Saving the best until last...

(...and you will understand the title when you have finished reading!)

When I find a few minutes to sit and sketch, I can never resist these furry little fellows. They are just too cute!

I have never understood why people are so afraid of mice - or in this case, RATS! 

But, for those of you who really do fear rats, I have named this one 'Lord Archibald the II', to make him seem less scary ;0D

On the subject of furry friends, I've been missing Codi in a big way. 

Lately though, the chickens are really making their presence known! Just yesterday as I was making their porridge, whilst Marjorie and Babs ventured into the back porch, Frankie not only wandered into the kitchen as she often does, but this time she flew up on to the kitchen Island and perched herself there, staring intently as I stirred! Clearly she was getting rather impatient for her supper!

I don't mind her wandering into the kitchen. She will usually just peck up any crumbs she comes across on the floor, which I may have missed with the broom. I think the most amusing sight was when she pressed her face against the oven door as though she was trying to see what was inside. Aren't chickens usually looking out of the oven window, rather than in it, lol? If only Frankie knew that, she might not be so keen to go so near!

It has to be said, our feathered girls are quite safe from the dinner table - I don't think I could ever eat something that had a name!

It's still cold and dark here in the UK at the moment and whilst I don't want to wish that time would pass by any more quickly than it seems to already, I am looking forward to warmer and longer days.
In the Spring I hope to be sketching the girls as they roam the garden instead of curling up indoors with the sketchbook in my lap.

Anyway, as usual I will end my post with a fact about my week... and this one is BIG........

Q: What is the best thing that has happened to me during the last week?

A: I have been offered a six month contract with a rather beautiful gallery!!! And as I tell my news to my lovely bloggy friends, I am smiling from ear to ear :0))))))))