guest artist, James Johnson draws lots of monsters

I think this would make great Christmas wrap.

James loves to jump.

Steve Elliott reads from his memoir, The Adderall Diaries.

Sylvia catches a fish.

Stephanie, and many boys, go fishing.

At dinner time, we talk about our day.

Justice, warily, makes friends with Gracie at Grattan playground.

James teaches origami to Jupiter and Justice, but they make their own creations.

Bedtime books with Jupiter and Jumper Kitty

Beware. Jumper kitties are vicious creatures. They do lots of hissing and throw menacing looks at people when you walk by. Justice was a jumper kitty this night.

Justice at acrosports this past spring.

James teaches Justice more karate.

Grandpa teaches Jupiter and Justice about gardening.

This was from this summer and for some reason it took me a long time to ink--maybe I lost it for awhile or something. But it was such a typical day in Stuart, walking around the yard with Grandpa, checking out the citrus, looking for lizards...

Snake School, drawing by James Johnson

In this snake school drawing, the little snakes are learning how to count thunder and how long it is before the storm comes.

James and cousin Emma watch Marvel fight scenes together.

James teaches Justice karate.

This was in the spring when James was taking his karate classes, after having watched The Karate Kid for movie night. He's not going to karate anymore, since the Sensei started using our credit card like an ATM machine.