I'm addicted to owls.

I've been trying to draw an owl to go along with my updates about our-soon-to-be restaurant The Owl, but apparently my hand hasn't been connected to my brain. After several attempts that were fated to the trash bin this was the best I could come up with:

It's an owl. Sort of. That was a few days ago. I kinda like his eyes, but the rest of him needs a lot of help. He doesn't even have any feet! And are those feathers or a rockin' headband? I really need a non-track-pad method of drawing. Anyway...

I'm feeling super antsy (What does that mean? It makes me think about ants in pants. And that makes me think about pants on fire. And that makes me think about stop drop and roll. Rolly Polly. I used to play with rolly polly bugs aka pill bugs when I was little).

What was I talking about?...Oh yeah... I'm feeling super anxious to be done with work at The Bookstore so that I can really start getting stuff done for The Owl. Since I can't devote much time to Getting Stuff Done yet I've been soothing my nerves by buying any-and-every owl related item in sight. And some non-owl items that I've justified as "office supplies." Here's some of the owl items I got:

A pencil case, good for keeping a wide variety of small and/or rolly items; A giant eraser, good for mistakes made with a pencil; A hang-on-a-doorknob note pad, good for telling folks 'I'm busy interneting so don't bother me;' And metal owl bookends, which are in great need of some books to end.

This is Sebastian. He has a face, it's just hard to see in pictures. His eyes are very owlish, so it seemed appropriate to include him.

Here's some of my "office supplies:"

Those are Smencils. They are awesometastic. The highlighters are fruit scented, they are not as awesometastic as the Smencils, but they are still pretty yummy.

This giant pack is actually supposed to be for teachers to use in classrooms, but it was full of so much owly goodness that I couldn't resist it!

After posting all my fun photos I decided I'd try to draw my owl one more time, and this time I tried a less realistic approach. 

So she's blue and purple, but still only vaguely owl like. Oh well.