frog #3 (the thinker)

ballpoint pen and gel pen

"Think as I think," 

said a man, 

"or you are abominably wicked; you are a toad." 

And after I thought of it, I said, 

"I will, then, be a toad.” 

                             ― Stephen Crane

                             Sharing at PaintPartyFriday

frog #2 (the mother)

ballpoint pen sketch

“I looked at the clock with the faint unconscious hope 

common to all mothers 
that time will somehow have passed magically away 
and the next time you look
 it will be bedtime.” 

― Shirley Jackson, Life Among the Savages

 Sharing at PaintPartyFriday

frog (the first)

ball point pen

inspired by the recent pen and ink work of

 Nic McLean

and

Hwee

Haiku - Frog  

the frog and I
exchange glances
both motionless

three flies circling
the frog
two flies circling 

Don Haney

Sharing at PaintPartyFriday

Weird-Bird

ballpoint pen

“Birds are flyin' south for winter.

Here's the Weird-Bird headin' north,

Wings a-flappin', beak a-chatterin',

Cold head bobbin' back 'n' forth.

He says, "It's not that I like ice

Or freezin' winds and snowy ground.

It's just sometimes it's kind of nice

To be the only bird in town.” 

― Shel Silverstein

Sharing at APR: Things that Fly

bundle of hope

"You know what the great thing about babies is?

They are like little bundles of hope.

Like the future in a basket."

- Lish McBride

I love these little people;

and it is not a slight thing when they,

who are so fresh from God,

love us.

-Charles Dickens

pen and ink

sharing at APR: mail art

words

expressions in ink

flow of laughter, love and loss

syllables of life

"When the dog bites

When the bee stings

When I'm feeling sad

I simply remember my favorite things Word(s)

And then I don't feel so bad"

 - Maria

from The Sound of Music Soundtrack

for APR

favorite things

cup of bliss

pen and ink

"You can never get 

a cup of tea 

large enough 

or a book long enough to suit me." 

— C.S. Lewis

"What on earth could be more luxurious than 

a sofa, a book, 

and 

a cup of coffee?

— Anthony Trollope

for APR

tangled name

pen and ink

entangled in a 

name doodles of laughter and

pain: your story told

 "...we find that we are not being led to see God in our stories 

but our stories in God's. 

God is the larger context and plot 

in which our stories find themselves. " 

— Eugene H. Peterson

For ArtistPlayRoom

Topic: Doodle your name

the thumbtastic life

"Today was good.

Today was fun.

Tomorrow is another one."

 - Dr. Seuss

Inkblot#9

see the horse

                                            see the horse 

free

               float

Inkblot#7

elephant's child

"In the high and far-off times the Elephant,

 O best Beloved, 

had no trunk.  

He had only a 

blackish, 

bulgy nose, 

as big as a boot, 

that he could wriggle about from side to side..."

-Rudyard Kipling, Just So Stories

Inkblot#7

the mother

Beware

the mother 

bear.
She will scare
those who dare
interfere with them
in her den.
Wears she fur or human hair,
has she paws or fingers fair,
 be aware
of
the mother
bear.


Continuous line drawing

Elated Chef

Herman was elated to be honored with a James Beard award.

Man-a-tee

Man-a-tee

like a 

Man-at-tea

like a 

Man-at-eaze

is the 

Manatee

Continuous line drawing