6/14/10

Oh Veeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

To all my blog friends and visitors:

Thank you for your visits and comments. I appreciate them very much. They make me happy and joyful in the midst of a very busy and occupied state. I hope to visit all of you soon!!! Tsup!!!



My Beloved Sisterfriend Vanessa Brantley-Newton:




Vee,
You are my sisterfriend.
I love you.
I wish you joy and happiness.
I wish you fame and fortune.
I wish you success.
Thank you for making me very happy.
Thank you for being kind and generous to me.
Thank you for loving me.
You are my sisterfriend.
You are in my life.
I love you, Vee.


My beloved, beautiful sisterfriend Vanessa Brantley-Newton is one heck of an illustrator. There is nothing that lady can't do! Her illustrations remind me of the soothing comfort of yesteryear. I met Vanessa through my darling sisterfriend Bella Sinclair.

Vanessa is one of my Oak Nymphs. On the left she is tending to an acorn of the Quercus turbinela.

Vanessa is a true gem. Just thinking of her makes me smile. Her comments are so full of energy. When she writes that she has tears in her eyes, I really see the tears in her comments. But when she says she is laughing, watch out, I have the biggest grin in my face and I scream AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!



Oy Veeeeeeeeeeee!!!



Bella (dots), Ces (stripes) and Vee (geometric shapes) on The Sisterfriend Express during Sisterfriend Day.

6/4/10

Non sequitor - Along The Trails, My Sky and Oak

Be careful when clicking to blow up anything:




Ah, let me derail your thoughts from the Tears Series for a moment as I post previous drawings illustrating my interpretation of Illustration Friday's "Trail" topic. It's a good diversion for me as I draw these fabulous women and force a tear out their beautiful eyes.



From The Illustrated Abecedarian Series: G - Garbriela and Ghalan on the trail (grove) of the gentle giant (above). and H (below) - A happy ending for the hound and the hapless heir. These are 9"x12" pen and ink drawings on Bristol board.



On the trail of the storm, not the same storm that fried the desktop but the one outside my office window yesterday. I love it when my fellow employees alert me and ask : "Did you see the sky?" They know I love clouds and think of me when they see interesting cloud formations.





Last Christmas, my beloved sisterfriend Deborah sent me two acorn seedlings. I let them stay in their beautiful nursery boxes for months and finally transplanted them last week. These are the Quercus chrysoplepsis, massive oak trees. They will stay in the pots for a while, perhaps transplant them to bigger pots as I look for a canyon because, after all, they are also called Canyon oak.



THANK YOU!!!
THANK YOU!!!

To all my friends who made my birthday a very special day in the blogs:
Bella Sinclair, Shirley Ng Benitez, Deborah,
Thank you for the special birthday posts and drawings

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Arija, Manon Doyle, Bimbimbie, Lakhsmita Indira, Amalia K, Anne Huskey-Lockhard, Lori Ann, Steveroni, Audrey, Marie, Valerie Walsh, Diana Evans, Atelier Brigitte, Aimee, Jan, Pam, Karin Bartimole, Jenea, Eric Barclay, Linda Cardina, Caroline, Vanessa Newton, Francisco Martins, Sarah, Angelique, and last but not the least - my beloved Gemini twin sister Buckram and Bembo ♥♥♥♥♥♥