This summer I'm excited to help out in the studio of my friend Deb Putnoi, who's a pretty amazing woman and artist. I got to know her this year at the Fogg museum, where she taught Sketching Afterschool. She's also a graduate of the Arts in Education program at HGSE. Here's a sample of her work:

Also-- Yesterday I spent the afternoon picking mulberries from the tree in our front yard, and then attempted to make mulberry preserves! I ended up with mulberry syrup - delightful on ice cream, I'm sure - and my own version of fruit leather (that's what's in that pot, below, congealing...). Then Mom sent a picture of her berry work for the day: cherry pie from the tree in Beth's yard. Beautiful.