Signs of spring

I want it to be spring. I really do. Where I live, our winter was full of deep snow, then some melting, then some ice, then snow on top of ice, then several people I know breaking arms. Seriously. About three. (Okay, technically that’s ‘a few’ and not ‘several’)

So here’s some signs of spring painted by myself, soon to appear in a picture book by Jeni Leidenfrost: Little Mouse Finds a Friend. It’s a sweet little story. But what I like most about it right now, is that there’s a lot of green in it. And not so very much of the white stuff…