Holiday Wishes

Hooray, vacation time is here!

A day when students start to cheer

And teachers grin from ear to ear

Because vacation time is here

And I’m as happy as can be

For sixteen days, I’ve been set free

No getting up for work for me!

Which makes me happy as can be

So as I start this holiday

There’s only one thing left to say

For peace and happiness I pray

On this most joyous holiday

Never Happy

(Note: this is not necessarily true, it's just a goofy poem for a chilly winter evening.)

Outside the world is bleak and gray

As raindrops melt the snow away 

Another cold December day

It’s such a slushy sight

But in my head, a different scene

A summer evening, cool and clean

With lightning bugs, all yellow-green

Cavorting in the night

While all around me, giant trees

Cast piney odors on the breeze

A campfire is sure to please

With warm and friendly light

But if, in real life, I was there

I’m sure I’d hate the humid air

Imagine bugs up in my hair

Preparing now to bite

And then I’d dream of winter snow

Where crystals glitter as they blow

The icicles all dangle low

A world pristine and white

So as I sit with furrowed brow

I think, perhaps, I should allow

The world that’s all around me now

To fill me with delight

Plunging Onward

I can't believe I almost missed this! Unfortunately, I don't have an unused plunger at home, so I guess I'll just have to wait to celebrate Wear A Plunger On Your Head Day until next year. In the meantime, my noggin is being plunged in spirit if not in fact.

Littlest Shepherd - final

And here's the final picture. I hope it looks good when printed out (Mom, I'll be sending the high resolution printable version to you soon).

Littlest Shepherd - the background

Not done yet, but making progress...

Littlest Shepherd - the ink

I've finished the ink outlines of the picture. Next step - take the scanned image and digitally add color.

The Littlest Shepherd

Recently I was asked to draw a picture for the cover of our church's 4:00 Christmas Eve family service. I started it today, but it's not quite done yet - so, in the meantime, here's a little teaser poem.

The littlest shepherd

Straining to see

What all the fuss

In the manger could be

Holds his lamb high

Overhead in the night

Cause all little lambs

Should be seeing the light

Holiday Card 3, Inside

And here's the inside of the 3rd card. I drew the Christmas Hippo a few days ago as the practice for this card. Is it cheating to do the inside and outside of the card as two different posts? I don't think so - they are posted on opposite sides of midnight, after all. Plus, between the two postings, I packaged everything up and took a little midnight drive to make sure they got to the mailbox in time. Now let's just hope they can get to California by Monday.

Holiday Card 3, Front

Here's my third and final holiday card for the deviantart card project. I'll need to send them in tomorrow - I thought they said the cards should be sent by Dec. 16, but it actually says they should be received by then! Hopefully they'll arrive on time and can cheer up some hospital patients! Anyway, the subject of today's card might look a little familiar...

Christmas Hippo

It's what everyone wants for Christmas, and now it can be yours for the low, low price of just reading this blog! Enjoy your Christmas Hippo!