Description
Lie on your stomach in a summer meadow outside Giverny and the world becomes very tall. Blades of grass rise like a green forest, and somewhere in the middle of it a pair of ladybugs is making its slow, polka-dotted way toward the light. A child who has spent an afternoon like that never quite forgets it: the smell of warm earth, the hum of bees, the triumph of coaxing a ladybug onto one finger and holding perfectly still until it decides to fly.
This little square box holds that low, close-up view of the garden. Ladybugs wander across a lawn of painted grass, red and black against fresh green, each one seemingly on an errand of its own. It suits a gardener’s windowsill, a nature-loving grandchild, or anyone who needs a cheerful reminder that luck often arrives on six tiny legs. Set it in a sunny spot and it looks as though the meadow has simply followed you indoors.
A closer look
- Ladybugs scattered across painted blades of grass
- A compact, cube-like form about 1.5 inches on each side
- Opens as a keepsake holder for small trinkets
- Made by Rochard
- Red beetles and green blades painted one by one in Limoges, France, on fine porcelain
Pair it with seed packets for a spring birthday, or set it beside a potted herb in the kitchen window where the real ladybugs might come to visit.
