Last week I spent 2 1/2 hours in the dentist’s chair. What I learned was shocking. There’s the mother Grizzly Bear, the Great White Shark, and Katy, my dental hygenist. All three are vicious and blood thirsty. One of these I have to face again in 6 months…I’m weighing my chances with the bear.
I’ve been practicing drawing quick sketches of people and what I’ve learned is the key to drawing people is to never ever make that first initial awkward eye contact. Never. Because every eye contact after that gets awkwarder and awkwarder. That’s why I prefer drawing inhumane things. Wait, that’s wrong, un-human things.
One day at the waiting area. Just waiting. And sketching.
As we were out doing some shopping, I came across a pair of Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars. I own two pair. But then I realized as a huge college basketball fan, I really didn’t know who Chuck Taylor was! I’ve owned a pair pretty much all my life, but I remember my first pair back in Jr. High, because my Mom shouted, “I am NOT paying $20 for a pair of basketball shoes!!!” The ones I saw the other day were $55…
I recently picked up a hot drink at a coffee shop in our area and they have taken the coffee cup sleeve that protects your hand from getting burned and made it into the whole cup! Brilliant!! When I saw it, I laughed because it reminded me of the Jerry Seinfeld observation, “What’s the deal with a plane’s “black box?” If the black box is the only thing that survives a crash, why not build the whole plane out of black box?” Epic.
It’s November and our fall garden box is full and lush! I really enjoy dinking in and around our garden boxes especially this time of year when the air is so crisp and cool and you can see your breath in the morning. (…because it’s chilly, not from the salsa last night…) Here’s what’s going on in our boxes…
Today is the last game of the season for my Seattle Mariners. A summary of this season was like finding out the homecoming queen wanted you to ask her to the prom but you ended up taking your cousin Thelma instead…who insisted her best friend Leslie come also…who talked awkwardly loud through her nose…who got car sick on the way…but didn’t tell you till it was too late…but in the end, like today, you’re glad it’s over. These are our seats for one of the games we were able to go to this year, in section 235, GREAT seats! We ate like kings– Garlic Fries, BBQ Nachos, the Mt. Dew flowed like water…got all kinds of free stuff like a bobble head, sunglasses, T-shirts, a head band (yes the kind that keep sweat from running in your eyes, popular in the ’70s)–my wife got a free sun hat and we had a blast at the game! Only 4 1/2 months until Spring Training!
This is the world-famous Seattle Space Needle that you see associated with anything Seattle or the Northwest. Actually, it is my view from underneath, looking up. I could give you boring details about how tall it is and yada, yada, yada, what you NEED to know is 6 parachutists have leaped from the tower, 4 had permission and the other 2 were arrested. Many brave toy army men (with parachutes) have also made the 605 ft jump successfully. You may also remember the Space Needle as the base of operations for Dr. Evil. (you know, Austin Powers…) Speaking of power, at age 11, Bill Gates won a contest and got to eat dinner at the top in the revolving restaurant for memorizing Matthew 5,6 and 7. (the Sermon on the Mount) It cost $4.5 million dollars to build in 1962 and $21 million dollars to renovate in 2000, which coincidently, Bill Gates has that much in loose change in his car. On a depressing note, during the Miss USA Pageant, Miss Washington, (name withheld) wore a Space Needle-shaped hat during the costume portion of the pageant and as you might have guessed, that was a bad idea.
No puns, no cute poem, just a picture of a pot of thyme, that smells good when I run my fingers through it.
As I’m learning more about fly fishing and stuff, I didn’t know the flies had names. Nobody wants to eat Sumpin’ Ugly, but if you’re a trout, these are good groceries!
This is a picture I’ve already posted, but with summer kicking off this weekend, it’s time to shift to drinks to cool you down. Try your favorite drink iced! Enjoy!
This is Eagle City Hall in Eagle, Idaho. You can tell this by the big gold letters on the building. So I studied and drew this building and found out after I was finished that this is actually the back door of city hall and there is a whole ‘nother front side to it…No wonder nobody ever went in or came out of this place while I was drawing it. They all used the front door…weird.
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