Shadows

“Hildilid dragged her heavy cauldron to the fire so she could boil away the night.  She ladled it, stirred it, simmered it, bubbled it, and burned it, but she could not boil away the night.”

Asleep

From the book, I See The Animals Sleeping: A Bedtime Story

Written by Thomas M. Heffron Illustrated by Roberta Baird

June 2011

Soaked

Not wanting to be considered a common fowl, Gallus Domesticus Kelly focused his energy on becoming just like his legendary big screen idol.

Determined to fly the coop, he would rehearse endlessly. When not practicing, Gallus could be found looking skyward, searching for that one gray cloud. Then one particularly pitchy night, drops of rain began to fall. The other chickens ran in fear… but not Gallus.

Gallus was last seen at an Oklahoma bus station. He had with him, the clothes on his back, an umbrella, and in his hand he held a one way ticket to…. Hollywood.

I’m singing in the rain….just singing in the rain…

what a glorious feeling, I’m happy again!

Safari


When on safari, take only pictures….

Leave only footprints….

And please don’t wake the animals!

My newest illustrated book I See the Animals Sleeping, a Bedtime Story, written by Thomas Heffron, Illustrated by me, and produced by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine comes out in June 2011!

I can hardly wait!!!

Beginner


A daughter is a mother’s gender partner, her closest ally in the family confederacy, an extension of her self. And mothers are their daughters’ role model, their biological and emotional road map, the arbiter of all their relationships. ~Victoria Secunda

Happy Mother’s Day