Happy New Year!

Illustration for Taatbox

Happy New Year!

Wonder what it is in the box for 2015?

Have a playful Christmas!

The days before Christmas... are the best!

Have a playful break!

Click on the image to PLAY!!! :P

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Reposting an oldie one...

Stroller license

Stroller driving license. 

Lucky to enjoy it, in the future she could be driving 

in very frigid locations.

Practice, practice, practice.

Happy Halloween...Trick & Treat: Too much candy!!!

national cat day

Miss you on my desk!

Hallo-week, boo!

my little sick bunny

 Second round in 10 days, poor little bunny.

deal

7 years of contract. Missing Philly.

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Love and marriage, love and marriage
Go together like a horse and carriage
This I tell you brother
You can't have one without the other

Frank Sinatra

Empty zoo

In the morning when everything is quiet,

 I miss the zoo-state-of-mind...But also...

In the morning when the moon is at it's rest
You will see me at the time I love the best
Watching rainbows play on sunlight
Pools of water ice cream cold nights in the morning
Can't you imagine it?
It's the morning of my life, yeah

Nina Simone

mOOOd

 weird moo-d in the farm

Cool Weekend

- Have you seen the news? There is a big ¨V¨. 

- That was at day time, we were sleeping papa- said my favorite Scottish owlet.-

Ha a guid journay, bràthairs!

♥ Chicago

( in Summer... :0)

SUMMERizing

SUMMERizing the last couple months....Let's go back to school!

Summer collage

An "exercise" collage I made to teach Catalan to my kids...Ha!

No way. They speak in English. 

They teach me English - with no need of collages... 

madoucepatrie on etsy

Madoucepatrie is on Etsy!

In fact, it's been there in draft mode since 2007... 

7 years later we decided to put a few prints of my illustrations

in this great marketplace.

You're welcome:D

 https://www.etsy.com/shop/Mariamola

So Summer

Mon-key, Mon-day

Because is Monday and we need to feel lovely 

to go to work. Let's dress up...

Rouge crash

My 7 year old computer crashed.

The first computer I bought went we arrived to the States.

Let's see if it can be fixed.

Going traditional, with a little bit of rouge

even monkeys look nicer...

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Birthday!

Today is my birthday.

At thirty something (so many) 

I should be less emotional 

about the birthday thing. 

Being a so expected day

 for so many years

it has left an inevitable indented care 

for June the 19th.

It stills feels a special reminder day,

bizarre things accomplished, 

some dreams on the pocket.

An afternoon playing trains an

a cupcake sugar rush, listening 

Dora birthday party songs to celebrate 

with my zaches.

Proclaimed Queen for a day (pun intended ;)).

The biggest gift was to randomly stumble upon this 

devastating beautiful gem that I would like to share.

Brasil 2014

This is Brasil, the best football* nanny.

(Inspired on how certain people care about 2014 FIFA World Cup)

(*hey, I am European)

(*2 hey, let's watch La Roja...)

Childen's Book Week

"When I say to a parent, "read to a child", I don't want it to sound like medicine. I want it to sound like chocolate. " — Mem Fox

Happy mother's day! (last version)

~ Call Her! ~

J for Juggling: Happy Mom'sDay

Not yet finished...What I got so far. Juggling trough a nap :P
Click on the first, is a gif (room for improve soon)

Feliz 5 de mayo

A couple of days ago I ate an apple and I realized the seed was germinating!

I couldn't not keep it. 

Sort of magic.

But I didn't have any soil or cotton ball...Then, water was it.

I forgot about the apple, the soil and the seed.

Kids sick.

While playing hide and seek today

I found it again, growing ?!

Let's grow this apple tree!

Pairing of the occasion:

“The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.”

Frida Kahlo

Spring is green

I received a sample of Ladybug magazine in the mail.

Illustration featured on the May/June issue.

Feliç dia de Sant Jordi!

 

Fa set anys que no visc un Sant Jordi a Barcelona. 

És el dia que estic més lluny de casa.

Sweet long weekend

“It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old,

 they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.” 
Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

And today in this kitchen we're pairing

 Gabo with the sweet voice of Nick Drake...

The result is  Julius, an old friend of mine whose weird point of view* let him reach so many unexpected succesful dreams.  

(*he never realized he was wearing his glasses upside down, did you?)

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Which will you go for? Which will you love?
Which will you choose from, from the stars above?
Which will you answer? Which will you call?
Which will you take for, for your one and all?
And tell me now which will you love the best?

Which do you dance for? Which makes you shine?
Which will you choose now, if you won't choose mine?
Which will you hope for? Which can it be?...

Nick Drake 

Sopa de buho para el alma ;D

Rainy day, owl soup for the soul.

Día del Libro Infantil y Juvenil

-I like books. I love children´s books. I am a collector of children´s books.

When I am old they are going to be very valuable, you´ll see.

- No more books. Me or the books. 

- Smell this one, honey. 

(2 inches sketch found in a bill...)

 

le week-end...

 

Let's pretend a breakfast in warm colored Paris!

Bon week-end!

Spring!

Have a great Spring weekend!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Lucky bug from a piece of illustration for Ladybug magazine

zoom

And another freezing day...The last one??

I close my eyes and zoom to a magic sunny room, 

far away,

where I only need my blue coat and red boots :-)