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The first of our new alphabet series is up!

Aloysius Alligator and his Accordion-

I incorporated several A's into the design, one on his overalls and 7 on his accordion.

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Also, the sun came out for a little while today hooray!

So we made our first trip of the season to our favorite produce place-

When we lived in Florida, the approaching Summer was met with dread. 

But here in Oregon it is a happy thing.

Ginger Root

While College Girl was visiting last week she put together an Etsy shop to try to sell some of her artsy goodness. Everything in her shop is an original, just like her. While she was here, she made little paintings-

Little paper cuttings-

 And combinations of the two-

This one's my favorite, as my favorite Little Red dolly is modeling for it and it has such a dreamy quality.

And, like her mom, College Girl's a fan of variations on a theme-

She's nervous putting her stuff into such a public forum, but she's a brave kid. Sitting at my worktable while we both do our arty thing is so. . .well, there are no words for how amazingly wonderful it is. I've always felt like the luckiest mom in the world.

Today's Table

Snapshots from today's worktable--

 Our first dog! Funny that I haven't made any dogs before; they're my very favorite animals. My kids think that's a totally boring favorite animal pick, but dogs are amazing and funny and come in so many varieties.

Our Alphabet Project is chugging along now that I'm back amongst the living. A-F are getting their finishing touches today. Then they get handed over to Dylan to get their pictures taken and listed. I'm still deciding if I want to list them as they get finished, or if I can wait until the whole alphabet is done. My decision-making apparatus seems to be on the fritz lately. Took me way too many hours deciding on colors for that little boat up there. Decisions, decisions!

Hope you're all having 

a decidedly nice day.