Art Lessons from a 6 Year Old

He is a good teacher, patient and kind to his mom who can't draw nearly as well as he does.  He has always loved to draw. From the first time he could hold a pencil (around age 2) he always held it the right way, not in a fist like a lot of kids.  Not a day goes by that he doesn't sit down to draw something.  If he watches a movie,  he stays up after to draw something he saw in it.  Whenever we go on a trip I have to be sure to pack pads of paper and colored pencils or he'll be drawing on

something in my purse.  He is very detail oriented and always draws something specific, like a humpback whale or a star nosed mole or a battle between the French and the British.  I wish I had that kind of talent and concentration.  This picture is of him showing me how to draw a sperm whale and giant squid.

Mystic Seaport.....always a lot of fun

The day was chilly but sunny. The seaport was not crowded and there were special activities going on for the kids who were on school vacation that week. I had forgotten how much there is to do there and how big it is.  We had a blast!

The Charles W. Morgan:  America's last surviving wooden whaling ship, currently under going a 3 year restoration.  Her maiden voyage

was in 1821.  In her 80 years of service, she made 37 voyages ranging in length from nine months to five years. Charles W. Morgan, in total, brought home 54,483 barrels of sperm whale oil and 152,934 pounds of whalebone. She sailed in the Indian and South Atlantic Oceans surviving ice and snow storms. She's been in Mystic Seaport since December 1941.