January rain?! and book drawing

Today got off to a rough start. I woke up to find it raining — which is just gross because it melts parts of the snowpack and makes things all puddley and dirtymuckyslushy. Then I drank way too much caffeine this morning and ended up poking myself in the eye with the mascara brush. Mascara on your eyeball does not feel fun, FYI.

But things improved. I got some work done and met a good friend for lunch. She knows how to make really amazing chocolates (it's so much more complicated than I'd ever imagined - it's all about keeping the temperatures exact) and is an avid runner.

I also created this little 'reading girl' sketch (drawing at top of post). My daughter asked "Is that supposed to be you? 'Cause it looks just like you." So I guess I must spend more time with a blanket and a book than I thought. Decades ago I used to draw little people like this all the time. Then I quit. But as part of my new year of being courageous I am resurrecting them and putting them out into the world.

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Now for the book drawing. I've got all the names in a hat (well in an empty cracker box really because I was too lazy to go get an actual hat) and I'm going to fish out two names.

The winners are:

Rebecca for The Forgotten Garden
Jean for We Are All Welcome Here

Congratulations! Thanks for playing everyone. This was really fun for me. I think I'm going to do another book giveaway soon.