Tomorrow is National Gorilla-Suit day! Be ready! #doodle #nationalgorillasuitday #roanokeva https://www.instagram.com/p/C2u2IC8uNG4/?igsh=eW1qZHo2Nm95dHR1

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Day 20,084 Two days to go! National Gorilla-Suit Day is coming! The very first suit was handmade in the 1920s by Carlos Cruz Gemora, a Hollywood make-up artist. His study of real gorillas from the San Diego Zoo coupled with his make-up expertise gave his suit authenticity. Second doodle is an updated Universe Man from yesterday’s tmbg entry. #donmartin #nationalgorillasuitday #universeman #tmbg #doodle #roanokeva https://www.instagram.com/p/C2tNfw5sAsR/?igsh=cjEyMDlwaWk4NXZx

Lego 40611 – New Year of the Dragon , before and after. Cute and very colorful 214 piece set. I rather like the repurposed saxophones atop the head. #birthdayloot2024 #yearofthedragon #lego40611 #roanokeva https://www.instagram.com/p/C2prxmGOErL/?igsh=bXp1aHVlMWNhMjB4

Day 20,083

future selfie from day 23,000, if this timeline permits.

Don’t go in there You’ll become one Freaky creatures Monster party Eyes of yellow Scales and feathers Tails in tethers Turn the lights off Bend the nightmare You control it Artful dodger Easy does it Shut the closet Get under the covers Snakes and lovers Turn the lights off #doodle #snow #roanokeva #ifimakeit #postapocalyptic #archery #mountains #possiblefuture https://www.instagram.com/p/C2ocbcasfzg/?igsh=MWtya3I2NWg0NnpqcQ==

This kid is all tuckered out after playing all morning and some of last night in the box my Lego viking village came in, and playing with her little bird/mouse on a stick . #misspearl #catsofinstagram #tabbycatsofinstagram #stripedcatsofinstagram #roanokeva #sosleepy #jan272024 https://www.instagram.com/p/C2nF6iTOEVJ/?igsh=MXJrcWlqYzg3MTdhcg==

Day 20,082 Another early birthday goodie arrived, this time from my Mom and W – she said that a little birdie helped pick it out and I am very thankful! Lego viking village – I really dig this set- it has a lot going on and now I sort of want to pick up a longboat to put next to it (if I find a good place to put the whole thing set up). There is a longhouse, a forge, a scout tower and a copper mine, along with tons of little doodads and greebles, like a fish drying rack and armor on varying levels of build/paint. Snappy 4 minifigs, including a chieftain, a shield maiden, a smith, and a warrior / archer. Some of my The new year’s dragon is also terribly cute, and I will endeavor to get it assembled before lunar new year. Might wait for Amy to come down to build it… or maybe not, depends on what the months ahead bring. #doodle #viking #legoideas #vikingvillage #lego21343 https://www.instagram.com/p/C2nEMVsOfzD/?igsh=MW1sbG5uaHM3bmRueQ==

Day 20,081 Made falafel dinner with baked potatoes last night, and the weather shaman bear cast some kind of springtime spell to make it in the low 70s outside today. No more snow in the mountains, except perhaps in the darkest, coolest shade. Pearl doesn’t seem to mind the weather change in the slightest, sucking on sunbeams where they turn up, snoozing with me and mrs. In-laws are back today, we are catching up with tv and socializing. First on our list, season 4 of Ms Scarlet and the Duke. #doodle #misspearl #catsofinstagram #tabbycatsofinstagram #stripedcatsofinstagram #roanokeva #jan262024 @pearlsquirrel https://www.instagram.com/p/C2lSwccsHMD/?igsh=OXlvdDdtcWk5c28=

Day 20,080 Fourth Wing doodle, and podcast update Relistening to the magnus archives now that it has returned- just finished episode 5, about the trash men / doll heads / scroll / teeth #magnusarchives #episode5 #fourthwing #violet #93lancaster #roanokeva #doodle https://www.instagram.com/p/C2ikRZwuL9J/?igsh=MXZjOGN4aWR4bTcwdg==

Day 20,079

Experimenting with crayon / pastel brushes instead of my usual sharpie / marker. Some interesting effects available, can change how flat or “natural” an image can look and when put through different filters, results are quite variable. Better for highlights and a kind of warmth that seems simpler to express than with darker ink style.

#doodle #roanokeva #blueridgemountains #chalk #crayon #landscape #learning
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Early birthday present from @maximillian_deersteak !

#nerdshirtoftheday #columbo #justonemorething #birthdayloot2024 #feb022024
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Jan 23 2024

Day 20,077

My current interpretation of the fourth wing (the imperium book one) [a book that Mrs picked up, and I am reading along with]

Note, no flying bears have shown up yet in the actual tome, but I hold out hope.

In my canon, Dain Frenchtoast trades up from a dragon to a black bear, doling out hot violet magical fire onto a marauding horde of Poromiel cretins with his twin .45 pistols.

Come ride with me
Through the veins of history
I’ll show you a God
Who falls asleep on the job

And how can we win
When fools can be kings?
Don’t waste your time
Or time will waste you

No one’s gonna take me alive
The time has come to make things right
You and I must fight for our rights
You and I must fight to survive

No one’s gonna take me alive
The time has come to make things right
You and I must fight for our rights
You and I must fight to survive

#fourthwing
#doodle #bear #magic #dainaetos #violet #thefourthwing #poromiel #muse #knightsofcydonia

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Luke Cage arrived today, and it was so cold that the blister pack came away from the cardboard. Upside, I can now recreate one of the greatest moments of Cage and Doom together in comics.

“Where’s my money, honey?”

#powerman #lukecage #victorvondoom #doctordoom #toyphotography #toystagram #toyphoto #200dollars #wheresmymoneyhoney
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Day 20,075 Waving goodbye to the snow as it slowly fades from the ground. I wonder if we will get any more before the season changes again? March 19 is rapidly approaching, but it has been plenty cold, just not very wet. I’ve been enjoying winter, as the Mrs and Pearl both are more drawn to my high levels of radiation. Good warm kimchee ramen for lunch, and promise of lasagna soup for dinner. Thank goodness for the crock pot, the kettle and the air fryer, as the microwave gave up the ghost. I didn’t think we used the nuke box very often, but you really notice when it is gone. I’ve got to measure for a replacement, because it fits over the stove. In other news, got my absentee ballot for the mar 5 election, but it’s not like either the Republicans or the Democrats are really going to get anyone outside of 45 or 46 to choose from in the long run for 47, will they? Pictures are of snow from either assorted in laws or mrs or me, just to take in the snow a bit before it is all gone. I didn’t get any good shots of the mountain peaks proper, but rest assured, they were something to see, blankets of white with little trees sticking up like haphazard hair plugs on the scalp of a 80’s DJ in south Florida. (IYKYK) Resting at the hacienda today, the downside of the cooler temps is that after doing some outside work yesterday, I’m as stiff as the Tin man. #doodle #snow #misspearl #jan202024 #homerepairs #roanokeva https://www.instagram.com/p/C2Vspy1OQUa/?igsh=aWc0N2d5bHJkNjg2