Fun but not good. I didn’t know how to do the peel so it showed, but using a very thick cotton paper helped make actual indents. The light was hard to capture. It’s also too yellow. It was fun to work through the problem even if the overall effect is a bit flat.
At the school bookfair the other night, both of the twins entered a raffle to win a painted pumpkin. Henry won one of three pumpkins! He picked Harry Pumpkin. Finally, a triplet for the twins.
“What is that,” my husband said.
A few months ago a bee broke into the house and visited me while I was working. I was absolutely thrilled and took a bunch of photos. This week I made this drawing from one of the photos, and I feel pretty good about it.
So Bob isn’t quite 41 yet, but he is very close. In honor of his upcoming birthday, I took him on an overnight trip last weekend to Hammondsport, NY, to celebrate him. I was able to steal him away thanks to some amazing coordination from my neighbor Sara and my sister-in-law Jen. Jen even made the kids clean the house while we were gone!
I took Bob to his favorite winery, Dr. Frank’s, for a food and wine experience. This was fancy, and it felt really special. We tasted a mystery wine, guessed what it was (we were wrong!), had a tour, tasted wine out of the barrel, tasted wine and ate grapes in the vineyard, and returned to the 1886 house for a small tasting menu and more wine tasting.
After the winery, we went to our new property and chatted with the neighbor awhile, who seems very nice. We walked around the field together and talked about the future.
Later, we visited a nearby brewery that Bob has been wanting to try, Broken Dreams Brewery.
We checked into our hotel (the Park Inn, very lovely) and got settled in, before making our way to dinner downstairs.
In the morning, we had breakfast at the Crooked Lake Ice Cream parlor (which also serves coffee and breakfast), and walked down to Keuka Lake. It was so great to spend time just with Bob and to treat him for his special day!
Ok now we’re getting somewhere.
Do I have the coolest nearly-10 year old son on this or any area planets? Yes I do!
Bonus picture with my favorite gilly
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In an effort to stop getting in my own way so much, I’m going to try to crank out little drawings more frequently.
I made a background and after it dried I thought maybe the copper could ape the color of El Capitan at sunset.
As the sketch came together (mistakes and all) it actually looked more like fire sky than sunset, particularly with the black ink in the background. So surprises all around.
I broke my Moira Rose mug today while cleaning it, and I’m positively bedeviled with feelings about it. Not least the feeling like she’s judging me.
My friend Pam shared this very appropriate gif on the occasion.
