B, they’re so beautiful.
C, they’re cuties full of charms…
(sung to A You’re Adorable)
My current favorite fruit, drawn for fun. They’re made all the sweeter because I grew them!
June 2011
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June 5, 2011
June 3, 2011
Yesterday my son received an award for the most books read or read to (about 97% the latter) in his kindergarten class. He listened to an astounding 1,909 books for the school year. He was presented with a gift card to B & N and given this sweet book by Bernard Waber. 
All the kids that turned in their reading logs were rewarded with playtime at a nearby park. I’m happy for my son, but how sad for the two little ones who didn’t get to go? For the sake of my own peace of mind, I’ll assume their parents just didn’t have the time to record all those books they read, not that they actually didn’t read to them! Ah, the poor dears…
Keeping track of all we read was a task. Did I read this to him or just his sisters? Did Daddy fall asleep last night reading that or did he finish it? We tried to stack all the “read books” in one place on the dining table to keep them apart from the books covering every other surface in our home. But the pile would soon grow into three teetering towers before I would begin to jot down their names on the log. By then the youngest in the house would have pilfered some away. So, phew! I’m glad I can read and think of nothing more than getting a refill in my snack bowl!
Last night was the last night of my Children’s Book Illustration course taught by the master art director herself, Joy Chu. I absolutely loved, loved, that class. I’m sad it’s over. :( But I’m pleased that I accomplished what I set out to do — complete a story and dummy book with my Pearl and Bear sock/glove animals. And I was so very happy with the feedback Joy gave me to polish it further. I’m starting to get nervous about taking some of these pages and turning them into finished art pieces for my portfolio, but that’s all good. Here are a couple spreads from the middle of Pearl and Bear’s Night Out.
This is such a beautiful time of year. Around my home, the gazanias have been showing off their stuff, the bougainvillea has finally come to life, the yard is aplenty with flower arrangement pickings, the birds and bunnies keep visiting, and best of all, the apricots are ripening! Such plentiful sweetness…
