Silly Seed Stuff for a Sunny Sunday

Mabel Lucie Attwell, the illustrator of the above rotund toddler, was born in 1879...the ninth child out of ten children born to a butcher. If this link is correct, she was talented and spirited... and made a good living eventually producing these very popular images!  

And who was Margaret Tempest??  A woman, born in 1892, who as a child enjoyed sailing Ipswich, who illustrated a zillion books...that's who :-)
This website dedicated to keeping her memory alive is cool.