erin

Posted on January 24, 2007 by Lilli Day aka bookbabie

I have always loved the human face. When I was a little girl my dad would bring home scrap paper from work and me and my sisters would draw on the blank side. My goal was to be able to draw a face that didn’t look like a monster! It took a long time, but I finally did it and eventually I taught myself to paint portraits in oil. Standing in front of a canvas in my studio, breathing in the scent of the paints and the turpentine, is when I felt most like myself.

This is a portrait of Erin. She is a young woman now, a student at MSU and she is still just as beautiful on the outside as she is on the inside.

january snow

Posted on January 11, 2007 by Lilli Day aka bookbabie

We haven’t had much snow yet here in Michigan this winter, but here’s a little reminder of the beauty of winter. The artist’s name is Cat and you can see her work on her cool blog, The Odd Neighbor.

street art

Posted on January 8, 2007 by Lilli Day aka bookbabie

what not to read

Posted on January 6, 2007 by Lilli Day aka bookbabie

Library Thing is a fun website where you can catalog your books, get suggestions based on what you like, or get unsuggestions on what NOT to read based on your entry, you can also join or create book groups to share and discuss your favorite book genre with. It’s easy breezy to use and free unless you want to catalog more than 200 books (my mom has 1,000 books on her excel file!) but it only costs 25 bucks for a lifetime membership and the ability to enter as many books as you want. You can even access your book catalog by cell phone while you’re book shopping (well some people can, I can’t even retrieve my cell phone messages). So check it out, it’s a great place for individuals or bookclubs to track their books and find new authors to try out!

Cat Reading print by Helga Sermat