Life as an art form: birthday

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Thursday, December 19, 2013

Happy birthday, Becky "Badger"

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Thursday, June 28, 2012

HBD Dan!

This week's character standees include a bobcat for my Bossman. I saw a bobcat run right across the road in front of me after hiking in Lawrence a couple weekends ago. That's probably where I got the idea. (Although it doesn't explain why I was suddenly compelled to draw wombats the other day...)

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Standees

There have been several birthdays and anniversaries at work recently—good chances for a little drawing! I've enjoyed making these little "standees" this year (stand-up cards) for people's desks.

This next one was in response to a blog post my boss shared, written by Seth Godin. A brief, bizarre piece that postulates that in order to be great, you shouldn't compare yourself to the competition, "but to an unattainable, magical unicorn". I'm not sure I'm buyin' what Seth is sellin', but it was a good excuse to do a fun drawing to adorn my boss's desk.

Saturday, May 5, 2012

And Then There Were Turtles

As if Jen & Greg's place wasn't cool enough, the previous homeowner had left then a large cement enclosure, overgrown with plants—the perfect habitat for their collection of box turtles! My dogs had only seen a turtle once, this year on Easter, while hiking at Shawnee Mission Park with Madeline & Bruce. They were *fascinated*.

Aki, who is only one-quarter of my body weight, suddenly became so strong I could barely contain her! She is a mighty hunter for sure!

Bruce: Which one do you want, Aki?
Aki: Sorry, Bruce. They're ALL MINE.

The three amigos, looking like excited lil' kids:

She almost bit it's head off. Thank goodness for lightning-fast turtle reflexes!!!

It was time to go, so the happy Shibas piled in the car...

And in merely a few minutes... ZONKED!!!

Somehow they managed to be wide-awake by the time they got home. Jen sent us home with TREATS—GOOD ONES!!!

So entranced he cannot hold up his fat head to make eye contact:

So yeah, all in all, about as good as a doggy day gets. And for me, having all this fun after surviving a Warrior Dash? Priceless!

The Chase is On!

At one point during our visit to Jen & Greg's house, my Shibas got a wild hair. They had spent the afternoon exploring the large property, and had access to many different areas of the yard, a lower patio, a second-story deck, and much more. We were talking as they were mulling around. Then suddenly... Aki darted out from the brush, having run up a steep hill from the lower patio, bursting forth unexpectedly:

And not a second later, a second idiot emerged in pursuit:

The chase was on! And it was drawing a crowd!

After a few laps around the yard in erratic circles, the big dogs retired to their swimming pool, and my guys relaxed in the shade under our chairs. As if nothing had happened. Until...

Party at City Bitty Farm

Jen, who sits across from me at work, loves to trade naughty dog stories with me. She has 3 mixed breeds, Crockett and the girls: Banzai and Ninja. With names like that, you should know they spell trouble. (Can you say, dog climbed up on the car & onto the roof of the garage? Or got lost at Shawnee Mission Park for over 5 hours?) We vowed that our dogs should never meet, lest they trade ideas to take their badness to new heights!
Alas, Ninja and Banzai were celebrating their second birthday this weekend, and she invited us all over, and I couldn't pass it up. I'm glad I didn't... the dogs were *miraculously* well-behaved together, and it was a gorgeous afternoon to spend lounging outside under big shady trees, with our feet dangling in the dogs' kiddie pool. Greg showed us his green house full of cute lil' plants and they sent me home with an aloe plant (for my Warrior Dash sunburn) and a ton of micro-green mixes. Not to mention goody bags for the pups! We're totally spoiled now!!!