Went out today and did what I have been meaning to do for two weeks now…bought plants for the patio. Woot! I have lived so long without a yard space that I had given up–my early attempts at window boxes gradually gave way to a few houseplants, who, when we moved into my dark, dank, […]
First of all, a big thank you to everyone who said happy birthday! I feel loved. And thank you, also, to everyone who weighed in to say that I was not an arrogant boor for not liking dolphins-in-space-with-white-tigers-and-pastel-whales art and saying so. (I may be an arrogant boor for other reasons, but I’m not so […]
To celebrate my birthday, allow me to present something wearing a party hat! Armored Nallwug I also just noticed that someone left me a long comment at Elfwood telling me that while I was very good, I was too flamboyant about identifying the weaknesses of other artists and had placed myself on a high horse. […]
Today is my birthday, a fact I didn’t remember until I was doodling a monster in a party hat yesterday, and James came up and said “Is this some kind of hint about your birthday?” and I said “Whuh…OH! Hey, tomorrow’s the 28th!” I knew it was somewhere around here, since my Mom sent me […]
Well, in case anyone’s interested, the piece of which I spoke yesterday–a quick and silly little pin-up for Anthrocon–can be viewed over here. I had originally planned to go with standard piratical red, but I liked the black-and-cream so much I stuck with it. I know, I know, you don’t wear white in a world […]
Did a sketch last night, loved it, wanted to do a watercolor of it. Despaired of getting sketch from Bristol to decent watercolor paper. Can’t really lighttable onto anything heavy enough to withstand my abuse, like Crescent board. Never had much luck with transfer paper. (I’m wiggly.) Have spent the last few years painstakingly redrawing […]
Well, we’ve been here a week, and are slowly learning the ways of this strange land called Arizona. For example, “Find a parking spot in the shade, if at all possible. It is worth walking across a mile of hot blacktop not to have to sit in a car that has been baking in the […]
So we bought a car, after a few days of wandering around being traumatized by salesmen…one place had us assaulted by some kind of skinheaded attack salescommando as we tried to leave, who got us cornered in the car, demanding to know why we weren’t buying a car, and what he had to do to […]
Whew. Well, we made it. About the trip, surprisingly little needs to be said. Nothing happened that will provide an amusing anecdote, which is usually a good thing when dealing with travel–it’s the ones you’ve got side-splitting stories about that were the worst to live through. So the trip can be summed up in a […]
One of the unpleasant things about moving is that you have to go through mountains of crap that you don’t want, don’t need, never use, but for some reason, did not throw away. One of the pleasant things about moving is that occasionally, in all this crap, you find a gem and go “Woo!” Among […]