I rue the day I put away Christmas decorations. It has got to be one of my least favorite days ever. Finding all the right boxes, trailing glitter everywhere, stuffing garland and lights back into their homes for the next 10 months makes me incredibly cranky. I just wish I could wave I wand and have Christmas pack itself up.

I suppose this is just one of those adult things I’ll need to get used to.

I took a break after shattering an ornament and I decided to spend a little bit of time sketching (and hopefully forget about the massive trail of pine needles that I’d need to vacuum up shortly thereafter).

The box of pinecones was at my feet (I put pinecones EVERYWHERE during the holidays) so I pulled a few out and played a few contour drawings, and few blind drawings and then finally tried to organize a decent composition.

I’m happy with the turnout, but also acutely aware of the pine needle problem. I hope everyone’s holiday undecorating is going smoothly — I’m off to vacuum!