Josh's Drawings

Josh is no Don Marco or Paul Smith but I thought these drawings he painted at the age of 8 are pretty cool.

Village scene - The square boxes on the right are paddy fields.

Outer Space

Malaysia

Mom's favourite meal

Malaysian Batik

Future Buildings

The Incredibles

The Land Before Time

Chinese New Year

Aliens

Paul Smith

Can you believe that these pictures were created using a typewriter?

Self Portrait

Paul Smith, the man with the extraordinary talent was born in Philadelphia on September 21, 1921 with a condition which impeded his speech & mobility
"When typing, Paul used his left hand to steady his right one. Since he couldn't press two keys at the same time, he almost always locked the shift key down and made his pictures using the symbols at the top of the number keys. In other words, his pictures were based on these characters ... @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ .
Across seven decades, Paul created hundreds of pictures. He often gave the originals away. Sometimes, but not always, he kept or received a copy for his own records.
As his mastery of the typewriter grew, he developed techniques to create shadings, colors, and textures that made his work resemble pencil or charcoal drawings."
This great man left behind a collection of his amazing artwork that will be an inspiration for many.

Don Marco

Don Marco..... The Master Crayola Artist

Don Marco was born in Northern Minnesota in the late 1920's.His interest in art was evident even before starting school. As a young adult in the Army Air Corps, he began his life's career in Air Traffic Control, which continued until his retirement from Honolulu International Airport in 1973. Much of his spare time was spent as a professional artist.

Before retirement, Don started developing a technique to create fine art, using Crayola Crayons. Shortly after retiring, he published his first print. Living in Southern California, his work was in demand, including commissions from Burt Reynolds and a one-man show at his Dinner Theater in Florida

Burt Reynolds

Tom Selleck

Seascape

River Elk

Quigley

James Arness

Catch of the day

Chief Red Wing

Christ

Clint Eastwood

John Wayne

Eagle

russian cakes

These jaw-dropping and eye-popping cakes are from a Russian Bakery called Zhanna in St. Petersburg. Zhanna Zubova is a talented Russian artist.

Enjoy!

The Birds and the bees

My then 9 year old son, Rodney, had just learned about the birds and the bees from a science book I bought him. "Cool! Sex is like plugging an ipod to the USB", he reasoned.
Phew! That went well! No awkward questions to answer!

When Rodney left the room, my DH winked," USB, eh? Wanna plug and play?"

In memory of Hermie

Some of you may have noticed my new avatar. It's the picture of our beloved hermit crab, Hermie, who died last Wednesday. He was 10 months old. We inherited Hermie from my sister when she migrated to Canada. I knew his time had come, when I saw the strange look in his eyes. His limbs were stiff and frozen-like. He fell out of his shell as soon as I picked him up. I'm glad I was there for him when he died. We're saddened by his death and want him remembered in a special way.

I miss Hermie, especially his cute little 'pop-out' beady eyes , the wiggly feelers and playful pinches.

The empty shells - a sad reminder of Hermie I can still feel his presence especially in the quiet of the day when the boys are at school and hubby at work. I can almost hear him scuttling about in his aquarium as he clinked the empty shells around him. It was a trick he employed solely for me that meant 'come play with me' in crab language. It's hard to imagine that a critter so tiny, has its place in life and capable of giving so much joy.

  RIP Hermie