totally annoyed!

so.  last night, after thomas decided to go to bed, i went on a "bring out the hounds and search party" hunt for a book that i remember from my childhood.  there is one majorly fat problem.  i don't remember the title.  i have all these strong images in my head of what the pictures looked like and bits and pieces of the story.  but i can't remember the title.

so i went to amazon and i googled it and i went to b & n, but no love from any of the sites.  i did key word searches, i looked at illustrators who were similar, authors who could have written it, and no love.  i am getting no love off of my search for this book.

you see.  it is a story about a witch who goes out one evening.  and she meets with all of these other witches.  and at some point there is rain.  and they have to run and hide.  or fly and hide.  they end up in a cave scared of the rain (they melt).  then they go away.  i know this book had to be published before 1986 at least, and by my memory of the illustrations, i would say it was published in the 70s.  the art is similar to that of the ferdinand book or mike mulligan or blueberries for sal.  that kind of simple yet complicated illustration.  got any love for me?