Buttercups and Gratitude: My Illustrated Journey with Andrew Wyeth is the second book on a diary written by model and friend Helen M. Sipala during a more than 20-year relationship with world-famous artist Andrew Wyeth. The book gives additional details to her highly successful book, Beyond the Marriage Bed: My Years as Friend, Model and Confidante of Andrew Wyeth . The book is illustrated with private photographs taken by Helen's husband George Sipala. The book includes inside glimpses of the Christmas parties hosted by Helen and George Sipala and Helen's observations of Andrew Wyeth in many private situations.