do you suppose there’s any significance to the way so many of my drawings-when-uninspired end up as goofy faces?

Coming from New England, where we are heading into winter and the warm weather people are getting away or going to ground, it was a major delight to be in a land of active reptiles, with lizards skittering about the edges of the patio in our lodgings.

cold season closing in

Arrived in New Orleans, settled into a house with a pile of beloved family members. The wedding colors are blue and orange. The preparations are well under way.

hold the warmth close as we head into the cold months.

my garden is succumbing to the frost, bit by bit. I wait anxiously for the killing frost that will end everything but the hardiest greens.

(scanner bed needs cleaning again!!) This was from my first day away from home. Evening visit with a cousin, at a house I’ve known and loved my whole life. The nerves of packing and prepping starting to smooth out, as there’s nowhere else to be, and nothing else to do, but follow this adventure.