On this gentle Friday morn the first snow of the season softly falls onto the bare branch of the ink berry tree which sits just outside my window… and as the breezy blue jays fight over a broken branch, I…

LET’S SNEAK A PEEK ~ Watercolor in progress by Anastasia Traina ~ 2013 Raff watched her all day, and continued to peep Until the butterflies left, and the reeds were asleep. Bitsy still sat, on that unfortunate stone, Tired and…

HUGE THANKS FROM THE POND to TODAY’S GENEROUS SOULS who have brought us ohsoclose to the $11,000 mark! THANK YOU BARBARA KAIGHIN!!! JENNIFER LOCKE!!! ALICIA CHIN!!! LINDA SPILMON!!! SIMON MOORE!!! ELIZABETH KRUGER!!! GIGANTESONGS!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!

Rainy but ever so Cheery Morning Greetings to All! First, I would like to say a very important thing… I have so loved David Caudle’s moving and poetic story of what the power of friendship can do for another from…

THANK YOUS ALL AROUND!!! GENEROSITY ABOUNDS!!! Thank you for your support of Bitsy and Raff!! KAREN GISONNY!!!

A DOUBLE THANK YOU to VICKIE SINNETT for her SUPER GENEROSITY TIMES TWO!!! VICKIE you take my breath away!! OXOXOX &

The POND is ABUZZ with all the Birthday LOVE for our LOVELY ILLUSTRATOR @Anastasia Traina!! We have surpassed the $10,000 Milestone!! THANKS to the AMAZING GENEROSITY of VICKIE SINNETT!!! RICHARD COURTNEY!!! JOHN LEHR!!! STEPHEN HIRSH!!!! And PAUL KNOX!!!! Thankyou!!! Thankyou!!…

A FROSTY TUESDAY BIRTHDAY DOODLING ~ or not quite yet ANOTHER SNEAK PEAKING ~ FOR MY BEAUTIFUL FRIEND PAUL KNOX WHO THIS MORNING PUT US THAT MUCH CLOSER TO NEARING TEN THOUSAND! THE CATTAILS are swaying with GLEE and GRATITUDE!…

THE CATTAILS are swaying with GLEE and GRATITUDE! WE are getting SO CLOSE to hitting the $10,000 mark today, thanks to TGNYC!!!! CHARLIE WALKER-WISE!!!! GABRIELA ROWLAND!!! DONNA BADOME!!!! ZIPPORAMA!!! and ROHAN CLEAVE!!!! THANK YOU ALL!!

O’ the Pond is all a glitter on this gentle YET FROSTY morn, thanks to all the twinkling twitter fairies, who perhaps, not only gave but are spreading the good cheer of BITSY & RAFF all throughout the wondrous land…