richard cowdrey christmas is coming! "it's my favorite?" almost here!" "oh yes! the trees the decorations "christmas? the presents hip-hippo-hooray an ohio artist brings fiona to life just in time for the holidays by judi ketteler costco connection available now in most costco warehouses jelse ichard cowdrey was making a fine commissions for magazines and cor- he'd been selected to illustrate a children's years drawing the yellow lab in a series of animal would soon change his life again cowdrey's wife started following fiona in january 2017 at the cincinnati zoo she arrived six weeks early and weighed doctors from nearby cincinnati children's hospital helped treat her what happened with fiona that day," says with the connection at hippo cove at the make a great children's book," he adds cowdrey made a call to the zoo and was that initial conversation came cowdrey's fiona with her animal buddies at the zoo- learning important lessons about friendship cowdrey studied fiona to learn the words like diva' and 'ham' a lot," he reports spending time with fiona was a bit of his father always bought a pass to the and he knows just how powerful sym- christmas judi ketteler is a regular connection contributor
