Ah, camping. Is there anything better than roughing it? YES. Roughing it in a lovely, practically mosquito free, cleanest park facilities, nephew included park that’s relatively close to home? Nothing better.
We had great weather other than the first night when it poured on us. We had great fun hiking, throwing the frisbee around, doing a little birding, and scarfing down Boy Scout donuts. The boys, my two nephews, had tons of fun and it’s always fun to see how much they’ve grown in a short time. Aidan is talking now! He still does his little “uh uh” grunt when he doesn’t know something. He’s like a parrot now, repeating back anything you say. Rand is his crazy little self as usual and a very sweet older brother when his cars or crayons aren’t being stolen by small Aidan monkey-man fingers.
Rand being a five year old and refusing to have his picture taken.
Aidan looking mischievous as usual.
Boys building walls.
It was such a great weekend and I felt good for one of the first times in a long while. It was so much fun just to watch the boys discover things and jump in puddles and run screaming with joy away from you. I’m going to store this weekend in a little glass ball inside my head and replay whenever I need it.
And in lieu of any of my art to show you, have some other people’s:
– Camilla d’Errico paints wonderful strange manga inspired paintings of girls
– Jen Corace does illustrations in a misleading simple stripped down style
– Verabee does adorable and sometimes strange illustrations and paintings
– Meg Hunt does whimsical illustrations that are modern with a throw-back feel
– Matthew Woodson does hyper-realistic pen and ink illustrations that are hauntingly striking with their sharp graphic lines
paper lanterns 
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