Sun-mer :)

Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter

Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun

And I say it's all right

Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces

Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun

And I say it's all right

 Here comes the sun, Lennon, Harrison & McCartney

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day!

belated blurry birthday post

The blurry years...((Is this happening to me? Luckily I still love

 Saturdays and sweets, there's hope...))

Beach day!

'Cause it feels like summer again
I was thinking that it just might never begin
After winter and spring
It's good to have the sun on my face again

The Wallflowers, Feels like Summer again

Birthday

Happy 3 birthday Marc!

I can't believe it!

Happy Children's Book Week!

-Read, read, read!

Feliz 5 de mayo!

 Illustrations from Antonio´s Birthday Fiesta, Pearson (2011)

Mom's day coming

Click on the image to see the behind-the scenes-message :) 

Still on time to get a print for mommy at the shop

Pssst, remember??!!

Pssst, do you remember??!! It was on the script...And the calendar,

a while ago.

Feliç dia de Sant Jordi

Missing Barcelona today, but this is what imagination is for :)

Happy World Book Day!

Happy Earth Day

Take good care of Mama Earth,

And she will take great care of you.

The windiest Chicago

Empathizing with this papa owl today,

 I am scared of my kids flying away!

New print

New print uploaded to the Shop.

If you are interested on any illustrations from this blog that

 are not on the shop, please contact me and I will happily check if I can 

upload it to the shop for you!

This one is already leaving to a magic new baby's room!

Brrrm, brrrrm!

Pocket-sized sketch

Tiny sketch while drawing on a sunny day, did I say sunny? :)

Spring break for mommies

Foggy nostalgic day, captioning:

'A Spring break for mommy'

I hear her voice in the mornin' hour she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
And drivin' down the road I get a feeling
That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday

Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads

Take me home, country roads, John Denver

Happy International Children's Book Day

Cropped illustration from the book Le vieil homme et la fée

Read a book to/with a child today!

Sweet baby blue heaven

Baby blue sky in Chicagoland! 67 F!

 Feels like heaven, feels like time to leave the studio :)

New print

Wedding time!

New print 'Tous les garçons et les filles(80s wedding)' with customizable text 

available at my shop.

A special 80s gift for weddings. 

(Or for your special one :))

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Tous les garçons et les filles de mon âge
Se promènent dans la rue deux par deux
Tous les garçons et les filles de mon âge
Savent bien ce que c'est d'être heureux
Et les yeux dans les yeux et la main dans la main
Ils s'en vont amoureux sans peur du lendemain

Françoise Hardy,Tous les garçons et les filles

One day left! Spriiiiiiiiing! :-)

They are so ready to play with you in the park (and steal your food...)

Happy St Patty's day!

Happy St. Patty's day from the cutting cozy room floor :D

Picnic

First sunny days, finally!

Working on picnics!

Julius cookbook

Julius was a pusillanimous cook.

He cooked the best stories at night when nobody could taste them and overanalyze: 'too salty','too spicy',... 

The ones from scratch, those were the tasty ones.

The ones he would never ever sell.

I have always fantasized about Julius cookbook, 

and since a little girl I have tried to find it...

(The fabulous unpublished 'Julius' cookbook')

New print: Sweet static adventure

New print available at the shop.

 A reminder picture: a dreamy adventure happens right where you are, is happening now!

Take a ride here

New Print

¨Longing for Spring¨, 8¨x10¨

available here

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La gota de rocío 
del cielo se cayó, 
y en ella el amor mío 
la carita se lavó. 
Pero era tan temprano 
que no salía el sol, 
y se helaron las manos 
y mejillas de mi amor. 
Creí que las estrellas 
la iban a buscar, 
y que en su cara bella 
se ponían a jugar. 
Me dijo ''tengo frío, 
acércame calor'', 
y fuí con tanto brío 
que encendí su corazón. 
Y mientras la besaba 
me dijo en un temblor: 
''esto es lo que faltaba 
para que saliera el sol''. 

Oh! gota de rocío, 
no dejes de caer, 
para que el amor mío 
siempre me quiera tener. 

La gota de rocío, Silvio Rodríguez

Larry lives in Chicago

Little Larry lives in Chicago...

New print

Print 'Your little soul',8"x 10"

Ready on Madoucepatrie SHOP :)

Happy Valentine's Day!

- Let's pretend we're in Paris, Valentine

NEW animal prints on Etsy : )

             NEW customizable animal prints on the shop: the perfect 

personalized gift for newborns or birthdays. 

More details at Madoucepatrie SHOP :)

Have a bunny weekend, folks!

- Hi Valentine, do you want to meet next Saturday?

Valentine's Day Reminder

Valentine's Day reminder (cough, cough)...

Yihaaaa!

What animal are you?

I am the giraffe...

'Loner. You're a sort of a loner, but you are very brave and a quick thinker. You have a little secret: you like to help others. Soul Mate is the Red Jaguar, but you hate the Marroon Panda.'

BRRR

Hi guys, I am back from BCN: 

Brrr!

☟Vila del Pingüí (Penguin Village)

Hello 2015!

Hello 2015!

 Trying to get the most of the  

 warmest Spanish vacation

to prepare for real (Chicagoan) Winter