Sunday, September 4, 2011

Sunday Safari - Last of the Summer Sounds




This hot and very sunny Florentine Summer is slowly coming to an end.
I'm gonna miss the green leaps of grasshoppers and rhythmic lullabies of crickets... 

Helga Aichinger, illustration from Das Heupferd, c.1970, thanks to Arthur van Kruining

1970s grasshopper from California found at Fears and Kahn


Antonio Frasconi illustration from See and Say, thanks to art.crazed


illustration from The Tall Grass Zoo by Winifred and Alfred Lubell, 1960

Violeta Lopiz, El bichito


Leandro Castelao
 
François-Xavier Lalanne, Sauterelle, 1970

Mike Libby at Insect Lab

Juliet Kepes, Ladybird, quickly!, 1964, found via the wonderful Curio books

Jonathan Woodward, Crickets, thanks to Nelly Charbonneaux

3 comments:

  1. UnknownSeptember 5, 2011 at 3:53 AM

    ...and we will miss those sounds when all is covered with snow this winter. Delightful post!

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  2. M.September 5, 2011 at 3:49 PM

    They were ALL over the place in Sàrmede this summer — I miss them!
    Great post, it made my day...

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  3. Shelley DaviesSeptember 5, 2011 at 5:48 PM

    The sounds of summer slipping away...but then there's beautiful autumn to cheer us up! Lovely collection, Laura. Thank you!

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