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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Bear with Balloons

It's a beautiful day today. Sunny and warm, a nice change from all the snow and ice we've been having all winter. Hopefully Spring is on the way!
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Poe and Lovecraft Meet in Providence, 1909

Here's an illustration I did of Edgar Allen Poe (one of my favorite writers). My husband, Steve, wrote a poem to go along with it. It was nice to collaborate. Hope you enjoy!
©Lesley Breen Withrow

Poe and Lovecraft Meet in Providence, 1909
By Steven Withrow
The Athenaeum’s doors were locked 
For after hours. The idled ghosts
Of Model T’s at hitching posts
Resembled resting mares. They’d walked
Down separate steps, from different gates,
Alarumed out of iron sleep
By bells, an interview to keep,
A night’s commingling of their fates.
The Athenaeum’s reading room
Was dark, the hooded lamps lit low,
And Lovecraft, young still, begged of Poe,
“What eldritch summoning of doom,
What cosmic rite, has fetched you here?
I’d passed out, my new poem complete,
And soon awoke on Angell Street!”
He leaned in, offered Poe his ear.
The pale anachronism shook
His wild-haired—was it eyeless?—head,
A forceful gesture for the dead,
And fingered toward a black-bound book
That lingered on a higher shelf,
Its spine read Necronomicon,
And Lovecraft stood, but Poe was gone.
He’d face the grimoire by himself.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!
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Sunday, February 13, 2011

My cat loves Valentines' Day!



©Lesley Breen Withrow

I found my cat Desi, playing with my daughter's Valentine's Day hearts. Guess she's excited about the holiday too! 

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Almost Valentine's Day!

Less than a week until Valentines Day!

Friday, February 4, 2011

Baby Giraffe

Here's a recent illustration I really enjoyed creating!

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