The Magical Story Hour

The Magical Story Hour   12"x12"  watercolor & ink on paper

After building their new friend, the following day the children returned to enjoy his company again. And they all settled down for a quiet and magical story hour with their new friend. Everyone is hoping to have their favorite book read aloud, even the animals (the birds are carrying their favorite in the air!) What a wonderful way to spend the afternoon!

Thinking of teaching my own snow sculptures the handy trick of reading a-loud from favorite books.

Hope is the Thing with Feathers

Hope is the Thing with Feathers   watercolor & ink on paper

“Hope” is the thing with feathers - 

That perches in the soul -

And sings the tune without the words - 

And never stops - at all -" -Emily Dickinson

A Wise Old Owl

A detail of an illustration featuring a rabbit with wanderlust, (as previously promised).

Here's the wise old owl he's asking directions from. 

Central Park: Through Wind and Rain

Central Park: Through Wind and Rain  11"x14"  watercolor, gouache and ink on paper

Letters are falling from the sky as a New York stork flies over Central Park making his rounds. The following historical poem was the inspiration for titling this feathered postman, but his obstacles are a little different:

"Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds." - Herodotus, (Inscription, New York City Post Office), adapted from Herodotus Greek historian & traveler (484 BC - 430 BC)

However I did alter his creed, way up there a gust of wind can pose quite a pickle for feathered couriers. Storks would make for fantastic postmen. Here's to hoping one comes on my route sooner rather than later.

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