
(You wouldn’t know it by looking, but behind that tree is the best tea house in the entire forest!)
Spent an hour or two on Thanksgiving up-sizing another old painting — a process that takes about as long as painting the original (since the brush must touch practically every pixel). It should be done and uploaded in the next few days — preferably before December arrives and all my free time is snatched away forever and ever.
(Feeling pretty low lately… due to sad events which transpired this time last year and the pressures of life in general. Painting — and sharing the results with an audience — helps. It is important to hold the other end of the string.)

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody.

Today, I am pleased to offer this informative guide produced by Calliope and Huckleberry. Study the tips and diagrams carefully — tomorrow may demand you employ the knowledge contained within!
Particularly if you resemble an edible bird.

She might be casing the place, admiring the collection of books (cats love books), or simply looking for a good place to nap.
Lanterns — of all sorts — were tramping through my restless dreams all night due to a technology outage caused by a dying tree and some unfortunate power lines. When the repair crews arrived, they brought with them portable stars and auto-saws which imbued restless sleep with restless restlessness.

Calliope is demonstrating the universal sign of there-is-a-gargantuan-enemy-airship-getting-ready-to-fire-on-us.
…Or placing a bid in a very interesting auction! Too bad her friend is missing out!