Too Early

I was not ready to see frost on the neighbor's roof when I put the shade up this morning but there it was. Most of it had melted away but I was just in time to grab the camera and take a picture to document the atrocity that was frost on the roof in October. Too early!

 

One of the squirrels discovered the cob corn this morning and hung there nibbling on kernels long enough for me to take its picture. Why doesn't the blood rush to its head?

 

The Red-bellied Woodpecker showed up a bunch of times today and I was lucky enough to get a few shots of it. I'm intrigued by the way it cocks its tail under its bottom to balance on the perch while it prospects for peanut halves. It excites me to see it. It's so much bigger than any other bird that comes and it's so pretty with its red head and striped back and wings.

 

Today's drawing prompt was Something New and I couldn't think of anything new I had that I could draw. I couldn't think of anything new that I couldn't draw either. So I drew the scarab ring I found when LC went through my rings the other day and started wearing. I wanted some ring to wear on my left hand that isn't my wedding ring. I've tried a bunch of them but none have been right. This one might be right. It fits on my middle finger and I've always liked scarabs. The ancient Egyptians believed that a scarab beetle pushed the sun across the sky. I like that idea. Now that I look at it, it's a terrible rendition of a nice ring.

 

 In the afternoon I drew a gratitude journal page for yesterday. Not my best effort, not by a long shot.

 

Can you tell I'm kind of in a funk? Nothing I do lately satisfies me. I was happy to have LC for company on Saturday and happy to pick up OJ from school and take him to the library today but I'm a little down on myself and I don't know why. I need to perk up because I've got a book event on Friday and have to be up for it.

--Barbara