Free Vintage Clip Art - Vintage Trade Card with Little Girl

Happy New Year's Eve!

I hope everyone has a lovely and safe holiday!

Here is a little joy for the new year.  What a lovely trade card.

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Isn't she lovely?

I hope you enjoy this lovely little girl in all her finery!

Free Vintage Clip Art - Lovely Narcisuss

I think it's time for some lovely flowers to brighten our winter day!  Aren't they beautiful?

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This flower is a narcissus, part of the daffodil family.

Narcissus contains the poison lycorine in it's leaves and bulbs.  On May 1, 2009 school children in Suffolk, England became sick when they mistook narcissus bulbs for onions and added them to soup in their cooking class.

They are so beautiful and I thought we could all use a pick me up from our dreary wintry weather.

Enjoy!

Free Vintage Clip Art - Vintage Tea Cup

I have a lovely vintage tea cup for you today

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Free Vintage Clip Art - Vintage Children

Vintage Children Get Ready to Celebrate the New Year

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What a sweet little image.

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Free Vintage Clip Art - Vintage Auld Lang Syne Banner

Vintage Auld Lang Syne Banner

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Auld Lang Syne is a Scottish poem written by Robert Burns in 1788.  The English translation literally means "old long since."

It quickly became a Scottish tradition to sing the song on New Year's Eve and that tradition spread throughout the British Isles.  As European's emigrated to the US they brought the song and it's tradition with them.

The Canadian band leader, Guy Lombardo, began using the song on his popular radio broadcast on New Year's Eve in 1929 and the song became his trademark.

I hope you enjoy this lovely banner.

Rare African Bats, Bats Info and Bat Pictures, Photos

Rare African Bats, Rare Types of Bats Photos & Pictures of Bats( Rare African Bats ) Rhinolophus Clivosus - This is a larger species than both Rhinolophus blasii and Rhinolophus simulator. Generally widespread and common, this species is a generalist feeding in more open areas and wooded savannas. There are many recognized subspecies across its range, and it is likely that some of these represent distinct species.( Rare African Bats ) Rhinolophus Simulator : This is a another Rhinolophus simulator captured in lowland forest. This shares the same coloration as the other.( Rare African Bats ) Rhinolophus Simulator : This is another species of horseshoe bat called Rhinolophus simulator. Although very similar in size and general appearance to R. blasii, the horseshoe (nasal) structure differs and it calls at a completely different echolocation frequency. Interestingly, we observed that on Mount Mulanje, one species was common, while the other was rare; whereas in lowland forests, it was the other way around. This may be due to competition for feeding niches, roosting sites, or differences in life history traits. Although this individual is colored a rusty orange, there is a separate form of the same species that is a dull brown.( Rare African Bats ) Miniopterus : This is a species of the genus Miniopterus, (long-fingered bats). A molecular study (including samples from our work) is showing that this particular family of bats appears to have endemic species to almost all the major mountain ranges of Africa. And yet they are almost indistinguishable based on external appearance. This represents such a large degree of "cryptic" diversity that one prominent researcher described the family as Africa's "cichlid fish of the skies."( Rare African Bats ) Miniopterus : This is another species of the genus Miniopterus (long-fingered bats). This is a separate species to the darker Miniopterus shown previously, and the form is generally larger, with lighter fur.( Rare African Bats ) Kerivoula Lanosa : This is a fully grown woolly bat, Kerivoula lanosa. Weighing only 4 to 5 grams, they are specialists in dense forest environments. In Australia, members of this genus were found to be feeding almost exclusively on spiders that are gleaned from webs hanging over small forest paths or between the foliage. The common name of the genus refers to their elegant fur, which in this species is grizzled with long white hairs.( Rare African Bats ) Rhinolophus Blasii : This is one of the last captures from a busy night sampling near a hydroelectric dam in the heart of a forested gorge on Mount Mulanje in Malawi. This species of horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus blasii, was very common, making up roughly 70 percent of all the individuals that we captured in and around this site.( Rare African Bats ) Miniopterus : This is a third species of the genus Miniopterus. While a similar size to the first, the skull length is slightly greater and the pelage is a rich dark brown, rather than dark grey. We captured this individual while sampling the standing forests of Mulanje cedar, an endemic tree that acts as the emblem and namesake of this mountain. Unfortunately, the tree is on the verge of extinction as illegal logging of the timber continues and a planned bauxite mining project will see large tracts of remaining forest destroyed.Rare African Bats Picture - Rhinolophus Blasii Photo( Rare African Bats )Myotis Welwitschii : This is a very rare species called Myotis welwitschii. Known from only scattered few records across the continent, this catch was a fabulous record. The species is thought to have a paramontane distribution—i.e., it is found associated to, but not restricted to, mountain environments. It is possible that they migrate altitudinally with season. The coloring on the wings is a stark red, pockmarked with black spots and blotches.( Rare African Bats ) Myotis Tricolor : This is Myotis tricolor, a relatively common savanna species that is widespread across Africa. Its name refers to the three colors present on each hair—a dark base leads to a cream-colored middle and terminates in a beautiful rusty orange. The open mouth nicely shows two glands in the cheeks, behind the rows of teeth. In other species, males have been observed marking territorial areas of a cave wall by rubbing these glands against the surface.Comman Vampire BatVampire Bat PictureUnique amongst mammals, the common vampire bat feeds entirely on blood sucked from its warm-blooded prey.

Free Vintage Clip Art - Vintage Ice Skate with Roses

Hello Everyone!  Hope you all had a lovely holiday.

I found this lovely image of a vintage ice skate with roses and just had to post it today.

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What a lovely image.  I hope you enjoy it!

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Merry Christmas Everyone!

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Free Vintage Clip Art - Vintage Christmas Greeting

Merry Christmas Eve!

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So lovely!

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Free Vintage Clip Art - Vintage Christmas Roses Banner

This is such a lovely greeting

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Free Vintage Clip Art - Vintage Calligraphy Frame

Vintage Calligraphy Frame

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This is a unique frame.  I hope you can find a use for it.

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Free Vintage Clip Art - Candy Cane Clip Art

Some great Christmas candy cane clip art

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Free Vintage Clip Art - Cute Doggie Chrsitmas Clip Art

Oh my gosh this is cute!

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This would make a great card or tag for the dog lover on your list.  Let me know what you do with it!

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Free Vintage Clip Art - Christmas Clip Art

Some fun Christmas clip art today

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Free Vintage Clip Art - Snow Globes

Some really cute snow globes today

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Snow globes date back to the early 19th century.  They first appeared at the Paris Universal Expo in 1878 and one year later there were five companies  producing and selling them throughout Europe.  The first snow globe related patent in the US was issued in 1927.

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Free Vintage Clip Art - Beautiful Winter Birds

Beautiful Winter Birds

Here is a lovely cardinal for you.  Isn't he beautiful?

Did you know that the male cardinal often feeds the female during courtship?

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The blue jay is the provincial bird of Prince Edward Island in British Columbia, the mascot of the major league baseball team in Toronto, Canada and is the athletic mascot of Johns Hopkins University.

I love to feed peanuts to the blue jays in my backyard.  They are so much fun to watch.

I hope you enjoy these lovely birds!

Free Vintage Clip Art - Fun Christmas Clip Art

Fun Christmas Clip Art

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Love the fonts used on these!  Have fun with them!

Free Vintage Clip Art - Fun Christmas Clip Art

Some fun Christmas clip art today

I love the font on this one

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I hope you enjoy these!

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