Just a few more vacation pictures &amp; illustrations

I found this drift wood and its small but it has ton of beautiful details on it. So today while taking a break from cleaning and doing laundry (its amazing how dirty things get when you are in the bush), I sketched it with ink.

Then I used four colours (watercolour).

I didn't think I would post this one, its a sketch I did while on our trip... Its about our clothing and the state we are in after a few days out. All covered in mud, swamp juice and dirt. Mr B always has a dark shadow in the end of the trip (the man in the right top corner is my brother-in-law, who got stuck in swamp mud, it was lite black tar and mega stinky).

Its amazing what you can get away with when it comes to camping fashion... like wool socks and sandals, clothing that would never see day light in the city and hats that look like road kill. The picture (of me) down is not me sleeping on the portage, but rather me being stuck between boulders after have tried to stay clear of mud. So hard to get up with a 65 Lbs backpack on, but I bet you it looked pretty funny when I went down.

Annnnd!!... these are just some pictures of things I found, all fantastic natural things. Love the textures, the colours and feel of them. I don't know what these are called, but they grow on trees (pine) and this time I was able to take some home as it was on a tree that had fallen down.

Drift wood pieces, that I think I'm going to make gift tags out of them (all between 4-8 inches long)... I think they are from an old cottage or barn that used to be in the area a long, long time ago. I love the grey worn look to them.