Briar patch

Matthew 13: 7. “And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them.” It’s a funny thing about thorns, or weeds. They tend to take on the characteristics of the…

Briar patch

Acrylic paint and watercolor on cotton paper. All images © Claire Mojher DeLucca. Please do not use or reproduce without my permission.

Removing English ivy, grapevines and sticker briars can be challenging, but it can be done. These plants are tough and invade nearby areas easily, but digging them up and using herbicides wisely can...

How can they resist shelter and tasty berries?

Celebrating the 68th anniversary of Disney’s Song of the South By Guest Columnist Jim Korkis, Disney Historian Disney’s controversial feature film, Song of the South, premiered at the majestic Fox Theater (at the time the South’s largest theater seating over 5,000 people) in Atlanta, Georgia at 8:30 pm EST on

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A story about Br’er Rabbit So Br’er Fox had caught Br’er Rabbit and this time Br’er Fox said he was going to cook Br’er Rabbit and eat him up for good! Br’er Rabbit was [...]

Identifier: briarpatch1920swee Title: The Briar patch Year: 1920 (1920s) Authors: Sweet Briar College Subjects: Sweet Briar College Publisher: Sweet Briar, Va. : Sweet Briar College Contributing Library: Sweet Briar College Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text…

Aubrey Beardsley - Border and Initial A with text from Le Morte Darthur

African Thorn Bush

2. The Wonderful Tar-baby Story. Text Source: Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings by Joel Chandler Harris. Online at Project Gutenberg. I have removed the frame material and standardized the spelling; click here for the original spelling plus all notes to the story. This story follows Uncle Remus Initiates the Little Boy as you'll see from the reference to the calamus root at the beginning and at the end of the story. BRER RABBIT and the TAR-BABY One day after Brer Rabbit fool him with…

This pattern is full of woodland wonder. Foxes find rest amongst the strawberries while a wise owl watches nearby.

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With a conviction that storytelling should be a shared family experience, Lynette Ford selects stories for children and adults.

The cottage at Briar Patch Bed & Breakfast in Middleburg.

“Drown me! Roast me! Hang me! Do whatever you please,” said Br’er Rabbit. “Only please, Br’er Fox, please don’t throw me into the briar patch.”