I have my suitcase packed and I’m ready to leave behind the places and feelings of the past…. I’ve visited the town of “guilt”, the river of “deceit” and black cloud city. The past is packed up and I’m burning out of town.

This is dedicated to my good friend Lisa We have used the idea of packing our worries away in a briefcase or suitcase and hanging it out the car window, and it catching on fire since we were teenagers. Just say goodbye to those black clouds and head on down the highway.

Click here to see more drawings of the word packed on Illustration Friday.

This little clique of ducks definitely do not want the alligator to join in their fun.

I’d like to think if the ducks knew the alligator, and they weren’t at risk to be his dinner, they’d actually welcome him to their party.

Although I do live near the ocean in California, I’d love to have a pink cabana underneath some curly palm trees located on a far-away, whimsical island. I’d swing in my hammock, put my toes in the warm, white sand, and paint and dream all day….

A cluttered kitchen is TRULY a happy kitchen. I do have a love for mixing bowls of all shapes and sizes and truthfully, my cupboards are actually way more cluttered than this little drawing. I especially love my mom’s old bowls, her old yellow Pyrex is one of my favorites. This little drawing for Illustration Friday showing my kitchen clutter was done with Pastel pencils. I was in the mood to play with something new.