Chicago Road Trip, Part 2

Annnnd here are the rest of the (phone) photos I took on my road trip to Chicago last week. Turns out, it's hard to take photos driving, but the scenery on the drive wasn't anything spectacular anyways. The prettiest part is from western NY-->NYC, near Naples NY. It's super-pretty there, especially in Autumn. The leaves were just hinting at starting to change color when I drove through. 

In Chicago, my friend and I went to the Swedish-American Museum in his neighborhood. There was a special exhibit on the first floor, paintings by Jennifer Saxell. They were nice, and reminded me of quilts. Upstairs in the museum were lots of cool relics from the passage of people from Sweden to America. 

Left poster shows all the food each person was given at the beginning of their voyage to America, Right shows the clothing/utilities they could pack.

This blew my mind! It's a terrible photo, but it's called a "Spit Cake."  They dripped cake batter over the spit, shown on the left, over an open fire, and it made the cake on the right. 

West Side Market in Cleveland, OH. My friend took me here for the best ever falafel and hummus. 

Lake Erie

Took my Mom and sister out to lunch to a favorite place from college. Veg platter from Aladdins, in Pittsford NY. 

Aladdins is right alongside the Erie Canal. Pretty!

I love this time of year when summer is kinda lingering, but with a hint of Autumn in the air.

My mom's pretty flowers

Bam and my sister, Jenna.

Home Sweet Home

I'm pretty excited about a new print in the shop (from the sneak peek I gave the other day)!  I originally drew this with pen and ink, and then digitally colored it up to make a pretty print.

Also, I'm trying to take new "environmental" photos of my work, so this is, um, a slow process, re-photographing everything in my shop.  I'm hoping the sun will cooperate with me in the next week or so. Slowly, but surely!

Rainy Days

An in-progress ink drawing I'm working on

Hello!  It's a gloomy day out here, and I'm taking full advantage.  Lotsa tea and drawing and scheming in the works.  I've been planning lots of things lately, mostly for the springtime, so all has been quiet around here.  I'm excited for this weekend, for daylight savings to spring ahead, and for there to be some more sunshine in my life!  

I really need to clean my studio and do my taxes, and I'm *really* good at putting them off!

Some scenery from home...

Spuddy!!

Sitting on the dock by the lake...the clouds were rolling in really fast and it downpoured about 20 minutes later.


Pansies are the cutest flowers ever! They're totally smiley.

My mom's rosemary:

basil:

random flowers:

Tuesday, Wednesday, break my heart

I'm back from a well-rested and happy weekend with my family. I got to see a lot of my extended family as well, with a big mega-bbq picnic on sunday. I had to leave early to go to the airport at 6, but should have stayed. I didn't even board my plane until 10:30pm! Super-delayed, I didn't get home to my apartment until almost 1am. I was mostly grumbly yesterday and if I did say or anything, it was probably in the form of "!#$!!#@%!." Ha. Much better (and rested) today. I'm going to work late tonight and then make a strawberry pie (!!!) when I get home.

Here are some doodles from this past weekend:

big tall man with big tall shoes


sitting on the dock of the lake


blooming flowers on my parent's deck