Sketching again

I started sketching again recently. I usually make 2 or 3 sketches a year, but I'm trying to do more lately. I made an amazing discovery, it's called sketching paper. All these years I've done most of my sketching on computer paper. I was surprised to see how much easier this stuff is to sketch on. Meg still makes fun of me for using a cheap-o mechanical pencil.

This is from our trip to the pumpkin patch. It cracks me up every time I see it.

Speaking of picking up old hobbies, Meg has been playing her violin again recently. She just played in a multi-stake orchestra for a production of Handel's Messiah. The vocal soloists were all accomplished opera singers, so they sounded amazing.It was fun to hear Meg play so well after only a few weeks of practice. Jane loved watching her practice. She held her toy guitar up to her chin and everything.