This beloved little soul passed away tonight. I found him on the bottom of his cage, he passed about fifteen minutes later as we gathered around him, held him and told him we loved him. Thank you my little loving friend. How we wish we knew why you left us so suddenly. 
Three turkeys on a Sunday. 
This little guy wants to go to a party! He is sad he did not get an invite since he is dressed and ready to go.
Where there is a basket of wool, there is little Yoda. I love this funny, chubby, opinionated cat.
Burgess was sunning himself the other day in my office window, his grape snacks are behind him, he does love fruit but he is a terribly messy eater, which stands to reason since he only has a beak to tear his food apart with and no opposable thumbs.
He was getting very relaxed, it felt soooooo good, he kept sinking lower and lower and his eyes became droopier and droopier. He has learned that a gentle head-scratching is delicious and will throw his head back to indicate he wants a scratching or a careful rub. Funny little guy.
This illustration is a new sample for Carol Bancroft and Friends. It is a story entitled "Kiss me said the Mommy Monster". I am determined to get it done this week. We'll see if I can do it.
This is also a sample in progress, Called "Charlie to the Rescue" of course its about a boy and his dog, and aliens.
And this is darling Pig on my messy desk. She is so precious. I still cannot believe someone threw her away.
The other day while waiting in a doctors office I saw a photo of little puffed up Mountain bluebirds huddled together against a fierce Wyoming wind. They are a favorite bird of mine, the females are a wonderful shade of buff and bright blues and the little males are the most gorgeous bright blue fading to pale underpinnings. Fantastic little birds.
Anyway I wanted to paint them, but wanted a quick immediate kind of painting not a long drawn out affair, and I wanted to paint them as fat and puffy as they really look when fluffed against the weather. The music fragment is from a very old hymn book.
This afternoon we drove over to Bear Lake, it is about an hour north-east through Logan canyon.
The waves were moving in hard onto Cisco Beach, the boys could not resist.
Amazing how high the waves were, the lake was gorgeous.
So this is what I did today, partially sculpted a very large doll head for a antique looking 1800's doll I want to make.
Finished painting the cabinet I have wanted to paint for years but my mom told me not too, because and I quote,"you will ruin it". Sorry mom but I like it so much better now, yeah I know it was grandma's but she's not using it anymore, I am. This shows off my treasures so much better.
The wood floor is all done, I just have to do the trim work around the walls.
Then I worked on the chair seats for the dining room chairs, tonight I am tired and there still needs to be laundry done, oh well it will be there tomorrow.
I do have to show you the teeny little strawberries I have been making, they are filled with dried lavender, made of vintage velvet and felted wool with glass beads..jpg)
