The Sweet Life: Reflections on Home and GardenChronicle Books, 2001 - 96 lappuses Laura Stoddart has a devoted following who love the humor and idiosyncrasy of her exquisite, tiny drawings. Now, in this prettiest and wittiest of anthologies, she puts drudgery in its place and elevates the charms of lolling about to new heights. What could be more pleasurable than puttering into the garden, trowel in hand? Perhaps puttering back out, with a cool drink in place of said trowel. Ms. Stoddart's droll little figures toil and tarry their way across page after page of ironic quotations and elegant verse. From Jane Austen to Benjamin Franklin, from Oscar Wilde to oft-quoted "Anonymous"--everyone has something to say about the pleasures of a well-kept house, the charms of an overgrown garden, and the surprisingly refreshing effect that five minutes spent on a patch of green grass can produce. This delightful primer on all things sweet is the perfect house gift--guaranteed to gain all indulgent souls direct entree to la dolce vita! |
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Anonymous Anthony Burgess APRIL MAY JUNE Barrows Basket bath room body to wash bough Broken-Hearted Gardener CECILY Chairs Charles Dudley Warner cool drink d'ye dahlia delight dine Earl of Lytton Edward Robert Bulwer FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL fish flowers gardener's grass green ground GWENDOLEN Hand Engine hedge Henry James Hoes Inside Mr Enderby Jane Austen JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH John Claudius Loudon JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER JUNE JULY AUGUST knottes LAURA STODDART Lawn Leafed Myrtles live without books Logan Pearsall Smith look Lucile Midsummer Night's Dream Miss Fairfax never orchard Oscar Wilde Paradise Pines Pipe plant pleasure Proverb puttering quotations Refreshment Rollers rose Samuel Hole shade sheet Shirley Conran showers snow sofa spade sponge Summer afternoon sun has gone sweet Trees in Tubs trowel Vita Sackville-West Walt Whitman warm Watering Pots weather weed William Cowper William Shakespeare William Wordsworth wind wine wood Young Visiters