Nefarious, perhaps inspired by a recent encounter by the tooth fairy, has been sneaking in while I’m sneaking and putting drawings down nearby for me to see when I wake up. It’s so incredibly sweet, and the drawings are wonderful — here are three of them. The first drawing, which is of us at High Park (you may recognize the castle), was accompanied by a letter that read, “1. I love you, 2. You’re the best, 3. Harry Potter too.” Hahaha. The second drawing is “The Not Grown Properly Band”, and is just that, a musical band of mutants — with instruments that match their mutations no less. The final of the set is a chipmunk bringing treats up to their family in the tree. I love this drawing, and feel quite inspired to turn it into a painting, which I haven’t done in some time.
On Caitlin’s blog you may have read about the gingerbread they made, but the best part was that because of the lack of eyeballs, Nefarious made one of them a one-eyed demon with candy cane horns, and all the others have screaming mouths on account their fear of the demon. Too funny.
Today we were at Canadian Tire getting me a balaclava and looking for a basketball hoop to put up here in the studio, and Caitlin discovered that they were selling one-man tents for the crazy low price of $14.99, a deal too good to resist!!! It was just big enough to fit her old child-size mattress, and we filled the rest of the innards with pillows, blankets, and favorite stuffed animals, so Nefarious has quite the exciting camp out this evening. And “thank god” says the tooth fairy that they did not have to search for an under-the-pillow tooth inside an all-too-tiny-for-adults tent!!!
Anyway, UFC time.
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I love how imaginative Ari is and how much you support her imagination! That’s fabulous :)
On a completely unrelated note, a few weeks (months?) ago you posted that you had watched a movie based on Elizabeth Bathory. My friend and I were discussing her over dinner last night and I mentioned that you had seen a film about her but that I was unable to track it down anywhere, including netflix. Where did you find the movie? I would love to see it for myself!
Weird! In an attempt to make room for all the holiday crap I pulled our tent out of the closet. Chris then set it up in the backyard and Alex and friends stayed and played ALL day. It’s destroyed of course but they had fun.
I’ve missed your painting, and was wondering when you would continue. That will make a wonderful piece!
There’s a handy contraption that you can add to your basketball hoop so you that don’t end up chasing the ball around. It’s the Spalding Back Atcha Ball Return – returns frees throws, works quite well. Relatively cheap and available at Walmart etc.
1. I’ve never in my life wanted children, I’ve always loved them, but liked the option of giving them back to a responsible party when done with them. Reading your blog over the past couple years has been the only thing that has ever even partially made me question my choice about wanting one. The adoration you have for your daughter, the way you raise her, and the absolute brilliance she displays and your way of nurturing it are an inspiration.
2. I really enjoyed your paintings, I’d love to see you do some large scale murals around a city. But hopefully we get to see some new works from you soon.
Saw this while stumbling around the internet and it reminded me of this post:
https://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/3381/recreating-childrens-drawing-by-yeondoo-jung.html
thought it might be something you like the idea of.
Sorry I’m a somebody you don’t know commenting on you blog, I’ve been reading for years and rarely feel brave enough to say hello.
as soon as i saw the chipmunk one i thought you needed to turn it into a painting!, it’s so funny that you would say that. :)
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