Finally, we went on a SketchCrawl ...

I've been wanting to give it a go for ages and Mike and I went out yesterday and had fun sketching random things. He also got some amazing photos, of a friendly lizard, birds and the like. It was a good, though very hot (at times uncomfortably so) day, so we only got about 1.5-2 hours sketching done. We'll definitely be in it again. Mike didn't want to show his sketches (too shy), but here are a few of my efforts. Happy anniversary SketchCrawl!

A very quick, fun sketch to do for the topic of 'Germs' - Mike said they made him not want to wash his hands! Friendly germs. *Note: I still don't have a scanner, so this photo will have to do.

 The blue lighting gave a really good effect - no photoshop necessary ...     

I've been struggling with a series of colds lately - not much fun but not life-threatening obviously, either. If nothing else having the odd sick day gives me a chance to sit in the quiet and think about things - do a few restful odds and ends that would never get done in the rush of regular life. Like post on this blog! Though I can't guarantee the coherency of the post. Here are some pretty spring flowers (ranunculi) I picked up last week - they are very cheery and the sort of lovely, natural object that, being in your home, can't fail to make you feel at least a little uplifted. Nature is a fabulous thing.

No, not an actual baby. A shiny, technological marvel of a baby ... my new Notebook laptop! 17" screen, there are terabytes involved, it can apparently play Crysis (?? Mike had some input there) ... whatever. It's very cool. Sorry, SHE is very cool.