WIP Wednesday - with studio kitteh

 Finally painting this holiday mailer
(which has been dragging on and on...)

 With studio kitteh keeping me company on the desk corner-which he is quickly outgrowing:

I'm going to have to get him a bigger cat bed soon. Maybe a desk of his own...

WIP Wednesday - Christmas mailer....

I started my Christmas mailer at our retreat in Sept...

(my first rough attempt. Cute, but not so interesting..)

Pushed the gesture and the design. I like this one better.

Now to clean it up and see if I can get it done and still have any hope of getting it printed and in the post in time for Christmas! (Wish me luck).

Retreat - Part IV (Dragon's Eggs!)

A couple of years ago I did The First Day of Christmas as my holiday mailer.

This year I've decided to do the second day. Did an initial sketch for it the second day of the retreat. :-)

Some of you may recall that last year, I did caroling dragons....

This year up in the cabin environs there were many many downed trees (they had a near hurricane last winter). They've been tipped over for months now and the dirt in the roots has washed out, exposing quite large rocks tangled in the roots which looked remarkably like nested dragon's eggs!

(Here are some 'eggs' still underground - seen before the 'nests' are fully exposed...)

Aerial dragon's nest - can you see the rocks held in the upper roots?

Ground nest - with the 'eggs' gently nestled in some soft dirt....

'Eggs' precariously hanging in the air...

'Eggs' in a hollowed stump...

Dragon's eggs nearly everywhere we looked! I suspect we'll have to watch our step next year if they've all hatched by then.