Are they aliens? Try as I might, I could never figure out the connection behind the friends (the whole group). They seemed like cartoonish nightmare/horror figures, and that works for me! I love creepy cool. Come to think of it, the gentle, lulling, pretty watercolor pouch may be the perfect contrast. The watercolor line really speaks to me as well because I live on the West coast and the “watercolors” of the sunsets stirs up such emotional memories for me; childhood long and happy summer days coming to an end, long overnight hikes in the wilderness as a young adult, marriage proposal next to the ocean, taking the kids to the beach as they run around at sunset...