The intriguing Miss Potter

Beatrix Potter with Peter Rabbet 

I have always loved Beatrix Potters stories since I was a little girl. My favorites were Jemima Paddleduck and  Miss Tiggy-winkle

I have seen the movie Miss Potter several times and It's now among my favorites. It's so charming and inspiring and just delightful!

 

Renee Zellweger is the perfect Miss Potter, she is so cute!

  One of my favorite scenes from the movie is this. I love the song so and have learned it on my violin.

I am reading at the moment an biography of Beatrix Potter's life by Linder Lear. 

I is really interesting and detailed telling of her many years of studying nature...

especially fungi which she drew and painted with perfect accuracy. 

 

She wrote a paper on her theory of fungi reproduction but it was not accepted by botanical scientists as she was an amateur and a woman. Her theory was proven correct many years afterward.

One thing that has helped to mark her in my mind is her diary which she wrote in her own secret code. It took fifteen years after her death in 1943 to decipher. I want to read it as soon as I can find a copy.

 But Beatrix Potter, whose real first name was Helen, is best remembered for her tales of animals. Peter Rabbit especially.

There is something special inspiring and intriguing about Miss Potter...