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Great meeting you too, Kelly! First and only time I've shared billing with the Queen...

But not the last shared billing, I hope, Nick! It was great meeting you--thanks for making the time :)

Sounds like a great day, Kelly!

I'd be awestruck, too, Kelly. And you look great in the pic!

So, is Nick going to go round getting photographed for all the leading blogs?

I, too, have a photo of the Queen. For her silver jubilee in 1977 she is a little pink blob in the distance. Very pink. And very little.

Tricia: What IS it about us Americans and the Queen? Also, I took shabti photos in your honor :)

Hey Bookwitch! I still have to respond to your e-mail. I love your blog :) The Queen is SHORT, no doubt about it.

How very cool!

I'm not playing "I can top that," but during my 1988 trip to Europe, we saw both the queen AND the pope!! By accident (as opposed to by design) both times. One in London and one in Austria. You can probably guess which one where.

Beefeater buses. Who knew?

Sounds like a great day, Cypriot time panic notwithstanding. And you do not look pedantic. You look beautiful.

What a great day for you! Sounds like you are having a wonderful time. I love the photo of your boy in boots in the rushing stream in your previous post.

I could have sworn I commented here yesterday. Oh well. Sounds like a cool day, Kelly! Your kids probably can't wait to tell their friends about their trip!

Happy travels!

Sounds like a fun meetup! This post has many of my favorite things - Egypt, cats, books - and a reference to Peter Pan. WOO.

Thanks for stopping in everyone! It's great to see you all.

Mary Lee: Okay, you've topped me :)

Thanks, Kelly. I hate being photographed.

Thanks, Cloudscome. My kid would live there if he could.

Love the colours! Did you win? You should have if you didn't!

I like the squigglies, completes the illo nicely!

YIKES! I like the way you used a minimalist approach...it makes a bigger impact!

love your work.

He is sooo adorable!!

Wonderful idea! I love this :) Too bad I don't have enough confidence and know-how to take such a big leap of faith! Great illo, Val!

Awesome!!! It has a very surrealist feel to it too. Great!

Stunning! I totally agree with you! Takes a lot of courage to be on the outside!

I'm so glad you are not working there anymore! Cute idea with the gift certificate for one hour in it.

AMEN!

absolutely beautiful, Val! While I'm not surprised, I'm always impressed with every illustration you create! Still want to live in one of the housed you've painted! Take care!

a : )

Give one to your boss so everyone gets to go home early!

Great concept! I'm sure every office could use it :)

I totally understand you.. I am the kind of person who really likes to go out if the day is nice.. the times I have been working in an office I feel like I am in a cage like your draw..
PS: Wow.. I didn't know that salty technique that you used in your last post.. :D

great take of the topic!

Wonderful! Love the certificate that goes with it.

It certainly is a leap and I bet you're glad you took it.
Great styling on this - I love that cage.

val, this is brilliant :)

we are so lucky to be able to do what we love, aren't we!!! :)

teri

Thank you. For this illustration.

How perfect it is a bird cage and we stretch our wings as artist so we can see if we can fly on our own.

Hey, where do I get one fo those little 'get out of JAIL free' cards!! Hhahha...not that I'm sayin' work is like jail...okay, maybe I am. OH NO!

What a great concept. Love the feet flying out of the picture. There are time that I wished my boss had given me a get-out-of-work-free card!

Super clever and oh so true! It's so encouraging to see someone become successful after taking that leap.

Thanks, I needed that.

Lovely idea... and aint it great to be free! (so to speak)

your stuff is always so interesting!

You're preachin' to the choir sister! Great job and concept, and hurray for you for making it on the 'outside!' Wonderful illo Val;)

Great take on the theme Valerie.

brilliant and beautiful! now that's a leap i need to take as well i guess.. (see im still doubting)

im so buried at work i almost couldnt hop thru all my fave artists at IF.. and more.. not able to draw and paint as much as i would like to..

heheh. so THAT's why the caged bird sings!

so true. i took this leap recently too. it's a bit scary sometimes but i'm happy with my decision. i love your illustration, valerie! :)

Great minds think alike. I just posted a birdcage illo this morning before I saw this one. Cool work!

I love it too!

You have a beautiful way of depicting situations and little adorable spaces!

haha the little blue one is very cute!

Good thing they help each other and it's not about the 'last frog standing' :-).

I hope one of them doesn't have to go to the bathroom...

Great work. Love the frogs' expressions. Great too they are helping each other to the top. hihi. :)

ha! ha! I would not want to be the head on the bottom of that pile. how in the heck did you think of that. Did you have a pile up once? Hope you didn't have to kiss any of them!

Hmmm...a pile of frogs on top of one's head. I like that they presumably leapt to get there. I am enjoying the one frog helping the other up. Good job.

This is just wonderful. Your frogs are very expressive. Thank you for the good wishes for my daughter.

Oh my!... what a nice work of art and so charming for this theme. You have such talent!!!

Very cute!

Haha, I love the subject, and I especially like the dangling frog. :)

Thanks for visiting!

Great texture in your work. Fantastic concept...

This is great! Love all the different frogs and their colourings. Although I think I would feel a bit uneasy (as your character does) with all this going on on my head!

this is a wonderful illo! i luv the concept and how you rendered it beautifully..

btw i like the new header so much!

Great image. I like how the frogs are interacting.

FROG PILE! hehehe
terrific painting, sweetie!

teri

frog heads! very fun.

Your illo is so perfect for the poem, love this.

I LOVE the frogs - and the poem!

This is so precious! It almost makes the thought of having a frog on my head bearable LOL.

very cute. i wonder if they would hold still long enough to be heaped upon each other


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this is great... love the cropped human face as well.

great frogs! very nice take on the theme.

very cute - love all the frogs and their expressions. I like the one riding piggy back (or is it froggy back?)

Wow, terrific frogs, and that's a great story too. Nice work.

This is so cute! You must have great drawing skills - I am sure those frogs didn't pose for you!

I love frogs! This is a beautiful illutration!