From my Moleskine sketchbook, Strange Tale #10:

- The Apparition that Instigated the (as yet unfounded) Order of Benevolent Handicrafters

Approximately 7 x 5 inches, pencil on paper.
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And now, in anticipation of the transition from Winter into Spring, some photos of melting ice on shrubs and trees in my garden:
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Finally got my head out of the 12th Century and finished Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth (!) and I am currently reading, for the gazillionth time (but the first time with one of my children): Lizard Music by Daniel Pinkwater
Currently listening to (trying to absorb): Joanna Newsom's triple album magnum opus Have One On Me
Oh, and I am officially done with snow: goodbye and good riddance.