Day 20,144 Painted pig update – accidental university of Miami colors? Hooves are still gold from st Patty’s day, and a heart on the left rear cheek with LOL inside.
#salemva #paintedpig #traditionalart #mar292024 #pigstatue
Mar 29 2024
Journal mar 29 2024
Spoke to DC for a few minutes today. Apparently, he has drunk the Kennedy Jr. Flavor-Aid. He has gone down a misinformation rabbit hole from which forces greater than I will have to pull him.
He is still teaching at a private school, and we both spoke briefly about the old days of gaming, being old dudes (he is eight years older than me) with individual health concerns. We remained friendly or at least civil when it came to our differing beliefs and candidates. I imagine that 45 is going to take Florida’s vote anyway, and his and JC’s votes really wouldn’t turn the tide either way. I caught him up on Pearl and life in Virginia, talked about how proud I am of BHK’s work, and I think we had a pretty good time. He told me about his student gaming group, mostly Yu-Gi-Oh! and Magic: the Gathering, but some old-school Dungeons & Dragons in there as well.
Overall, I am quite disappointed in his mindset, but I am not surprised. No one should get all their information from social media, and his situation is even worse since he gets all of his information filtered through a private religious school and his spouse, who also believes that there really are Nigerian princes looking to share millions, that prosperity doctrine works, and that colloidal silver is some kind of wonder drug.
Florida has a concerning trend of misleading its people into joining anti-vaccination and anti-women’s health movements. It is regrettable that these guys, who are otherwise known for their kindness and generosity, fall victim to such misinformation. Fortunately, their influence is limited, preventing further escalation of the situation. However, it is disheartening to consider the possibility of one of them facing serious health consequences due to their misguided beliefs, and worse, treatment or lack thereof afterward.
This is probably the first time I’ve spoken to him since we moved to Virginia. I often come away feeling a bit sad, but what can I do? I only talk to him maybe yearly or every other year, and there are good spirits to be had too.
Mar 28 2024
Day 20,143, regarding day 20,154.
The early afternoon of April 8, 2024, if you are in my neck of the woods. I don’t know where our eclipse glasses from 2017 are, probably at the old house. Next lunar eclipse for me is about a year from now, in 351 days, next solar eclipse after this one is in 75 years and 169 days…. might not make it to that one.
2nd image via timaanddate.com (you can enter your own region to get specifics for your locale)
https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/roanoke
#doodle #eclipse #roanokeva #totaleclpse #partialecplise
Mar 28 2024
Today’s moment of Pearl. Day 20,143.
#misspearl #catsofinstagram #tabbycatsofinstagram #stripedcatsofinstagram #sunbeamgravitywell
Mar 27 2024
Day 20,142
Prompt was yeti ladybug! Thank you again so much to @borolina_illustration for the themes!
#doodle #ladybug #yeti #borolinamonsterspring24 #monsterspring24 #monsterspring24yeti
The offices of O.R.C. look a lot like a certain Marvel Doctor in Greenwich Village- from Shade the Changing Man, issue #1 1977, art and story bt Steve Ditko , DC comics
#occultresearchcenter #shadethechangingman #steveditko #comicpanel #dccomics
March 26 2024
Day 20,141 The last calm day before the easter bunny makes the rounds.
#doodle #roanokeva #blueridgemountains #easterbunny
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Mar 25 2025
Day 20,140
Two of my favorite things mashed together are today’s prompt – The Creature from the Black Lagoon and Mushroom! Kudos @borolina_illustration for that, and all the choices.
Yesterday was a toughie for me, I’m glad that I doodled this one out back a little while ago, when I first saw the prompt list posted.i intended to put some background in, but I was so wiped out on pain meds and general ugh that white space won out.
Creech is one of my big “fiddle and fix” challenges, both him and ben Grimm’s head require me to look at models before drawing, because of all the odd, “gorilla-ish but not quite” features to be drawn. I almost always get the brow and mouth wrong for lil creech. Thankfully, a whole lot of references exist for both.
#doodle #creaturefromtheblacklagoon #mushroom #borolinamonsterspring24 #monsterspring24 #monsterspring24creature #creech
Mar 24 2024
Day 20,139
Pearl watching Feng (red-male) and Shui (grey-female) gathering straw to build a nest in our tree out back. Other birds popped in to watch, a bluebird and a chunky Robin, specifically.
#mar242024 #backyardzoo #roanokeva #housefinch #misspearl #catsofinstagram #tabbycatsofinstagram #stripedcatsofinstagram
Mar 23 2024
I woke up inside a summoning circle this morning and these guys were asking me questions about cats. Anyway, they paid me in rice krispie treats, so I go that going for me.
#doodle #turnaboutisfairplay #nexttimegivemeaheadsup #summoningcircle #magicians #tentaclemonster #purplecube
Mar 22 2024
Day 20,137
Today’s prompt was Witch Cactus. I suppose her rival transformed her… I hope someone comes by to feed the cat and toad, or that the effects are very temporary.
#doodle #borolinamonsterspring24 #monsterspring24 #monsterspring24witch #witch #cactus #cauldron #blackcat #toad #familiar #broom
Mar 21 2024
I forgot to post yestedays doodle for @borolina_illustration ‘s monster spring. I don’t really know how to combine the two, so he is wearing a Gerber daisy wreath on his head while playing he loves me with another.
#doodle #wendigo #daisy #roanokeva #borolinamonsterspring24 #monsterspring24 #monsterspring24wendigo
Mar 21 2024
Day 20,136
PT today went well, hopefull another step forward to greater health, less pain, better maneuverability and balance. A pity that there is no magical, “snap your fingers” solution to things. Slow and steady wins the race for me, I think.
Jake, the trainer guy, liked my new haircut (funny, because he’s a Mr. Clean lookalike, minus the bushy eyebrows and the earring). My buzz cut is about 1/4 inch everywhere on my noggin, including beard, so compared to him, I’m a shaggy boy.
Still waiting to hear back about my brace, but that might still be a while yet.
Inlaws coming back to town, so I am preparing myself for the upcoming tech support, heightened activity, more takeout and crime dramas. I am actually really looking forward to it, because I love them dearly, and even better, I like them, too.
#doodle #journal #magic #physicaltherapy #health #mar212024 #family
Mar 20 2024
Day 20,135 (posted a day late)
#meme #wickerman #snail #spring #mar202024