lucky me :-)

remember this?

look where it lives now:


my parents bought the original for me for my birthday [next month -- oct 27, in case anyone is keeping track. :-)]

actually, i'd e-mailed ray to see if this piece was for sale at just the same time as my mom wrote him to see if he had anything for sale. mom mentioned her search to me, i told her what i'd done, and poof -- the cool original artwork is now on my wall. you'll notice it's a little different. this is the original piece with the non-repro blue pencil lines in place and none of the woodgrain. i guess ray adds that stuff after? anyway, i love it. thank you mom and dad! and thank you, ray!