Day eighty-five of The 100 Day Project for 2021.

So, this puppy... or rather, moose... is one of my favourite objects.

I don't know how he found his way into my parents' kitchen utensil drawer. Whether it was from their travels to Canada. Through my Mum's parents' travels there. Or via my Uncle, who lived in Calgary with his family for most of my childhood.

But, eventually, he made his way into the utensil drawer of the flat my parents bought. The flat each of us children lived in for a period in our late teens and/or early twenties.

And, eventually, I "adopted" him. So he has travelled from Canada to London by way of Melbourne and Brisbane, and possibly even Canberra and Darwin.

Not only is he sturdy and stylish. He's functional.

Unless I need to open a bottle stoppered with a cork, I will always turn to his majestic antlers for assistance. I get offended when Simon uses a commonplace bottle opener instead of him to open a bottle.

Not your average tacky souvenir, this one, even if he's not exactly rare and exclusive.

I sketched him with a 4H pencil. Then I overdrew and shaded small areas with an HB pencil.