I love this time of year. Early whiffs of fall and mushrooms popping up in the night over our moss covered lawn. Each September it feels like the world turns magical all over again.

I'm heading out tomorrow to speak at the Harbor Springs Festival of the Book in Michigan this weekend. I truly can't wait to be with youngsters, teachers, parents, and all readers again! Feeling very grateful to be speaking at this wonderful literature conference. @hs_bookfest

I'm so excited to be able to welcome art lovers to my home and studio Oct 8th and 9th!! A link to Monadnock Art Tour info and a map of all the studios is at monadnockart.org. There will be 60 open studios in our area! Tons of art, fall foliage, drives through the New England countryside. It's my favorite weekend of the year and I am bursting with happiness to see old friends and new this year. What a gift to be able to do this again after missing the last two years! Please come everyone. @monadnockart

Today's Etsy shop feature piece, Wuddles the Sheep. This is a little painting I did to develop a character for an upcoming book. I'm looking forward to sharing more a the book comes together, but for now, I put a few early sketches like this on my etsy shop. Link in my bio.

Airplane ears are the best. Having fun sketching floppy eared pups for my daily sketch.

Today's feature on my Etsy shop is this dear little fellow. He was so much fun to paint with all his wispy hair and a velvet soft nose. I’m getting so excited for the open studio tour in a month (Oct. 8,9)!! After missing the last couple of years, I am really grateful and excited to be welcoming people back to our home and studio. I'll post much more about that soon, but for now, I put several new pieces on my Etsy shop as we prepare. A link to the shop is in my bio.⁠

Today is National Read a Book Day. That's my kind of day! I hope all of you can curl up with your favorite story for at least part of today. #nationalreadabookday

Sharing a sketch from a project I am working on. Because it's always a good day for a little puppy love!

My favorite little ducky - a sketch from a book I have coming out next year. Thinking about cover art ideas now. There were a lot of giggles working on this book. I hope it will give kids the giggles too. .⁠
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I've been thinking a lot about all the little ones starting school this year. I hope this year is a peaceful, happy, and healthy year for all of them. And I hope every student is kept safe, and nurtured so that they might believe in themselves, a limitless potential. ( art from my book, Even the Smallest Will Grow.)⁠
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I have several new small pieces on my Etsy shop now! I'm so excited to be getting ready the Monadnock Open Studio Art Tour in October and will share a lot more about that soon, but there are a few early pieces up on my shop now. The link to my shop is in my bio.⁠
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Willow and her basket. How do they make sleeping all scrunched in a nobbly, tight space look so comfy? ⁠
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In the spirit of the weekend and going out to have some summer fun with friends, I'm sharing a piece from my newest book, Something Beautiful. I will never get enough of drawing baby giraffes!⁠
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