A VISIT WITH HELEN SCOTT CORRELL

     It's hard to believe the last post was written on October 24th, but it was.  Vacations are always hard to come back from, but this time will be easier for me.
     We're going to have a visit from Helen Scott Correll, a nature illustrator and author of "Middlewood Journal: Drawing Inspiration from Nature."
     The event will be this Thursday, November 15th, here in the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library's auditorium, starting at 6:30 p.m.  The event is free to the public.
     Correll is a freelance writer, illustrator, and photographer from Spartanburg, South Carolina.  She's also a member of the Society of Children's Writers and Illustrators, as well as the Guild of Nature Science Illustrators.  Multi-talented, she has a blog, has published articles and illustrations in numerous magazines, and has now published a book about nature.
     I took the review book home during my vacation and was amazed at the beautiful illustrations of flowers, mushrooms, leaves, animal tracks, feathers, and all kinds of nature's treasures.
     With a foreward by naturalist Janisse Ray (who has been at our library several times and is well-known in our area), Correll's book gathers illustrations and writings from her hikes and blog (by the same name - Middlewood Journal) to create a treasury of discoveries, from giant red mushrooms peaking beneath a cover of leaves to a hawk on a branch so close you can hear its preening.  She covers season to season, discovering miniature beauties of the South, the life that you only find by slowing down and allowing the landscape to inspire you.  You, too, will witness the change of seasons through the blooms, birdsongs, and balance of sunlight in Correll's delicate prose and drawings in the Middlewood Journal.
     For the Middlewood Journal blog, go to http://middlewoodjournal.blogspot.com/.  You can also follow Helen on Twitter at @hscorrell.
     And don't forget, on our library website home page, you'll see Helen's picture and several areas you can click on.  Be sure to watch the book trailer.  You'll have the chance to see her cabin and the trails she walks on her property at Middlewood.
     Join us this Thursday for an amazing visit with Helen Scott Correll.  Her book will be available to purchase.