Not a native, but this garden lily called Stargazer is one I look forward to blooming every year. Some of the attraction is the name. I don...

It's Queen Anne's lace (Bishop's lace or wild carrot) time in Iowa. Aside from it's unpleasant invading nature, a field of t...

A little shout-out to one of my favorite illustrators who passed away this week. Marc Simont's work graced many picture books. He won a ...

Summer is at high tide. I haven't wedged myself into my swimsuit yet, but thoughts of dappled waters glimpsed from half closed underwat...

A quick share as I send off a small job to Augsburg Fortress Publishing which had me creating spot illustrations of the four Biblical Evan...