Snow!
I was going to write about my wee spring flowers, and maybe include a photo, but it’s snowing. Fat flakes are settling on my flowers – crocuses, daffodils and a sea of deep blue scilla, with hepatica gleaming in the shade. Spring in Calgary is so weird.
Instead, I’m starting to get my head around the third book in the Veil of Magic series. It’s a fall and winter story, so perhaps the snow is good for getting me in the mood.
Nope. I thought about it, and there’s nothing good about it. Except that it’s keeping me at my desk instead of working in the garden.
Maureen
old art from howweirdcanyouget.com
Here’s the old artwork from howweirdcanyouget.com, while it was under construction. I liked it so much I wanted to save it here.
Maureen
A Crazy Dinosaur
I’ve been reading comments about Feather Brain on a school website set up for the Forest of Reading readers choice awards program in Ontario. The comments are wonderful – lots of enthusiam for the story, with comments about the bits the kids liked best. My favorite is from the boy who really liked the story, but gave it a 6/10 because, in essence, who would create a crazy dinosaur? That’s one of the things I like about writing; I can make my characters do all sorts of wacky things that I’d never do myself.
Maureen
Bradley McGogg
I’ve discovered another book I love, a very silly picture book: Bradley McGogg The Very Fine Frog, written by Tim Beiser, illustrated by Rachel Berman. The art is delightful, and the poetry irresistably absurd:
Bradley McGogg was a very fine frog
who happily napped in a hollowed-out log.
This log in a bog, where our frog spent his days,
was a pad Brad had had since his pollywog phase.
Maureen