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Mr Catyah and I went out yesterday for a quick trip to the garden center to get some flowers to brighten up the yard! Of course we both wore masks and did our best to get in and out and stay away from other shoppers.

Last day of National Art Making Month 2015 -- I know I've had a lot of fun making art, I hope you've had fun looking at it!

I colored another picture from the Coloring With Your Octopus book this afternoon -- I hope you can see the details, but it's the first time our heroine meets her new friend at the pet store. She can already tell they're in for a lot of adventures together.

Hey, friends who color, check this out! Shopping today at my favorite bookstore (Magers & Quinn Booksellers in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis), I found the newest addition to my growing collection of coloring books.

It's called Coloring With Your Octopus - A Coloring Book For Domesticated Cephalopods by Brian Kesinger.

It's a steampunk coloring book about a young woman who adopts an octopus from a pet store and their adventures together. http://www.amazon.com/Coloring-Your-Octopus-Domesticated-Cephalopods/dp/1614040109/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1440979926&sr=8-1&keywords=coloring+with+your+octopus

I colored the title page tonight:

Today's colored pencil drawing is inspired by a photo and article in yesterday's Minneapolis Star Tribune about the efforts to rebuild the bear population in Minnesota by limiting the number of permits to hunt them.

Another giraffe today! This one is drawn in pencil on scratch paper during break time at work, inspired by the cover of my current read, 'Circling the Sun.' If you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend it.

I can't believe how quickly August has gone by! Just a few more days left of National Art Making Month. I hope to keep drawing and coloring after the month is over, and I'll keep posting pictures here, if anybody wants to see them. :-)

Today's picture was inspired by a co-workers calendar, which has a baby animals theme. August's picture is a fawn hiding in the tall grass, which I've admired all month. I finally got around to drawing it today, and maybe I'll give the picture to co-worker Beth tomorrow, if she wants it. :-)

Colored an owl tonight!

I finished the picture that I worked on yesterday!

Had a busy day and didn't get a change to finish coloring a picture today, so here's the partially finished art.