I can't imagine why this egg/bird didn't sell. LOL! I feel the need to show you some real birds. See below.
He talked and groomed his feathers for us. Maybe not Oscar worthy, but darn cute. And the Hawk photo was taken at one of my Florida Fav's, Corksrew Swamp Sanctuary. I didn't even need binoculars (or eyes like a hawk) for a great view of this guy. These birds are much more interesting than my silly bird egg!
You'll probably think I'm 100 years old by how faded the top picture is. It's a mini me. I think I was given my first crown in a very, very offical ceremony. And I got so many roses I could barely hold them all. Then at a later ceremony I'm shown with my future husband. You can't imagine what I had to do to get out of my arranged marriage with him! We're carrying our crowns and it's all very serious. Of course I'm not being serious at all. As you may have guessed it looks suspiciously like prom. No wonder I'm painting myself as a princess. I never went on to become prom queen!
For my photo pick today I chose to highlight my first critter. I coined the phrase,"She's as good as she is bad" And that really said it all. It was almost exactly a year ago that Baby found herself at the pearly gates. And when God appeared, she proceded to bat at his feet with a vengence. That was how she greeted strangers. So did she sprout horns instead of wings? To find out the truth depends on if you've been naughty or nice! See post below for more details.
I painted these two window scenes for "Toliet buddies" Do you recognize the winner? Hint...it's not the kinky Squirrel. I say kinky because he would have been peering in the bathroom window with those binoculars. And my cats are naked after all!
I would get pretty lonely down there under the Sea without my trusty mate Dean. Although to truely experience Ocean life he may have to invest in scuba gear. With just a snorkel he will only be able to gaze at his Mermaid wife from the surface! Of cource I have other Ocean buddies like this Sea turtle. A picture taken on Hawaii's Big Island. If I really was a Mermaid, swimming the waters of the Big Island would be totally Shaka for this Wahine. P.S. Be sure to check out my Lemonade Stand Award below. Mahalo and Aloha!
I was given this fun award by SquirrelQueen at http://www.squirrelqueen2.blogspot.com/ How could you not want to visit a blog with a name like Squirrel Queen right? So I'm passing the award on to a few other blogs that I follow. My friend Nina should have a positive attitude, (a Lemonade stand platitude) she's illustrating her first picturebook. Check her out at http://www.ninacrittenden.blogspot.com/ And I've always loved the photographic journeys of Laurie at http://www.creatingpicturesinmymind.blogspot.com/ And I felt like I was visiting the Tajmahal while reading Charmine's http://www.travelyestravel.blogspot.com/ Lastly a big THANKYOU to all my blog followers. Some of my friends and family have never even looked at my blog! So you guys all rock!
I decided to delay the release of "Princess and the Me" and post "Mermaid Me" first. I might try to post the latter on pay per view or try to take up a collection for a new crown! "Mermaid Me" was illustrated for CBIG. Which you can check out at http://www.childrens-illustrators.com/ Finally, an excuse to paint a self portrait. I'm such a Ham about my art. When I was a kid the first thing that friends and relatives were subjected to was me and my latest masterpiece. I'm sure they barely had a chance to step in the door. And painting myself as a mermaid was a no brainer. As you can see I managed to find some art supplies and do some painting on the Ocean floor. Just another day at the office.
When I admitted that I loved to take pictures of old barns in my college photography class, the other students snickered. It was so been there done that, common and basically uncool. Well, I've encountered a few curious cows in my pursuit of barn greatness. And they seemed to be relatively surprised by me and my camera. So obviously that means that some barns have yet to be discovered! The three pictures posted today (see below) are all glamour shots of the same old building from my family farm. My uncle grew up there as well. He told me a story about that old building. That when he was a kid the old gal became infested with rats. So they locked the biggest and baddest Tomcat in there overnight. The next morning the rats were stacked up a mile high by the door. But there is either a crack in his story or it wasn't the door I photographed. Do you see that opening? You could practically fit a whole cow through it!
This Time Tommorrow... http://www.woodstocklily.com/ She gave me the "One lovely blog award" Along with some of her other favorite new blogs. She enjoys the antics of her many Squirrel friends. ( you either love them or hate them, right?) But her latest post is about a day at the Zoo with some great shots of the king of the jungle. One of the elements of the award is to pass it on to other blogs. Which I might wait to do for a surprise attack later on. Today's illustration shows Sidney sneaking up on his friend Carmen the chipmunk. Here's a caption...Sidney knew he needed to find the red fox. So he headed straight for the nest of Carmen the chipmunk. She was sort of the forest know it all. Sidney tried to be quiet as he approached Carmen's nest. But he stepped on a big Orange leaf and CRUNCH...CRACKLE...CRUNCH! Carmen's head popped up. "Is that you Sidney the squirrel?" Sidney giggled, "Yes it's me." The end. Editor's note...that's not really the end but it is for now!
