Big Top by Rob Harrell for February 17, 2010

Hello? Anyone Here?

yguy It was El Dorado, and his name was MIssissippi! And I’ll drive us to IHOP and I ain’t payin’ either!!!!

jfri you are driving!

Carmy shot gun or sleepin

never mind! Drys buying!

Okay, Dry! I’ll pay with my tax refund, WOO HOO!!

You could wrap it up all nice for Christmas, if you wanted to gyys!

Great! I can’t see the any comments, but it says they are there. Let me refresh again.

Come on Tabby! Dry is already pulling away!

Technical Difficulties.

If I was first would someone else please take care of breakfast today.

I AM HOPING IN HOLD UP YOU KNOW I HAVE NO EYE HAND OR EYE BODY CORDNATION. LOL IM AM FOR GOODNESS SAKES SO MUCH LIKE LUCY!

Good Morning Tribe

They better find Pete!

Hello LuvH8

Good Morning Marg!

Jump up on the roof!! AND HOLD ON THIS TIME!!!

okay i am calling it a night. Little Ms. Ana is sleeping so sweetly next to me. she stole my bed. so now im going to goin her. night.

HEY I”M DRIVING! No comments, JFri! :-P

Fine with me, but Tabby designated me as driver. I’ll ride on the roof, too, then so I can tell you when we lose Marg!!

I promise I’ll hold on tight; I want those pigs in a blanket!

Thanks for driving, Dry, and good morning Carmy and Terry!

DRY, LOOK OUT FOR THAT FIRE TRUCK!!!! Wow, that was CLOSE!!

Hello Everyone!

I can see! It’s a miracle. Still behind on comments and comics.

Johnnydoc5 - Perhaps….. have you ever seen the movie Short Circuit?

Lonewolf - I really like that avatar today!

I don’t have time to talk. I FUBARed and will have one person knowing something I wasn’t ready to tell them. Also, have tons to do before morning. Fortunately, I had the sense to take a short nap before: Panic Mode!

Probably will not be back before the next turn.

Lot’s of Luv & Good Thoughts

are we there yet? are we there yet? are we there yet? are we there yet? Good Morning Marg!

Goodnight Tabby!

Thank you LuvH8.

Good Night Tribe

Good Morning Akenta!

sorry folks. had to suddenly vamoose to do a virus scan. i think the gremlins are definitely back. i don’t mind sitting in the back seat playing with the siren from somebody’s police car (whoops, song lyrics short circuiting thought processes again. wasn’t that a party?) i will happily sit in the back seat on the way to breakfast, and don’t mind who drives as long as we get there in one piece. anyhow, thanks to Dry for the enlightenment, but now i have to figure out who “Mon Soor” was. I think i know, and it’s a film in my collection if i’m right, so no big hoohah.

Lonewolf - Do you do the bunny hop too?

Good Night! Get some sleep, everyone.

I don’t know, Carmy. I’m afraid to open my eyes!!!

good night to all! i really just came back to see what condition my condition was in (and it’s doing okay, so all is well). ((((Tribe))))

Goodnight, all!

yyyguy Mon Soor was in The Commancheros!!

I’m right behind you Marg.

Goodnight Everyone!

that’s the one i was thinking of JFri, thanks.

Just here to help, yyyguy!!

Morning TRIBE! Let’s see. DRY driving, CARMY shotgun asleep, JFRI and TABBY either in the backseat or trunk, and MARG on the roof. You want me to ride with these lunatics? IHOPs is next to HOPS in my town. HOPS doesn’t sell pancakes. If you think I’m driving back with you, you’re nuts. Wait for me. I’ll be on a blue bicycle with a white carnation.

Good morning and Happy Wednesday. I see another breakfast out. I guess I won’t cook so I shouldn’t complain.

Hello Akenta

I really want to smoke! Of course that would make me feel really really sick. So:

AUTOPSY DETAILS (Joke)

Has been removed due to a death in Tabby Lynn’s family.

Tabby Lynn I am sorry about your loss and offer you my sincere condolences.

I was about your age when I lost my great grandmother after a long painful death. Although I still miss her I take comfort in the fact I knew she was ready to go, and no longer wished to suffer.

Several years later, someone I knew lost his father in a similiar manner, but because he had a difficult relationship with his father he felt guilt over being relieved that his father had died, even though the relief was for an end to the suffering and he regretted that their relationship had not been closer.

I was able to use my own experience to bring comfort to him and reassure him.

I know nothing I say will help you in your time of loss, but I hope you will one day be able to use this experience in a way that helps someone else.

Sincerely, LuvH8

Oh, um.. I hope there isn’t anything I should have known before posting that……..

Add on: I am sorry. I use morbid humor to comfort myself, but should have had the consideration to remember that their are many of us with problems right now. And I have a unique sense of humor many do not share.

Good Morning Tribe

Hello Akenta, Lewreader & LuvH8 I love your transportation Lewreader lol

I’m getting out of here shortly to go to the VA Hosp for a CatScan & some blood tests. Be back later this afternoon.

Extra thoughts & prayers to those in need.

Good morning, everyone.

Good Morning BC13

I’m outta here. BBML

Hello Lonewolf - Good Luck!

Good Morning BC 13 - I am reminded of Captain Caveman everytime I see your avatar.

LuvH8 I never did see much of Captain Caveman, but I did like it. Actually, my avatar is a character called Grog from the Johnny Hart strip BC. I am actually considering changinig my pen name to Grog as well.

Hmm… I’m trying to remember if I know that. I knew you weren’t Captain Caveman, but couldn’t place you. Grog isn’t that some kind of alcoholic beverage?

Nooo!, LuvH8

This is Grog.

http://johnhartstudios.com/bc/characters/index.php?page=grog

Enjoy.

Good Morning All!

Going tobe a weird day, workwise, so I won’t be back on.

May everyone be filled with small warm joys today!

Hello Doc

Just fine, Doc.

I see you had an interesting day, yersterday.

I didn’t read the whole thread particularly the night cap. I was out for the count rther early last night and I’m actually trying to get some work done today.

Morning All!

Good Morning all. I need coffee.

Good morning, tribe! Is anyone else having trouble with comicsdotcom? Krewd - If you are bored, you might try going to the library. They usually have a lot of interesting stuff. Even for males of your age - my sons are 17 & 20, and enjoy going to certain libraries. If the library you go to doesn’t have what you’re interested in, try another, or ask if they do inter-library loans.

Greetings Everyone!

Thank you BC 13.

I have been experiencing technical difficulties. Both with my internet connection and my brain. So pardon me for missing things.

I still haven’t caught up on yesterday, and probably won’t try until at least this evening.

Okay, have to go panic some more. Today’s advice:

If you can’t beat them with intellect. Confound them with kindness.

Wow! My own advice (I think). BTW not being able to to beat them with intellect does not necessarily mean they are smarter. And sometimes they do not appreciate a strategic retreat.

Oh, I quit FB or FW because frankly I was ready to cyber slap the people in the comic, and did not feel like staying there just to entertain others. So I probably in am more in the dark than usual.

Lot’s of Luv

Good morning all!

LuvH8, no I haven’t seen it. Why?

It’s a movie set in the early 80’s (I think) about a robot who is alive and chooses the name Johnny 5. Really kind of fun, and had a song called (I think): ‘Who’s Johnny?’ out at the same time.

Doc The kind of coffee that sends a seismic shock that runs from my head to my toes is a wave of instant awareness. johnnyd a little Pink Floyd to begin the day… perfect.

Good morning, tribe. I’ll have the Rooty, Tooty from IHOP.

LuvH8 - very cute. I once worked in otolaryngology office at a medical school. Front desk had a pt call in and ask for the results of her autopsy. After they stopped laughing, put her through to the nurse for the biopsy results.

I hope that not all the entertainment has been censored by the time I get to it.

Gotta go! On a schedule today! Be creative!

Hi doc, Johnny, Digital, Rmom and Cleo!. Sorry I missed you BC13

Oooops! I meant be good…… Um….. be a good example. Okay, maybe ‘Don’t listen to me, today!’

Peace, Luv & Happiness

Nice catch yesterday, I think Carmy was asking about it. Yep, a little Pink Floyd is a good way to start a day. LuvH8, the 5 wasn’t part of my nickname, I just added it.

”Morning Doc, Cleo, Rmom, Johnny, Saucy and Dry!

Hi, Dry, Cleo, Saucy1121, johnnydoc5 Later, LuvH8

howdy all. not staying long, my back’s bothering me again (more like still) so I can’t sit for too long. Have fun at the IHOP, I’m going to Denny’s for the Moons Over My Hammy and a Coke.

Hi, Doc & Dry!

Doc, you sir are a real coffee addict. Did you see Reynolds today? I favorited it. Johnny, Dark Side of the Moon, trippy tunes on that one.

Hello BC13 and MisngNOLA

Hi, Carmy!

MisngNOLA, your avatar, PO1?

Hello Carmy, MissingNOLA and Rmom

Hi everybody who just got on, not doing the names, there are too many and I don’t want to miss anyone. Carmy, yeah they are pretty trippy, but I can enjoy them without the aid of anything, legal or otherwise. Alrighty, I have to head out for the day. Probably won’t make it back on. Peace and love all!

CarmyThere you are! I thought you feel off the roof last night on our way to IHOP!

Hi Saucy and MisngNOLA.

Doc I go from least favorite to favorite - unless it’s a couple minutes after midnight - then I go straight to Calvin and try to beat Marg to the first post. Haven’t done it yet.

Doc I don’t read them all either. I’d never get any work done for one and second there are strips I don’t like (GASP!)

Dry, I was shotgun. Marg and JFri were the ones that fell off the roof. Bye, Johnny! Have a good day Doc, I guess I should of posted a link, eh, call me lazy.

I don’t come close to reading all the comics. If I did my wife would be the wife of somebody else. LOL

Carmy are you related to Rory?

Do any of you read strips on other sites?

Cleo, I can’t imagine you being embarrassed. Ha ha, no, I’m not related to Rory. Doc, I don’t even come close to reading all the comics here. BC13, I read some on the WA Post and some on CdotC.

BC13, most everybody but me does. For me, it is the few strips here and a few in our paper.

Carmy nope, but it is tough to find good avatars.

Doc I am impressed. I thought your handle had something to do with music. That’s a lot of toons.

I read a few over at comics.com that they don’t have here (like Peanuts) and sometimes a backup for the ones they do have here that are not colorized, like BC. It’s easier to tell who’s who on BC when they are in color.

Then there’s a few I read over at seattlepi.com like Hi & Louis, Blondie, Beattle Bailey & Dilbert.

so we had an intevent ful morning this morning. lol Ana woke up in a good moode then we had a tickle fight. and she got up to go potty, poor baby she was getting on the “potty” and couldnt hold it any longer. so we had to clean her up and clean up the bathroom. fun fun fun. i got all my invites printed out for my bday and will work on getting them out today. so that they call have them tomorrow.

Hi Tabby! BC13 I also read the comics in my local paper. Doc, do you remember the Arnold comic? I really liked that one. Arnold

Good Morning Tabby.

BC13, I just visited your profile. What type of art do you collect? I collect a little myself.

Good Morning, Tabby

I do my morning paper. CdotC, mydailyink (King Features), Sherpa on this site, Rip Haywire, Cats With Hands, Sheldon and a few more odds and ends. I read a few here and there in between other things, which is why you see me at odd times.

I read comics.com, Daily Ink, 2 at Houston Chronicle, and when I can’t get on comics.com, I use Yahoocomics.com. I also us ArcaMax for the New Yorker Cartoons and Jerry King. Oh and I read Chad Carpenter’s Tundra. Oh yea, and Creators.com for a different daily strip of One Big Happy, Cafe con Leche, Dogs of C Kennel, and Diamond Lil’. Boy, I read more comics than I thought!

I forgot about the Dogs of C Kennel. I get that from Johnny Hart Studies. That is a funny strip.

Dry, I read some comics on my yahoo account too.

sorry my computer cruded out

Doc, Arnold only ran from December 82 to April 88. I used to read it in the Chicago Trib, or was it the Sun Times, whatever.

Sorry Tabby

I may have to get off here and if I do I’ll BBL.

this song has been stuck in my head since yesterday when Ana grunted when she threw the ball down the lane

Hello I am cleokaya and I am a toonaholic.

BC13 Yes, I wish he ran it daily, but I emailed him back when and said I’d take his strip however he did it. He actually wrote back!

Anyone read CafeconLeche or Diamond Lil? Ben or Raising Duncan? Luann?, I know you do, Doc.

Carmy thats okay. I love you have a great day!

Tabby, hee hee!! I’m banned from singing that song in my house. That’s because I always start off by reminding everyone about the Seinfeld episode where Elaine said that the original title for War and Peace was War, What is it Good For. LMBO!! I still laugh about it.

Since I left Montreal, I don’t even subscribe to or buy the local papers.

Carmy lol it was funny bc ana did that little grunt like sound they make when she tossed the ball and bug and myself both started singing it at the same time! LMBO!

you may sing away when you are here.

Cleo so i thought of you yesterday. some car i was behind had a bumber sticker on it and it read Cleo no clue why but thats all it said

DRY hello my friend

Anyone read Raising Hector over at Comicstripnation? If so do you know what’s going on with the red X for the last week or so?

You mean Elwood, Doc? Aren’t you taller? SNERK!

sooooo I just so remembered that i have hw due friday at 10, yea i have no clue how to do it what it is, i just know it is due then

Well thanks a lot Saucy! :-( Now I have to go check out yet another comic site! LOL! (Well, I WOULDN’T HAVE TO, but, well you know)

Hi Tabby!

Did the guy driving have clothes on? If so, it wasn’t our guy! :-D

Saucy I just checked out Hector. Looks like it would be good, also Sylvia could be good too, but the writing is very hard to read!

Dry i was scared to look, pluse i had Ana in the car so we were not chancing it. LOL

Doc don’t you know, they say as you age, you begin to shrink in height!

9 pages yesterday. Sheesh! What got into you??

(Way to go.) :-D

I don’t want to add more toons just yet. I don’t have time to read the two sites I’m on!

Last time I measured my height, about 6 years ago, I had lost 3/4”.

I’m shrinking away to a midget! lol

Hello cleo welcome to caa. I’m Shikamoo and I am a “toon aholic” as well.

Who are all these other people?

Hi Shika. They look like “users” too.

Sorry to hit and run, but you know me. Work, work, work!

Later, alligator!

Timing cleo timing. Talk to me before I say good bye. Sheesh. No wonder I keep coming back.

I think they’re all addicts too.

Fellow toon aholics.

hi Shika by shika

Welcome to the detox.

Talk your addiction out.

Or make it worse, as the case may be. LOL

Hi Tabby Bye Tabby.

Okay cleo You may come out again. I’m going-again!

This is detox? I think we’re in trouble then.

Bye, bye Shika.

Hi my name is Tabby Lynn and I am a “toon aholic”

Tabby you are still young, there is hope for you. LOL

Cleo naw, not when i hang out with you guys all day. :0)

I used to feel the same way about my favorite sit-coms also

Dry - I read Ben & Luann. I think my favorite strip over there is Buckets.

Hang tough Tabby.

Cleo thanks

is your avator doing the “potty dance”?

(A deposit to the Tribal social account.)

(((Tabby))), you’ll be in our prayers.

LuvH8, when you can’t see the comments, especially at the start of the day, one problem on these high-volume comment pages is that you might still be looking at, say, page 4 or 5, but the yappy fellows haven’t gotten there yet–it takes a ten or even fifteen minutes sometimes. So it can help to go back one day and then forward again with the little buttons above the comic.

I’ll be busy today, what with Ashes and liturgies.

Poor Dusty. I have a feeling he’s gonna be disappointed.

i shall BBL im going get some stuff done.

Looks like I got here just in time to say bye to everybody.

Yes bmonk, I would imagine this is a busy day for you.

Tabby, I guess that is one thing that my avatar could be doing. LOL He won’t be around long.

Cleo but it was funny! lol

so i did NOT burn anything at all!

cooking mac and cheese with spicy chicken and ground beef in it. hope its good, its bros idea

That sounds tasty. I’ve been thinking of having an early lunch.

I wasn’t even gone that long and you all went all yappy! Also, yes, I am a toon aholic too. I started at a very young age with The Archies, Richie Rich, Mad, etc, etc.

I like your new avatar, Cleo

Carmy I can’t remember what the first comic I read was. It seems like I have been reading them since day one, with my mom reading me the captions. I loved comic books and read Casper, Oswald the Rabbit, Disney cartoons. I still remember when Dennis the Menace and his family took a vacation to California and met Gary Cooper.

Thanks Carmy, the one I just got rid of lasted at most 3 hours. It just wasn’t me. :-)

Cleo this is a late lunch, its 1:30 here. lol

Carmy welcome back~! i missed you!

Cleo, again we are about to find out how it taste im kind of scared. lol

I think I read Casper also. I just can’t remember them all. I know there were several. I remember The Archies and all the spinoffs from that. Hey, Richie Rich’s dog’s name was Cash too.

i think i started with calvin and hobbels and marmaduke and the ones that were in my paper.

Cleo it bc i said it was doing the “potty dance” thats why you changed it.

food is good.

my brother is *SO* gonna slap me

I have to get off the computer again. I’ll BBL.

bye again

bro just spent about 10 mins look for the can opener. well im sitting her rolling and say “i see it” he looks over at it, says “i hate you” grabs its and goes on his way

i am in an oddly good mood today

cant cut it out it grow right back

dress the drag and do the hula?

i should so be doing dishes and folding clothes or doing hw. yea im doing none of it. lol

I LOVE THIS SONG!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8iTeDl_Wug

Tabby I removed the last one because I interpreted his gesture as the fact that he was embarrassed to be nude and well that certainly isn’t me, is it? LOL

cleo no its not. LOL

this is the last song i am listening to then closing my computer and getting to work. lol

I just love the dancing in that last one.

intresting info, Catherine Zeta-Jones was pregnant in this video, that is why the “outfit” covers her stomach all the way, unlike the other women.

Odd that last night youse guys were discussing Spaghetti, when we had a spaghetti bar for supper: spaghetti, cheese tortellinis, meat ravioli, with meat, tomato and seafood alfredo sauces for atop…Plus an assortment of wines for the meal.

If you don’t stop talkin’ food bunnyface, I’m going to have hit the peanut butter sandwich cookies I was just given. Apparently, one of my co-workers couldn’t say no to a girl scout’s mom and he’s got boxes of the stuff he’s trying to get rid of.

Too late. I got hungry…again.

Good Afternoon Tribe

Hello Bunnyface & BC13

I just got in from my foray into this year’s fruit tree pruning. Fortunately, my wife asked if I wanted to go for a bike ride when she finishes her lunch, so I only clipped for about 15 minutes. I hate pruning.

It is sunny and 51 degrees, but there is a breeze.

I noticed that raspberries are starting to leaf out.

Hello, Lonewolf

Hey Terry, how did your trip go?

BC13, did you catch my question earlier? I noticed on your profile that you collect art. I collect some as well. What do you like to have in your collection?

Greaat clips Tabby

I’m getting ready for Ash Wednesday tonight, so I’m just stopping to see how yappy you guys are. Pretty yappy I’d say.

I’m making spaghetti sauce right now.(Did someone mention spaghetti?)

Koala bare My bear wears pajamas. Red PJ’s Most of my other stuffed animals are bare. Ironic, isn’t it?

Hello Shika & Cleo

Hello Shika.

Cleo, I’ll drop you a line later and let you know the results. I’m still waiting for a phone call from the other yahoo anyhow. :^)

*Shika my cousin collects teddy bears, lots of Teddy bears. Once they were remodeling a room in their house and I walked into a little used bathroom and was startled to see hundreds of eyes peering at me. They had put some of her bears in the shower stall and closed the glass door, to get them out of the way and it was stacked up past the halfway mark with multitudes of bears.

Gotcha Terry.

Cleo Sorry I missed your question. I’ll give you a rundown when I get home. I’ve got to get some things done right now. I will be going to Galveston this Saturday to loook at (another) Kinkade piece, but that’s not all I have.

My cousin just got their weekend home rebuilt in Galveston. They had major damages to it and also lost a new pontoon boat, plus the house in Houston had some water damage as well.

BC13, I think I have everyone of the Kinkade jigsaw puzzles. I love his artwork and so the puzzles of his work.

Ooo. Dozens of eyes in the shower. Scary!

Well, Got to go again. See you all later, hopefully!

Bye Shika–Good to see you. Thank you for reminding me about something I need to do yet. I’ve been running so much, I almost forgot.

Lonewolf - I hope it went well or at least not too bad. (whatever it is)

Hello Everyone!

Just waiting for the person to come make me feel guilty so that I can sleep.

Hey there LuvH8.

Hey Lonewolf

tell me a story - pleeeeeease!

Sorry, I’m not quite in the mood for a story. Maybe next time.

I’m sorry too. So it didn’t go very good?

When Monkey 2 was about one year old she had one of those sorting toys. It was a yellow canister with a blue lid. The kind you put green triangles, red circles and blue rectangles in.

Her dad set it up in front of her and told her to put the shapes in the canister.

Monkey 2 took the lid off the canister, put the shapes inside and put the lid back on.

I was so proud of her!

so proud of me! i got the dishes done. lol now on to the clothes, the last load is in the washer and the rest is sitting in the basket acroos the room looking at me.. i dont want to fold them.

I’m zipping around the Gocomics site at the moment, LuvH8.

Monkey2 did that toy right smartly, LuvH8. Very cute. :^)

shika i keep missing you. :0(

have a great evening sis!

bbl

Glad you liked it, I told her about it Saturday. And she was proud of herself too! She couldn’t wait to tell her friend.

Going to look for my mind now, see you later.

Bye Everyone!

Bye LuvH8

I’m headin’ home now. I’ll catch up with you around 5ish to answer those questions, cleo

ice cream and cake

Just got back from a bike ride and it was warm enough to wear a t shirt. (If you gotta wear something, let it be minimal), is my motto.

Cleo welcome back. how about pants or shorts?

Yep, gotta stay out of jail. LOL

oh and i was going to go wash my car the other day then i thought it was just to cold for that, then re thought that and said, hum its safer to go when its cold insted of summer time. :0)

yea, your a little far for me to go bail you out. LOL

Cleo your new avatar is SO CUTE! I was going to comment this am that the other one made you look embarrassed, but Carmy beat me to it! I thought perhaps you had gained some modesty in your “all togethers”, LOL!

I just counted, on a day when I read them all, I read 180 strips scattered around diff. sites. I have these, comics.com and Daily Ink emailed, so I can save them for later on if I don’t have time.

Hello Dry

Hi tabby!

cleo I guess your cousin wasn’t very lucky, property wise. I was lucky in my area, but some co-workers who live in Seabrook were not. But they were more fortunate than the ones in Galveston who chose to go down with their homes.

I’m still waiting for the Top Water Grill in San Leon to reopen.

dad just called we are going to church so ill bbl

cleo On the subject of art, I first started collecting when the powers that be decided to close down our Montreal Office. I got to buy some great art at fire sale prices. The rest of the more expensive pieces were donated to the Montreal Museum of Fine Art.

Anyway I bought a piece from Jonathon Little called Sherbrooke at Peele. I bought 2 works from Peter Ewart called Above Camloops Lake and Rogers Pass.

I also have another piece of the Montreal Old Port by Mario Gross.

When I moved to Edmonton, I met an artist from Saskatchewan by the name of Jerry Doell. I really liked some of his works and bought one called Northern Lake Sunset and another called Frasier Canyon Train.

The above works are all originals except Northern Lake sunset.

When I moved to Dallas I learned more about the works of Thomas Kinkade, but it wasn’t until I moved to League City tht I really seriously started to collect them. My collection is heavy on cabin & outdoors, autumn and city themes. I now have about 20 of which 3 are very limited editions.

When I visited Dallas last June, I visited the Southwest Gallery where I fell in love with a number of the works from RW. Hedge. I walked out there with a piece called Monument Valley and later purchased New Day which is a view of a certain part of the Grand Canyon. These are also originals.

Kinkdade did one of the Grand Canyon but it was awfull, in my opinion. I’ve been wanting to get one of the Canyon since I visited there over 10 years ago.

That’s about it, uless you’d like more details on my Kinkade holdings.

I am very familiar with a lot of the areas your art work represents, such as Roger’s pass, Kamloops and the Fraser Canyon, also Monument Valley and the Grand Canyon. I was born in Manitoba and have cousins in the Kamloops area as well as Jasper, Alberta. My first original was by a friend of my dads who he met when stationed in Edmonton, Alberta. He actually lived with the artist and his wife and when my dad died I inherited the painting. I have a mix of art that has begun in recent years to swing to the more impressionistic style.

I used to spend my winters down in Edcouch, TX so I am pretty familiar with the state and I worked as a travel photographer/writer, so I am pretty familiar with most anywhere in North America.

Dry yes, the other avatar just didn’t work. It is really tough to find good avatars for me and I have had to get creative to find new ones by including new wording into my google searches.

cleo If you’re ever in Dallas, check out the Southwest Gallery. There are a large variety of works that make me wish I were a multi-millionaire so that I can get my hands on a number of them. They are in North Dallas a little ways above LBJ Freeway.

I know I’ll go back there on my next trip.

It is funny, I just now google Peter Ewart as I did some of the other artists you mention and the one image of his that I clicked on called “Mountain Scene” is of a mountain near to where I live called Mt. Shuksan. It happens to be the most photographed mountain in the world and it has made it’s way into many paintings and commercials as well. I think that it is one of the most beautiful mountains that I have ever witnessed.

cleo Funny you say that. I tried last year and I don’t think I could come up with anything on him, though I was able to find something on Little.

I also have a few Christmas themed works that I forgot to mention. I’m beginning to like his Plein Air/Impressionist work. In fact, I’ll be viewing a Plein Air of Rainbow Row, Charleston.

May I inquire what your collection is like?

LuvH8 - Your story reminded me of my oldest son when he was around the age your daughter was. He had one of those wood “cobbler’s” benches. It had wood pegs of different shapes, and the bench with matching shaped holes. There was a wood mallet to bang the pegs through the holes. He actually pounded a square peg through a round hole by hitting it hard enough it rounded the corners of the peg. He disproved the saying that “you can’t put a square peg in a round hole!”

Lonewolf Maybe for next year, you might want to try getting a calendar from Kinkade. Those are nice, and it’s a new image every day

I have a Peter Max from his Patriot Series, an H.C. Porter ( who combines photography and painting), a couple of Jean-Claude Picot, a Ric Munoz, Emile Bellet, Charles Lee, Elizabeth Rose, John Fehringer, Bill Reid and sculptures by Phillip Tidd (from BC, as is Bill Reid) and I have and Egyptian papyrus painting by A Shraz. I also have a lot of my photos on our walls as well as my mother’s, who was a wonderful water color artist.

I also have works from artists in Italy that I bought on our travels, plus local artists whose work I admire.

Evening, all! Just back from a light supper–French Lentil soup (don’t have a clue as to the recipe), with buns and assorted European cheese. Can’t stay too long either–but not quite a Shika slip (T)…

Oh…how could I forget. I also have an original Winnie the Pooh Disney cell and 3 gocomics originals.

Good Evening Everyone.

BC13, thank you. I’ll check out the net for a calendar with T. Kinkade images. I just love his artwork.

Hi Rmom, Doc, Cleo & Bunnyface(bmonk).

Cleo, I have been checking out images of Mt. Shuksan on Bing and it is a very beautiful mountain. The surrounding area is awesome!

Cleo Your collection is certainly more diversified than mine. From what I could see online, There’s a few that I like, but I think I like the Charles Lee the most. However, it wouldn’t fit in with style that I have elected to go with long ago. I think I have that much more appreciation for it.

My problem is when I find something I like I stick with it. I wouldn’t be surprised if I bought another Hedge this year, but Southwest also has some very good French impressionist artsits that I may take a closer look at. I almost bought one last year over the Hedge.

Hi, Terry! All this talk about paintings, reminds me of my mother’s artistic talent. My avatar is one she painted of my dad harvesting wheat for another farmer. I just went around her house a few days ago, and took pictures of her various artwork. She painted canvas & china, sewed anything anyone could imagine, dabbled in stained glass, crocheted, and probably other arts & crafts I can’t recall at the moment. Her quilts & her paintings (except for some china) won’t be leaving the family, because I’ll take any of it that my siblings don’t want. (I had received some while she was still able to make them, so I am trying to not be greedy.) The rest of her arts & crafts hopefully will go to people who knew & loved her, so will appreciate them all the more. I’ll have to post them on my photobucket account, because the small size of the avatar doesn’t do her work justice.

Terry yes, it is a gorgeous area. Did you also see Mt. Baker which is right near Shuksan and is a dormant volcano, that still releases steam every once in awhile. The Mt. Baker Ski area, which has both mountains is one of the most popular snowboard areas and every Feb. holds the world snowboard banked slalom contest. That area also holds every snow record in the world, most snow in a day, most in a month, most in a year. It is very popular for commercials because there is snow available all year.

Which reminds me, I’ve got to get back to a project my youngest son is begging me to do. A quilt of his that was a joint project between myself & my mom, back when he wasn’t school aged yet, is falling apart, because of his constant use of it. He doesn’t want to give it up, and has asked for me to repair it. Unfortunately, some of the fabric has worn away, so I’m going to have to replace all the strips that connect the blocks together. I’ve got to measure to see how much fabric that will take. I’ve never made a quilt, just sewed, and watched my mom. I thought there wasn’t anything my mom couldn’t make or repair, and I think my sons feel the same way about me sometimes.

BC13, my wife and I are swinging more and more away from Fehringer and going with more abstract pieces. We also have some folk art that is downright funky by L.V. Hull. You can see her work online as well. We have very bold color in our house and our artwork is beginning to reflect this change in our lifestyle.

cleo Here is a link to my Grand Canyon painting. I’m surprised they still have it listed, but it is listed as sold. But you can also see what else they have is stock, which is something for every taste.

http://swgallery3.reachlocal.net/artworkd.aspx?artistid=56&styleid=7&artworkid=778

Well that didn’t work, but it will take you to the gallery

Rmom I like that painting. Very nice.

Cleo, I knew of Mt Baker, but did not realize it was close to Mt Shuksan. I’m going to check images for that as well.

Rmom– Wolfangil and her mother have done quilts all of their lives. They have many, both ones they use and ones for their contests. Wolfangil has so many bolts of fabric and different thread that she could open up her own fabric store. LOL

Time to BBQ some salmon. See you all later.

Sounds good, cleo

mmmmmm, grilled salmon

Lonewolf They should have, both, dailey and monthy formats at any authorized dealer near you - or maybe online, but I’m not sure about that.

Thanks for the idea, BC13.

I’m uploading Mom’s arts & crafts that I’ve already taken pictures of, right now. I guess I ought to wander around my house & take pictures of stuff here, too. It is hard to get a good photo of her artwork, where there is enough light, no shadows, no glare & in focus, so to really be appreciated, they have to be seen in person. The contest quality quilts are usually made of 100% cotton, but my mom was the pioneer-type of quilter - whatever scraps she had, that’s what went into the quilts. She rarely bought anything but batting and the backing just for a quilt. Some of her quilts could probably have won contests, but she never entered any. They were always a labor of love for someone. My sons always have preferred the quilts my mom made for them, rather than their other grandma. Mom made quilts you felt like cuddling up under, rather than the type you hung on a wall like a museum piece.

Rmom, are you putting them on photobucket?

Terry - My hubby is taking my PT to the mechanic tonight! He got a quote of $600 including changing the water pump, if I remember correctly. Much better than the $900-$1000 from a dealer, which I’m not sure if that price included the pump or not.

Yep, but they are only about 70% uploaded.

They (hubby & son) just drove in. BBL - either tonight or tomorrow.

Rmom, $600. is a good price for that job. And you replace the water pump because your already there. Just 6-8 more bolts to remove the pump.

Talk at you later.

I’m back from the service.

It’s been busy here tonight.

Everytime I’m here you are eating or sleeping. What’s with that?

bmonk Your light dinner sounded delicious.

I had a meeting befrre church and someone bought me a Portuguese chicken sandwich. Must have had a pound of roast chicken in it. It was wonderful.

Hi rmom and Terry

Bye Tabby I keep missing you too.

Hello to all and sunder, for want of another word.

*Hi Shika! I was just checking in to see what was “happenin”!” Today is Ash Wednesday. I can’t have any meat! At least, I’m not supposed to. But that’s okay! I believe bunnyface uses the term “Sundry” or Sundrie”.

Hi Shika!

Hi Dry Yes. Sundry sounds right, lol Close enough. I imagine some Anglo Catholics (in my church) don’t eat meat either today. I wasn’t thinking when I talked about the sandwich. We didn’t observe that growing up as Anglicans.

Hi Terry

It’s nice to walk down the street and see everyone with ashes on the foreheads. A shared custom.

Where’d she go?

Hi, Shika! Seems like we keep missing each other lately.

Yes. I’m not here as much. Well, I’m at my computer, but working on assignments.

How are you rmom?

Terry - I had to ask my husband when he told me about the water pump being included, but since he had mentioned that a lot of stuff has to be disconnected, I wasn’t too surprised. It seemed to be working okay, but a little preventive care at this point is probably wise. From what he saw while dropping it off, he’s pleased with the mechanic so far. I got the pictures posted, so now I need to get ready for bed. Good night!

Good Night rmom I like your avatar.

I’m writing snail mail to my mom, so I’ll be distracted…

More than usual.

Pulling a Shika to reply to Shika! I’m not at my computer as much either. I’ve been going to mom’s about 4 days a week to get it ready for the buyers. Add that to my normal workload, and you see why I’ve been a busy person.

Dinner was delish. Howdy Shika & Dry. Rmom, I like your mom’s work very much.

Yes. I can see that. How is the work coming at the house?

Check out the “Deer John” letter I wrote at 2 cows. Someone had to do it.

Hibye in my case. I am about to watch a movie.

See cleo? You are always away too. :-(

Oh well, I should get to bed early. Good night all!

Sweet dreams.

LOL! Good thing for big writing.

UH, Dry?

Good night all. I’m calling it a night.

good Night BC13

good Night again guys.

I have a quiz to study for tomorrow, and want to get a good sleep.

When Mary had a little lamb The doctor was surprised When Old MacDonald had a farm The doctor nearly died!

Boom, boom! Ain’t it great to be crazy? Boom, boom! Ain’t it great to be crazy? Giddy and foolish the whole day through Boom, boom! Ain’t it great to be crazy?

Hello?

home

dad is telling me i cant have sugar after 5pm. i say bull poop

Tabby sugar rush. I just had a big chunk of bittersweet chocolate. I always have a sweet before going to bed. Now, maybe your dad is right. Do you want to turn out to be …

paging Doctor Toon ……. rant for you at Adam@Home’s

cleo if its okay with Dry, Carmy, Marg, and akenta that i turn out like YOU then its okay with me!. lol

so i just got the best news ever!

”ALL VOLLEYBALL PARTICIPANTS IN ALL 3 VOLLEYBALL CLASSES…283-001, 283-002 AND 284-001 WE WILL NOT HAVE CLASS ON THURSDAY FEB 18TH…PLEASE PASS THE WORD!”

Good news Tabby, I guess.

Gosh, I am getting the double posting blue again. I hate it. Although everything I say does bare repeating.. LOL

You have a 200 level volleyball class at your college Tabby?

jdoc i guess. lol we have beginers intermediet and in my words OUCH! aka pro

Good night all.

Why do we need algebra? Finding X is only useful if you’re a pirate. ·

Doctor Toon - I’m glad you have a good sense of humor at @2 Cows and a Chicken.

Hello Everyone! Luckily my show is on so no more bad example for me!

MATH PEOPLE NO COMMENT IS NEEDED. :0p

Hey Tabby!

I feel like simplifying some polynomials.

Hey Carmy!

jdoc i will not talk to u if you start that. lol

Hey Johnny, maybe you can give Tabby some math pointers.

carmy he likes to toss math problems at me. akenta is a huge help and amazingly so is my bro

That is very nice of Akenta and your bro to help you out.

It is hard to type out suggestions. When I can’t see her work, and see how her brain is comprehending it.

Johnny, I didn’t think of that.

yea my brain is flatlining half the time. lol

Carmy she rocks! she is a great help. amazing i tell u. i understand math somehow when she is there

Tabby, it helps when someone can explain it in an easy way so you can understand. Some people just don’t explain very well, even teachers.

carmy, so true

how r u feelimg today?

typing with one hand

You should try typing with two hands, it is much more efficient. Alrighty, I am off to bed. Peace and love all!

I’m doing okay. I had a long nap earlier (as usual). I had some pizza and watched some of the Olympic coverage with the 2 older girls.

Goodnight Johnny! Tabby, use 2 hands! hee hee!!

Carmy you need your rest. get it when u can. I love you!

Im back to two hands now. i was holding my computer with the other b4

Love you too, Sweetie! Yeah, when I’m tired, I don’t fight it. I nap as needed.

Carmy im going to bed. i love you lots. talk to you soon. sleep well

Goodnight Sweet Tabby!