I had so many ideas for this week's Illustration Friday. But this one won out despite the new-to-me challenges of figuring out how to draw a raccoon (amongst other new-to-me things that I had to draw in this illustration). That's the point of all this though, isn't it? To challenge yourself. I think it's also because I've just been itching to go camping. There hasn't been a weekend lately that I haven't brought up this suggestion to my partner in crime. I'm fortunate that he's such an amiable guy. It allows him to tolerate my pestering ways.

My husband is about the best person you could go camping with. He's calm and capable. He has great paddling skills and the ability to make the best campfires out there. Not only that, but he's also good at cooking food over a fire. And unlike this illustration, he would never leave anything out for the raccoons to poke at overnight. Most of all, he knows how to cheer me up when my mood decides to go south.

Yes, actually I do realize how lucky I am to have him.