from the Coastal Trail   5:06 p.m.

from the Coastal Trail   5:06 p.m.

Instead of walking on the beach this evening, we walked through the pouring rain to Em & John's for dinner. It was a short walk. Just out our front door and up their steps. (Next door neighbors!)

Instead of walking on the beach this evening, we walked through the pouring rain to Em & John's for dinner. It was a short walk. Just out our front door and up their steps. (Next door neighbors!)

Ocean Beach   5:05 p.m.

Ocean Beach   5:05 p.m.

Ocean Beach Necklace

Ocean Beach Necklace

My book agent likes my pictures.

My book agent likes my pictures.

Ocean Beach   5:23 p.m.

Ocean Beach   5:23 p.m.

Heavy Sky at Sunset   Ocean Beach   4:48 p.m.

Heavy Sky at Sunset   Ocean Beach   4:48 p.m.

Mail order pajamas on sale

Mail order pajamas on sale

Ocean Beach   5:26 p.m.

Ocean Beach   5:26 p.m.

Slip-sliding down the Great Highway in the rain   5:29 p.m.

Slip-sliding down the Great Highway in the rain   5:29 p.m.

Ocean Beach   5:08 p.m.

Ocean Beach   5:08 p.m.

Ocean Beach (facing the Cliff House)   5:35

Ocean Beach (facing the Cliff House)   5:35

Ocean Beach   4:56 p.m.

Ocean Beach   4:56 p.m.

Ocean Beach   5:19 p.m.

Ocean Beach   5:19 p.m.

Gladsomeness

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Tom: Are we making a Christmas card this year?

Me: What do you think of this idea? (above)

Tom: I don’t like that word.

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I made this card for our friends anyway––but it never quite made it through my printer and into the red envelopes. The phrase actually comes from a book about a family celebrating Hanukkah, and the word GLADSOMENESS stuck in my mind. The “O” in GLADSOMENESS is stolen from a book I’m illustrating about an orange dog. (It’s the ball she chases.) Thanks for visiting my blog.