Sweater Mouse

mouse knew there were 

BIG things to believe in

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Well-Wishes, Peace on Earth!

Mr. Clause

jolly

A Gentle Reminder

smile

Electric

when they get together...the daydreaming is electric!

Cheapskate

Todd explores cheap forms of therapy...

Marvin: Sweater-Wearing Donkey

Marvin was on his way to have tea with Mabel.

And he was wearing a grand, new sweater.

'Twould be a find day, indeed!

Monkey Monkey Moo!

Monkey Monkey Moo!

Shall we buy a few?

Yellow monkeys,

Purple monkeys,

Monkeys red and blue.

Be a monkey, do!

Who's a monkey, who?

He's a monkey,

She's a monkey,

You're a monkey, too!

-1949, Marion Edey and Dorothy Grider

When my daughter was about 6 or 7,

we memorized this poem together.

'Twas fun!

todd......

Todd

misses his kids

loves the franciscan renewal center's grounds

is always thinking of the country...

Whale In a Sweater

Wayne, the pink whale,

loved his new sweater.

Hummingbird

'Twas a fine sweater indeed.

An Actual Conversation

Happy Thanksgiving

This morning I walked through the orange groves

and found this drawing in the dirt.

It made me smile.

Happy Thanksgiving!

dance-o

i have not danced in awhile...sad thing that'll

have to change....

Dreaming

Sometimes he dreamed of looking different, 

but then he remembered he was 

perfect just the way he was.

love

in season and out of season

todd has a gig this weekend...

prepared?...not so much...

Hello World

HI-YA!!!!!!!!!!

5 minute response to Jenny's awesome picture!

SuperHero...

...for Love!

Not Sure

she just needed to be drawn

stressful scribbling

todd scribbled this whilst at the doctor's office....

jenny colored it, cuz she's good at coloring...

todd's only been 'so-so' with managing his stress and frustration lately

oh well, another good reason to draw eh?

Pound the 'nail-head'

10/28/10

my kids are creators and so am i...

i love when they 'art' i will not lie...

just awhile ago i tightened the slack...

and said, to the world,

'i want my crayons back.'

lily...desmond...if it's in you keep doing it

no matter what 'they' say...no matter what your mind tells you...

find your niche...

find the nail-head and pound that poor sucker

until it's flush with the level of your soul...

-daddy

cloudy day thanks......

Rain, clouds, cool weather, gratitude lists, and ukulele music....for these things, todd is thankful.

Bird In A Sweater

Clarence was happy to see the darkening sky.

He liked gray clouds.

His last minute decision to put on a sweater 

had been a good choice.

Simple Reminder

Artist trading card flurry

Jenny turned Todd on to the 'artist trading card' sized paper.

Todd likes pens and 'working quick.' it may not be long before he has

hundreds of 2.5 by 3.5 inch sized cards with doodles, quotes, and all sorts of general

goofiness on them....perhaps he should just leave them wherever he's at?

(be it a restaurant, park, bookstore, record store, bar, etc.)

All i can do...today

sometimes 'showing up' is all you can do

while you set goals and dream a little...

sometimes 'showing up' and admitting that you've

done just that....can open up a world of possibilities

today, i'm dreaming of the country again...

Choice

He knew just what he wanted to be for Halloween.

It was a good choice.

Milton

Milton was a kind and gentle fish

who loved handsomely knit sweaters.

Winner!

The winner of my Elepant In An Apron Giveaway is:

LYDIA

Todd is always music-ing

here's my music page if you have a taste for folk music, gospel music, blues, country music, the ukulele, and tin pan alley music....
CLICK HERE

Somehow....

the book is actually entitled, 'do what you love and the money will follow.'

i say, no guarantees necessarily...just do...keep doin'

do it for the love of 'the thing'

it'll reciprocate somehow...

Wanna Win an Elephant?

Wanna win this elephant?

Simply leave a comment on this post 

before Sunday evening, 9 p.m.

I will draw a name and announce the winner on Monday morning.

See my post on my other blog
to see the inspiration behind this giveaway.

CHEERS!

Break Time

todd is a ponder-er & there's been no time to ponder

lots of talk, not a lot of wonder

so now it's break time for a bit....

Reminder For Today

sometimes we forget

paper doll do-ing

Jenny introduced 'paper dolls' to Todd.

Todd liked the idea.

Todd likes a lot of Jenny's ideas.

Todd started 'doing.'

Todd is a do-er.

Sweater Day

he knew it would be 

a glorious day

in his stripped 

turtleneck sweater

Cartoon-y

Reminder For Today

a reminder for all