Tasha Tudor [Starling Burgess] - 8/28/15-6/18/08

This following is making the rounds on various bookish listserv groups:

It is with great sadness that we must tell you Tasha Tudor, 92, passed away in her Vermont home on June 18, 2008 surrounded by family and friends.
We thank you for supporting Tasha Tudor's lifestyle and artwork during her long career. We hope that Tasha's message of 'taking joy' in all that one does will be remembered as we pass through this difficult time together.

-The Tudor Family

The gloom of the world is but a shadow; behind it, yet, within our reach, is joy. Take Joy.
Fra Giovanni

A wonderful illustrator, writer and generally lovely human. I know what I will be reading the boys later this afternoon. [This and the image lead to the Tasha Tudor website.]