" The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads."
~huge gingerbread house at the Jefferson Hotel, downtown Richmond,
not mine, but a beautiful work of art!
Merry Christmas!
"Hog butcher for the world,/ Tool maker, stacker of wheat,/
Player with railroads and the nation's freight handler;/
Stormy, husky brawling,/ City of Big Shoulders."
Carl Sandburg, "Chicago"
the Bean, deep dish pizza, Buckingham fountain,
Chicago style hot dog, White Sox Cellular Field, Navy Pier
~Kids' table and chairs donation for Amate Magic fundraiser 2010
pet portrait, commissioned