Crows and California

It's been a few days since I've written, sang, or recorded. My mom wrote a children's book and I'm illustrating.

[She took it inside and dried the poor thing off, finding its feathers to be wonderfully soft.]

It's about a little girl who finds a baby crow in a water trough and tries to take care of it, only to realize that it needs to be with its mother in nature. It's a cute story and I'm happy to be putting my rusty art skills to use...but man, is it time-consuming! I was hoping to have these finished by Tuesday (when I leave for California), but I'm only 1/4 of the way done. Plus, Luke and I need to record this weekend. It might be our last chance to do so for a very long time.

We're both really looking forward to our California vacation, despite the fact that it'll be cold and rainy most of the time we're there! Just being together without the interruption of army stuff will be time cherished.