I drew this flattering self portrait last week after a task that made me feel some type of way about gardens… and adulthood!
Just a grown-up dealing with life, nothing to see here.
Tbh I really love being a garden owner. We moved into an old house with an old (and kind of unkempt) garden a little over a year ago.
That means that this is our second summer in the house and we’ve gotten to enjoy all the different days of spring and early summer here.
There’s green everywhere, weeds and flowers and trees and all sorts. These are some of the plants that were already in the garden when we moved in:
Magnolia trees
Giant poppies
A lilac tree
Oak trees
Cherry trees
Hazel bushes
Berry bushes: gooseberry, black currants and red currants
A very tasty rhubarb
Oregano
Lavender
Loooots of flowers that I don’t know the names of
Just poppin’ up
I also planted some leeks last year that didn’t really turn out. So they’re still there. I think they might flower and produce seeds this year, maybe?!
I’m not a garden expert if you can’t tell.
But I’m a greenery lover! And so is our little 8-month-old. Being an Autumn baby this is her first time experiencing summer in a garden.
She’s simply loving it, constantly smiling, squealing and generally marveling at things outside.
It’s become a tradition for me to let her give the lilac flowers a loving, though not very gentle, squeeze when we pass them.
Our garden definitely doesn’t get enough attention, mainly because of said baby girl – not to mention the old house that also needs some care.
But it’s kind of magical to have all those plants that are there because a previous owner put them there.
That turned out to be quite a positive post about gardens.
I still hate untangling the friggin’ garden hose though!
I’m back! Ok so I’ve barely produced any doodles since producing a baby from my uterus. But today I decided to try to draw at least a BIT while the baby sleeps.
Nap doodles!
It’s an idea, let’s see if I can make it happen. Here’s a 10 minute doodle of some babies.
I don’t really know how to draw a good baby even though I look at one 90 % of my time 🤷🏼 I guess I’ll have to practice!
Post baby posting
I probably won’t write very much for each drawing. But it’ll be a success if I can draw some doodles, because I know it makes me happy. And I hope they also bring you a laugh or even some creative inspiration.
For a while after the baby came, I didn’t even think of drawing. I guess I didn’t have the energy or mind space.
Now she’s 3 months old and thriving and I really want to get back into drawing. It’s good for me to have down time that’s not screen-related – even though I still love my YouTube and Instagram scroll time.
Precious naps
I’ve realised that the challenge with having a hobby as a parent, or just getting anything done, really, is that nap time is so short and precious.
During baby’s naps I can eat or go to the bathroom. TBH I often take a nap myself. Or try to read the news, which is sad but obviously as important as ever. But really hard when your brain is occupied with poop, enough burps, milk, “is she cold/warm/bored/tired??!” and many baby smiles 🥰
Fun fact 👖👖👖
Today I put on jeans for the first time since before Christmas. I dont know what it is, but wearing them always makes me feel somewhat accomplished, even before really doing anything.
Maybe they were part of the reason I got a doodle made 😅 I only have one pair that fits my postpartum body, though, so I’ll probably stick to sweats most days still.
Thanks for reading all the way through! I definitely haven’t gotten less rambly now that I’m a mom, lol! But if you’re following this blog, you probably don’t mind the word vomit 😆
I drew this second comic about berries disappearing in my parents’ garden after my last visit:
I finally got around to colouring it in today. I still have a long way to go with learning how to colour and draw plants and backgrounds. This is good practice, and takes a lot longer than it looks.
I think I rushed the colouring a bit this time, but I loved putting in the different greens.
Here’s the original panel with all three images:
If you didn’t see my first berry comic, you can check it out here:
The Shades. When you see someone you know or – even worse – their parents, right when you decided to shop for a year’s supply of cheap TP .
”I don’t want them to know I go to the toilet!”, you’re thinking, as the sweat trickles down your back. Then you realise mid panic that your old sunglasses are in your bag. Now it’s all about standing quietly and casually and wait.
It’s impossible to do a proper Hide and Sneak with so much toilet paper, forget about it.
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