holden. The catch, though, is that I didnt like reading myself. And you fare forth in your splendor, - Newcastle restaurateur Terry Laybourne on reopening St Vincent for first time since Covid, Top city chef and 21 Hospitality Group owner Terry Laybourne talks about the March 9 re-launch of quayside restaurant St Vincent, the effects of the pandemic, the cost of living crisis and Newcastle's current dining scene. As an adult, I am really a people person so that fits with the interests I had growing up. I still have my original copies with well-worn creases from childhood. My favorite books growing up!!! Now in my 60s, I continue to travel whenever I get the chance. Cicely Mary Barkers Flower Fairy series was the first seed for my current love of gardening. I always dreamed about living in a treehouse and having endless areas to explore and ride my bike. I got my love of gardening from my grandad who had 2 acres of gardens no fruit trees. that beautiful horse, flying across the dunes and fields. What a beautiful book! How they have shaped me as an adult is that I continue to pursue to know Him and love Him and follow His ways. Little house on the prairie by Laura ingalls wilder. A friend has decided that the gaudy ones are the most fun. She gazes into the plate and dreams of a permant home and garden. I passed this love onto my daughter who has a stack of seek and find books. I loved changing the ending based on my choices. We are surrounded by nature and our neighbors farm animals and even through Im learning country life is not easy (my husband grew up in the country with a farmer father) I love seeing the beauty in the simple world around us, how everything works cohesively to thrive and how hard work provides opportunities for things to grow. I enjoyed envisioning their lifestyle and look forward to seeing their beautiful book. I also loved the magazine Highlights with the best part being the search of the hidden items, simialr to Lost & FOund. . I fell in love with this story about the Mary Call Luthor, an orphaned teen who is struggling to raise her two younger siblings (and avoid government services breaking up the family) in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina in the early 1970s. Your question was a fun one to think about! #greek #salad #naxos #dairy" I would also try painting the flowers in the catalog. I dreamed to escape and journey on adventures which led me to my love of travel, I guess. Kitchen play is a free choice favorite, and we love talking about favorite foods and what we make at home with our families. I think Winnie the Pooh stories were a favorite. She was always up to something and so was I :) thank you for sharing some of your story Zo! I live in a small mountain town farming flowers. Catsup, mustard, mayonnaise, and relish, My parents are so proud of me, they should just strut, 4. As I child, I read whatever I could find. I was a voracious reader as a child and carried home stacks of books from the local library. I loved Nancy Drew books and to this day still enjoy a good mystery . I am a workshop student for 2023 and am overwhelmed by how much I dont know. Like your beautiful looking creation! Like growing a garden! Cyclone Gabrielle hit our region last week causing devastation to the Hawkes Bay, East Coast, and Northland regions of New Zealand. I keep that book close to me even as an adult although its been a few years since I last read it. She sources the most beautiful ranunculus, anemones, and cut flower seeds from overseas. Use it for writing poetry, composing lyrics for your song or coming up with rap verses. As a child I would walk to the library for my grandmother who lived with us. Also , loved I spy books with my daughter which makes this offering fun. As a child, my favorite books were Dr. Seuss. she is understanding, funny, and caring. Am now enjoying sharing them with my grandchildren. I remember loving Roald Dahl, Nancy Drew, and the silly poetry of Shel Silverstein! Id get as close to finished as I could and then Id call out to her, MUM! Shed be somewhere in the field keeping things ticking along, usually weeding, thats her favourite (literally). In third grade a teachers aid read us THE SECRET GARDEN after recess while we rested our heads on the desk. I grew up in Estonia, a place with beautiful fields, woods and forests. Gardening is a huge part of my life now and my joy. I was sick quite often as a child and my father would go to the library and bring back a stack of books for me. Oh how I dreamed to live in the MET with all those amazing things and see them solo without distraction! I think I liked to read them so much because I was able to dream of a happier place. I believe that her curiosity helped me to learn thats its good to be curious too! I think that shaped me to become the curious person I am today. My students and my children all mention this as a special memory. When we moved out of the city I only stopped begging my Dad to get me a horse when he promised he would when he got himself a plane. Their version of hide and seek!! I loved historical fiction as a childthe Dear America series was a particular favorite. It was always fun to imagine stories about the items or people in those books. My favorite books were the Babysitters club. I loved yet feared Maurice Sendaks Where the Wild Things Are. As a child I was a voracious reader- anything I could get my hands in really. As a very young child I loved having Mom read me fairytales. I loved staying up late into the night reading The Boxcar Children, A to Z Mysteries, and The Magic Treehouse. Her love of flowers & nature & imagination drew me right in. I loved going over and over all of Richard Scarrys books as a child. Full of history and magic. Little hands offering joyous bouquets to preschool teachers. I always adored the I Spy books as a kid. Tender books about children living in difficult situations who taught others to love more easily taught me to have more compassionate eyes for others. Its in my top 10 favorite books (childhood AND adult). I loved the Anne of Green Gables series as a child-it helped me appreciate the small beautiful things in life and see life as an adventure. Let us know in the comments below. > Print here for free. When I was younger, my favorite books were fantasy stories. The search for a zipperumpazoo which had a lot of fun pictures with lots of things to discover. This is a beautiful work of art!! As a city kid, I loved books about big families who lived on a farm, or in a small friendly village, with cats, dogs and big gardens that sustained their simple lifestyle, Now Im channeling that city kids desires in a big country garden of my own. xx, I loved my World Book encyclopedias! 1. As a child I read pretty much anything I could get my hands on, but the stories that I remember most vividly were the adventure and sci-fi/fantasies! I was enchanted by a book with incredibly beautiful illustrations: The Girl and the Rain by Milena Lukesova. Now, as I start my flower journey, I seek out learning opportunities to better my understanding of soil/soil health, bio-diversity. Im old enough that the Dick & Jane (see Spot run!) What a lovely looking book! Dating myself as well, I have to say the books that got the wheels in my brain churning were the Nancy Drew mystery books, which I discovered after reading most of the Hardy Boys series. My Mom was a teacher there and she worked it out with the librarian to get the old copy for my daughter- who also loved the book. I would dive into them, feeling a closeness with the characters and joy when the story unfolded so beautifully. Books that rhymed always were favorites, as they are now with my own children. XO) And great interview and story Zoe! I went to college and got a real career, but I never lost my enthusiasm for creating beauty. Am now living in a semi-rural, temperate zone; Im keeping a cottage garden, enjoy watching the birds at their feeders, and am partial to watercolor illustrations/artworks. The Gem. It brings a smile to my face when I see its worn cover and revisit the story with my daughter (now grown) and granddaughters . My favorite books as a child were Alices Adventures in Wonderland, and Through The Looking Glass. And now as an adult, Im a pediatric therapist and help kids who are going through struggles of their own. I love to read and I believe that reading at such a young age has helped carry my love of books into adulthood. This was so special & exciting for me as a child. I loved the whole family aspect of them weathering every storm together and living a hard, but more simple life. That book fell apart I read it so many times! See all the reviews here. I continue to love childrens books the stories and the illustrations. I must have read it 20 times. I related well to her being uprooted and trying hard to blossom in a new place. When my children were young, I loved to buy my daughter the I Spy books, we had some much fun looking at those photos I mean here it is the name of our flower farm and I go back to the foundation of that book many a time! Thanks for a most enjoyable trip down memory lane! Anything Snoopy & Peanuts. I loved arts and crafts books. You are ready to play. I dont know about you, but if Im going to choose between thieve and breach (which do not rhyme), Ill always choose thieve, Why? What a wonderful labor of love. From Belgium: TO THE SUN FROM A FLOWER We would escape to imagine something only to find it in our neighborhood and celebrate that find. I was a horse nerd when I was a young one, and devoured every book on the subject to learn all I could. I was that kid that stayed up way too late on a school night to read my latest volume. My crafts have been my sanity through life. Had many. As an elementary teacher Ive always read these stories to my students and they love them too. My two favorite books of his you could search for Goldbug on every page! Her book looks like an artists dream! Im working to create a secret garden feel in my tiny back yard right now. . At 69 I still read The Secret Garden and find the same solace as a child. Like you, I liked the search pages in Highlights magazines at the Doctors office-we didnt get the magazine so it made going to the dr.s office a little less painful. My favorites were historical fiction and the mix of fact and story helped shape me into the teacher I am today. Loved the inspirational interview with Zoe Fields. As a kid, I loved the book Chrysanthemum which was about a little mouse named after the flower and her struggle with learning to love her own name. Nowadays I prefer reading historical fiction and gardening books, especially those by Floret! Loved learning how others dealt with difficult lives, overcame obstacles and about this beautiful world. Life lessons! Jessies illustrations were so dreamy. The death & dying series was heartbreaking, but would remind me that life is short & to cherish your loved ones. I read all the Nancy Drew books when I was young and loved each one. Though my life is very different I find that now, the things that give me the most pleasure are working in my own home cleaning, baking bread, and working on my own land. Now I sometimes have to remember it, because in everyday life with five children it is easy to forget. Thank you for sharing. Than Alice in Wonderland and onward. I would want Zoes book just because I may never get to NZ . I used to get so carried away when I was little and many a time my mother would ask, who am I talking to, while i was playing in our garden. is like nothing Ive ever seen beforeits like the seek-and-find books I loved as a kid, but made for flower lovers! And who could resist those books where you had to look for something! I was raised on a dairy farm and there were 8 children. Later in Jr and Senior high school I was able to access the library where I found The Hobbit and other adventure stories. I remember these blue-covered books all line up together. My favorite book was our big atlas. Today, Im excited to publish a new interview with Zo and get the opportunity to share about her work and wonderful book with you, which is a must-add to your flower library. A farmers work is never done! Guido Gezelle (translated by Jethro Bithell. Living in a city I had a huge passion and little access to real horses so these books, fiction and non fiction sated (somewhat) the yearnings of this love. This seems like so much fun to search through my favorite things, flowers! This is still true for me now that I am an adult and grandmother. The other favorite was Donovan Whilloughby, which I loved because it was so creative, I always wished the crayon forest was real. Something about the whimsical illustrations always captured me. There were a couple of them. food that rhymes with alexis food that rhymes with alexis. Beautiful photos and flowers! Im now a florist and always have a variety of hats in my car for when Im setting up onsite. I also loved beautiful coffee table books about art, travel, and nature photography. 1: cathexis: k uh th e k s i s: 2006: Definition: 2 . I still have my dog-eared copy. I began with what was at home my mothers set of Nancy Drews and a few Cherry Ames. And I would be turning it into a small side business with hopes of paying it forward. I give my bouquets to friends and relatives in honor of her. Botanical gardens, floral prints, & paintings or being in woodlands, streams, or ocean, as being outside in nature is what makes me feel at my best. Today I find joy in combining found flowers in my yard w roses and irises and small treasures nestled in a tea cup or jelly jar or bottle. A couple saw the house, loved it, and moved it back out to the country where the air was clean and the little house could watch the seasons and enjoy the family raised within her walls. I fell in love with secret spaces and recovering lost beauty, digging in the soil and growing beautiful flowers. I loved Richard Scarry books! For me, Where the Wild Things Are by Sendak remains the most vivid childhood story and inspired my imagination, as will this book. I plant flowers and a garden every summer, working in the soil grounds me. Maybe that is where love for gardening started. There was a little hesitation from my son and my husband because there was a much larger backyard . Of my own! I love anything horse related (The Saddle Club, Thoroughbred, Black Beauty). Thank your for all of the wonderful teaching you do through your work. My favorites was my dads collection of National Geographic Magazines. I still look back on the Dick, Jane, and Sally books with fondness. Ps I love flowers too! A wonderful memory I have is of my sixth grade teacher, Mrs. Stewart, reading The Call of the Wild by Jack London to our class everyday after recess. I have long-admired Zo from afar and am dying to visit her farm in person someday. Lots of pretty flowers in the artwork of a funny little story. I also anxiously await every Louise Penny Book. I was an avid daydreamer as a kid and I guess the books I loved to read reflected that. I really want to have a beautiful collection of New Zealand-bred roses throughout the field, so Im trialing a lot of new varieties from Matthews Roses. I was fascinated by the daily life of these pioneers. By Betty Smith. As a grownup with littles Ive decided you can never be too old picture books. Classic tales that were condensed. I had a huge imagination as a child and I loved reading fictional stories, because I could really imagine the words on the page and they made me feel happy. To learn more and connect with Zo, be sure to visit her website and follow her on Instagram and Facebook. I named it and climbed it almost every day. As a child, I loved fiction books we are children traveled to other land. I sped through the Goosebumps series at the library and then was left hunting for more ways to get that safe, scary thrill of reading a horror novel. We lost her last August and our lives have not been there same. It was a safe place to be, to feel who you are deep inside, free from all the turmoil of family and the worldI longed to find that place for me and now I have it right in my own backyard! To do this day, I need nothing more than a book in my hand to be having the most wonderful day. These books inspired me to keep reading. I have always loved mysteries starting with the Bobbsie Twins. Cant wait to get the book. I loved using the colors of my imagination to finish the pictures. And, thank you Erin for the introduction. I would never get bored. Some of my favorites were the Hardy Bous and Nancy Drew, all comics, and fairy tale books. When I taught kindergarten Our whole school planted Lupine seeds and we all looked forward to seeing them bloom each spring. Today I still like to press flowers and as of spring 2021 I am now an urban flower farmer. As far as the book that I was most interested in as a child . I loved all sorts of books as a child (and still do!). They were allowed so much freedom and independence, and that appealed to me as a child. I was thrilled that Nancy was clever, adventurous and independent. Little did I know growing up in the inter-mountain west I would end up living a few hours north of De Smet SD. I loved so many books as a childhard to choose just one! I would bring them all to my mom. was called Summer at Buckhorn. I used to dream of walking around exploring all of the ruins at the site and listening to the Howler monkeys. Of course, we would always beg for more! Fashion, gardening and crafts(all of them lol) even cookingtheses passions I definitely inherited from my mom. My mom let me have a little corner area of the yard as my personal garden! Thank you for the give away, its always a pleasure to connect with see into the lives of others interested in the same passions. The whole class cried at the end of the book ( including my teacher, Mrs Meyers. ) I know, not a girly book, but it opened my mind to science. All beautiful .. As a child we had a set of encyclopedias (Ive just dated myself), I loved paging them to find obscure facts. "Chicken, chicken, so good to eat. Love your site! Interesting books werent available to me as a child, but as an adult, Ive made up for it. Now that I have a daughter, and with my sons Im excited to share these classic imaginative stories with them. 2. Loved reading mysteries and still do. I just patiently waited to readthe book and learn my new word dark.
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