{"id":823,"date":"2014-03-03T16:20:18","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T23:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/?p=823"},"modified":"2014-03-03T16:22:46","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T23:22:46","slug":"yarno-the-bull-frog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/2014\/03\/03\/yarno-the-bull-frog\/","title":{"rendered":"Yarno, The Bull Frog"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. \"Jarno,<\/a>The illustrator of my children\u2019s book Green Trillium<\/i> enjoys hiking, nature, and sketching. She often carries a camera to snap shots she might like to draw when she gets home.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    On one trek, she saw a fat, comical bull frog in her pathway. She paused to photograph it. It hopped a little way on and she had to readjust her camera. It hopped on a bit farther. She kept after it until she\u2019d snapped a photo of the now grumpy frog.<\/p>\n

    Jump to 2009 when she was drawing the illustrations for Green Trillium<\/i>, a children\u2019s book that has lots of nature scenes, flora, and fauna. Mia couldn\u2019t resist putting the grumpy, though whimsical frog into one of the pictures.<\/p>\n

    Hop ahead to 2014 when I met Jeffrey Thomas Cook at a meeting of the Wayne Writer\u2019s Guild. Members meet twice a month to share what they\u2019re working on, network, and socialize. Jeff bought a copy of Behind Our Eyes: A Second Look, <\/i>\u00a0an anthology of stories, poems, and essays by 65 writers with disabilities that I\u2019d edited. When he came to my home to pick it up, we chatted and he mentioned that he was also a chainsaw artist.<\/p>\n

    A memory leapt into my mind of a chain sawn frog I\u2019d found years ago. It would have been perfect in my Monet Garden; however, it cost $500. Rather more than I could afford at the time.<\/p>\n

    After hearing my tale of woe, Jeff said he could do it for $99. I thought about it and we e-mailed back and forth and even sent a digital of the bull frog in my book.<\/p>\n

    I am now the proud owner of Yarno,The Bull Frog, so named after Mia\u2019s husband. Jarno is actually the correct spelling\u00a0 of this man from Finland, but I don\u2019t want to get in trouble with our Marines!<\/p>\n

    The solid oak sculpture will be kerplopped in a special spot near the water feature in my Monet Garden this spring.<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Green Trillium<\/i><\/p>\n

    By Kate Chamberlin<\/p>\n

    Illustrated by Mia Surakka<\/p>\n

    ISBN: 9781426908750<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Behind Our Eyes: A Second Look<\/i><\/p>\n

    Stories, Poems, and Essays by 65 writers with disabilities<\/p>\n

    Edited by Kate Chamberlin<\/p>\n

    ISBN 978-1490304472<\/p>\n

    NLS\/BARD: DB 77772<\/p>\n

    Book Trailer:<\/p>\n

    http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hk0uIaQTr24<\/a><\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Jeffrey Thomas Cook<\/p>\n

    Critters 3D –\u00a0 Chainsaw Art \/ Wooden Toys \/ Lawn Creations \/ Frames \/ Multimedia Sculptures<\/p>\n

    585\/794\/0710<\/p>\n

    jeffreythomascook@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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