Way back Weekend

Dad and lil' brother

Dad was born February 9 ninety one years ago. He's been gone ten years in May. Dad was in his early forties when this snap was taken. My younger brother, now in his late forties, looks a lot like Dad did in this photo. Birthday greetings to Romie Stephens, part of my wife's family (and now ours) for a long time. Hoist a coffee at First Watch for me, Romie!

Sampler Saturday

Experimenting with scale and some shading

It's Friday, ya know

Dog Friday

I work most weekends including Friday. Not today. Despite working Fridays and often Saturdays and Sundays I still feel a little excitement and anticipation at the prospect of a weekend.

Today I'll be getting pots ready to glaze and maybe even drawing on some bowls and mugs using my new glaze pencils I received at Christmas.

Throwback Thursday

The most ornate guitar I have owned

I have two guitars now (a ukulele and a nose flute too) that I play for fun. Never quite got past the version of stage fright that freezes the left hand, so I don't play in front of people very much at all. I play to relax and unwind and am truly an amateur. If you look up the word history for the word "amateur" you'll find it's related to the root "amo", to love. As I go through life I relish my amateur status in many areas of life.

Context

Uhhh guys....I think the cartoonist put my gills one backwards!

We were watching the documentary "Inside Job" about the financial crisis of 2008. As I saw people being interviewed consistently shrug off questions about conscience, my pencil offered its own commentary.

Maybe Caricature

Owen Wilson?

As soon as I did the nose and jawline, I decided we had a resemblance to the Wilson brothers (not Woodrow). So I added the other details that I thought might suggest the comic actor's appearance.

Groundhog Day

Only six more MONTHS of Winter!

I think I have tried to recycle this joke about Groundhog's Day as often Bill Murray's character in the movie titled after the big day lived the same day over and over. Eventually, the joke will be funny; perhaps in a parallel universe?