The Daily Delaney

I'm getting ready for this weekend's University District Street Fair in Seattle... Here are some new found object planters I've been working on... If you turn these two around, they look like this...

A few years ago, the amazing Lindey Lane wrote a sweet book called Snuggle Mountain . (I'd say it's a children's book, but when you create a thing to be read to a child, aren't you creating it just as much for the grown-ups involved?) The illustrations were done by Melissa Iwai, a wonderful artist. It's a great book, but like so many great books, it was published but didn't make a big enough splash in the marketplace. It came into being, eventually all of its copies were sold, and, like so many stories, it went out of print. But now it's back, in a whole new way. Lindsey and Melissa have taken a step into the brave new world of interactive books and transformed Snuggle Mountain into an app  for your iPad. Now you can explore the world of Emma as she climbs up the mountain, searching for pancakes in the land of the two-headed giant! it's available on iTunes . Check it out! While you're at it, check out this link , from Laura Miller at Salon. It...

Happy Birthday to Kermit the Frog. Never has so much been said so well with so little... a couple of rods, some scraps of green felt, and a ping pong ball cut in two... From 1959... Jim Henson could say more by scrunching up his hand than most people can with all the words they know...

Commissions... For Eileen, from her kids For Val, from Eileen

The bad news is I really wanted to find these pieces a good home last week... and I didn't.  The good news is the extra time allowed me to get some decent shots of them! Spring Summer Autumn Winter

Recovering from the intensity and fun of Norwescon. Many thanks to all the folks  and all the fans who put on the show and made me feel welcome!  Here's a better shot of "Winter"... Four Seasons: Winter available here

WINTER SPRING   SUMMER FALL a poem for the morning after completing a big project... Off to the con. I have a very good feeling about this....