Nice day for ducks

It's pouring rain outside, and I'm sketching lots and lots of chickens for a book project while listening to a dove making hooting noises on the porch.

There are about two hundred little chicken drawings on my table, and I only like three of them so far, so I'm throwing in a duck for variety.

Brrrrrr

It's insanely cold today; when I woke up this morning there was a solid sheet of ice on my windowpane. Once I got it scraped off there was one very puffed up bird sitting in the dried vines outside (not 22 or 23 as in the illustration).

Weird: If I count the birds horizontally I keep coming up with 22, and if I count them vertically it's definitely 23. I'm still not sure which is right. This is one of the many reasons why I'm not an accountant.

Stay warm, and Happy New Year!