I'm not sure what to say.

"Fu... fuzzy!"

Shut up, brain!

I've used a dip pen, but it's been a long time. Wish I could still hold a pen, but I was never that great an artist.

Ugh, that really sucks. I'm not going to be self depreciating, despite the instinct, but I'm really sorry to hear you can't, now. That's one of my great fears.

Meh. It was very slow coming. I started having trouble holding a pencil or any sort of stylus about 40 years ago. At first I was told I had Raynaud's Disease and there was nothing they could do. An old-fashioned country doctor put that to the lie with a very simple test. He had me make a fist with each hand, then poked a thermometer into each fist. After five minutes, they each read about 92°F. He said if it was Raynaud's, the thermometers probably wouldn't have budged off minimum. He suggested it was probably carpal tunnel syndrome.

I lived with that diagnosis for 20 years or so, until I mentioned it to my Chiropractor. Her husband was an Osteopath, and the next time he visited the city I worked in, he did a free adjustment and told me I had thoracic outlet syndrome, a condition that occurs (copy pasta from Mayo Clinic page) "...when blood vessels or nerves in the space between your collarbone and your first rib (thoracic outlet) are compressed." The symptoms mimic both Raynaud's and carpal tunnel. My current Chiropractor is aware of it, and does an adjustment as needed. I can hold a cup of coffee without worrying it will hit the floor, but I still have trouble holding a pencil or a brush. I'm glad to have the gross control back; the fine stuff... well...

ugh, that really really sucks. I have a slate of issues (who doesn't? ) but none of them yet effect that.

You just WANT to lick that nose.

Bunners

Haha, feel free?

Don't mind if I do.

Bunners

Going by the shape of the head, I'm guessing that this coyote isn't Lindsey because it looks like a male.

It's not lindsey, it's generically a coyote that I found online and very loosely referenced using my phone!

A lot of people don't realize that in animals, males and females have similar but differently shaped heads. Usually a male's head is rounder and more muscular looking. (I guess that goes with fighting for territory with another male.)

I've noticed the differences with some animals, but never given it much thought to the 'why'. I honestly wondered if the difference with this coyote was just the season they were in. You're probably right, though.

I actually noticed this when I took a test that asked the taker to guess whether the face of the cat shown in a photo was male or female and I noticed quickly that male cats have rounder faces than female cats. Then I started looking at other animals and noticed the same thing, especially in felines and canines.

Huh. My Missy has a much rounder face than her brother, but he's basically all angles, where she's all ...round.

Interesting. Perhaps, I don't know canines as well as I thought I did.

Oh! Missy's my cat. That's why I thought it was interesting. I don't know why she's got such a round head, but she does.

Exceptions to every rule?

likely that, exactly!

Wooooow <333

Thank you!!

Could say the whole head's a hear. Just look at the tip of the neck fluff and the cheeks.

I did want to do some mirroring in the piece, have the heart echo the head a little, yeah.

But, I didn't know coyotes ate relish?

wow, really super fluffy looking

I think the pic that I reffed from my phone was a coyote in it's winter pelt. Super plush looking.

Beautiful.