Well, here it is, the final New Bedlam Farm Banner, designed by the wonderfully gift artist and designer Abrah Griggs. We ended up with a belly dancing sheep, a bookish hen, and a big red dog (sound familiar?)

Abrah perfectly captured the spirit and feeling of my blog, which I started in 2007, and have loved working on every day since. The blog has grown and evolved, I hope I sometimes make people think, but I never want to take myself too seriously, even when I am.

My blog is being re-designed to keep  up with the new platforms on which people are reading, I think you will find accessing the blog easier, prettier and quicker. This is expensive – about $4,000, but necessary.

I intend to be relevant and accessible. The blog is the centerpiece of my creative life, and I am grateful to the many people who have supported it and put up with me.

I thank the many people who chimed in, who needled me into putting a dog about there, who blasted me for leaving out the donkey and who cheered on Abrah and the drift of the design.

I am so happy with it, it is the perfect expression of the blog and what I wish it to be.

I am getting smarter in life, I married the right woman, I chose the right designer. Perhaps there is hope for me.

The blog  re-design will be up in a couple of months. Maria is also working on hers.