Marilyn colored a sneak preview I put out of Birds in Beards 2: Dead Poets Edition. Didn’t she do a fantastic job? Love the crazy hair color! Birds in Beards 2: Dead Poets Edition is probably going to be ready in the next couple of weeks. It’s cooking. It’s getting close! Soon. No comic today,… Read more »
1. Decide on a theme. (In this case: Birds in Beards 2: Dead Poets.) 2. Research. Poets? Poems? Birds? 3. Decide on a subject. (In this case: John Burroughs.) 4. Decide on an animal. In this case, a Cardinal (because it is a snow bird, and Burroughs had a poem about snow birds). 5. Sketch… Read more »
Last night, we had a wicked thunderstorm. It happened around one AM. I thought for sure the storm would cause Chyoko to finally have her lambs, but no go. Instead, the Zanimal had a crazy story to tell in the morning. Our two cats both love the Zanimal lots. They like sleeping with her. These… Read more »
Our chest freezer broke last week, and the refrigerator broke this week- this week, when I was supposed to butcher chickens. Coincidence? I think not. We bought a new freezer and a new refrigerator. This was the new refrigerator: And then… you have to wait 24 hours to stabilize the temperature. And then… The temperature… Read more »
Yesterday was the first day of summer vacation. The Zanimal and I spent some happy hours yesterday drawing and painting cats. Here are our efforts:
We have so much to do around here in Spring. There are lambs being born, meat chickens to take care of, plants to start indoors and transplant, mowing, weeding, planting, end of school stuff, planning for summer stuff, 4-h events, registering for the fair, getting all of our ducks in a row for summer camps… Read more »
Credit (or blame) goes to Professor Batty: Has anyone seen my arm? I left it around here somewhere… UPDATE: DAN FOUND MY ARM! Thank you, Dan. I also found a soul on Amazon, but they are sadly out of stock right now. That’s too bad. As an author, I could really use a soul!
My daughter brought this book home from the fourth grade book swap. The fourth grade book swap just isn’t what it used to be, is it? They grow up so fast. Sigh. Inside the back cover, we read that this book is about a newly divorced Londoner who goes to Vermont and stumbles upon a… Read more »
