Blue Manatee 10-23-2010-Cincinnati Museum Center Up Next



Photo by Tom Uhlman http://www.tomuphoto.com/

 Great Event at Blue Manatee Saturday. Next up, Bat Fest at the Cincinnati Museum Center. I will have a lecture about illustrating the book at 1:30 and reading the book Little Red Bat after!

Christina, Kathy, and Mary Kay with our bat friends.

Eastern Red Bat T-Shirt Design

I am doing several bat oriented events this fall including the Indiana Bat Festival. So, I am making a couple t-shirt designs to wear to signings and sell. This is the first. The next will be a large brown bat. I love their faces.

Blue Heron Day!

Had a great time at the Heron Day at Old Trail School! There was a great turnout on a lovely day in Bath Ohio. The day includes hikes to see the herons, crafts for kids, an ice sculpting demo and kicks off with a pancake breakfast. I had a table and also read the book to groups of kids and adults twice in the stage area.

Heather Swift, the school librarian helped me at my table most of the day and my friend Lisa Schnee came over, took photos and also helped at the table. It was wonderful and everyone was hospitable.

After the event, we went out to the rookery and watched the herons swooping and perching. The sight of so many at once was inspiring! I would like to go back once chicks have hatched! 

  

Heron Day Prep

I wanted to wear something heron oriented on Heron Day on Saturday and whipped up this little drawing to put on a shirt for the occasion. It is a great excuse to try out some new t-shirt transfer paper I got in a sampler from Papilio Inkjet Media. Hopefully it will look good on the shirt. I have a friend with a heat press to do this test shirt so I can see if it works.

Blue Heron Day Celebration-March 6th

I will be up at Bath, Ohio for the Blue Heron Day Celebration! It should be a great event. There is a pancake breakfast and I will be reading Henry the Impatient Heron and drawing for the kids who attend.

More details here...

I look forward to seeing Akron! (It is my first visit.)