And on earth peace, goodwill toward men! Peace and love to all! I love you guys!
Friday, December 22, 2006
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Friday, December 08, 2006
Mask
Well, daahling I've posted this before. But be a dear now, won"t you, and forgive me this itsy-bitsy oversight. I've been frightfully overstretched and this seemed simply too too apropos. Thanks ever so much!
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Might
If Sunshine Girl had realized she would be placed on the shelf betwixt the infamous gingham dog and calico cat she might have reconsidered.Monday, November 27, 2006
Invention
Esmerelda Ackerdorf , girl genius, was delighted when her perpetual motion marble chute/time machine was voted numero uno at the Daisy Hill School's annual science fair.
Monday, November 20, 2006
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Smoke
Monday, October 30, 2006
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Change
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Farm
My youngest son used to be obsessed with scarecrows. He was always asking me to draw him pictures of scarecrows. So this goofy little guy is dedicated to him.
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Friday, August 25, 2006
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Match
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Play
The right to play is every child's perogative. Play is a vital and intrinsic part of young children's intellectual, social and emotional development. Yet the powers that be seem to be conspiring to eliminate all freeplay time from a child's day. Structuring every moment of a child's day with one-dimensional rote memorization tasks while neglecting play and those activities which require generation of ideas and use of imagination results in diminished learning. So go play.
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Clean
Felt like adding this bonus image at the last minute.
Jack's mother slaved away just to keep their humble little cottage clean. And was Jack grateful?
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Monday, July 10, 2006
Friday, June 30, 2006
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Monday, June 19, 2006
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Jungle
I have just returned from the jungle (cloud forest to be exact) and my mind is still reverberating from all the spectacularly gorgeous sights. I had some trepidations about visiting Costa Rica in June anticipating heat but the cloud forest is cool and moist. What a thrill to see monkeys in the treetops and tons of hummingbirds.
Friday, May 26, 2006
Cake
Trust everyone will have a fun and safe holiday weekend. I'll be going to Costa Rica to visit my daughter who is teaching English there.
Monday, May 22, 2006
The Devil
A lttle addendum here to my last post concerning the devil. I believe there to be a devil but I believe obssession with devils or even angels for that matter is wrongheaded. I think the focus should rather be on God and we needn't obsess about the other stuff because if you are a Christian "greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world" He being the Holy Spirit. Just wanted to clarify. Thanks for bearing with me.
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Angels and Devils
When I was a little kid living in Indiana there was this bump on the sidewalk where the concrete was all crumbled. Some kid told a friend and I this was because the devil was coming out from under the ground. At first we were very excited-Yah,let's see the devil- and tore into the sidewalk grabbing chunks and pounding to see if we could break it up more. Then we got really really scared and proceeded to reassemble the shattered pieces. Who knows if a couple of intrepid 4 year olds had not averted a major satanic eruption. So if you happen to be casually strolling down the sidewalk and you see a bump and it's all sort of crumbly like. You know what's going on.
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Fat
My grandma is 98 years old and eats ice cream every day. She says the doctor told her that at 98 she can eat anything she wants.
Monday, April 24, 2006
Robot
My youngest son was into robots. His main thing was scarecrows but robots also had a big place in his heart.
Monday, April 17, 2006
Spots
"They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain" A Peaceable Kingdom vignette here.
So many creatures sport spots - frogs, fawns, bugs. I perhaps chose the most obvious. I trust all who celebrate Easter had a blessed one. "if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed" Alleluia.
Monday, April 10, 2006
Saturday, April 01, 2006
Monday, March 27, 2006
Monday, March 20, 2006
Feet
For an entire summer my friend Marilou and I went without shoes. Now mind you we lived in a city( we were military brats living in Germany) and that means we walked the city streets, rode on subways, streetcars and buses sans shoes and we're not talking sandals here . We revelled in our calloused, cinder embedded feet as badges of freedom. We could walk on broken glass our feet were so tough. Later Marilou would be deported as a bad example of an American how I eluded that fate I'll never know. Marilou now resides in an abandoned trailer in upstate Maine. She wears Birkenstocks all winter (with unmatched socks I might add) even in 10 feet of snow.
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Tattoo
Tattoo of the bubblegum variety- the very best despite its tendency to flake off. The other variety - too much commitment.
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Insect
What could possibly be the rationale behind this disturbing practice of attiring one's offspring in insect garb? No doubt naive ill-informed parents claim that such getup is "cute"and see no harm in it at all. But the very young vulnerable child utterly impressionable is apt to develope inalterable insect-like traits after exposure to such invidious stimuli. I have observed several cases firsthand and vouch for the dire nature of this concern.
Monday, February 27, 2006
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Song
I still think of my sister Nancy as the little redheaded girl darting about. My other sister Cindy wrote a song when she was 7 years old. It was called "Pilly, Pilly, Polly, Poo". It went like this: "Oh, Pilly Pilly Polly Poo Oh Pilly Pilly Polly Poo When the answer is spread I suppose I'll be dead Said Pilly Pilly Polly Poo Verse 2 When I'm in the graveI'll be with Dave Verse 3 When I'm in heaven I'll be 97 " Did you pick up the Death theme? All this to a very jaunty and rousing tune,and we still sing it. A bit morbid for a 7 year old but Cindy was a deep thinker.
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Simple
The hammer may be a simple machine, but oh the havoc it can wreak! And thank you kind folks for requesting more of my magnum opus The Hammering Boy.
Saturday, February 04, 2006
Chair
This is from a little book I made for my youngest son over 10 years ago. He was obsessed with hammers and carried one around wherever he went. In the story this boy hammers his whole house down but then he discovers he can also make things with a hammer and not just break things (a bit of moralising here). So he proceeds to build an entire city singlehandedly including apartment buildings, supermarkets and bridges. Well anyway he liked it and I told it over and over and over again. This is cut paper and felt tip pen which I put into Photoshop today to clean up. My very first TV show I ever remember seeing was Gerald McBoing-Boing.
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Glamour
For dress-up glitter is an essential, also anything sequined, shiny or jewel encrusted. Fingernail and toenail polish,particularly if they are sparkly, loom large. The more frilly and girly-girl the better. And if you can get ahold of some makeup, apply heavily.
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Cats
Cats, oh my, I'm ecstatic! Cats are so glamorous, so frou frou, so mysterioso! It's causing me to revert to my 60's self.
Thursday, January 19, 2006
E is for Effort
Miss Egglestein gave Ermatrude an E for effort on her Time Machine/Marble Ramp for although the Time Machine sent one back in time by measurable nanoseconds the Marble Ramp itself was rather slow and clumsy and contained a fair number of glitches.
Saturday, January 14, 2006
Exploring
Earnestine and Edgar expertly eluded entrapment as they extensively explored their exotic environment. Eventually their exploration evolved into an endless expedition.
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