I love it! What a beautiful picture, and so worthy of Miss D.!

wow, i love it! it's so beautiful! what a talented artist!

I'm thinking it is perfect.

I absolutely love it. You could have it copied and sell prints, I'm sure. Gorgeous! I hope she makes an appearance in your next book!

It's fabulous!

Ever since Alyson posted hers, I've been wanting one, too. Maybe for my birthday. I'm glad you got one. :)

Rebecca--you beat out Kristina for number one! I had better see if she is sick or hospitalized or something! Christy--wouldn't that be fun but I think the artist might take exception to that. However, I am sure she would love the compliment!

Lara--this one is on canvas which is very reasonably priced. I highly recommend it. Obviously.

GORGEOUS!

That is really really cool. She looks beautiful! I love it!

BEAUTIFUL!!! I love it!

Yay!!! So happy you got yours, Heidi! She's a beauty and she deserved to be immortalized.

Now I need to find me a copy of Miss D and read away.

It's gorgeous!!

Oh, she's lovely! I really do love that picture. They style is just really cute/nice. Maybe you can get her onto the cover at the next printing. . . (I think it's so weird that writers don't get to choose things like that.)

Miss D is so very lucky! What a great painting.

Lisa--that's a fun idea but IF I get to choose anything at all whatsoever for Miss D Two, I already have something pretty spectacular in mind. . . Kristina--where have you been? We were getting worried . ..

HOW FRICKIN' AWESOME IS THAT?!!?!

Oh Heather of the fabulous painting, I just may have to patronize you!

Seriously, Heids, it's gorgeous! Are you in love?

How fun is that?! I bet you'll double your weekly word output now that Miss D is so pleased and you have the portrait to inspire you.

I kind of feel guilty that I read your blog but haven't quite gotten around to reading your book! I think I need to take a trip to Amazon . . .
She is lovely, by the way.

Aw, Miss Ginny, she knows what she wants and she gets it, obviously! She was a joy to paint. I need to read the rest of her story! It was just getting good ;)

So happy you liked how it turned out :)

~Heather

That is just beautiful! I love it!!

So cool! I'm glad you got it, and I love how it matches your decore, so pretty! Thats some exciting stuff! :)

That really is quite phenomenal. Glad Miss D spoke up about getting the portrait done.

Thanks you guys! I could name you each and say thanks to you individually which totally makes me think of the scene in Finian's Rainbow when Susan suddenly starts talking and everyone is congratulating her ... anyway, thanks you guys! And Laura, yes, I do totally love it! And Barb, you are totally funny! And Melinda, it does--on purpose! Heather is great! And Heather--I would love that! And Rachel--I hate that it costs so much money. Check the library first. And Pam--hee hee--I think I'll have to move her to the computer desk when I write, huh?

You should petition your publisher to use it on the cover or in MD2! I love it that much!!

Very, very cute. I loved the one Alyson had done.

Such a cool medium. I enjoy folk art a lot. Growing up back East it was pretty popular. Now, I would LOVE to see a Picasso-esque version. :)

IT'S GREAT! OMH, I LOVE IT!

(I'm a little excited for you.)

Wow, that is sooo coool!!! She's so cute. Where are you going to hang it?

Yeah, somehow I pressed that button twice. Sorry =)

Scarlet--you are forgiven for pushing the button twice b/c I am mag (wait, have to go look this word up) magnimonious that way. I am going to frame it and so far I really like it leaning against the mirror over the mantel. Luisa--so, is there any chance that "h" stand for H*ll? Love it! Kazzy--picasso-esque is a great idea! I wonder if there is a computer program that would do something like that? Becky--a popular sentiment to be sure!

I love it!

Way. Cool.

THAT - is absolutely gorgeous. I would totally hang something like that in my house!!! PERFECT

She is beautiful! I want one for me!!!! I covet!

The painting looks great.
I am so excited because I just was able to reserve your book from a different library. Our local library is waaaaay dinky and didn't have it. But in Maryland, they have linked all the libraries so if the book is somewhere in the state, you can get it sent to your local library. I hope to be picking it up on Saturday. Woo Hoo!

Oh I absolutely love it. Love it! And I just stopped by to say I miss you and I'm sorry I've been so long gone, but I'll be back by Tuesday when you're writing your sequel to this beautiful painting. And maybe I'll even sneak over before that.

LY!

That is so beautiful! She looks perfect!

Oh how pretty!!!

Heidi--yay for you! I keep telling people they can get it at the library so I'm glad someone had a library success story! Crash, ah, heck, I know you have family in town and don't have time for much blogging. Not to worry!

Perfect!! How fun!

She is the love-able twit I knew her to be. Phew!

Congratulations on the immortalization of Ms D!!! It's absolutely wonderful. I'm going to have to check out Audrey Eclectic - she's obviously uber talented. Yay for you and Ms D!!!

HI Heidi, sorry I haven't been around in the blog world lately, but I did read your book. I just finished it yesterday, what a hoot! I loved that the qualities that the reader ends up admiring about both of them are the same ones that keep them apart initially and attract them to each other in the end. Good tension building!