Friday Fun: More Garden Song

The short week has thrown me off schedule. Oh well. Here's another version of The Garden Song, sung by David Mallett, the original creator. There are so many versions of this on You Tube! But this one is particularly beautiful.

So, it's back in to the garden this weekend. I need to take some pictures, if it ever stops raining!

Random Act of Haiku: On Mornings

Morning brain dammed up
Anticipating coffee
Will let loose the stream.

Visit!

Last week I had the pleasure of visiting with a group of children at the Lois Bronz Children's Center, in White Plains, NY. I read my book, Sam Bennett's New Shoes, and did a little show and tell about the inspiration behind the story. Then we talked about how an author/illustrator goes about creating a book. The kids were great! They were very attentive and asked lots of good questions. So inspiring!

Afterwards, the kids had a choice of different shoe-related craft projects set up by the folks at Hudson Fusion, a local marketing communication firm who organized the event as part of their creative public service initiative.

All in all, it was a lovely afternoon. Here are some photos:



















































Shoe prints with paint and paper.















Coloring and decorating different styles of boots & shoes.




















Shoe sculpture using old shoes!

Friday Fun: Singing Watermelons

... where I plan to be for the next few days, as long as the old bod holds up! Have a good weekend, everyone.

Sketchy Sketch

Random Acts of Haiku

Cat hair on pillow
Cat hair on pants, shirt, sweater
Yet cats still have hair.

Monday Map: Read Along the Hudson

Here's a map I did recently for the Westchester Library System's summer reading program. The theme this year is 2009's Hudson River Quadricentennial celebration. (See the sketch below.)

This was a particularly fun project to work on, since I'm not only a huge fan of libraries, but also because I was reading World's End by T.C. Boyle at the same time. The libraries are going to be using this book in the summer for their community-wide read, since it takes place around the Hudson River Valley area. I highly recommend it-- Boyle has a rich and full and bizarrely fascinating way with words, and the book is full of quirky characters and history. Even though it's a fictional story, it grounded a sense of place in my head while I worked, if that makes sense!

Friday Fun: What's the Use of Love?

Who knows? But I love this.

(Via Drawn!)