Artichoke

Well, I thought I would start blogging again so that I would be inspired to draw new things, but since I did work today and I am tired and don't feel much like doing much of anything tonight, I thought I would post an old drawing.  Well, not that old, but something that was drawn after last Halloween (it seems that one of my last blog posts before the latest posts was from last Halloween) and before today....  This is an artichoke.  I love the look of artichokes, but when I buy them, I seem to not know what to do with them.  I did buy one artichoke at the beginning of the summer and it just withered in my refrigerator.  But as for other vegetables (well, maybe fruits in this case--avocados are a fruit, aren't they?), I did make avocado pudding tonight.  It is good but a little bit too chocolatey.  It was very easy to make and I do think I will make it again, but maybe with a bit less cocoa and a bit more vanilla.  My recipe called for one avocado, 1/4 cup of agave nectar or maple syrup, 6 tbsps of milk of some sort (I used coconut milk), 1 tsp of vanilla and 1/4 cup of cocoa.  You blend all of that in the blender and then it's pudding.