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My illustration from QUESTIONS, by Lee Bennett Hopkins, HarperCollins February 2, Groundhog Day. This year he saw his shadow.Six more weeks of winter.Ever wonder what a Groundhog doesfor fun the rest of the year?Chucks wood.Yeah, as in "How much wood would a Woodchuck chuck.......How come?Groundhogs and Woodchucks are the same animal. :~) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog

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Jane Flory in my college days 48 years ago this month since I walked into Jane Flory's Evening Division office as her new student helper. Part of my student aid package.Best boss I ever had.Friend, teacher, mentor followed.Can't say in what order, evolving and growingwith time.Some time before Jane revealed her other profession.Author and Illustrator of over 50 children's books. An alumna of

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Blogging to you from high above the city ofbrotherly love.Celebrating dear Freddie's 9th birthday!!Don't know for sure the exact date, butsomewhere within the last week of Januaryand first week of February.Tizzy was 3 when Fred arrived and not at allhappy to share his comfortable life.Fred did little to win him over.Slept in his beds.Played with his toys.Chasing the big guy around and wantingto

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Recently, searched the Net for a combination fork  and spoon eating utensil.  Thought it might help my blind Mom eat more comfortably. Discovered the spork. Familiar to kids and campers. I wanted one that fit in with regular silverware. Discovered the ETSY shop bosen / handcrafted http://www.etsy.com/shop/Bosen Mom's first Bosen made spork, photo ⓒ Bosen 2012, with permission  Bosen, the shop

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   My boy Tizzy, 11 years ago ⓒ carolyn croll 2012

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 ⓒCarolyn Croll 2012/ Silkworm with  Mulberry (after Maria Sibylla Merian) Six days in. So far:  Discovered my lovely  blood-red Bokara, scored  on sale when Wanamakers  went out of business years ago, totaled by wool moths. Imbibing massive amounts  of chicken soup, tea w/lemon  and honey. Gargling through my annual head cold. Received an email requesting permission to use "part" of a 

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   WISHING ALL A HAPPY, HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!                                           Carolyn, Tizzy and Freddie

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Thanks to author Fran Manushkin.  A delightful introduction to Hanukkah customs  and family celebration of the Jewish Festival  of Lights for the very young. Each night a new candle is added to the Menorah. The whole family prepares and dines on golden latkes, plays dreidel, sings Hanukkah songs and enjoys chocolate Hanukkah gelt (coins).  Watched by their playful tabby kitten.

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The inspiration for my 2011 holiday card came froma picture I took of baby Tizzy's first reaction to falling snow 11 and a half years ago. (click image to see snow flakes) ⓒ carolyn croll 2011 It was early evening. Looking out the north windowat the falling flakes chirping his pure enchantment,tail wagging. See Dec. 23, 2008 post

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December 7, 2011, a day that lives in our family. Wishing Mom a very Happy Birthday!! So let the celebrating begin!! Huge hugs and many kisses and all my love, Carolyn

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Red Cat, Carolyn Croll ⓒ 2011 One tiny step for cat art, one GIANT step  for me on my Ipad. So proud of myself. Did this quickie sketchof a red cat.  Marks the first image I made on my Ipad using the SketchPro appAND then somehow managed to transfer it to my Mac withoutquite knowing how I did it.  If I can figure that out, I intend to do it again. Stay tuned.......

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ⓒ 2011 Carolyn Croll Any day now my ancient NOKIA basic cell phone may conk out and I may be stuck having to use a SMART phone. Don't want a smart phone.  Don't need it to take pictures, play music, tell me  where I am, buy things online, play games, brew  coffee, make a sandwich and other amazing feats  they perform besides boring old sending and  receiving phone calls.  I'll accept

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**HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!** ***************************************************************************For DG:     (In response to the question of what was the cover revised from:)

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bell-flower Frond, JoAnne Russo, photos Jeff Baird & Rachel Portesi, with permission JoAnne Russo's striking large embellished pods on their graceful textured branches drew me in to her display at the 2011 Philadelphia Museum of Art Crafts Show. blue-bud/ Joanne Russo, photos Jeff Baird & Rachel Portesi, with permission Upon closer inspection her spellbinding naturalistic  forms become

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Real change at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Crafts Show.Sculptor, Jeweler Stacey Lee Webber is out to nickel and dime us in most unusual ways. Originally from Indiana, she nowlives and works here in Philadelphia,PA.First to catch my eye, copper Abe Lincoln silhouette earrings. photo: Stacey Webber / with permission Made from vintage solid copper US pennies.There are Washington and Roosevelt

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(click on images to enlarge) Went to the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show for inspiration. What I found was L O V E. At first sight, Mark A. Perry's fabulous carved wood goat.  photo Mark A. Perry, with permission from the Artist Then I spied the huge Running Sheepdog  Pie Crimper?  photo Mark A. Perry, with permission from the Artist And it was an antique carved scrimshaw pie

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The Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show may have just ended. However, so much wonderful work can stillbe viewed on the artists' websites. photo:D James Dee, by permission of Erin Wilson Erin Wilson, a Brooklyn, NY artist, has cats, and makes wonderful quilted hangings.Urban, lively, jazzy even, but not disturbing or noisy.Abstract reflected images in each quilted square,  or is it an

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Have no idea what's been happening.Just thankful that my blog hassle maybe over. Haven't been able to post or access the blogs I follow, nor the designelements for this blog.Looks like we're back in business.Ours is not to reason why (thoughI sure would like to know whatthat was all about).Think I'll just (cautiously) acceptand be grateful. ⓒ carolyn croll 2011

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When Edie Weinberg sent me Tony Johnston's  delightful "scary" story, BOO, A Story  That Could Be True to illustrate I couldn't wait to start. ⓒ Carolyn Croll 2011 A ghost story for early readers, begins in the  grand tradition. Oooooo! ⓒ Carolyn Croll 2011 Naturally, there is a ghost. But what's  with the pickle? ⓒ Carolyn Croll 2011 The Farmer and his Cat start hearing scary sounds.

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In these times that can try one's soul, so pleasing to report that there are still honestpeople in the world as well as on the internet. October 12, 2011, discovered to my fury thatsomeone had used one of my illustrations ona CD cover for sale on a website from India.Initially, though figuring this a losing proposition  on top of the theft, I sent a scathing email message  to the site. 

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From the get go, my brother Ted was acaution. All energy, fearless and funny. Always up to something. Still is!!  And as you can see, here with his daughter............... Its hereditary!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!, carissimo Fratello T. Love you to pieces! Huge hugs. many XXXXX and all my love. Sorella C

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I just discovered this "cover" art on the website http://www.shopmania.in/music/p-rock-a-bye-baby-lullaby-instrumental-3566128It is my art that has been cropped and altered slightly by changing the cradle color from pink to green and eliminating elements to fit in type. I did this piece for a special commission several years ago and posted it as a sample, only, on my agent's website or this blog.

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Rain, rain And more again.Let's build a boatThen sail away.Returning on a sunny day. What do you say? CC My art from QUESTIONS, by Lee Bennett Hopkins /HarperCollins

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photo / Candance diCalvo / U of P  Almanac Some years ago, while renting a studio apartment on a lower floor, my neighbors across the hall were adignified elderly Chinese gentleman and his wife. At first, we would nod to each other while waiting for elevators. Then one day the old Gentleman had a  large envelope bearing big colorful foreign stamps.  I asked if they were Chinese. He said they

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A carissimo Tomassino,  T deP by CC Buon Compleanno conun grande abbraccio e molto amore! Carolina diFilli    :~)

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Talking on the phone this morning. Gazing at my open closet. My shirts started dancing on their hangers. Not another earthquake! Nope, just Freddie Cat turning around in his new hideout. Master of Catnap, Fred E. Cat

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Raining cats and dogs.Good day for ironing shirts and thinking. Trying to hang finished shirts in the closet.But something is in the way. Pushing the obstruction, the obstruction pushes back.What the....?  Can't a cat guy get a few z-z-z-z-z s in peace?     SHEESH!!

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(click on images to enlarge) Probably the result of all the years I spent as a student. Elementary school, junior high, then high school. Plus 4 years of art school. Followed by nearly 20 years teaching 2-D Design, Fashion Illustration and Children's Book Illustration, part time at the old alma mater, the Philadelphia College of Art.(now the University of the Arts).September first has always been

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(click on images to enlarge) Started the week with an earthquake. Which struck just as I'd finished downloading some trial software from Adobe. The IMAC  started dancing. Weird noises. First thought. OMG the mother of all VIRUSES!  Then NPR announced "Earthquake!". My illustration from WHAT WILL THE WEATHER BE?, by Lynda DeWitt, HarperCollins Now we are having a Hurricane, named Irene. (see

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(click on images to enlarge) I can hear them now. My future heirs, in my apartmentsorting and clearing what I've left behind."Do you realize how much she would haveleft us if it wasn't for all these beads and booksand dolls and stuff?"I can almost sympathize. I will have taken my adventures, stories, characters and moments ofserendipity traveling abroad and/or more locally with me. And the beat

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(click on images to enlarge) In today's mail, a copy of the latest Old Farmer'sAlmanac for Kids, volume 4. Including a spread I did about a year ago. Takes a while to assemble all the parts; words, art and photos.Given just the space I had to work in and the requestfor Dad to be rolling out dough with lots of ingredients on the table and children watching. But what were theycooking? rough sketch

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Doing a bookmark as a self imposed assignment helped me practice some basics while learning to do my drawing,  painting, and designing work on the computer. 

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For a moment thought I'd solved the blog problems. Then I realized, not so fast. Whatever this is.... I will overcome. Thanks for staying with me. my unpublished sample illustration from a Russian folktale

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Rolling waves Softening in the shallowsSwirling round my anklesMoving sand under my toes Filling my pailAdding shells and popping seaweedCooling sea breeze Just writing this brings relief From the sweltering citycc My illustration from QUESTIONS by Lee Bennett Hopkins (click on image to enlarge)

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my illustration from WHAT WILL THE WEATHER BE? by Lynda DeWitt Genetically predisposed to living in a colder climate. All familial ancestors of whom I am aware, originated in or around Belarus and St Petersburg, Russia.  Extreme Philadelphia heat (90+ degrees) along withextreme Philadelphia humidity, a complete anathema.Seeking relief everywhere possible including someportfolio images. My

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(click on image to enlarge) illustration © Carolyn Croll 2011

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New collar. New tags. Good to go. (Still won't say what he did with his old collar and tags.) 

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That red strap beneath his right whiskers. Lost with tags and bell. Doffed deliberately.  Perhaps while wrestling. Sometime over the weekend.  Tizzy knows where it is, but won't say. Cat's got his tongue.

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Click on image to enlarge Mother's Day 2011: Mrs. Robin atop her nest cleverly built under the eave of my Sister and Brother in law's house. Keeping her babies dry and cozy while Dad supplies the bugs and worms.

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I share my Mom with my sister  and two brothers. She's been my  Mom longer because I got here first. Not that it really matters.  She always tells us she loves all  her children equally. Mom lost her sight completely a  number of years ago.  Listening to my war stories, she takes  my side but can't see my art work or  how gray her 4 children have become.  Memorizing all her numbers,

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May, my birth month and the sudden inspiration  to sign my Mom's copy of THE STORY OF THE PILGRIMS (which I illustrated). For Mom with love from  Your Own "May Flower"  (well, SHE laughed!)

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H A P P Y  E A S T E R 

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(click on image to view entire recipe / full spread)So excited, just received this message from the good folks at TDAC (They Draw And Cook). Guess what?! Uncle Jace's Pineapple Walnut Biscotti recipe is 1 of 6 recipes in the Featured Collection  just posted on the main TDAC jumbotron.  http://www.theydrawandcook.com/The collection is called "6 Recipes with Pineapples!" and will be featured from

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(click image to enlarge) Parting the Red Sea, THE STORY OF PASSOVER ill. Carolyn Croll

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Just found this on YouTube and had to share.

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Forget the tea towels, tea cups and saucers. Fabulously witty British knitting designer Fiona Goble has come up with my absolutely favorite souvenir of all for this latest royal wedding. Knit Your OwnRoyal Wedding, Andrews McMeel 2011. Photo by Ivy Press/Rex / Rex USA ( 754958f )  Help William And Kate Tie The Knit If you haven't received an invitation to the royal wedding there's no need to

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click on images to enlarge Part I: PLANTING THE SEEDS My paternal grandmother and/or aunts were  always going to England and back on  big ocean liners when I was a child. We have family there. (My maternal grandmother, born in London,  always said she'd only go back when they  built a bridge).  Her mother, my Great grandmother,  told me she saw Queen Victoria riding  in a carriage during her 

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FINALLY!! Very excited to have my recipe (well its actually my brother Jonathan's recipe) that I illustrated, up on one of my favorite websites http://www.theydrawandcook.com A pretty good caricature of brother Jon (done from memory).  Here he is a few years ago, before his forehead got a little higher  and his hair a little grayer. (He's gonna kill me..........) :~)

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click on image to enlarge Didn't mean to wake the cat boys from their after breakfast nap. Or was it their before lunch nap...........  =^..^=

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Searching for my pictures from the last big British royal wedding and finding everything else but. Including some projects from my creative past. Tons of illustrations along with some dolls and puppets. The slides are old and beginning to yellow, but with a  little help from Photoshop thought I'd share these. Always interested in clothing and costume, I made thesefor fun when an idea occurred. A

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Thought I'd share what happens since my niece taught her Father, my silly brother Ted to use Photoshop. :-) (In case you don't know, that's my face pasted on the art). My brother Ted and his Photoshop instructor, Anna Our family tree must be an Oak, as the acorns have fallen very close by. ☺☺

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This might look like just another picture  of a lady holding a cat, But to me its a large leap in my learning  to draw and paint on my trusty IMAC. click on image to enlarge Wanting to see if I could bring some pattern and textureinto a scene, using software bells and whistles.Learning to think and work differently.I always learn better by giving myself a project rather thanfollowing a written

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In honor of Chinese New Year, the year of the RABBIT, a redux of a releventpersonal post from April 2009. Two kroliks...... When preparing for my trip to Russia,a favorite Russian speaking NY editorwarned me that not knowing the languageI could go missing in Moscow.With little time before departure, Ithought I'd try to at least learn the Cyrillicalphabet. (after all, little Russian kids do itall

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(click on images to enlarge) More snow, more scenes. This time east of Broad St.Beginning my career years, book and magazine publishers surrounded Washington Square. The Curtis building, north side of the Square.The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journaland Jack & Jill used to live here. Converted tooffices. Always reminds me of the north side ofLondon's Grosvenor Sq. The old J. B.

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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 blocksfrom City Hall. Deep ice snow ruts. Illegal parking on both sides is a Philadelphia tradition. Approaching

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Nice thing about living on a mountain topin center city Philadelphia, the view of snow covered peaks in the morning aftera blizzard. Not blogging much lately. Using the timeto practice and learn more about makingdigital art. Hoping to make it to Carnegie Hall.........

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(click on images to enlarge) 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=

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

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(click on images to enlarge) 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 fromWHAT WILL THE WEATHER BE, by Lynda DeWitt, HarperCollins.In the first spread the US Capitoldome can be seen out the window.In the next

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When my hands are full of mail  and packages, I open the door and  Fred escapes...... across the hall.  He doesn't want to leave home, just  play chase and dodge. Told him over and over, its not allowed. He doesn't care. Cats just wanna have fun. =^..^=

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Finally, it snowed in Philadelphia too.About a foot in the city. Enjoyed a delightful catch up lunch withold friend, colleague and marvelous painter, Leslie Baker ( http://lbaker.com/ ), back in town to install her daughter at University, Afterwards,  on the way home,  I passed the Magnolia trees in St Mark's churchyard.                                           (click on image to enlarge to see

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Been making biscotti. Biscotti means "twice baked". First bake the dough into loaves.  Then, after they've  cooled a bit, slice them on the diagonal. Bake the slices for 10 minutesor so. Easy and fun to make. I've collected many biscottirecipes and sometimes changethe add ins and flavorings. This time, Chocolate Mocha Walnut, Orange Cranberry Pistachio, and my Italianteacher Teresa's

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(click on images to enlarge) Started my biscotti baking.I like to alter recipes as I go.Today, chocolate mocha withwalnuts and mini chocolate chips.Tomorrow, stay tuned. I'll see what I feel like making.  Christina making Christmas treats in my book THE LITTLE SNOWGIRL Always delightful to see a foreign edition.Want to guess the language of this one? Along with the book, my splendid designer

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Finished my holiday card, done completely on  the computer, Good practice. Only when I finally printed it out did I realize the color scheme bore a strong resemblance to a product always on hand around here.  =^..^= =^..^= Image from the Purina/ Tidy Cat website http://www.tidycats.com/

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The Birthday Girl herself                                                  Wishing Mom a very Happy Birthday!     with huge hugs and all my love, C                 31.1 Celsius**    Mom as a tot on her Dad's shoulder Here's Mom at age  -15 Celsius. ;-) **a wink to George Carlin

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My illustration from HOORAY FOR HANUKKAH, by Fran Manushkin, Random House

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Louisa May Alcott Favorite author, Louisa May Alcott's  birthday. Born 178 years ago in Germantown,  PA. Not far from center city Philadelphia. My well worn copy of Little Women I still read Little Women, sometimes from start to finish, other times certain chapters. Always totally identified with Jo March,  although I am the oldest in my family and Jo  is the next oldest. Awkward,

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No idea what this Squirrel was on about.Nattering loudly as I passed by late last Saturday afternoon.   Nattering Gray Squirrel in Washington Square Park November 20, 2010 (click on image to enlarge)

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Happy Thanksgiving! The Story of the Pilgrims (New Edition), Katharine Ross,  ill. Carolyn Croll, Random House 2010

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This week Jane Flory Friedman,  my old friend and mentor has been  gone five years,                                     Wall Hanging, Jane Flory Friedman, 1999For the 40+ years that we were  friends, along with raising a family,  caring for a disabled husband,  running the Evening Division at  what is now the University of the Arts  and writing and illustrating her books,  Jane was working on

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What is Tizzy reading? Click on image to enlarge.

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Erika Flory's, Calypso Hat (click on images to enlarge) My friend Erika Flory is a knitting virtuoso.She knits for pleasure. As for business she is  Knitwear Designer for her own KidKnits© label  for over 20+ years of the 45+ years she has  been knitting. Erika is also the youngest daughter of my olddear friend and mentor, Jane Flory.(see my 11/25/2008 post)  Erika Flory wearing her own

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Phone rings. Startled cat levitates. Leaps away. Engraving traction marks across my abdomen.Claw trimming time.Round up cats.First Freddie.  Wriggling and strong.Clip, clip.  One fine stiletto at time. Wining and twisting.Ten toes forward, eight aft.Springs forward.  Landing inches away.Purposefully grooming offended paws.Careless Tizzy standing next to me. Transfixed by Fred's

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(click on images to enlarge)                            My illustration of Marie Antoinette from                            REDOUTE, The Man Who Painted FlowersNovember 2, 1775 Empress Maria Teresa, wife of Emperor Francis I of Austria gave birth to her last  baby. A little princess named Maria Antonia Josepha Joanna. At 14 the girl married the heir to the King of France. The French called her

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My Mom tells about the Parent/ Teacher Nightstudent art exhibit long ago. Immediately she knew which piece was mine. It wasn't my signature nor obvious artistic talentproviding the clue...... A facsimile as the original is long gone. Spelling, not one of my better subjects. ;-)

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My illustration from THE UNEXPECTED GRANDCHILDREN, by Jane Flory, Houghton Mifflin Trick or treating from the third  book I illustrated, written by my  dear old friend and mentor,  Jane Flory.(See November 25, 2008 post  "All Her Fault")I put Jane's old house which  really was 1814 Beech Ave. in  the illustrations and used her  wonderful old tuxedo cat, Pious  in the pictures as well. Many

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Don't know which is  scarier this year, the upcoming election or Halloween. Both have pumpkin heads, witches, bogeymen, ghosts and werewolves.Halloween is the one with candy.Trick or Treat! my illustrations from QUESTIONS, by Lee Bennett Hopkins, HarperCollins                               (click on images to enlarge)

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       (you can click on images to enlarge) In Washington Square last Saturday. Pigeons swooping. Boat sailing. Squirrels looking for peanuts. Missed the photo op of the big black Lab/Newfie mix who ate up all the bread crumbs we'dscattered for the birds.  I'd name that dog,Hoover!! (or Dyson)  :   ̴ )

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Time to visit the Vet and the game of  CATch as CATch can is on. Two players at a time. One a cat.  Direct approach never works.  Too many low places where I can't follow.  Feigning interest in something else, never  making cat eye contact.  Gradually moving towards and often past the cat.  Gauging the time/space ratio.  Deftly grasping wriggling yowling  and possibly hissing animal. 

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Found this strange lump at the bottom of my bedthis morning. With all the daily bed bug hoopla I thought I'd better check......... Carefully pulled back the spread and discovered...... Its a CAT bug. A big ol' Freddie cat bug with a new place to nap.

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        Wishing Tomie DePaola a very                 Happy Birthday!!     XXXXXXXXOOOOOOOO, Carolina di Filli

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Like all my colleagues in the children's book field,prospective authors and  illustrators frequently contact me. Wanting to know everything from how to find an illustrator for their story to critiquing theirmanuscript to naming someone at a publishing house  to whom a manuscript might be sent. Not wanting to be unkind or seem ungracious, but needing  time for my own work, I thought it might 

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first day of pre school, from MY GIANT PRESCHOOL  Lift The Flap Book School starting, leaves changing color.Socks, sweaters and corduroy.  OK, not today.... but coming soon.It may still be 95 and humid, but coolerdays are coming. Today feels like New Year's to me. click to enlarge and see the Hamsters

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Illustration Friday's latet challenge, ATMOSPHERE.Well, how much atmosphere do they want? Opened up Lynda De Witt's, What Will The Weather Be? One of the best things about illustrating a HarperCollins Let's Read And Find Out science book is learning so many things I didn't know about the subject. In this case, weather. And weather happens in (ahem) the atmosphere! What to choose? Finally, I

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(click on images to enlarge) In case anyone thinks this blog has gone to the cats,I felt compelled to mention that I have drawn andpainted my share of dogs as well. For reasons that will become immediately obvious,I'm starting with my chapter heading (above) for "Sirius" from Peter Limburg's WHAT'S IN THE NAMES OF STARS AND CONSTELLATIONS. Sirius being the "Dog Star" after whom these dog days

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Colleague Paula Pertile, whose delightful blog Drawing A  Fine Line at http://drawingafineline.blogspot.com I enjoy,put me on to www.illustrationfriday.com     This week's topic "Star Gazing" reminded me of      Laughing Cloud, Little Star's Mother wishing      on the smallest star for a child, my illustration     from LITTLE STAR, by Mary Packard for     Scholastic.     A charming story

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Time to make the coffee this morning.                      (click to enlarge) Every morning dear clever Freddie lets me know  the kettle is boiling. Its also how I know its time  to clip his claws. Forensics; tiny holes on the upper  right leg of jeans and work pants match his paw  prints which match the pin holes in my thigh.  And now, caught in the act, photo evidence.  =^..^= PS: DNA match

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(you can click on images to enlarge) Hardly any of my books are cat-less. It all startedwhen Jane Flory asked me to illustrate her rollicking cat tale, We'll Have A Friend For Lunch. My first picture book. Not too sure what I was doing, made a full color dummy and sent it to Jane's publisher, Houghton Mifflin Co. in Boston. A very patient and humorous Walter Lorraine taught me color separation 

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     little Tizzy, 20000 This weekend marks Tizzycat's 10th birthday.His sister Jasmine and brother Silver are also 10.Seems like yesterday I brought this fuzzy little guyhome from his birthplace down the hall in myneighbor Irene's apartment. Her son had driven from Las Vegas with his unexpectedly expectantcat, Nutmeg who had gotten out a short whilebefore departure east and came back just in

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My senior year in high school began as a disaster. My family's 5th move in 16 years. From Syracuse,  NY to New Milford, NJ. New school, new classmates,  old drill. Add family hassles. Mrs. Bea Kettlewood, from my yearbookMy one saving grace. the Art Department at New Milford HS headed by the indefatigable, Bea Card Kettlewood.  Assisted by Eva Bowker and Mel Davison.  I don't remember how it

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Posting this to show my progress...especially to Paula P. on the left coast and anyone else having a slow art day while learning to paint and draw on the computer. A "Thank You" note for my thoughtful generous sister-in-law who treated me to my first ever professional pedicure for my birthday. May not look too impressive at first glance. But a triumph nevertheless. Painting the left foot first

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click on image to enlarge Beading right along. Some new pieces at CiaoCarolina, myEtsy shop. http://www.etsy.com/shop/ciaocarolinaThe jewel colors of these rectangularcarved Czech glass travertine beadsremind me of Egyptian scarabs whichinspired this bracelet. The links arefashioned by hand from antiqued brasswire which compliments the bronzecolored edges on the beads. Beads withthis mottling

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Listening to the evening news. Beading tray across my knees. And I know better. Slight balance shift. A gazillion bead pick-up. Funny thing, gathering loose  beads. Diminutive art, color,  texture, form.  Calming, untroubling my weary mind. A floor's worth of worry beads. Some of my beautiful new Czech beads. Some have already become new earrings at CiaoCarolina, my Etsy shop. http://

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Had to break it to sweet Freddie. There's a difference between joining the Foreign Legion and becoming  a donation to the Salvation Army.  =^..^=            After a long morning helping with the sorting, Freddie holds             his place in the donations box for the Salvation Army, 

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At last, Finished some new earrings and listed  them on ETSY at my shop CiaoCarolina. http://www.etsy.com/shop/ciaocarolina At the moment I am completely besotted by the  delicious glass beads coming again from  Czechoslovakia. Eye candy. Transparent  watery colors, milky translucent gems and  those reminiscent of vintage beads, before  the world wars in Europe decimated the  craftsman and

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When PhillyCarShare first came to Phila,  I started driving again. Early on I found a a $300 ticket on the car window after just  15 minutes in a pet store on South St. I had no idea the short blue meter where I  had deposited the required coins was a  disabled person meter and parking place.  No identifying symbols or words. Just short and blue.  I live in Center City Phila. I often see odd

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                                    Sometimes Freddie leaves a clue............. Fred E. Cat likes to hide.If he can't see you, you can't see him.      Tizzy remains above it all (on the bed) So much mystery.

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