Oh, how I would love to work in YA novels. I hope one day to get the chance.
But until then, I’ll keep practicing. Here’s a sketch, I started while waiting in the car for my daughter. Such fun inspiration to draw… and those tween kids are rich in expression!
Some folks taste it daintily,
Others gulp it down quick-ily.
Some lick around and around,
So it never, ever comes dripping down. Some shove the ice cream
Down with their tongue,
So at the bottom of the cone,
You’re left with some.
But some lick in just one place
So it gets sort of sloppy,
And the top plops off
In a great big bloppy!
Twelve drummers drumming!
Eleven pipers piping! 
Nine ladies dancing!
eight maids a milking…. 
Meet the Synchronized Sisters of Sunnyvale.
These lovely ladies are known far and wide for their beauty, grace and of course their precision technique!
Never a more friendly gaggle of gals could be found. That is, until Sylvia joined the group!
She was a rare bird indeed!!
Then the feathers flew!!
“Why does she always get to stay above water?”
Sylvia just smiled and let it roll like water off a ducks back
… or should I say swan!
Seven swans a swimming!!!
