a beautiful “new” book

 

After what seemed a very long wait, I received this beautiful book today, from a used book seller here in Texas. (It took longer for them to mail it to me from Dallas than it takes for ordered items to arrive from the UK!)

Published in 2011 by The Daughters of the Republic of Texas, this book contains lithograph copies of over 100 watercolors of native Texas wildflowers, painted in the 1840s and 1850s and bound in a book by Eliza Griffin Johnston as a birthday gift to her husband.

Below are 3 of my favorites: white prickly poppy, Western Indian paintbrush, and of course, Texas bluebonnet.