Tonight I found a dragonfly trapped in our garage door light fixture. I heard him/her buzzing around and knew I wouldn't be able to sleep tonight if I didn't try to rescue it. So I got up on a ladder and found a way to open it up and it flew out only to go directly toward the light bulbs in the back of the garage. So I scrabbled over and turned all the lights off and I heard its wings buzz loud and the softly away into the dimly lit outdoors. Ah, it was saved!

However, about 30 minutes after I did this, the most torrential downpour—a massive, rain, thunder, and lightening storm—started. So not sure I saved its life. I could have sent it into the wild world of chaotic rain. Here's to hoping he/she made it - a little homage to my dragonfly.

Used Illustrator (CS5 baby) to add color. I still struggle with Illustrator and "illustration" and how to use it with layers and pieces and separating parts. I seem to use it fine for logo design and other vector art needs, but not illustration. hmmmm.... In the long run I like that Illustrator produces vectors and scalable items, but part of me thinks I might just illustrate via pen and Photoshop and then if I need a vector, convert it. OK—enough with the design speak! (Anyone have thoughts on this process... comment, please.)

Here's my earthtone Deer Tile—looking oh so sweet. (And the .gif web colors palette that I liked, too, cause I'm a geek like that!)