On Oct 1, 2005, at 4:03, Elizabeth Ligeti wrote:
Is the ladybug on the rose leaf, and eating it away, just leaving a
skeleton of veins?
It is hard to see, as I could not get the picture to enlarge.
I couldn't enlarge the picture either, but liked the composition and
the subdued colouring. So I gathered all my courage and asked all sorts
of questions - size, price and who the 3rd lacemaker was... Afterall,
32nd anniversary is come and gone (early September), my b-day's coming
up later this month, Christmas is around the corner... DH needs ideas
for a gift :)
Today, I got the answer.
Thank you for finding my site. I'm curious to know how you found it.
Are you a lacemaker?
Three Lacemakers ( the Vermeer, the spider and the rose beetle ) is a
10" circle. $190.00 + $ 10.00 shipping (Unless you are near one of
the galleries listed at my site. ) Archivally matted it measures
15-7/8" x 15-7/8"
Kindest regards,
Carol Lummus
So, it is the bug in the rose leaf eating away to leave "lace" behind,
but it's not a ladybug.
Carol's reply also - quite accidentally - answered a question that's
been "bugging" me (sorry, but the pun was irresistible <g>) for the
32yrs I've been in US... I've seen the creature here many times and,
although the _shape_ is the same as that of a Polish ladybug, nothing
else is; the size, the colour, the disposition of the dots - all are
somewhat different. And I've often wondered if it was the same bug,
just "made in the South of USA" (blueberries here are quite different
than those in Poland and New Hampshire/Vermont/Maine - why not ladybugs
too?). But, apparently, not... :)
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Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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