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[ellenmillion]

This photo is very... Alaska. It's dark (though only early evening) and monsterus minimus wants to play outside. Why not? She loves flashlights, and she's got a pile of ice cubes to play with*!



Today, waking up two hours early shockingly meant going down for a nap two hours early, and I'm sort of flailing and trying to figure out the quietest lunch I can make for myself. I got my Amazon orders out, figured (and paid!) royalties from PopCon, and did the morning cleaning tasks (catbox, vacuuming), as well as going to the post office, bank, and grocery store. (Also edited some pages at the lilypad!) I would do laundry, but it is too noisy, so I think I may do a little writing. I'm at 29/30 on my NotNoWriMo goal. (Though naturally I'm now thinking 'gosh, I could go for 50, or something more challenging...' Shut up, self.) I also have a proposal to work on, and if I do 2 more portrait adoption pieces this year, I will have made my year's goal of 6. Here is number 4:


Click to adopt!

I also have a new story up at River Twine, The Thornwall. Evervale had always been afraid of the thornwall. Then, it became her duty.

Food trumps quiet now. Off to eat.


*She DOES have better toys, I promise. But you try telling her they're better. She just wants to play with the ice cubes.

Comments

[jenny heidewald (from livejournal.com)]

Maybe she likes ice cubes because she's playing at being an ice princess? :)

And we thought it got dark here fast...

"(Though naturally I'm now thinking 'gosh, I could go for 50, or something more challenging...' Shut up, self.)" --> Usually someone dares me...;) BUT you need to work on your last two PA pieces first! :D

BTW, I got my box today, though I haven't opened it yet! I hope that will make me abandon the internet a little faster tonight. :)

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

DON'T DARE ME.

YAY, glad the box got there safely.

[jenny_evergreen]

He's very compelling!

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Guys are always a challenge for me to draw, and I was pleased with how he turned out.

[kelkyag]

That's a very distinctive nose he's sporting.

What makes men harder to draw than women?

Ice cubes, sticks, cardboard boxes, dry leaves ... I think kids often have the most fun with found objects that they can declare to be whatever they want, rather than toys with intentions. Imaginative play is good?

[pixiewildflower.livejournal.com]

Love the photo and the art. Of course, she wants to play with the ice cubes. Just like I loved playing with twigs instead of my toys. It's all in the imagination.