Ephemera

Reading about Tasha Tudor's passing the other week in the paper has left me a bit wistful. 92 is decidely respectable and most definitely a full life. That said, when I have to think of individuals who (creatively speaking) have had an impact on me, I'd have to rank her near the top.

Growing up, I remember being completly enthralled with Tasha Tudor's world of corgis, country fairs and all things whimsical. The copy of Drawn From New England that my grandparents got my sister's and I is still here and completely dog eared. Reading about the Sparrow Post or her Christmas celebrations left me with a sense that life need not follow the status quo and that modernity's trappings could be (if not completly forgotten), pushed to the side for awhile to enjoy hoop skirts and long forgotten cake recipes.

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Weekends should always include donuts. And adventures. Walking (literally) on the Maine/New Hampshire state line I stuck my camera through the fence to get the back side of one of the mill buildings.

Howdy!

Drawing this had me thinking of my own school cafeteria as a kid. I'm quite sure we didn't have happy oranges on the walls. I think though there was a poster of what to do if someone was choking.

In 5th grade though it was all good, because we got to paint a giant seascape mural. Me? I was all about the jellyfish.

Illustration Friday - Punchline

Q: Why are mathematicians so formidable?
A: Because there's power in numbers!

(Truth be told, I had the illo. around, then went hunting for a joke to fit)

To Grandmother's House

Yikes, one update a week? I think I can hear the crickets...

Anyhow, here's a doll I made a few weeks back for Etsy. Sewing and drawing in one project? Uber-fun. So is gelato (mmm), but not so much "The Happening" (a film I would not recommend to those with serious plant phobias). Also, if you're anywhere near Portsmouth, NH, the Little Muses show at Three Graces is swell (Bailey Saliwanchik's work is stunning).

So Maisie told Mandy...

Things I discovered this weekend:

1) You can get a sunburn while in the car.
2) Dan In Real Life is absolutely charming.
3) Photoshop can, and will crash (with reckless abandon), the one time you forget to hit "command + s."

Illustration Friday - Baby

Zut alors! It's a baby!

Peanut Butter and Jelly

Personally, I was always more of a peanut butter and fluff kid.