snowless days

it isn't snowing here - but we wish it were....

An old collage piece recycled as today's header. I hope you get to play in the snow!

a notable lamb...

I was very excited to find this message in my inbox yesterday: 

" the Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee has chosen The Passover Lamb as a Notable book in the Younger Readers Category for 2014".  Thank you!

look at that poor lonely neglected lamb way in  back

When I was a kid I loved all books, OK most books, but I remember the pleasure of reading about the All-Of- A-Kind-Family. And there were sequels!

Jumping right in

to the new year, happy 2014!

I'm so excited to be featured on the Babybug Blog this month! 

If you want to get to know me better you can pop right over and read the interview here. To be honest, my studio is quite a bit messier than in the picture, but I love it anyway.

Thank you Kathleen.

one of my illustrations in Babybug magazine, Jan 2014

on my desk

detail of a fun side project

little pet portrait in progress

Note to self: once you get started it's not so hard, it's actually fun! 

That's why I love it...

 

moo

Lots of animal sketching going on here these days. Unexpected side effect: easy to whip up a quick card for a friend.

(not my hand)

Samichlaus

Happy St.Nicholas day all! 

a quick Samichlaus sketch

We started the day with a boot full of treats and will spend the afternoon baking Grittibaenze ( Swiss dough men) and eating nuts and mandarin oranges. These are traditions I can get into :)

I think this sketch might need some photoshop help....why do you think the paper looks so grey?

december crazies

what I've been doing...

 rainy Christmas parade

paper mache Luna moth Christmas parade float/sculpture (yes that's me on the right, having a good time)

 We had a good group to build the float/sculpture this year. There's never quite enough time, and it always rains, so those are the limitations to work around. It's still fun, even when you're walking in the rain behind the "Chick-fil-a" car. Definitely my kids favorite holiday tradition, especially when you include pizza with friends afterwards.

There's more, of course. I never like to mention the daily runaround stuff, I'm sure you've got your own. December is always full with all sorts of projects, so I'll just pop in occasionally to let you know I'm still kickin'.