Octopus.

Here is a painting. I think the photo is kind of bad, but, I really wanted to post it, and didn't have the patience to have A help me with his mad photo skillz, because he was at work. sigh. oh well.
It's gouache.

Our new neighbors

A young pair of Great Horned Owls.
We hear them at night calling to each other, and this is a rather blurred image of one on top of our local half-pine tree.