Flowers, Books and Doodles

I had a fabulous last week in my hometown of Seattle, WA - seeing friends, shopping, and hanging out with my Mom. She and I made a little trip to the Conservatory of Flowers in Volunteer Park - which was so cute and awesome and free! We even got to go to the Conservatory's plant sale before I had to run to the airport, and my Mom got some awesome plants, including a pitcher plant and a not-quite-staghorn fern. I want a staghorn fern so bad. One day. ONE DAY.

I also made an awesome haul at my favorite second-hand book shop, Half-Price Books: (I'm working on The Lost World right now) And how about a few pages from the sketchbook: