This is a thumbnail image for a promotional piece. The size will be about 1" square, which required me to strip all unnecessary detail.

There's something so charming and interesting about the art of children. Edie who is four is interested in drawing animals and rainbows, while Thomas, who is six, is interested in things with engines and wheels. Here are a couple of examples of their art. Edie's is a quiet scene of ducks in a pond. Thomas' is accompanied by his invented spelling describing the scene as: The monster truck went off the jump.

So, I have had a little free time and have gotten out the sewing machine. This is a dress I made for Edie's doll out of old fabric that my friend's mother had once intended to make into curtains.

Happy Spring!? Today is the 12th of April and it is snowing again! I am thinking ahead to warmer days and working on a May Day invitation for my friend. Though I do love snow, I hope it will all be gone by then. Here are a couple of gnomes that I came up with:

Edie went to a party on Sunday where there was a face painter. Here she is modeling her dog face.

Today, Edie and I got to go visit my friend Tiny's baby goats, Luna and Prank. They were born at about breakfast time this morning. It is amazing to me that they can walk around and have a full coat of fur at birth. Thomas was bald until he was about one, I think.