Ouch. I reasoned a snowfall cartoon would be appropriate for many of you today. Here, it’s cold rain and mud. I enjoy drawing snow scenes. I think most cartoonists do. If you go strictly by the funny pages, you’d think that the U.S. is one big Sweden. For one thing, snow is versatile. It can be beautifully rendered; what is prettier than virgin snow? Or, it can be quickly and economically rendered. One can even get away with depicting snow by drawing… nothing! Plus, snow evokes response: it’s lovely, it’s special, it’s uncomfortable, it’s messy. But most of all, cartoonists think, “It’s January. Great! I can do a snow cartoon.”
176 responses to “The Snows of Janis an’ Arlo”
Yay me.
Debbe:
Just scrolled up to the previous post, clicked on the URL, and there was the peregrine nest ledge. Of course, today is clear as a bell, good view of city and bay. When I posted it, you couldn’t see anything except the ledge: Complete whiteout.
Several days ago, there was a peregrine, so I expect we’ll have eggs and youngsters anon.
Peace, emb
Mark: OMG that might have been the funniest story that I’ve ever read. I loved the fact that it stopped at the 2 mile mark to investigate a dead rabbit.
I needed that as my former sister-in-law succumbed to cancer last night. She was the Godmother of my son ( who will run Boston in April). He and his wife are expecting our 1st grandchild any day! I’m off to walk 10 miles. Will be keeping my cell phone handy.
Steve from Royal Oak, MI, glad the timing was right for the story. When I saw it, I thought of you because of your connection to competitive running. No way to know you needed cheering up, but I am glad it helped.
When God sends you snow, make something of it!
https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/v/t1.0-9/940843_547370745423171_1987543899407420098_n.jpg?oh=a8d40fd323f8245c04ce6812986f885b&oe=5701EC8D
Steve or anyone else here who lost someone to cancer or has someone a survivor or fighting cancer, my boat Boat Widow will be covered in names on one side of those lost, those surviving and those fighting. A separate area for each in permanent paint pens. I will also have a rubber ducky for each with their names which I will mail to family after the event if I have an address. At events I take the boat to in advance to do this I will have manila envelopes to address and ducks to choose from. I think a number on ducks may help me find them to do this?
We are planning to cover the six boats I am helping sponsor and build the same way. It is why we are sailing no motors for the Texas 200 in tiny boats, to sail for those who cannot, because we can. I just got a post that a sailing friend has stage 4 esophageal cancer, bad prognosis. I read your post next. I am still tearing up. I will think of this no matter how hot and muddy I am next June.
We don’t ask for donations although we are trying to raise $20,000 as our donations run through ACS online.
Debbe: http://www.lifebuzz.com/painted-cats/
The one you posted from Cheezburgr is in there too.
Here’s something else for the cat people, especially those interested in unusual colors. http://messybeast.com/indefinable-colours.htm
Jackie: http://messybeast.com/feral-shelter.htm
Making shelters for feral cats. That website I happened across is full of much more than information on cat coat colors.
I am leaving first Walmart. No one here buys cat food so I scored a lot along with healthy and organic snacks. My tastes are different so I got a lot but the everyday stuff like food, detergents all gone.
Debbe 😉 I posted this previously, when the topic was Walken , but it’s worth another look.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCDIYvFmgW8
Why no music?
Debbe 😉 I fixed dinner for my mom tonight, and somehow the topic of chickens came up. I told her I had a friend named Debbe in Indiana who worked in a hen house, how many hens there were, and about how many eggs were produced per day. I told her you had to move all those eggs from the packing room to the cooler. She asked me how you moved them. “One at a time,” I told her. She threw her napkin at me.
I did explain to her about the avian flu and what would happen if your flock tested positive for it. She said she will pray for your “girls”. And she will.
Jackie, try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73mrtLt9FDU
That will give you something to listen to for a while.
And this too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz1cEO01LLc
And for a change of pace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imRyF8i0K5M&index=48&list=PLE1InrZfsJQmzE4Cq8OTDGzr0dPvpsn8d
If you’re already tired of the political stuff, listen to this one and laugh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moCeJ02Lw80&index=28&list=PLod4y9CXhu1_wytQ-3L8SVaFi4fkZZwAo
You know I have been listening to Sirius as I drive and I have discovered thanks to their titles that I like a lot of artists and groups I didn’t know I liked. That comes from listening to popular music in 1970s and 80s with my girls who never knew who we were listening to unless it was Genesis and the stations rarely said.
I swore I wasn’t buying any more cds but Walmart had a group of quiet meditative ones on clearance and I need the tranquility so I got another stack, this one for truck. Hope I don’t put myself to sleep. Now I am going to listen to Mark’s selections.
By the way, I got lots of good stuff on clearance besides cat food and treats, toys. Filters for my furnace a/c with pet filters, more pet cleaning stuff, candles that destroy odors, weird things like lentils, barley, couscous, tons of gluten free, healthy bars of whole grains, nuts, organics. But the towns themselves were so dead. So depressing. These used to be oil towns but never recovered from crash in late 80s and it’s worse. See you tomorrow.
Glad your shopping trip got you lots of good stuff. There’s another advantage of being out of the mainstream, you get all the goodies everybody else passed over! If you want relaxation, try the second music selection and save the first for when you are awake. The last three are humor. Short and funny. Good night.
They were funny, I listened to them first. Never heard of those guys but they were funny.
Debbe 😉 How about some more dance music, hon?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP0rnElZXa0
I just noticed that part of the YouTube character string for that song is “eP0rn”.
The final stage of Standard Time: sans eyes, sans teeth, sans everything.
Good morning Villagers….
David, I humbly thank you for your compliments….I enjoy my job, and that’s what makes for a good employee. If one does not like their job, you get unproductive work and attitude.
The front entrance is too close to the entrance to the hen house, so the Boss wants us to come in the back door. We sectioned off an area to change shoes, remove Carharts, and put on our hazmat stuff….and we don’t leave that section until we are completely hazmatted. I’m going to tell the Boss that I don’t like the hair nets….I want one like Ruth Buzzy wore in ‘Laugh In” 🙂 Before I left yesterday, I spray the entire packing room floor with liquid Lysol in one of those two gallon sprayers. Oh, and the Corp supplies all the hazmat suits, boots, hair nets and cans of Lysol. The flock belongs to them, we just take care of them and bring in the eggs, don’t know what the Boss gets for the eggs, but I love to hear him say “they don’t pay me enough for these eggs to do such and such”
Ursen, hope you are doing ok, and have electricity..thought about you and the possibility of being ‘holed up’ for two weeks…I’d go nuts.
Mark, the snow covered car was different from the usual snowman…and I loved all the pics of the cats, especially the one that looked like a violet flower garden, I think in was in the first page.
Emb.. the little falcons are so cute. I love watching them and the hawks fly out here in the country…..they just ride the air.
Jackie…just where do you find the strength to go to Walmart….I absolutely refuse to go there…too many people, and finding a parking spot is a challenge.
GR 😉 you really had your Mother going didn’t you. I’m happy for you that you can visit her and spoil her…she raised a fine son, and from what you’ve told us, a fine daughter too/
On the subject of mothers…Mark, how is your Mother doing with her foot?
…ya’ll have a blessed Monday…it is Monday isn’t it?
GR 😉 only you would see that in the link…what an eye 🙂 Never heard that song, nor the group…that’s one for you.
But, this dance scene is from one of my favorite movies…I know it has a ‘R’ rating, but it is a funny movie…and also, that was a Christopher Walken side I’d never seen before……
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSLMN6g_Od4