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A while later, Saphira returned, fully expecting a big mess....  But there wasn't one. And the kids were all excited to show her what they had done...     "Look what we did!"   Saphira was impressed...  "These are really colourful."  "I painted this one for you Mama..."  "My favourite flowers! Thank you Scorch."  Winston was smiling inside, thinking how well their first painting session had gone.  So, Saphira left to busy herself elsewhere, while Winston let the kids paint.  The kids were having a great time...  Under Winston's watchful eye...   And the kids were being really good...
They did get paint on their aprons and on the newspaper....  Elliot even tried some finger painting...  Scorch went a step further, and used his hands and feet to create a tulip garden....  So, with the kids all excited about their new paints, Winston decided to let them have a try. He set up the easels Narin had sent along, and covered the floor with newspaper.....  Saphira was not amused.  "It will be fine dear. I have everything under control"  "I hope so!"  "We promise not to make a mess Mom."  "Just go away and relax somewhere." suggested Winston, "I have this."  But she lingered as Winston helped everyone on with their art aprons, and they got ready to paint.  "Now, remember..."   "Thew paint ONLY goes on your paintings."  "And absolutely nowhere else."  The kids were so excited, especially when they opened the gifts....  "Look at all the paint!"  "And the brushes"    Saphira wasn't too pleased. "What's this? Why has he sent us all this paint? It was hard enough to clean the kids all up last time, and I really don't want to go through that again."  "Don't worry," replied Winston. "He sent along aprons to help keep them clean."  "Narin thought, that even though he didn't like what they did to his studio, it was clear that our kids really enjoyed playing with paint. And after you gave him your jewels to pay for our portrait and to replace his lost paint, he said there was more than enough to buy all new supplies,"  "...so he thought he'd send all his old paints and brushes, for our children to use."   "And I promise to make sure they don't make a big mess like last time...."  "So you won't have to do any clean up."  It was a few days after the little dragon's first birthday, when Winston arrived home from work with a pile of gifts....  "Wow! Are those for us, Dad?"  "Yes, they are. They are belated birthday gifts."  "From whom? Who are they from?" asked Saphira "From their uncle Narin."  Even though Saphira was a 'fierce warrior' dragon, she wanted her little ones to grow up well rounded with plenty of exposure to the arts - and that included music. And her friend Sarah was willing to play for them.      Sarah was walking in her garden when Saphira and her children arrived....  "I'm so glad you could come."  The little dragons were always eager for any kind of outing...      Bella went out to look for her friend....  "Where are you?"  "Oh, there you are!"  I just wanted to share a few photos from the project I was working on all of last week. My sister and I had started work on the next book in Baron and Naomi's story - Somewhere in Time, the Wedding. It was going well until we hit a road block. The part in the story where Miho tells Baron that she's been seeing someone, and we are first introduced to Dominic, needed to be expanded upon with more photos. So I quickly came up with several new scenes to help tell Miho's story, and spent an entire week doing eleven marathon photo shoots. I really love some of the new photos, and just wanted to share some of my favourites - one at a time, without any explanation.  |
AuthorMartha Boers is an award-winning Canadian doll maker and costumer specializing in fantasy and historical-style costumes. Archives
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