Recently I went through the rather unpleasant experience of having my car broken into (one of the risks of visiting isolated hiking trails; fortunately I’d removed all of my birding equipment from the back seat the weekend before).  I was fortunate enough to recover my wallet — a HUGE thanks to Adrian and the folks at Globe Trotter Logistics for tracking me down and getting it back to me — but the little moleskine sketchbook I always carry around with me has yet to turn up in any roadside ditches.

So this evening I dug around in various drawers looking for a spare sketchbook to replace it, and found an unused 5.5″x8.5″ hardcover that fit the bill.  Blank pages are always a little intimidating, so to get things rolling I had Loki model for a few quick poses.  Almonds are the one thing in the world that Loki loves best, but being the focus of my attention is a close second, so he was only too happy to oblige.