Looking back at the books with the notes and drawings in them, yes, they are precious, but with the blog, the notes are haphazard; the last entry was almost a year ago, even though the project has been quite active all along. Additionally, the sketches...

...and what I thought would be fabulous falls flat. The design is ok, but sewing it back to back isn't working with the majority of the pages. I'm receiving advice to just make the design and hand it over to a publisher, however, this is not the...

All four pages were modified, these changes are the most visible. The octopus was designed to fit behind the seal better; the seal was modified but design work is still needed. Designing the blog with this particular provider is a drag; I can't seem...

As I was speaking with the person who's been sewing the prototypes, she pulled out NUMBERS to ask some questions. A 20-month old child was also in the room, and he wanted it immediately, since he recognizes numbers already. It must be finished...

And it looks fabulous. The images follow one another even as it is obvious that some pages will need to be redesigned. The fish, reduced a bit and brought down can fit behind the whale. Two other fish, smaller still can be added in the negative space...