Kween of the Museum, perched under a blanket on the Queen Anne

Today is my birthday, and I interrupt the previously scheduled "Inktober" drawing posts to share a couple of fabulously wacky and delightful portraits of me by my dear friends, the Chickens, Zac and Tara Lynne. We were all on a conference call (they called to sing me Happy Birthday), and knowing I was sitting on… Continue reading Kween of the Museum, perched under a blanket on the Queen Anne

Day twenty-four: The mystery had only just begun

Day twenty-four: When at last she’d completed ministrations to her old-new house in such ways that compelled her, she returned to the leathery old box— a delicious reward. Retrieved from its out-of-the-way place of safe-keeping (much to Cat's chagrin), she opened it. It contained the following: + One journal; worn but not ruined + One… Continue reading Day twenty-four: The mystery had only just begun

Day twenty-three: the Journal

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Day twenty-two: A photo from her youth

Day twenty-two: A photo from her youth; freckled after a Summer spent at a warmer seaside town with her family +   +   +

Day twenty-one: A domesticated gourd

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Day twenty: a wreath of weeds and brambles

She used some of the weeds and brambles she'd pulled from the garden to make an autumn wreath. +   +   +

Day nineteen: a Great Pumpkin on a full moonlit night

Day nineteen: a Great Pumpkin on a full moonlit night +   +   +

Day eighteen: A great old iron key or handle

Day eighteen: A great old iron key or handle was in the garden where she was digging up weeds to plant bulbs for the Spring. She determined to find out what it fitted in, if it was indeed part of the house. . #Inktober2018 #Inktoberday18 #ink #drawing #illustration #storytelling #inktober #key #skeletonkey #mystery

Day seventeen: a dinghy waited on the shore

Day seventeen: The dinghy had been dragged up on the shore and left there. No one knew to whom it belonged. +   +   +

Day sixteen: leaf and acorn at the end of season

I realized almost immediately after inking this that my leaf and acorn are troublesome, as the leaf is of the Maple sort, and acorns are of Oaks, but I inked it this evening without any thought and then it was too late. Anyway, it's a seasonal little drawing, and I'm once again a day behind,… Continue reading Day sixteen: leaf and acorn at the end of season