a beautiful book

Yesterday arrived

another birthday present

that was ordered by mail

LOST  WORDS

I follow Jackie Morris' blog for quite some years now

and admire her fantastic way she illustrates

her own and other books.

This is a collaboration of two artists

who greatly admire each other's work

The poems by Robert Macfarlane

capture the true spirit of each and every animal or plant

I loved the book when I saw it on Jackie's blog

and was VERY curious when I saw it

in our wonderful Rotterdam bookshop (Donner)

translated in Dutch

.....

But I can only say that

Bibi Dumon Tak

(a Dutch writer)

did a splendid job translating Robert's (lost) words

(it is only a pity

that the printed gold leaf background of Jackie's watercolours 

is not as bright as the "real thing")

I can strongly recommend this wonderful book

to anyone who loves nature

poems and watercolurs !