Spring around the neighborhood

 A tour around the neighborhood on a typical slightly drizzly, light-gray spring Seattle day....check out this two-tone cherry tree...

 and my very favorite yard. got there a little late but it's still a profusion of color and texture...

 it will still look like an Easter basket long after april.

 another great rock wall.

 and this conjurs the Mediterranean. oh how i wish!

 love this rock wall right across the street from us.

 at the base of our landlords' chestnut tree.

 and these in our own back yard. Forget-me-nots. more subtle, more delicate, but dearly loved.

 a second favorite - a crabapple (i think) from the park overhanging our mossy garden shed.

and you've gotta have Daffies!
Many of you are probably on your way to summer by now, but here in Seattle, spring lasts until july.
Visually, that's a nice thing!
xo

High Five magazine, June issue

i received my complimentary copies of the June issue of High Five magazine, which i have a piece in. it printed a little on the dark side even tho i thought i had overcompensated by over-lightening the digital scan i sent them (it was painted traditionally).
but still i am really happy with it. it was such a fun project for me--hard to go wrong with a little girl and a garden/flower maze as subject matter!
the last time i did a spread for them i was not super happy with it, so it's nice to feel good about something.
now if only that warm sunny weather would come to seattle! it's very confusing here for me with the chilly climate. i still feel we're in winter, so i don't realize so much time is passing...this caused me to miss a sketch deadline today (okay, can't totally blame it on the weather) because for a northeasterner, it feels like, maybe March, but def not the end of May (which i had in mind as the due date)...