cute little states!

In doing my website, Heather made a list of states that carry my work, and the stores therein (fancy word). But it was kinda boring looking, so I made little states, and Heather will add them in for the thrill of it all. See if you can guess some of these:

You thought I died, didn'tcha?

Here I am! Just working my little fingers to the nubbins, I am! Did that sound British? 'cause I'm taking my little family to England next Tuesday, so I need to work on my accent!

And guess what! My website is an inch and a half away from being done! Yippers! Then I will take my non-blogging self over to allisonstrine.com to do my daily non blog. Ha!

DixieLand in LadyBirdLand!

Elizabeth's birthday was last week, and after the success of Lisa's picture, I knew I had to do a portrait of Dixie. And here it is! It was SO FUN to do that I'm going to start offering commissions for people's dogs on my Etsy site. I've never done a commission before, but I can imagine how fun it will be!

OOOOH! A PRIZE!!

Tonight we had our first family dinner by the new backyard, and LOOK what we found!! I must have scared the momma as I walked within one inch of her without knowing! When we looked at the nest, we could see one of the eggs on the ground. I don't know if it had just fallen that second as the mom ran away, or if it had been on the ground a while. Olivia got a leaf and carefully cradled the egg in it, then moved the egg - careful, careful! - into the nest. So cool! Picture forthcoming!