The occasional Saturday post here isn’t out of the question, but I thought I’d go ahead and wrap up the chiminea sequence. I’ve mentioned several times in the past that I occasionally draw with felt-tip pens, but I don’t like them as much as my old pen nibs and India ink. This series from 2002 was drawn with a felt-tip pen, I have noticed, and I think it worked in this case. For once, I was able to loosen up and take advantage of the pen’s sketchy quality. It depicts well the screwball action.
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This is the “real” Ghost.
Early this afternoon, we got back from Tulsa. I was checking some of Ray’s (our great handyman) electrical work, when Jackie and Misti (our great part-time housekeeper) began yelling for David, Ray’s helper. He had taken off after lunch, so Ray and I went charging around to that side of the house to see what was the ruckus. Jackie told us that about 15 of her cats had cornered a baby rabbit in a drainage ditch, where it was hiding under some vines, and they wanted us to rescue it.
Ray jumped into the ditch, moved the vines with his foot, and said, “That’s no baby rabbit; that’s a rat.” And it was…a large one, with a really long tail. It waddled away toward a wooden fence, and the cats, who had lost interest in it by then (likely due to all the yelling at them Jackie and Misti had done) let it go under the fence, where it became the neighbor’s problem. So, ignobly, ended Operation Baby Bunny Rescue. Happy Halloween.
Speaking of which, the fun will continue tomorrow afternoon, when Misti comes by to let Jackie and me dress and make her up for a Halloween-themed event. I suggested the character she should go as. I’m sure all of you are totally shocked that it’s Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.* I even contributed the wig. Even more awesome, though, is the fact that Jackie had the costume in her closet. More details later, perhaps.
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morphy, I was listening to a Talking Heads greatest hit CD in my car and when I got out I had Life in Wartime stuck in my head. All I could do not to hum it to myself as I was walking around in Sams.
Sorry, meant Morphy. For some reason I am having trouble getting my caps.
No offense received. My aging laptop has a very firm feel, and only partial response, specifically on the [F5], [5], [T], and [Y] while still very responsive everywhere else. For instance ‘they’ may become ‘the’ or even ‘he’. And HAL won’t even give a red squiggley for it. Of course all the other errors stem from fumblefingers or a brain skipped to a new topic leaving all sense and grammar orphaned in the rain.
A milliner walks into a dentistry…
This Jackie now. Ghost and I bought makeup for our design project for Misti. Unfortunately it is an outdoor event so she will freeze her buns off in this outfit. I am loaning her extra feathers but they aren’t all that warm. We recommended long black leggings and long sleeved black tee shirt with a scoop neck under the dress and feathered coat. I told Misti that fishnet hose and a black thing would be more than airy tomorrow!
Ghost and I are going to Tulsa tomorrow night for the Tulsa Symphony. They are performing Tchaikovsky symphony #6. We have an impressive arts selection despite being a rather small town.I totally love having someone to attend things with. Ghost fits in so well with everyone and charms them.
But it did remind me of a playful feature of this site. At least on my machine, this page presents in the font called ‘Trebuchet MS’. Unusual for the capital ‘M’ glyph, presented as an inverted ‘W’ instead of differentiating with vertical sidestrokes. A detail that tickles my funnybone for some enjoyable reason.
Oh, yeah that reminds me: Tickle, pickle, sickle, Don Rickles and even Maurice Micklewhite all make perfect sense. But the elemental metal and small coin wants to mess with my typing, and again HAL cannot tell the difference.
oops. Sounds like a lovely evening out. Enjoy!
The small town of Trebuchet MS is a notorious speed-trap. However, that reminds me…anyone up for some Punkin Chunkin?
Ghost, here’s a pumpkin that would collapse most chuckin’ engines. Joel Holland of Sumner WA brought his gargantuan gourd down to Half Moon Bay CA to be officially declared the second largest on record, weighing in at 2,363 lbs. No word on how the pie tastes.
The chiminea series was one of the funniest you have done, along with Ludwig’s gift of a mouse.
Until 2010, the best ‘pumpkin’ pies were made w/ Hubbard squash. Peace,
Jimmy the chimnea series is one of your best uses of negative space and the reverse imagery of black or dark inking. Best viewed in black and white, not colorized, of course.I
Jackie here but Ghost agrees.
This is not a week to look forward to. The sunrises will be later than the ones in early January, which before Daylight Saving Time were the latest sunrises of the year. Then on Sunday the later sunrises return, but the sun will set earlier, which is kind of depressing as I have to drive home from work in the dark.
This is Ghost, setting up a spare tablet for Jackie to use while her phone is hors de combat. Actually, she likes it so much I ordered her one of her own last night.
Oh, and good morning everyone.
DST is the biggest practical joke we, as a people, play on ourselves. It destroyed the outdoor movie theatre market, plays that depend on sunset (we attend one at Sundance Resort each summer) start ridiculously late, but the outdoor recreation industry loves it. OTOH, each swing of that hour hand results in increased auto/pedestrian accidents as sleepy drivers head to work in the spring or return from work in the fall.
So, what’s not to like about it?
For the fall/winter season, I especially enjoyed the series dealing with things coming out of the firewood. In one, Janis’ hurried strip, followed by “Aw, it’s just the cutest little lizard”.
Dickens!
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Nope, NOT a bunny rabbit! 🙂
These gals didn’t report seeing any cute bunnies while filming their harp duets outdoors…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpbd01jt1FI
For a flavorful pie, I know my aunt used to use a squash other than pumpkin, and was possibly a blend of what seemed most fitting from what was available. I think the theory was all the good flavor is in the spices, that the squash gave body to the filling. But that a bad, unripe, or spoiled one could ruin the flavor easily. I never seemed to have it all together quite as well, so mine comes from a can marked Libby’s. Never had a rave review, but never had leftovers either. It is the dish I didn’t have to think about.
Alas, I can either have a proper Thanksgiving Dinner with stuffing and so on or I can have one small slice of pumpkin pie. Not both, unless I really want to pig out on carbs.
Uhh oh! A small single engine plane is slowly going over lake low and sounding like out of gas or sputtering to stop just overhead. There are one or two small landing strips around here but unlit and not good atnight.
Ghost is asleep. We went to hear Tulsa Symphony do Tchaikovsky, symphony 6. I will tell you in morning later.
Boo!!
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Morphy, if you cook the canned stuff a little before putting it into pie crust (in pot/stove or microwave) it will improve flavor.
Debbe!
hope the plane was ok….
Probably how my pumpkin carving would go, so good I’m not doing one: http://www.gocomics.com/monty/2017/10/29