#cappyspace does brilliant work. I love the green aquatic folks called #Brynelords and #mischievers. Fab sculpts, and I am a sucker for his colors. #glyoscompatible #glyos #modulartoys https://www.instagram.com/p/C5ZcjhFOGio/?igsh=ZHRqeTJkNGIxYzdq
Fri April 5 2024
Day 20,151 🌳🌸🌼 Took a little trip to Green Hill park and areas nearby to get some fresh air and look at some of the local flora and fauna. The kwanzan cherry trees and dogwoods were especially lovely, and the bluebell and trillium were in heavy bloom along with a nice dosage of phlox here and there. Of course, we brought the in-laws and @maximillian_deersteak along on the trip. We made sure to stop by @bohobake bakery for some delicious cookies. (The lemon blueberry scones are really yummy.) #naturelover #springtime #outdoors #doodle #salemva #kwanzancherry #apr052024 https://www.instagram.com/p/C5ZMhMTud2a/?igsh=b3RkNm04Z3djcXow
April 4 2024
Day 20,150 Pt went well, but still no word on the brace. Going to have to pursue it. Taco salad night with the inlaws, making use of last night’s chili. Spending the evening with crime dramas from the BBC.
#doodle #flyingcarpet #apr042024
April 3 2024
Today’s moments of Pearl: exploring the new couch and enjoying sunbeams around the house. Day 20,149 Rough day today, but she and her mother make things less so, thankfully. Chili on baked potato night—added bonus!
#roanokeva #catsofinstagram #tabbycatsofinstagram #stripedcatsofinstagram
April 02 2024
Day 20,148
Careful, Icarus… Got our new ottoman and couch today. So far, so comfy!
Pearl hasn’t given it her seal of approval yet, but I’m confident that it will come soon.
#doodle #icarus #craigyferg #couch #april022024
April 1 2024
Day 20,147 No April fools nonsense caught up with me today, and for that I am thankful. Swung by the doc, and it went reasonably well. Doodled a little grizzled old prospector while I was there, I should give him a donkey. Saw some nice redbuds today, and my first woolybear caterpillar of the season, too.
#doodle #cowboy #flower #caterpillar #prospector
Mar 31 2024
Day 20,146
Reading some Silver Age comics, I stumbled upon the Spider-Man villain Mysterio (pardon the pun). I realized that I drew his gloves completely wrong; I forgot about the angular-styled gas gloves.
It might be fun to recolor it to make it more of a black light poster. I never did see the Spider-Man movie(s?) that featured him… even though he is in my top three baddies with Sandman and Doc Ock.
#doodle #quentinbeck #mysterio #spiderman #supervillain #mar312024
Mar 30 2024
Day 20,145
It was dealers choice on the last monster / plant combo, so I went with Mothman Easter Lilies, just because of the region and the season. Another one that could stand more cleanup, but I’m already a day late. 🙂
#🦋🤵♂💐 #doodle #borolinamonsterspring24 #mothman #easterlily #monsterspring24 #monsterspring24mothman
Mar 29 2024 doodle
Day 20,144
I saw a neat picture and figured I’d redraw it in my style.
I think the horses came out okay.
Maybe I’ll give it a few more passes to make it less of a doodle and more of a drawing. I have always preferred a cone beam to a cylinder.
It might be time to go back and play some Red Dead Redemption 2 again.
#doodle #cowboys #aliens #cowboysandaliens #roanokeva #mar292024 #rdr2
Mar 29 2024
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
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