{Swoon!}
It's summer in Cape Town, and it's so hot.
So, so, so hot.
The noon gun has just fired (as it does every day). The air is so still that the reverberations from the blast have shaken the frangipani flowers from their branches, and now they're wafting down in front of my window. Across the street someone is playing sultry saxophone.
If I slouch in my chair (as I often do), I can see the top of Table Mountain peeking above the roof of our house. It's shimmering in the heat today.
It's so hot that I think the paint is melting on my palette before I can even get my brush into it.
The heat always brings out the diva in my characters; they always seem to have minds of their own. This little girl was frustrated that I wasn't paying enough attention to her heat-induced swoon, so now she's swooning over and over and over again. Ad infinitum.
The grass is always greener on the other side isn't it? I envy all you readers who are cozily cocooned in winter. Oh! For the snow and the hot chocolates and the great big fuzzy scarves. Enjoy it while you can!
{Note #1: I posted this little girl last year, but as I have so many new followers, I thought some of you might enjoy seeing her brought back to life)
{Note #2: I'm not sure if the animated illustration works for email subscribers, so you might want to click through to the blog to see it.}