Evergreen Farms, Maine

Notecards

After Blogs, Tweets, and Facebook run their course, the impact of hand-written thoughts will long be cherised and not pass into the ether. Life is sweet. Think refreshingly outside the techno box. Grab a ball point pen (better yet, a fountain pen), cup of tea or deep, dark espresso, and correspond on the smooth stock of nature inspired notepapers.

There is a special warmth that comes from receiving a note in the mail.

These beautiful notecards are available in four destinctive, original designs from Maine naturalist and artist M. Macy. Packages of ten, with envelopes, are $14.25 shipping included.

Each design is shown below along with the text that is printed on the card back.

Original watercolor by M. Macy

"Bunchberry" or Dwarf Cornel
Cornus Canadensis

Dogwood Family

A proud, little plant, it is the smallest member of the Dogwood family

"Bigness is not greatness" (Potter)

Original watercolor by M. Macy

"Pink Lady Slipper" or Moccasin Flower
Cypripedium Acaule

Orchid Family

"Graceful and tall, the slender, drooping stem
with two broad leaves below.
Shapely the flower so lightly poised between
and warm her rosy glow" (Goodale)

Original watercolor
by M. Macy

"Snow Falling on Juniper"
Juniperus Communis

Fruits are blue with a white powder. Oil from leaves and wood is used in perfumery. Plant provides food for white tail deer, mouse, grouse, bob-white, and smaller birds and mammals. The flower of Juniper berries is what imparts to gin its characteristic aroma and tang.

Original watercolor by M. Macy

"Maine Blueberries"
Vaccinium Cyanococcus

The blossom end of each berry forms a perfect five-pointed star that Native American elders called "star berries" believed sent by the Great Spirit to relieve their children's hunger. Parts of the blueberry plant were used as medicine. This sweet and edible wild blue plant is the official fruit of Maine and is often thought to be as much a state symbol as is the lobster.