Shavuot-Mice

Welcome to Mice for Peace!

This website functions as an online gallery of paintings by Jill Liflander. Prints are available for all images. Jill is in the process of setting up a store for you to purchase Mouse Merch! In the meantime, you can find info on MFP mugs, stickers, stationery, snow globes, and more on Facebook: Jill Muchnick Liflander Instagram: @Jillypuppets Or email Jillypuppets@gmail.com for info!

Thank you to Mark Liflander @liflanderphotography.com for all the photo images.

Shavuot-Mice

Shavuot Mice 9/2024

The celebration of Shavuot takes place after Hebrew School ends in the Spring, so I wanted to take extra time ...
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Oseh-Shalom-Mice

Oseh Shalom Mice 9/2024

I spend A LOT of time in the woods walking my dogs. The lushness of summer greenery feels the way Shabbat ...
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Shabbat-Shalom-Mice

Shabbat Shalom Mice 9/2024

An interspecies Shabbat table! New Jewish Mice for Peace 2024 Shavuot Mice 9/2024 Oseh Shalom Mice 9/2024 G’mar Tov 9/2024 ...
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Cheese-State-University - artwork by Jill Lifflander

Cheese State University 9/2024

Mousin' Sleepy Hollow Mice Sleepy Hollow Mouse 9/2024 Sleepy Hollow NY Witch Mouse 9/2024 Mermouses 7/2024 Mother’s Day Mice 5/2024 ...
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G'mar Tov - artwork by Jill Lifflander

G’mar Tov 9/2024

I only learned this Yom Kippur greeting a few years ago. I love all of the ways that we can ...
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Mouse-Jump-For- Joy - artwork by Jill Lifflander

Mouse Jump For Joy 9/2024

Even in our darkest hour, somewhere, a mouse is leaping over a flower in a field. There is JOY...even if ...
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Mouse-on-a-Hill - artwork by Jill Lifflander

Mouse on a Hill 9/2024

During Elul, the month preceding the High Holidays, we reflect on who we have become, how we treat others, and how ...
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Shanah-Tovah - artwork by Jill Lifflander

Shanah Tovah 9/2024

Happy New Year! Love, Mice for Peace New Jewish Mice for Peace 2024 Shavuot Mice 9/2024 Oseh Shalom Mice 9/2024 ...
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Sleepy-Hollow-Mouse - artwork by Jill Lifflander

Sleepy Hollow Mouse 9/2024

Sleepy Hollow does not mess around during Halloween-time!!! Even the mice are all geared up! ...
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Sleepy-Hollow-NY-Witch-Mouse - artwork by Jill Lifflander

Sleepy Hollow NY Witch Mouse 9/2024

Have you ever seen a tiny mouse dressed up like a tiny witch? So cute! Mousin' Sleepy Hollow Mice Cheese ...
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You-Are-a-Great-Thinker - artwork by Jill Lifflander

You Are a Great Thinker 9/2024

We need reminders sometimes about how amazing we really are. New Jewish Mice for Peace 2024 Shavuot Mice 9/2024 Oseh ...
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To-a-good-and-sweet-New-Year - artwork by Jill Lifflander

To a Good and Sweet New Year 9/2024

This mouse is going to be very sticky from swimming in honey, but it's worth it! To a sweet New ...
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Happy New Year artwork

Happy New Year 9/2024

There are so many ways to say "Happy New Year" on Rosh Hashanah! When I imagine people (or mice) saying ...
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Mice in Peace

Mice for Peace Creation Story 9/2024

I love teaching the creation story from Bereshit/Genesis to children before Rosh Hashanah. It's such a colorful, vibrant, evocative, epic ...
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Just Jew It - artwork by Jill Liflander

Mice for Peace Shofar Delivery 9/2024

There's a very delightful story waiting to be told about a group of mice who travel far and wide with ...
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Mermouse by Jill Liflander

Mermouses 7/2024

Mousin' Cheese State University 9/2024 Sleepy Hollow Mouse 9/2024 Sleepy Hollow NY Witch Mouse 9/2024 Mother’s Day Mice 5/2024 ...
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Jill Liflander art - Mother's Day series

Mother’s Day Mice 5/2024

Mousin' Cheese State University 9/2024 Sleepy Hollow Mouse 9/2024 Sleepy Hollow NY Witch Mouse 9/2024 Mermouses 7/2024 ...
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Field of Poppies

Field of Poppies 3/2024

This painting combines two worlds. The first world, with the lyrics at the top, is from a song that Paul ...
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Shalom Triptych - single pane

Shalom Triptych 4/2024

With the blue at the top I expressed my love for Israel.  With the lush greens at the bottom, I ...
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Master Mouse Taekwondo Academy

Master Mouse Taekwondo Academy – Dec. 2023

My darling niece and nephew are avid students of Taekwondo. It was fun looking at images of humans practicing taekwondo ...
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TaeKwonDo Mice and Cello

Master Mouse Taekwondo Cello Academy – Dec. 2023

My darling niece and nephew are avid students of Taekwondo. It was fun looking at images of humans practicing taekwondo and ...
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What Does Peace Look Like? panel one

What Does Peace Look Like? 12/2023

In the weeks leading up to my trip to Israel, I kept asking myself, "What does peace look like?" and ...
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Mouse Trip to Israel

Mouse Trip to Israel One – 01/2024

The soil, the land, the color, the sky...It all stirred me... What Does Peace Look Like? Field of Poppies 3/2024 ...
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50 Mice by Jill Liflander

Fifty Mice

For my brother's fiftieth birthday, we were asked to send an image of ourselves with fifty objects! I mean, c'mon...Of course ...
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Mouse Trip to Israel

Mouse Trip to Israel Two – 01/2024

When in Israel, I feel electricity all around me and inside of me. What Does Peace Look Like? Field of ...
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Dove Mouse

Dove Mouse 01/2024

This is one of my favorite paintings, imagining being able to fly over the land, spreading peace. What Does Peace ...
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Peace Release

Peace Release – 02/2024

Peace, shalom, salaam...I am captivated by the imagery of peace doves. What Does Peace Look Like? Field of Poppies 3/2024 ...
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Two Mouse Buddies Eating Falafel 2/2024

Two Mouse Buddies Eating Falafel 02/2024

I would love to sit down with you to eat a messy, crispy falafel together. What Does Peace Look Like? ...
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Mouse Snuggles

Mouse Snugglin’ 02/2024

This fabric, with two snuggly mice inside, is cut from my grandmother's tablecloth. It's my favorite pattern in the world ...
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Mouse Prayer

Mouse Prayer 11/2023

These three paintings were part of how I processed the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war. We obsessively followed the news ...
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Mouse Meditation

Mouse Meditation 11/2023

These three paintings were part of how I processed the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war. We obsessively followed the news ...
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Mouse Light artwork

Mouse Light 11/2023

These three paintings were part of how I processed the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war. We obsessively followed the news ...
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We Contain Multitudes - artwork by Jill Liflander

We Contain Multitudes – Oct. 2023

I do not know sometimes why an image forms on my easel. I kept thinking “We Contain Multitudes…..We Contain Multitudes” ...
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I miss you - airplane mice...

I Miss You Mouse! Sept. 2023

My daughter left for a gap year in Israel and art is how I process my emotions. It’s challenging being ...
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Mouse Mountain

Mouse Mountain- Sept. 2023

I don’t know how this painting came to be from the recesses of my consciousness, but I love it! I ...
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Jewish land by Jill Liflander

Adventures in Jewishland- July 2023

I was asked to create some promotional materials for a Jewish organization but not include any Jewish iconography because of ...
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Mouse Kneescape

Mouse Kneescape- Aug. 2023

I injured my knee in May 2023 (it’s healing…slowly) and this anatomical drawing was a way to visualize healing taking ...
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Mouse Comfort Cards #3 by Jill Liflander

Mouse Comfort Card #3 – 9/2023

Every Fall it's Mouse Comfort Card time! I just like that super tiny format! Mouse Comfort Cards You Are a ...
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Wonder Rainbow mice - art by Liflander

Wonder Rainbow Mice

Wonder Mice love hanging out medium: pen, markers, gel pen, LOTS of glitter! Hamsa and Wonder Mice Wonder Mice – ...
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Congrats Mousie Hollow High School class of 2023 - artwork by Jill Liflander

Congrats Mousie Hollow High School class of 2023

Well, those mice did it! They are graduating from Mousie High School! We are so proud of them! Strawberries and ...
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Proud of You - Illustration

Proud of You!

We are so proud of you. It is wonderful to celebrate our accomplishments with our mouse friends! medium: pen, markers, ...
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Space Octopus - illustration by J. Liflander

Space Octopus

This was a mouse experiment in deep space or under the sea, playing with varied light and texture combinations! medium: ...
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Mouse Odyssey

Mouse Space Odyssey

Please join me and Mice for Peace as we take a break from planet Earth to explore our vast and ...
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Wonder mice flying

Wonder Mice – Flying

Squeak Squeak! It’s the Wonder Mice! Performing acts of loving kindness to make your day a bit brighter! Hamsa and ...
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Wonder Mouse - Flowers

Wonder Mouse – Flowers

Wouldn't it be amazing to know that there's a Wonder Mouse out there looking out for you? And if you ...
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Wonder Mouse - Hug

Wonder Mouse – Hug

Wouldn't it be amazing to know that there's a Wonder Mouse out there looking out for you? And if you ...
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Wonder Mouse - Muffin

Wonder Mouse – Muffin

Wouldn't it be amazing to know that there's a Wonder Mouse out there looking out for you? And if you ...
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You Are Almost There mouse

You Are Almost There

YOU CAN DO IT!!!!! I drew this glittery finish line during the last week of the Fall Semester. If there's ...
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Space Cheese Hamsa

Space Cheese Hamsa

A Hamsa is a Middle Eastern symbol used by Jews, Muslims and Christians in amulets and art to ward off ...
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Rainbow Hamsa Mice

Rainbow Hamsa

A Hamsa is a Middle Eastern symbol used by Jews, Muslims and Christians in amulets and art to ward off ...
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Meditating Hamsa

A Hamsa is a Middle Eastern symbol used by Jews, Muslims and Christians in amulets and art to ward off ...
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Lightning Hamsa

Lightning Hamsa

A Hamsa is a Middle Eastern symbol used by Jews, Muslims and Christians in amulets and art to ward off ...
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Flower Mice - Hamsa

Flower Hamsa

A Hamsa is a Middle Eastern symbol used by Jews, Muslims and Christians in amulets and art to ward off ...
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Illustration drawing of Jewish hamsa by Jill Liflander

Shalom Hamsa 12/2022

A Hamsa is a Middle Eastern symbol used by Jews, Muslims and Christians in amulets and art to ward off ...
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Spring Dreaming - artwork by J. Liflander

Spring Dreaming 5/2021

All of the mice in this drawing are playing outside and enjoying themselves in springtime. I had a lot of ...
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Muir Mice art by Jill Liflander

Muir Mice 5/2022

I traveled to California with my dear friend Bettina. We hiked every day on mountains that were enormous in scale, ...
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Summer Summer Summertime... art

Summer Summer Summertime… 8/2022

I wanted to try a diptych, which is two paintings next to each other that are connected, just like a ...
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Love and Happiness art

Love and Happiness 9/2022

My wonderful brother-in-law and sister- in-law took a trip to Puerto Rico and paddled in a bioluminescent bay. This drawing ...
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Tek - artwork

Tek 9/2022

How do I thank my right-hand wing-mouse for this whole exhibit? Stewart Lee devoted countless hours guiding me about putting together ...
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Warner Library Shelves

Warner Library 10/2022

The Warner Library is a home to me, and I'll bet it's one of your homes too! It's a place where I ...
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Masha - art

Masha 11/2021

This is how I envisioned my Aunt Mindy, who died in early November. She was a bright and shining woman, ...
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Mice in the Lotus

The Mice in the Lotus 12/2021

I was walking around Swan Lake a lot with the dogs during this time period. This image (and the following ...
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Mouse in the Lotus artwork by Jill Liflander

The Mouse in the Lotus 12/2022

Mark, the girls, the dogs, and I traveled to Maine to go dog sledding, which was a life-long dream of ...
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Summertime in Wintertime

Summertime in Wintertime (in the lotus) 1/2022

Ok winter…I’m ready to wrap up this cold and rainy and grey season up! I used my imagination to picture ...
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Mice in the Snow Lotus art

Mice in the Snow Lotus 1/2022

I was still feeling like a lotus in January! I used the tiny scissors from a pocket knife to cut ...
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Forest Parade artwork

Forest Parade 2/2022

No offense to winter, but after a while, it’s a bit chilly for me and the dogs! A lot of ...
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Mouse comfort cards

Mouse Comfort Cards 9/2021

There are 26 Mouse Comfort Cards, all engaged in comforting activities. Do you like to do any of the same ...
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Mouse Greeting Cards 10/2021

These are a smidge larger than the Mouse Comfort Cards! I made copies of these cards and send them out ...
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A Healing Mouse Dance for You 10/2021

A sweet friend of mine was having a very hard time so I drew this mouse party for him. I ...
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Mouseingtines 2/2022

I drew these Mouse-y Valentine’s Day cards for folks to download and send to each other, and we raised money ...
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Zany card

Zany Mouse Cards 9/2022

There’s definitely something to be said for a drawing that will take me a few hours instead of a few ...
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Mouse Family Portraits

So many mice in the family! Maybe I’ll paint a mouse portrait of you someday! Mouse Comfort Cards You Are ...
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Spring Dreaming art

Portrait of Aunt Mindy 5/2021

This is a portrait of my Aunt Mindy, and also me. Mouse Comfort Cards You Are a Great Thinker 9/2024 ...
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Lush summer artwork

Lush 6/2021

The Rockefeller Preserve is so lush and green during the summer. I found such solace vanishing into what felt like ...
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Lush Too 8/2021

Woo-eee, was I going bonkers with that magnifying glass! There are over 120 little creatures in this verdant (lush and ...
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Autumn in Sleepy Hollow 10/2021

Autumn in Sleepy Hollow is absolutely magnificent; I feel so lucky to live here! For this piece, I imagined the ...
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Coffee Labs - painting by Jill Liflander

Coffee Labs 12/2022

This eponymous print reflects my growing passion for glitter (I don't know that it was possible to become more enthusiastic!) ...
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Happiness is a warm cup of cheese

I have been keeping a list of "Happiness is...." on my easel so that whenever I notice something wonderful, like ...
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Love Muc - by Jill Liflander

Love Mug

I drew this in response to a hate crime against the LGBTQIA+ community. I will be making prints of this ...
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Mouse Cro-Baltic - artwork by by Jill Liflander

Mouse-cro-batic

I swear, the background is my Bubbe and Zayde's den wallpaper pattern! Whee....The mice are drinking LOTS of coffee! Coffee Mice ...
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Nothing Smells as Good - artwork

Nothing Smells as Good….

I love the smell of the roasting beans at Coffee Labs and the visual of coffee beans swirling around in ...
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Shop Local - painting by J. Liflander

Shop Local

The personal is political, baby! Shopping local keeps our towns alive. Every time you purchase from a local shop, you ...
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Birdies Return to Sleepy Hollow - illustration by Jill Liflander

Birdies Return to Sleepy Hollow 2/2022

Across the globe, a war was about to start, while here in NY, the birds were returning from their winter ...
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Mouse Peace 3/2022

While drawing, I yearned and prayed for the world to be a peaceful place. There are 65 ways to say ...
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Peace Mouse and Jill Liflander

Peace Mouse 3/2022

We sometimes feel so small as individuals when we’re up against what feels like the immutable forces of the world ...
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Rally for Peace

N. Y. F. A. A. Rally for Peace 4/2022

Please do not tell the other paintings because I do love them all so much, but I think that this ...
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Tree Trunk Funk

Tree Trunk Funk 5/2022

I spend so much time walking the dogs in the Rockefeller Preserve looking at trees and tree bark and the ...
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Jill Liflander artwork - The Squirrel Portal

The Squirrel Portal 8/2020

While working on a story to tell students on Zoom for Rosh Hashana, I sketched these friendly “guard squirrels” who ...
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Hope is a Thing With Leaping Rodents 10/2020

My friend Ben Romano created an online gathering of artists called “Sacred Space.” The theme in the Fall of 2020 ...
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Birthday Forest Party

50th Birthday Forest Party 12/2020

Turning fifty during the pandemic was quite a bummer. But even though I couldn’t see my real human friends for ...
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The Peace and Love your Neighbor Tree Party 1/2021

I was extremely upset by current events and decided, “You know what? Let’s raise money for our local food bank ...
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Snow Day 2/2021

It made me sad that the kids couldn’t gather and play in the snow together because of Covid. So I ...
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One Day 3/2021

Wow. A full year of the pandemic had passed. There are twelve animals, one animal for each month of the ...
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Spring Mouse Celebration painting by Jill Liflander

Spring Mouse Celebration 3/2021

Spring always comes after the long winter. Skunk cabbage pokes its way through the cold ground, and each day, there’s ...
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