It's amazing how flipping the page of a calendar can motivate you. It's already November, time is a ticking and I haven't been making much forward progress. Now comes the point in the project where the newness has worn off, the likelihood of achieving the goal seems slim, a bad cold derails you and other things take precedence. However, flipping the calendar a couple days ago and a project Maria initiated renewed my drive. A few days ago Maria asked if we could make a book. She wanted to staple the pages together and then give it to her friend Hayden for her birthday (in July). Maria loves to draw and do art projects and a lot of times when she says "Let's draw!", we're at a loss for inspiration. Paul started to draw pictures with her that tell a story to keep the activity going. "Here's Mama outside in the yard. What is she doing?" "Mowing the lawn." Soon the water color includes the lawn mower, compost pile, long and short grass and me carrying cut grass to the compost.
So we started our story in a similar way. We marked off some white paper to have space for words and for pictures and the story of the fairies began.
Creating a story with her made me think maybe I should make the book of that story. But this project is partly for me too so I'm sticking to the plan. We can always do it again.
For the scene of the squirrels near a stream I used one photo that I took awhile back in Pawtuckaway and added three squirrels, much simpler than the first illustration I was trying to piece together to create. These squirrel photos are not mine however if when my film is developed mine look good I might swap them out. In the meantime this website has provided me with great photos.
National Geographic Squirrel Pictures
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