Today was a treat in multiple meanings of the word. in late May I sent off a package of chocolate with one of my cards to a friend because her birthday was coming up. I had learned she didn’t have local access to Theo’s chocolate, a Seattle based chocolate company, and we had been talking about their chocolate. She reciprocated in mid-June for my birthday but unfortunately I never got the package. It seemed that it had gotten lost or perhaps was mis-delivered somewhere.

Anya Toomre 2020-07-13 lylopa chocolate.jpeg — Birthday chocolates and card from an artist friend

Yesterday, I found out that she tried again and once again I hadn’t gotten it. Disappointing, and yet unlikely to have happened twice. We figured out what happened. She had sent the packages to the place I had shipped her package from. I called them this morning and yay! the boxes were there!

So I got two birthday packages to enjoy with chocolate and hand painted cards. My friend is a talented urban sketcher and watercolorist. Look for @lylopa on Instagram. Her work is beautiful. I regularly drool over it on instagram. And now I have two of her sketches to admire and look at.

I also have chocolate to draw!

One of the lovely things that happens with artists is often trading work with one another. One person likes something of another artist and often trades of work happen. It’s a great way to be generous and yet also receive.

Sharing and having more art because of it. What a great thing!