bedtime stories
an illustration for a baby book shower. the fox is reading goodnight moon and the raccoon is reading frog & toad (the frog and toad series is a really great read, by the way, if you haven’t opened it up since childhood. they deal with some complex human issues–willpower, existential angst, etc.–with humor and empathy and mostly using two syllable words.)
the raccoon was also turned into some pretty sweet bookmarks:
ants fer me dinner
we have been gobbling up david attenborough documentaries like giant anteaters gobble up ants. the life of mammals series is totally mesmerizing! it’s a wonder that deer and owl people keep drawing deer and owls over and over again (ha! guilty!) because the world is full of crazy, adorable, and just plain weird creatures. for example, the aforementioned giant anteater:
anteaters gallumphing on the pampas. i think they are actually fairly solitary, but i couldn’t resist.
here is david attenborough running one down at about 4:26 in this life on air segment. of course, you can’t have fun like this anymore!
and the pangolin, a walking artichoke! i always pictured them scrambling around like armadilloes, but they trundle along on their hind legs, i had no idea.
