I went hiking over the weekend with my mom. We hiked on leaf-covered trails through the woods and saw some gorgeous fall colors, and then ended up on the beach of Lake Michigan.
We encountered only a few other people so it was a wonderfully quiet and peaceful hike.
My weekend feels complete when I get the chance to go hiking, one of my favorite things to do.
We are about 50% at peak for our fall colors, which usually happens around the middle of October.
I’m so grateful there is a hiking trail so close to my house. Hope you can get out there this season and see some autumn colors!
I love looking back through my own sketchbooks and illustrations for inspiration for new ideas to draw and illustrate. Here’s one of my favorite illustrations, a daily doodle for the month of October which was part of a year-long daily doodle challenge I did.
I really loved this challenge and hope to make time to do this again!
I don’t see bunnies too often throughout the day in my backyard, since they are more active at dawn and dusk. I’m not sure if this bunny saw me sitting at the patio table right next to him/her, or if he just didn’t care I was there. It was great to witness him eating a weed! If only they would eat more weeds and less plants I actually paid for, like the tulips starting to come up in spring and the coneflowers I’m trying to get to spread throughout the flower gardens.
I love looking back through my own sketchbooks and illustrations for inspiration. Here are a few more of my favorite illustrations with a fall theme done in my moleskin sketchbooks:
Lots of birdwatching and squirrel shenanigans in my backyard these days!
I’ve never seen squirrels wrestling in a tree, especially over a birdfeeder!
And I’ve never seen a squirrel climb up a sunflower stalk, with a fence around that particular flower garden to keep critters out.
Hope you’re having a good hump day and finding ways to get outside and enjoy some Fall sunshine and fresh air!
I always love looking back through my own old sketchbooks and illustrations for new inspiration. Here are a few of my favorites with a fall theme, from daily doodles to tiny art to watercolor splatter drawings:
There is a warm glow outside on this mid-September day.
After a walk around the block for a lunch time break, I paused to notice the wildlife in my backyard. I saw Chippy climbing around the wood pile and arbor vitae trees, the cardinal family, the chickadee gang and a woodpecker competing for time at the bird feeder. 
It was a nice distraction from the demands of the day and a comforting moment of peace.
Hope you are having a good hump day and finding ways to take care of yourself!
In between working on my weekly sketchbook pages of animal art illustrations, and trying to create something everyday, I’m also having fun practicing hand lettering combined with watercolor wreaths. I turned these watercolor postcard paintings into new notecards in my Etsy shop.
Drawing all the time makes me happy, so Practice Practice Practice has been my motto this year. It’s also great to be able to add new products to my etsy shop based on my drawings and watercolor paintings.
Terri
Terri's Notebook 