Red Girl

For Christmas, my very favorite card. There's something about the way she is standing and so gently dropping her bread crumbs that I love. And the paper-- sycamore tree and wooly coat as only handmade paper can make them.

Blue Girl

I love the way the colors talk to each other. I love the way the girl and the bird talk to each other.

Merganser

I saw on of these beautiful birds today. Looks like he's giving Miss Merganser a backward glance.

Hyde Park Parrots

In my Chicago neighborhood there is a year round population of Monk Parakeets. Their beautiful blue/green and yellow plumage is almost as loud as their squawk. It is still amazes me to see these tropical looking birds perched in a bare tree in the middle of winter. The mottled green and yellow paper that comes in so handy for a dandelion studded lawn works well for these birds.