from start to finish

I don't know whether it's best to show all the pages of my calendar as I go or to save them up for a surprise at the end, when they're all done. Clearly, though, I can't stand waiting. Clearly, I'm the kind of person that shakes the box to see what the present is. So, in case you're that kind of person too – which I'm supposing you might be since you're here, snooping around for a behind-the-scenes look {not that it's all that exciting} – here's the cover to the calendar. You'll recognize the flowering rush in ochre. It's just that one design I really can't seem to stay away from. I know, I know – I've already posted about that here.

Yesterday I mixed up some ink that turned out not to be the right color for what I had in mind. I was looking for a warm brown that I could use for {here I am giving it away} the paperwhite bulb for February. What I ended up with was not that brown, but for some reason a much lighter and brighter color – a cheery yellow that I put to use for the narcissus for April.

This is what it looks like:


So, you see, sometimes things start out as one thing and finish up as another. And it's sometimes a really pleasant surprise. I had planned to be very systematic with the printing of these months – moving from January to February to March and so on and so forth – but instead April has followed January. I think I'll try again for February on Monday.