Game Face

From the 'archives'

   This cartoon was done a couple of years back and the inspiration comes from an Easter egg hunt I had seen years before.
    Wishing you a Happy Easter

Faces and fashion

Can you spot the theme here? Tough as they are to tie or to keep on straight, bow ties look dapper on some people. Not sure if it's my best option.  I would think that the advantage of their size and shape has to be that they are much more difficult to splash soup onto. I find that clerical collars are handy at potlucks for a similar reason--green jello or a perogie tries to leap off the plate and the collar isn't likely to take the hit. Perhaps this could be my contribution to your apropos of nothing file. cheers.

As an usher for a wedding, I was decked out!

Our neighbor Ardelle, my brothers and me

I'd like to think so....

I'm glad we could clear up THAT question for you

 Pearly gates, streets of gold, and St. Peter as greeter at Heaven's entrance have give cartoonists plenty of creative room to roam. My little contribution comes as we hear comforting words  about "a better place" even for our pets. I think it's a beautiful thought and one I'll hang on to. Actually if it's all about pearly gates an' such, I think I'd like to be greeted by some happy pups. St. Peter is probably a nice guy and all but.....

Greta (l) and Zoe (r) having their first supper at our house circa 1998
 

    We spent our first day receiving kind words and support from  family and friends near and far and from on line friends we have yet to meet in person. Adjusting to life without both doxies is tough given we've all been together for nearly 15 years. Lots of memories! I took a personal day (a real gift) and was able to be home and also to make a couple little treks out with Zoe and Sharon. Zoe has been a trooper---both during Greta's illness and now. We're trying to spoil her a bit and see that she has some fun things in her day. We think she's enjoying them and I know they're comforting to us!

Facing Loss

I haven't been blogging much of late.  We've been nursing a sick dog for a few weeks. These little ones are part of our family and have been for nearly fifteen years. A few weeks ago, Greta was diagnosed with nasal cancer and the bad days were outnumbering the good. We know having the vet come and put Greta to sleep was the kindest thing we could do for her. Rest assured we found comfort in that but we are sad and sorely miss our special friend.
   In the back of one's mind lurks the realization that one day we all must let go and say "goodbye".  Today was such a day for us. We treasure happy memories and the sense that Greta enjoyed her life with us. We continue to lean on each other and enjoy Greta's longtime friend and cohort, Zoe.
   Even now I am blessed by having had such a special friend who brightened other's' lives by simply being herself.

Greta loved her sunshine

Greta on her last day with us

Greta and her weepy friend

Facing the absurd

I thought this guy was intriguing--he appears with a cast of others in the sketchbook. His grousing echoes some of my own..

   Disclaimer: These are sketches....I got lazy on the line work. Oh yeah and spring will be two months late. Sorry for the inconvenience, the memo says.

Did you hear HQ just sent the memo with instruction for us to form a grass roots movement?

White Smoke, New Pope?

So, uhh, will the New Pope be more like the Old Pope or Pope Classic?

   I heard people talking about new and old popes and the words sounded so much like a beverage's marketing campaign from a couple of decades ago.

Experiments

The Palace Guard

So which one is the guard? Today's toon is done with water color pencils and a permanent ink pen. I learned a couple of things here and think it might be fun to try some grey scale washes too.