An interesting book in the Beginner Books series illustrated by Ward Brackett.

Morning bike ride sketch

More interior images from Julia Gillian and the Quest for Joy written by Alison and McGhee and published by Scholastic last month. I illustrated roughly 70 images for this wonderful book.

This is an old one

Lately my daily bike ride has always included a visit from this fellow making it necessary to wear a baseball hat. I"ve seen him attack other joggers so i don't feel singled out. Still he seems to attack me
with a particular gusto. I've tried to take pictures but they've come out blurry so here is a quick sketch.

the fellow who installed our dishwasher
today

I recently picked up an iphone and being someone who never used his old cellphone very much
I have to say I am enjoying it.
I loaded up the Brushes app and below are my first two go's at it. Its a lot of fun and frustrating but neat little tool.



Church and sunset in Gravenhurst.

Garage sale time in these parts...
heres some of Saturdays treasures...

The Forgotten Little Train illustrated by Al Fabry





Morning Noises illustrated by Alain Gree.
I often still eagerly await the arrival of the mailman.


And the the always incredible Bill Peet's Merle the High Flying Squirrel

Gravenhurst