monday

Hi,

Rachel is updating her shop right now with new film prints. Her imagery will surely take you to other places and gazing at them is really like taking a mini vacation. Who doesn't need that? She also has a feature in the new Somerset Life magazine which I cannot wait to see.

M. and I took a break over the weekend in celebration of our anniversary today. It really was so nice. We spent the day yesterday out and about, visiting some of our favorite local places including the Spencer Museum of Art, where the painting above is from. My mind always fills with ideas when we visit museums.

And now I feel a bit quiet, mostly because I need to focus on a number of studio related things this week and put all these swarming ideas to paper.

So I bid you a fantastic day,
H

saturday

Although I didn't purchase these particular flowers from the farmer's market this morning, I do like them. Do you know what they are called? I picked up a few stems of yellow yarrow and purple something-or-other instead. We also got a dozen ears of fresh sweet corn, a handful of tomatoes to tide us over until ours are ripe, and a few red potatoes. I can't wait for that corn, I imagine we will throw some on the grill tonight with slabs of zucchini & squash from the garden. Yum yum.

Hope you're having a nice weekend,
H

a garden of goodness

I adore the black & white and watercolor illustrations of this children's book, "Johnny Crow's Garden". The text leaves a visible impression in the pages which, of course, I find intriguing as well. The story is about a slew of animals who have particular predicaments and other animals help them out. In the end they all sit down at the table for supper. How sweet is that? And as most good children's books, this one has a pleasing rhyme to it. "Johnny Crow's Garden" is one of a few antique children's books I have and like to collect. If you'd like to see an image of it closer, please click here.

Well the cat still has my tongue about my new drawing, yet I am letting the cat out of the bag about one thing. I owe a HUGE thank you to Julie & Kathryn, the fabulous ladies behind Perfectbound for writing the Blog Beautiful feature in UPPERCASE MAGAZINE 2 about little ol' me. I was going to wait until the magazine actually arrived in my mailbox to tell you but Janine kindly posted this yesterday and well, I just was too excited!

} You will NOT want to miss echoes today, as we will be featuring the work of a very special guest. And let me tell you, this piece is a show stopper! Trust me. It's awesome. And the artist herself is amazing.

I hope you have a great weekend; M. and I will be celebrating our seventh wedding anniversary! {How did that happen already?!}

H

lettuce & mint

Good morning,

I was working on a completely different post for today but my words are fumbling out. I wanted to share with you a new work in progress, one that is part of {this} {series} yet I think I just have too much on my mind that I can't think straight. So when that happens, I go for simplicity. Hopefully tomorrow the cat will give back my tongue.

Congratulations to Petula of YellowGoat Design as she is Blogger of Note! Thank you too Petula for such a thoughtful interview.

take care,
H

BRMBH

A while back I swiped this from some s-t-u-f-f my mom has that belonged to her mother. It's a tissue packlet {yes I mean packlet, for lack of a better word} that says "BETTER REST MAKES BETTER HUSBANDS". I saw it as we were going through things in old dresser and desk drawers and found it to be such a comical treasure. In it's comedy lies some real truth, no? And I cannot myself disagree with it's statement nor can I read it without saying aloud in my best southern accent of course, "Honey, ain't that the truth!" or something to that effect.

And oh, it should be noted, that while designing my jotters {thank you for all your kind comments lately about my jotters too!} I made some small books in this matchbook style with hand painted covers. An idea which still needs to be ironed out, if at all. Anyway,,,

} The new Mankind Mag : the lazy issue is out today! {and I think in it there may be a little piece from me. I have yet to see...}

H