The glove

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.
-Nathaniel Hawthorne

Life is like riding a bicycle.

Life is like riding a bicycle.
To keep your balance you must keep moving.
-Albert Einstein

Your snake ate what?

 

JJ's snake was super hungry, but come on, you can't eat the sun and the moon!

2 Drawings I did for Nate Williams The creACTIVISTS

your snake are what?

The creACTIVISTs is so much fun to draw for:

http://www.n8w.com/newweb/creactivists_gallery.php?tags=&sort=new

http://www.n8w.com/newweb/creactivists.php

God Speed the Plough

SUCCESS TO THE FARMER

Come all jolly fellows who delight in being mellow
Attend unto me, I beseech you
For a pint when it's quiet, come lads let us try it
Dull thinking will drive a man crazy

I have lawns, I have bowers
I have fields, I have flowers
And the lark is my morning alarmer
Come jolly boys, now, here's God Speed the Plow
Long life and success to the Farmer

Now all who are able, come sit at my table
And I'll not hear one word of complaining
For the tinkling of glasses all music surpasses
And I long to hear bottles a-draining

For here I am king, I can laugh, drink, or sing
And let no man appear as a stranger
Just show me the ass who refuses a glass
and I'll treat him to hay in the manger

May the wealthy and great roll in splendour and state
I envy them not, I declare it
For I eat my own ham, my chicken and lamb
And I shear my own sheep and I wear it
Mr. Dickens said believed the song originates from the county of Sussex

Tension

Maturity is achieved when a person accepts life as full of tension.
-Joshua L. Liebman 

To attain knowledge

“To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.”

-Lao Tzu

Thank you kindly

For visiting my blog today.

'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.
-Alice Walker

Peru Dreaming

Look at every path closely and deliberately, 

then ask ourselves this crucial question: Does this path have a heart? 

If it does, then the path is good. If it doesn't, it is of no use.

- Carlos Castaneda

Lettuce Entertain You

It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest.
-Orison Swett Marden

To Friendship

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.-Jean de La Fontaine
Happy Birthday Melinda, my old dear friend.

Australian Dreaming

Don't worry about the world coming to an end today.
It is already tomorrow in Australia.
-Charles M. Schulz

Liquid

I always knew the importance of it, since I was three or
four years old my mother used to feed me wine and water.
I grew up with wine as liquid food.- Robert Mondavi

Mango Sorbet

Mango Sorbet

4 ripe mangoes

3 tablespoons fresh lime juice

1 cup simple syrup

place cubed mango in a food processor and puree.

Pour in simple syrup and lime juice and puree until smooth.

Place in an ice cream maker. Freeze. Serve with sprinkled mint leaves.

May 15. Time to plant

Time to plant is now. Get your seeds in the ground.

The Shell

For whatever we lose (like a you or a me)
it's always ourselves we find in the sea.
E. E. Cummings

Hands and a Heart

Now join your hands, and with your hands your heart.
- William Shakespeare

Happy Mother's Day

'The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of
which you will always find forgiveness.' - Honore de Balzac

Future

In this bright future you can't forget your past.
-Bob Marley

Prickly Pear

From early spring to summer, the cactus blossoms and sets fruit, which line the
edges of the cactus pads.

Polka Dots and Moonbeams

Listening to Stan Getz in the studio today and wondered what
image could go with such a title.
I drew my own polka dots and moonbeams.

Polkadots and Moonbeams

A country dance was being held in a garden
I felt a bump and heard an "Oh, beg your pardon"
Suddenly I saw - polka dots and moonbeams
All around a pug-nosed dream

The music started, and was I the perplexed one
I held my breathe, and said "May I have the next one?"
In my frightened arms - polka dots and moonbeams
Sparkled on a pug-nosed dream

There were questions in the eyes of other dancers
As we floated over the floor
There were questions but my heart knew all the answers
And perhaps a few things more

Now in a cottage, built of lilacs and laughter
I know the meaning, of the words: "ever after"
And I'll always see polka dots and moonbeams
When I kiss my pug-nosed dream
Writer(s): Burke/Van Heusen 

Red Russian

Red Russian Cocktail

One shot vodka
two shots campari
One lemon juice
lots ice
1/3 glass soda water

Add vodka and campari to a tall glass full of ice. Add the juice of one lemon.
Top with soda water.

The creACTIVISTS

That's not a parrot on his shoulder! 
View Nate Williams gallery for more of this fun activity. Thanks Nate.

http://www.n8w.com/newweb/creactivists_gallery.php?tags=8&sort=new

Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo. May 5th.
Celebration in Mexico, the United States of Mexican American culture and experiences.
Enjoy food, music, folkloric dancing.

Tribute

Thank you Penelope, for giving us Illustration Friday.
We appreciate you and all your work for the artists.

Hug Your Cat Day

Hug your cat day. More than one date on the calendar,
but what better day than today?

May Day

The world's favorite season is the spring.
All things seem possible in May. 
-Edwin Way Teale
Ancient Romans dedicated May Day to the Flora, the goddess of flowers.