Music and Magic from the Heart of Our Nature
Shell Wakefield here, the main character of Because Of The Red Fox (it still feels weird to type this!). If you’ve read my book, or the preview, you’ll know that I’ve been dreaming of foxes — all kinds of foxes — for awhile.
Here’s a drawing I made of the Bard Foxes.
Have any of these guys prowled into your dreams?
Santa, here. I’m super-excited because dragon-artist Suzanna Leigh is allowing us to show some of her dragon art right here on FoxTales!
Let me give you some background. Suzanna is an amazing watercolor artist, who also paints on silk. This month she has a show of her dragon art at a place called Vashon Intuitive Arts. Suzanna creates lots of different kinds of art–all really beautiful and magical and full of sweet charm. But dragons have a special place in her heart–to which I, as purveyor of DragonAir!–of course totally relate.
Here’s our mini-show:
I just love the expression on this dragon’s face. I’d love to snuggle with him too!
Shell is particularly struck by this piece. I’m sure it’s because of an upcoming Leaf — no, I’m not going to give you any spoilers! I’ll just say that you’ll likely understand the connection when Jane posts Leaf 1 of the Fourth Branch.
In the meantime, we want to let you know that Suzanna will be telling stories about her dragon art next Saturday, April 14, at 7PM, at Vashon Intuitive Arts, 17331 Vashon Hwy SW, and Shell, Annie, and I intend to go! I’ll even let Mom take us over hill and over dale in the quadricycle.
If you happen to be on the island, you come too, and introduce yourselves. We’ll be the ones accompanied by the red tea pot (Yes, Tam is excited to hear the stories as well!).
In the meantime, enjoy Jane’s latest installment of Because Of The Red Fox. Our story continues with Govan and his adventure with my cell phone ….
Jane here! The characters in Because Of The Red Fox have a life of their own (as you may guess from Shell, Santa, and Annie’s posts)! Today I’m going to share with you a drawing I created of a few characters: The Green Knight, The Hunter (who may or may not appear in this book, though I did mention him in an early chapter), and a Hound.
I’m also connecting you with a story about some of the characters that my daughter and I created for a Summer Solstice blogfest last year. Just so you know, Yeasta is a character from my daughters’ games. Lady Magic is my favorite doll from when I was a little girl. Back then I called her “Baby Magic”, but a few years ago I made new clothes for her out of deerskin and fancied her up with some of my fun jewelry. I guess you might say that Baby Magic grew up to become Lady Magic, Queen of the Forest!
All the stuff about losing one’s head is from a very long poem from medieval England called Sir Gawain And The Green Knight. In that poem, the Green Knight shows up in King Arthur’s hall on Christmas Eve and challenges the heroes to a beheading game: one knight gets to try to chop off the Green Knight’s head. If he succeeds, then in a year, that knight has to go to the Green Knight’s chapel in a distant wilderness, and there the Green Knight gets deliver his beheading blow. Some game!
Here’s the link to the tale of Lady Magic And The Green Knight.
It’s a little odd, but I hope you enjoy it!
