Mind reading

What do you imagine she was thinking? I happen to know, but your guesses are sure to be more entertaining.

A quiz

How would you describe this sitting posture?

a. Indian-style

b. cross-legged

c. criss-cross applesauce
d. other

I invite all three of my readers to respond with an answer. Give it a little time, and I'll choose one of you at random for a postcard prize! Yes, I'll send you a postcard of whatever kind of drawing you'd like. 

Just because postcards are so wonderful. And because I'm glad you're reading.

Mustache surprise

Hey baby.

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

Here's another drawing from last weekend:

This weekend I'll be doing lots more drawing, attending a days-long open-air concert in the Short North, seeing my grandmother, and finishing the book I've been reading all week. Guess which activity I'm most excited about?

Odd bird

Found my eraser. It was in a very dusty spot under a chair.

I identified a weird mystery bird this afternoon. My sister and I always see the same enormous, odd-looking mutant duck during our river walks. (Significant feature: gross puffy red and black skin on its face.) We stare and speculate until the bird starts to look nervous, then we back away vowing to return with a camera. Today after a judicious Google search I discovered our odd bird is a wild Muscovy duck--not a mutation resulting from a chemical spill but the result of hundreds of years of domestic inbreeding. This is all my bird book has to say about the Muscovy: "Interbreeding produces a bewildering variety of plumages and sizes; some bear little resemblance to the parent species." Thanks, David Allen Sibley.

I didn't used to think birds were interesting at all, but now I find them fascinating. The natural world is amazing.

Here's another drawing from the weekend. (I know the seventeenth wasn't a weekend day for most people, but it was for me. I had Friday off so my weekend began Thursday after work. Hurrah!)

Title: You can only sit on this couch with me if there's room for you. Which there isn't.

Pencil drawing

I filled five pages in my drawing book this weekend. Very satisfying.

I like the thick, solid lines of a 4H pencil. It's as easy to erase as it is to darken, but it's capable of producing very fine lines, too. It rarely needs sharpening, and it follows directions. Yes, I think a 4H would be my desert island pencil.

Speaking of favorite things, I lost my best eraser over the weekend. One moment it was sitting on my knee. The next moment I reached for it absentmindedly and it wasn't there. I'm optimistic, though.