I thought I'd post a little painting experiment I did in honor of my sweet daughter Emily when she was little. She loved all things creepy and crawly--i.e., frogs, lizards and bugs. It's kind of my fault. When she was really tiny, she was very frightened of creepy crawlers(especially bugs) so I tried to make them less scary and maybe I went a bit overboard. I remember when she was two, I found her just about to pick up a big hairy spider so she could pet it! That's when I realized I needed to do a bit more explaining which ones to touch and which ones not to. Yikes!
Here's to you my sweet daughter who's now 23 and still loves nature. :o)
Wow ... good for her though! I CAN'T STAND spiders!! :-)
ReplyDeleteI love you so much Mommy! Thank you for this! Can I have a print to frame and put up????
ReplyDeleteSo sweet Phyllis!! My youngest loves bugs too! Her favorites ... ants! :)
ReplyDeleteHaha Kelly,
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She is brave, your daughter, picking up spiders....
ReplyDeleteThis illo is really great, I like the soft touch.
I remember those days like they were yesterday. Emily still loves bugs but lets catches them in jars now to let them outside versus the 'hand-carry' method. I love my Em! And I love my Phyllis! Great illustration my love!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you all! and thank you my sweet Brad (Anonymous), ;)
ReplyDeleteI love it so much! :) I must admit that I'm into biology and all life as well! It's so amazing. :)
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