Toad Stool

Here is a new coloring page for the kiddies (just click and print)! I took this coloring page with me this past Saturday on an outing with The Ink Well Foundation to Children's Hospital in St. Paul. It was a real honor to be there with such amazing artists and such incredible kids! You can view some of the photos here. A very special thank you to Elizabeth Winter for asking me to be a part of such a wonderful organization! Looking forward to the next one! :)

Deer Valentine,

Will you be mine?

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Frog Prince

This reminds me a lot of a poster I designed for Heart Week in High School. I think I might still have one of the posters around here someplace... it is kind of funny. I'll try to post it sometime. The Loft Festival this past weekend was great! It wore me out, though. So much great information.... I didn't end up with a big headache like I usually do when I attend conferences, but I was pretty wiped out. I had two portfolio reviews that went pretty well; so I will keep on drawing and painting and growing as much as I can. Finished inking an illo for the book today, I will let it rest and start painting tomorrow. I should let myself rest, too, I almost fell asleep drawing this afternoon! Yikes!

Frog Blog

I had a really nice surprise today- I attended a MNSCBWI volunteer meeting and was asked to do the artwork for our upcoming fall conference in October. I am still stunned. Here's hoping I can settle down enough to sleep tonight. Oh, let's all encourage my dear friend, Rachel, to start up her own blog! Looking forward to learning all about riboflavin in Finnish!

The Buff Orpington

Buff Orpingtons are really cute. I am also partial to Wyandottes, Plymouth Rocks, Dominiques, and Brahmas. Did you know that a hen lays a fresh egg every 27 hours? And younger hens lay smaller eggs than older hens. This is not a hen, though, it is a rooster. And yes Virginia, that is a tree frog!