My wife has been taking care of the neglected community garden at the local middle school, winding it down for the end of the year. As a result, there are dozens of little pumpkins on my porch, and last week was thus Pumpkin Week in my journal.
The sketch on the right was for a postcard I sent to my son, who is now way up at Michigan Tech, but has always been a fiend for Fall Decor (see below). The sketch on the left was done late in the day, after my wife had oiled our wooden dining room table. I often omit reflections when shadows are prominent, or vice versa. That sketch was the first time I ever questioned why I was doing that, and whether it might not be more fun to stop editing and just draw, for better or worse.
BONUS! Just in case the title got you mad nostalgic: