Fattening Up for Winter

Hungry Bear
Originally uploaded by Kate Hamilton.

I had a dream the other night about a bear opening our kitchen window and sticking his nose inside. It's that time of year when the last of the bears are frantically fattening up for winter--their footprints are everywhere in the surrounding woods, and their incidents of breaking and entering are all over the news. It's certainly enough to give anyone nightmares, and the heebie jeebies when taking out the trash at night. I'm hoping any bear that attempts to visit our cabin is the friendly sort.... or at least friendlier than the scary bear in my dream. Henceforth, my friendly doodle bear.

Tis also the time of year that my most frequent client is preparing for snow in their own feverish way. The result--I'm a busy busy bee. Holy graphic design in a hurry. Thank goodness because I could use some new warm wool socks.

Oh, and BTW, I am totally enamored with Pitt Pens. Especially my big fat set of brush tips in every color imaginable. Great fun.

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I just finished this one a few moments ago. It is influenced by the popularity of high socks amongst Japanese girls (I am a fan too), the extraordinary amount of wiring and electronic equipment hanging of the side of buildings and electricity poles, and lastly an interesting type of wild grass I saw growing in a park.