Drawing nerd

It seems silly to pay money for a computer-friendly drawing tablet when I am used to mousing about in Photoshop. So, that is exactly what Curt picked up for me this Christmas.

Actually though, it is fabulous. I've only experimented around with it a little, but I'm already finding that it is much more intuitive & gives me better inspiration/ideas.

The tablet he got for me is a Bamboo and it is super user-friendly. In my first doodle with it, I was just getting comfortable. It'll take some getting used to the features for keystrokes, scrolling, zooming, etc.

Ooh, the bountiful harvest

So, I just innocently walked thru the door and came across a feast. I thought to myself, "Serena, this is rather a Wonderland moment you are having." I wondered if perhaps it were placed so obviously in my path with nefarious purposes. Would the mushrooms in this seemingly-delicious frittata make me loopier than the Easter bunny? Would it shrink me like Alice? Perhaps it was a creature evolved to look like a meal that would then latch on to me with a death grip when I went to give it a taste. Would I follow in the route my gluttonous tum suggested or would I learn from all those nature films? Ah, a dilemma indeed...

New neighbors

New neighbors have bought a house up the street. Here's the woman - Maria I believe they call her - raking up some leaves.

Her crazy husband was clambering around on scaffolding 'fixing' the roof. Glad I didn't inherit those genes...oh, wait a minute!

Painted panel

Dad gave me some old door panels to play with a while ago. They are kind of cool on their own, but I've been experimenting with painting in them. Here's two sides of one. I like the idea of being able to flip it around when you're sick of one side.

Feeling all Christy-mas

Here's our tree - if you look closely, you'll see Pee Wee is almost to the top. Now we just need some toy airplanes flying around him like King Kong!
In addition, I am showing off my new socks and jeans from Mum's gift card. There's also gloves and a scarf, but she'll have to wait to see me in person for the rest of the fashion show.
Notice the pups bright coats? They got their quarterly bath today. The poor little dingbats are so forgiving (that's why I only try to clean the cat about once every five years - it takes that long to be pardoned for such a heinous crime).