She swung around so forcefully to stare at him that she nearly knocked Cala into the railings. “You are serious,” she said, not quite a question, but not quite a statement either. 

“We were not considered worth educating, either,” Maia said.

night scenes are such fun to color. also, everyone please read this book. 

I’m illustrating a very dramatic and emotional scene right now………. in which everyone just happens to be wearing mittens, which adds an unexpected element of hilarity that I very much doubt the author intended in penning it

ahh spring, the leaves bursting forth from the trees

…..wait a minute, that’s a madrone tree, what are all those smaller leaves doing on it, some kind of vine-

oh no

ohhhhh my god it’s so healthy

this is it. the happiest poison oak I’ve ever seen. the main vine is as thick as my arm and it’s eating an entire madrone tree. it’s beautiful.

we saw a pair of ospreys fishing yesterday and I, the one with the binoculars, was doing an unintentional sports style commentary, but because I’m inarticulate when excited it was less of a blow-by-blow of the action and more “oh my god, look oh! he’s diving! diving! yes! look at that! he got it! go buddy go! oh no! dodge, dodge! ohhhh!!! yes there he goes!”

today I met an early edition of Audubon’s The Birds of America, it was the size of my torso, I thought this would be relevant to your interests. Also I found out about Jardin de la Malmaison and how it proves that Josephine Bonaparte was growing Australian plants because Redouté included some in it.

ahhhh nice!!!! that sounds like a fun time! and yeah the original Audubon illustrations were HUGE. I went to an exhibit years ago and was quite startled by their size!