I’ve been thinking of a new story idea based on an experience I had with a fawn when I was a little girl. I have little time to write lately as I’m working hard on the final illustrations for the Moran story, but often find myself daydreaming about the fawn story when I have a spare moment. Now summer has arrived and our back yard here at Wilder Farm has blossomed with wildflowers and baby wildlife. We have baby turkeys bobbing about in the clover, baby jays and crows squabbling on the fence posts and baby chickadees venturing out of their nest boxes. But perhaps the best of all are the twin fawns that were born in our backyard — I saw one wobbling around just after its birth.
They are growing up, eating our garden, napping in the ferns in front of my studio and playing in the yard. I now have oodles of pictures and have enjoyed watching them grow. I guess I’m going to have to write that story after all!
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Dear Lita,
I knew you and your sister Becky when you were just little girls living at the Ochoco Ranger Station in Prineville. I was cleaning my painting room yesterday and found a wonderful picture of two ducks your mom did for us many years ago in pen and ink. I had it carefully wrapped and now I am going to put it in a frame and hang it. It made me wonder about your family, and I checked the internet and there you were, as well as articles about your parents.
Sincerely, Sharon Wilkens