One Grumpy, Tired Hairless Ape

I've just finished this sweater. The pattern is Twinkle by Midori Hirose.

It's only the second time I used stranded colourwork and I found it difficult to maintain a good, even tension.

Another issue I have is that I always make the arms too short. So this time I wanted to be extra sure that the arms are long enough and they are now too long lol.

I want to believe that they are too long in a cute way though. Because I don't have the will power to go back to it and make them shorter.

Banded agate inkwell, Middle East, 10th century

Just another embarrassing art-dump of old drawings and random doodles because these two will always be as endearing to me as the stars themselves, yet- I can genuinely envision Grigon, although he’d never confess it aloud, adoring how she’d envelop him within her full wingspan (back within their youth), whereas Questa still cherishes the heartfelt warmth of his blubbery hugs (especially before he was encased within his carapace); also, she’d always instinctively nuzzle her face within the flush of his chest with every sea opera she rambled about, just as he’d rest his chin atop her prawn-head and adoringly keep her safe within his multi-legged embrace while listening to her yap about anything possible awww (in the name of love)

“May the personal universe of my soul always adore.. the vulnerable softness and inner fire of your own evermore, flourishing all alight like a sunrise kissing the glistening stars of an ocean, for will the blessing of our golden hour blossom anew like an eternal dance of lotus flowers and hope.. ready to beautifully reclaim the sweetest gift of us all, as we awe-inspire one another to live with the indescribably heartfelt gift of deepest love and devotion set aglow?”

And they both, possibly unbeknownst to the other, equally share a genuine love for one another’s heartbeats.. because each precious pulsation and every musical beat, reminds them of how truly alive they are within the present.