There Always Seems To Be..."

...something around to draw...

while sitting around waiting, and waiting, and waiting...

for "this or that"!

The fire extinguisher was drawn lead free...

ink straight in...

(which explains the wonkiness of it)

at the gate.

The swirls and botanical bits were drawn

in flight...

after awakening from a long snooze.

(Note departure time...yawn!)

Color was added back in Arizona.

:)

"A new idea is delicate.

It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn;

it can be stabbed to death by a joke

or

worried to death

by a frown on the right person's brow."

~Charles Brower

"I Love Rust..."

...and things with

coppery green patinas and creaky handles.

Things that are so loving worn

and filled to the brim with silent storied lives

touch my heart.

Hmmm...wait a minute...

I could very well be describing myself!

♥
“A determined soul

will do more with a rusty monkey wrench

than a loafer

will accomplish with all the tools

in a machine shop.”
~Robert Hughes

Remembering...

...my Uncle Al...

who passed away over 50 years ago..

this day.

Some days, I feel he has never left me.

“May you never forget what is worth remembering,

nor

ever remember what is best

forgotten.”
~Irish Blessing

"Seasonal Fabric Design..."

...inspired from an ad I saw

this summer in Chicago magazine.

Drawn ink straight in...

and flipped into the negative format with

Microsoft Digital Editor.

Looks like a snowy branch...doesn't it?

Hmmm...

a rather an appropriate flip

(if I do say so myself)

as it is almost the winter season

and

I am just now posting

this quirky little summer drawing...

LOL :)

"To be interested in the changing seasons

is a happier state of mind

than to be hopelessly in love

with spring."
~George Santayana

Drawn Lead Free...

...without glasses on...

while waiting in a doctor's office this summer.

And, yes, it's another

from my "backtracking" vault of illustrated memories.

:)

“The supreme accomplishment

is to blur the line between work and play.”
~Arnold Toynbee

"On The Road Again..."

...in my sketchbook...

but this time back in Arizona

travelling between Wickenburg to Wikieup...

en route to Las Vegas Nevada.

(...flipped here just cuz I haven't done it in a long time! )

Lots of boulders, Joshua trees,
and beautiful, bold iron-red buttes decorated

our asphalt passage northwest!

Whew!

Do I have a lot of catching up to do!

“To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.”
~Chinese Proverb

"What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas."

~Jeff Candido and Jason Hoff

...advertising slogan

written for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority

2002