Grace Lin's Blog, page 27
July 30, 2014
this week in our garden
The pink flamingo watching over Rain Dragon's garden was deemed not-child-friendly as she kept trying to pull it up from its metal legs. To make up for its disappearance (and to her great joy), we got her some new garden ornaments:
a hummingbird of her choice
and a dragon that I could not resist gettingHowever, after installing them, Rain Dragon was not quite satisfied. She insisted that the garden needed something else.
Specifically, the yellow flower ornament that was in the vegetable garden:
She knew it would look much better in her garden:
And it did!
a hummingbird of her choice
and a dragon that I could not resist gettingHowever, after installing them, Rain Dragon was not quite satisfied. She insisted that the garden needed something else.
Specifically, the yellow flower ornament that was in the vegetable garden:
She knew it would look much better in her garden:
And it did!
July 28, 2014
on my desk monday
It's the proofs for Ling and Ting:Twice as Silly! Yes, the 3rd Ling and Ting book is really coming! I have some fun ideas for the book launch, so stay tuned!
July 25, 2014
fortune cookie friday
"If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys."
- Chinese Proverb
July 23, 2014
this week in our garden
Old Mr. Rabbit!You have a mighty habitof jumping in our garden and eating all our raspberries!
(though to be fair, I think it's really the birds eating them)
July 21, 2014
on my desk monday
I'm finally cleaning up the studio--out of necessity-- and I found the Tenacre Country Day School's catalog which the lovely librarian Esther Frazee sent me a long time ago! I'm so embarrassed I never responded (I had a really bad reader mail problem and didn't answer anything for over a year--but I've caught up...mostly!)
The catalog features Tenacre's mural of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon!
I'm so honored (and very sorry I didn't acknowledge the awesome of this earlier!) Belated thanks, Tenacre school!
The catalog features Tenacre's mural of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon!
I'm so honored (and very sorry I didn't acknowledge the awesome of this earlier!) Belated thanks, Tenacre school!
July 18, 2014
fortune cookie friday
"The harder you fall, the higher you bounce."
- Chinese Proverb
July 17, 2014
first time at the brimfield fair
So I've been in New England for most of my adult life and I had never gone to the famous Brimfield Fair. And I've always wanted to go! So last week, I played hokey from work and spent the morning there.
And what a lot of stuff! It's like every New England's grandmother's attic emptied! Crazy!
There was a lot that I loved but could never fit in the car:
I always wanted a card catalog!
and this would've looked awesome in our garden, don't you think?
There were many chinoiserie knick-knacks which I couldn't decide if I was charmed by or offended:
And then there were things I actually considered but couldn't afford. Even though you might think the Brimfield fair is a gigantic yard sale, I found the prices rather high. I found out later that most people expect you to bargain with them:
I really wanted to have these for our yard!
this was so sweet and Rain Dragon LOVEs merry-go-roundsAnd while I didn't take home this Elephant sign:
I thought it would look neat in my studioI did take home an elephant!
And what a lot of stuff! It's like every New England's grandmother's attic emptied! Crazy!
There was a lot that I loved but could never fit in the car:
I always wanted a card catalog!
and this would've looked awesome in our garden, don't you think?There were many chinoiserie knick-knacks which I couldn't decide if I was charmed by or offended:
And then there were things I actually considered but couldn't afford. Even though you might think the Brimfield fair is a gigantic yard sale, I found the prices rather high. I found out later that most people expect you to bargain with them:
I really wanted to have these for our yard!
this was so sweet and Rain Dragon LOVEs merry-go-roundsAnd while I didn't take home this Elephant sign:
I thought it would look neat in my studioI did take home an elephant!
July 16, 2014
this week in our garden
Rain Dragon's small garden is still alive, despite her enthusiastic care:
However, she finds the lack of growth unsatisfactory and keeps sneaking to the vegetable garden:
and picking the green tomatoes:
She says she needs to feed them to the flamingo:
However, she finds the lack of growth unsatisfactory and keeps sneaking to the vegetable garden:
and picking the green tomatoes:
She says she needs to feed them to the flamingo:
July 14, 2014
on my desk monday
Working on Ling & Ting Book 4!! Yes, another Ling and Ting book is coming. Don't miss Book 3, Ling and Ting: Twice as Silly which comes out this fall!
July 11, 2014
fortune cookie friday
"You must have crossed the river before you may tell the crocodile he has bad breath."
- Chinese Proverb
