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Bulgarian Lullaby, dedicated to one of my virtual friends and frequent visitor to this blog Rossichka :)I particularly enjoyed the last scene .

IF: Satellite

The owl queen lives on a far away planet, and her lonely subject lives on the satellite planet.

IF: Paisley

Today I learned a new word, thank you illustration friday. Paisley is the design I have been using in many, many of my works.

The Play

The past several days were dedicated to the play our children's theatre put on. I did some of the decorations (the goat portraits on the back wall, and the whimsical flowers on the front wall). Also I had the fun of painting about 20 faces in 20 minutes. It was great! Next time I think I will do a lot better:)

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Another one of Julia Pot's works. I enjoyed seeing them all.

Sleepy Tree and Flying Fish

Two new pieces this week.

The sleepy tree, is the tree that grows dreams. Good dreams for anyone who might need them, just come and pick the one for you.

And also there these new fish, fancy and dressed up. They are much more girly than the ones that came before them, may be the visit to several Aquariums inspired me to see more of the "girlyness" in nature.

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Julia Pot's Art I came across her Art on the internet several times, and have really enjoyed it. I had no idea she makes animations. And they are brilliant! (found on http://www.mult.ru)

IF: Trail

The trail led them back home, and the wolf knew it's way well.

Birdface and Her Tea

An old character of mine, that I revisited.

She is a woman, yet she is a bird. She loves tea, just like me. And she has two pet owls.

Please welcome my dear friend Birdface.

Animal World Inspiration

Silly little light critters keep showing up on my work table. These are just a few of them. I think it must be the heat:)

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Another animation found by Kuvaev on mult.ru

Wishing a happy monday to all of you!

IF: Slither

Slithering slowly toward the sunset

Sone New Pendant designs

Sunny days are finally here and I spend some time photographing and listing some new pendant designs. Photography is not my strongest point, so I usually struggle a lot. It takes me 4,5,6 tries to get what I think is a decent photo to post. Please don't judge too harshly, the pendants look a lot better in person. They really do.

Life is Good Blog Award

A few days ago I received a blog award "Life is Good!" from my dear virtual friend a puppet master from Bulgaria -Rossichka. I simply can't leave this unattended, so here it goes:

1. If you could go back to the past, you would like to spend one day in (with) ...
Our old house in Lviv, with my great grandmother who knew a million stories and was the kindest old lady and my childhood friend. That house is my eternal mental happy place.

2. You have a dream...
To write and illustrate my own children's book. And to have a house of my own with some lilac in the garden.

3. Your favorite scent is ...Jasmine in bloom
4. Your childhood was (is) ...The best time of my life!

5. Your favorite books or characters from the children's literature are ...The Moomins and the Little Prince.

6. You miss ...Having friends over in the evenings and good long talks over the cup of tea.

7. Your secret talent is ...math

8. Your favourite season is ...Spring
Passing along the award to Rima the amazing artist in her house on the wheells, Nakisha the Master of Rabbit creations, Melissa my wonderful art student and fellow homeschooler, and last by not least Jessie a wonderful artist, mother and a great inspiration to me overall. Take it from here ladies! Please answer the same 8 questions.

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And one of the viewers on youtube kindly translated and posted the text, so I am going to copy and paste it.
0:30 I have a strange feeling. Who is this? It is like we have known each other for years and she knows everything about me, my childhood, my present life, and about what will happen to me. As if she has been always watching me, being somewhere beside me, even though I saw her for the first time. I realized: she is my wife.

3:22 However I had a feeling that, if I stayed in Vitebsk any longer, fur and moss would cover me. Farewell, Vitebsk! Stay with your herrings, my countrymen!

4:10 I had to leave my native land, but in my paintings I have been always true to that land. Why in Russia I have always been a fifth wheel in a cart? Why does everything I do seem strange to Russians and everything they do seem contrived to me? Well, why? I cannot talk about this anymore. I love Russia too much.

IF: Early

If you wake up very very early in the morning you can see the night horses.

Our Trip

We came back from a two week family trip to San Diego, CA last night. What can I say? It was AMAZING! The family we stayed with, the weather, the beaches, the colors, the Trader Joe's (those of you in the US will understand) I really needed this time away from the greyness of NYC. The colors of the flowers are absolutely unbelievable. You can be riding down the highway and see a splash of pure purple, as if some pigment was spilled. Or a splash of bright red and yellow. California is all about color, and I tried to soak in as much as possible.

IF: Equipment

While living in a teapot , the right equipment is a must.

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The subcontious scribbles made into an animation. Not for kids:)