I did two straight days of adulting on so many different fronts, so when my friend Christina suggested lunch on Friday, I was more than ready. We both gave ourselves the beautiful afternoon off and had a leisurely lunch at Cafe Eclectic, enjoying the sunshine on the deck. Henry had a ball too, especially when our nice waiter brought him a plate of bacon. I did a sketch with the black waterproof DeAtramentis ink I'm using for M is for Memphis in a bent nib pen.

We walked into the neighborhood afterwards and sat to sketch. For the second sketch I used my Ancient Copper ink by Diamine. It's water soluble, and I love it in the trees, but it's always a little more iffy on a building. I dove straight into the roofline without looking or measuring as well as I would have liked to once I screwed it up, but overall it's a fun sketch of a lovely day and a hillside of daffodils on a block I walk more days than not. So happy. And we had a lovely visit while we sketched. Afterwards Henry and I took a long loop through the forest at owl time as the sun was getting low. A perfect afternoon.