Art & Story Club — August 2026 Issue | "Days Of Cornflower And Fireflies"

Some family days are so full of joy they spill over into the drive home — sunburnt and sleepy, watching a million fireflies light up the darkening fields.

The August 2026 Issue of the Jan Dale Art & Story Club is a handcrafted mailing delivered straight to your door — no screens, no scrolling, just a beautifully printed letter and an original art print to hold in your hands.

This issue includes:

• A true memory story: "Days Of Cornflower And Fireflies" — A tender, joyful account of late summer all-day family picnics at the lake, the delight of the drive there and back, Mama's cornflowers along the roadside, and the zillions of fireflies lighting up the landscape on the sleepy sunburnt ride home
• An art print based on original artwork: "A Cornflower Kind Of Day" — Vivid blue chicory blooms painted in luminous oils against a deep teal background, glowing like the wildflowers Mama always called cornflowers
• A mini-print based on original artwork: "Poppies In The Meadow I" — A keepsake of those long golden summer evenings
• Two botanical stickers: chicory and Queen Anne's lace

Written and illustrated by Jan Dale, (that's me), rooted in the rhythms of rural life and the times we want to re-live over and over

Ships via USPS first-class mail to US addresses. No tracking — just the quiet anticipation of something real in your mailbox.