One Tuckered Girl

I am tired tonight. We woke up around 2am to loud lightning and thunder. There was one crackler that scared the hoohaw out of us, it felt like it was right in the backyard. That was the closest I have ever heard lightning. Not much sleep and a long bike ride to work (down hill/flat) and home (uphill/semi-flat) on a hot day really tuckered out this girl. I do feel good that I made it farther home today, before I had to get off and push my bike the rest of the way up. *cheer* C and K-Dog came to meet me along the way, so I had company on the walk up.

No illustrating for me tonight. I think I will go plunk down and doodle in my sketchbook while I watch re-runs of The Office, or maybe 30 Rock, no, no, The Office. Okay, I'm rambling on a bit more than normal anyways :) Tweet Follow @kellymedina

Bunny + Lollipops

New card design

I used to love those big suckers as a kid. Tweet Follow @kellymedina

WIP

I'm working on a few new illustrations and thought I would share the one I worked on tonight.

Woohoo, it is Friday! Tweet Follow @kellymedina

Dancing Birds

A couple of dancing birds. Tweet Follow @kellymedina

Biking

I have started to bike to work this week. Yaya! It's a 10-15 minute drive to work, and about a 30 minute ride on bike, roughly 4.4 miles one-way. I am starting out by riding every other day. I am loving it! It is so great getting exercise while I get to and from work, not to mention, helping the environment and saving money on gas. Man, I am such a multi-tasking junkie. :) Tweet Follow @kellymedina

Bear Sticker

I drew this guy today on my "to do" list. Since I liked him so much, I decided to get him on the computer and make him into a sticker. Isn't he sweet? Tweet Follow @kellymedina

Herb Cuts

What a nice, relaxing weekend. I read like a mad woman yesterday and finished my book before bed. Yay!

I have been slacking on cutting back the mint and other herbs. Today, I got a down to business and clipped back all the overgrown herbs. It was a much needed "herb cut". Now, I have a bunch of herbs that I will have to dry for future use. I need to look up some recipes to use the mint in. Any suggestions?

Peppermint, parsley, spearmint, chocolate mint, orange mint, salad burnet, and Ricola mint.

Salad Burnet is such a cool looking plant, that I had to take a macro shot to share. It is all about the leaves for me on plants, and these sweet, tiny leaves take the cake. The picture above shows the clusters of leaves, before they start to fan out. I love running them over the palm of my hand. Tweet Follow @kellymedina

Oh, Deer!

The other day when I got home from work, I found most of my favorite plants eaten down to nubs or twigs by the local deer. This is my first year to really get into outdoor planting, so to find my freshly planted beauties abused like this, I was crushed. So I quickly did a bit of research (got to love the internet!) and bought some spray to deter them from returning, as well as, buying lots of plants that they don't like - Yarrow, Anise Hyssop, Lady's Mantle. I am hopeful this will stop them from making my pretty plants into an All-You-Can-Eat Buffet. Tweet Follow @kellymedina

Curious

I thought I would share another couple of photos I took on a walk.

A bench and a pair of boots so neatly left behind. There was no one around when I came across these.

I wonder what was happening in this person's life.

I hope everyone is ready for a nice weekend! I know I am. I hope I didn't just jinx myself.

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What if...

This is one of those pictures that makes me think of Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss. As a kid, and even now, whenever I see something like this I always wonder "what if..." there is a little world unknown to us thriving away in something so small and wonderful.


What a great book and I really liked the movie that just came out for it. Tweet Follow @kellymedina