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January 28, 2011

Meanwhile, Down In The Village...



Elevatored down from the mountain top for supplies 
today. After the Mayor assured us all major streets 
were plowed and/or salted. 
Apparently, that meant mostly around City Hall.


Locust Street, major bus route east. Come Spring melt.


Two blocks from my place, just three blocks
from City Hall. Deep ice snow ruts. Illegal 
parking on both sides is a Philadelphia tradition.

Approaching Rittenhouse Square from the west

Only clear streets I saw, on or across the
Ben Franklin Parkway. You can see snow
piled on the Red Tail Hawk nest on the top 
floor right window sill of the Franklin Institute. 
Capistrano has its Swallows. Philly, our Red 
Tail Hawk family. Mr. & Mrs. were seen 
adding twigs to their nest before the snow 
came. Hope, Spring, Eternal!

Hawk Watch blog:
http://sunnydixie.blogspot.com/2010/12/happy-new-hawk-year-theyre-back.html

January 27, 2011

SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS

Nice thing about living on a mountain top
in center city Philadelphia, the view of 
snow covered peaks in the morning after
a blizzard.

Not blogging much lately. Using the time
to practice and learn more about making
digital art. 
Hoping to make it to Carnegie Hall.........

January 18, 2011

Shop Talk

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Find my cat pins at http://www.etsy.com/shop/ciaocarolina
Getting my morning off to a delightful start.
Message from fellow Etsy.Com shop keeper ArtSings1946 
that she has included my little gray cat pin in her How We Love Our Kitties, Treasury
I am honored.






Some of ArtSings1946  charming folk art prints.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtSings1946?ga_search_query=ArtSings1946&ga_
search_type=seller_usernames

January 17, 2011

All Together



Helping, learning, playing, working and living together.
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

January 4, 2011

Secrets From The Drawing Board

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Better late than never. 
Leading up to the holidays, my head 
has been full of errands and preparations,
rather than the weather. 
So when all the snow fell on the east 
coast I missed sharing my blizzard 
that fell on Washington DC from
WHAT WILL THE WEATHER BE
by Lynda DeWitt, HarperCollins.
In the first spread the US Capitol
dome can be seen out the window.
In the next spread, with tongue in
cheek, I drew my dear old friend
Nan N. (in the beret) who lives down 
there, clearing the heavy snow off
her windshield. 
Looks just like her.

Book Illustrators gotta have fun too.
Happy New Year to all!!