Life in the Piney Woods

Not much drawing over the last few days. I spent most of the weekend weeding flower beds and planting more azaleas. This time of year they are gorgeous around here and it makes me want to plant more and more. Couldn't weed this bed because the bees are crazy in love with the blooms.

Spent some time watching them. I'm going to make bees and a few more lovely insects a major part of a future project. Fingers crossed... 

This is Sweet Gussie Boy Whiteside, who decided this weekend would be the perfect time to get over his fear of darkness and everything else by running off into the woods in the dark. Carsen and I fumbled after him, in the dark, alternately promising treats and threatening bodily harm until he finally waddled home. 

That's when we decided we should probably dig one of these out of the junk drawer and put it in a handy spot.

And maybe even purchase some fresh batteries. These aren't good for anything other than sketching.

That's about all the drawing I've done lately. Hoping to do some more serious drawings. Well...not serious in subject matter, but maybe on real paper, not just in sketchbooks and with something other than a stolen ballpoint pen. That's the question I get asked most often. Why do all your drawings have a line going down the middle. Because they're in a sketchbook. Hence the sub-title "and online sketchbook". Maybe I'll type up a FAQ list. 

Hope the rest of your week is awesome. Get out there and smell the roses, but watch out for the bees.