Catching up - odds and ends:

It's currently snowing outside. Big fluffy flakes that mimic the profusion of blossoms on the trees out my back window... Spring weather is ephemeral and bizarre! (and since shooting this picture, it has continued to fall. And stick. Getting whiter out there by the minute).



Feeling like I need a little break from the painting-grind and also to clean out my email inbox, here are a few tidbits from this past week:

My 'Fairy Chronicles' publisher let me know that "Firefly and the Quest of the Black Squirrel" (book #4) has been acknowledged with a Mom's Choice Award - 2008 Gold Recipient: Distinctive Illustration.

I just finished the covers for the Fairy Chronicles books #11 and #12, so it's easy to lose objectivity on this huge project overall. It is gratifying to see that the effort is being enjoyed.



I was also notified this week that blogged.com has rated Silver Apples "great":

"Based on: Frequency of Updates, Relevance of Content, Site Design, and Writing Style." (which I find ironic given how irrelevant the current content seems to be as well as infrequent - but there you have it...)

At any rate, there are only a scant three weeks left on this schedule and then maybe I can regain enough brain power to become relevant again...? And to maybe visit *your* blogs once more?

[Project update: Covers to revise: 4. Interiors drawn: 43. Interiors painted: 7. Interiors left to draw:40. Interiors left to paint: 76!!! argh!]