Happy Autumn!

Well, today was the autumn equinox. Even though it is officially fall, the flower business has still been quite busy, and I've been spending a lot of my time working with Mom in the studio, making bouquets, bunching sunflowers, making boxes, and many other things. I do it to be helpful, of course, but I am also getting paid. I haven't spent my money on anything yet, but I am deciding whether I would like to buy LEGOs (so I could play with my brother), or something else. I have stopped introducing new animals to the farm for the time being, as I have quite a few on my hands already (over 50!), and I was having problems with illnesses. When I was bringing in new animals, I was also potentially introducing new diseases or parasites to my existing ones. Everyone has seemed healthy since I stopped, and I have had time to focus on my other interests. I have been drawing quite a lot, mostly mythical creatures. 

This is an entry that I drew for an online contest. It depicts Rhea, a jewel mane dragon.

I've also been branching out with my writing. I used to write only non-fiction how-to's or care sheets, but have recently been writing some fiction stories as well. I'm quite proud of my work so far. (I am not going to include any in this post, but may in the future.)

I've been seeing a lot of frogs around lately, getting ready for hibernation. I was taking flowers out of a bucket the other day when I found this little fellow at the bottom:

I dubbed him Bob of Mordor and released him in some bushes.

In other news, I have been teaching myself to use Photoshop, mainly so I can create odd pictures of dinosaurs with the heads of my family members. It has proved quite entertaining so far.