Peaches and Prints

Isn't that the most beautiful peach!

It was locally grown and even sweeter than it looks.

The bowl I brought back from a visit to Vallauris, France many years ago.

It's the town where Picasso did much of his ceramic work.

The wonderful print was made by Suzanne.

The extraordinary castle, complete with leaping dolphins in the moat,

a gift from a small girl with very big dreams.
Thank you both so much.

I've started reading Rebecca along with the la Porte Rouge book club.

Mrs. Danvers...need I say more.
yikes!

Monday - Memorial Day

The book is now in production.

There will be a total of twelve copies when completed.

Seventy-seven prints made today and only thirty-three more to hand color!

I must maintain momentum...

Today is a day to remember and thank those who fought 

and gave their lives for this country.

A very dear friend wrote an important book about torture and 

its lasting effects on soldiers, their families and our society as a whole.

Sunday - Book Art - Farm

It feels like I've just run a marathon, 

but here's the first copy of Farm.

Tunnel book on one side and concertina on the other.

Lettuce, onions, carrots, pumpkin, eggplant, tomato, pepper and corn.

It does require that you look down into the tunnel to see all the veg.

I do believe this was the quickest I have ever made a book.

Now only 12 more copies to make!

Enough for tonight.

Some yoga and then a salad from my already ailing 'salad bowl.'

(I should have listened to the garden center lady)

Saturday - Garden Book

It feels like summer has officially arrived.

The air is hot and muggy; typical Pennsylvania haze

gave way to intense thunderstorms that still grumble in the distance.

The last couple of days I've been working on my next little book.

Again, it will be a tunnel format but with a twist this time.

The proof sheets are pictured above.

I spent little time figuring the plates out and didn't do any 

preliminary drawings but instead drew directly 

on the blocks and cut fearlessly.

My mantra, "This is supposed to be fun."

The salad bowl in the first picture came from the local garden center.

"Don't keep it indoors," the sales person warned me repeatedly.

Could she tell I was without a plot of land or balcony?

So there it sits on my windowsill.

Thursday - After Work

I spied the first of the wild strawberries this evening

picked up some fruit at the grocery store

and messed around with a little stamp

Tuesday

The light was so lovely when I left work today I went for a short ride.

The hilltops are green and the farmers are starting to turn their fields.
When I was young I remember this as the best time to 'walk the fields'
looking for quartz and arrowheads in the deep ruts.

And a beautiful card in the mail from a dear friend in Arizona.
She hand cut the stamp, I love the image and will put it in a frame.
Thanks Suzanne!