Friday, August 23, 2013

The Mole Spring Cleaning


Illustration by Inga Moore from Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame via

The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; till he had dust in his throat and eyes, and splashes of whitewash all over his black fur, and an aching back and weary arms. Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing. It was small wonder, then, that he suddenly flung down his brush on the floor, said `Bother!' and `O blow!' and also `Hang spring-cleaning!' and bolted out of the house without even waiting to put on his coat. Read more here...
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4 comments:

tammy j said...

i absolutely love this.
i have a beautifully illustrated 'wind in the willows' and i read it once a year.
xo

Gail, northern California said...

I googled illustrator Inga Moore. Her artwork is absolutely incredible. A person could get lost in her world of art, books, gardening.

Thank you, Rosemary. You always take me elsewhere, and the ride is most enjoyable.

Ann said...

Thanks for these. When I was in fourth grade I got sick and had two books I red over and over. Wind and the Willows and the Wizard of Oz...

Judith Peacock said...

I love this artist! Some time ago, I uploaded one of the pictures you have shown onto the website thejigsawpuzzles.com and had fun with it as a jigsaw puzzle.