Estevan also wanted clarification that we hadn't suddenly slid back into winter with our May snowstorm.
Monday, May 12, 2014
Contradictory Information...
Estevan also wanted clarification that we hadn't suddenly slid back into winter with our May snowstorm.
Friday, November 1, 2013
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Absolutely delighted!
I love this! I've been drooling over my rough-sketch-to-final-drawing of Anne Boleyn for days! There is a bit of eye-rolling when I demand it be admired before I'm asked why she looks like her head was cut off and then sewn back in place. I hesitate before answering that's because her head was cut off and then sewn back on...
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Friday, June 22, 2012
Friday, December 2, 2011
What's the opposite of "diplomatic"?
*sigh*
Labels:
Celao,
Free Range Sequential Art,
Nina
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Not for the faint of stomach
No, this doesn't happen every Thanksgiving...maybe 2 out of 3 times? And we've never had an incident where the mystery meat cause illness.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Locked in my own perspective...
Once I got past my self-pity trip, I have to admit that yes she was darn cute, my pretty Sophie-bee, all autumn incarnation!
Labels:
Free Range Sequential Art,
Nina,
Sophie
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Edible dissonance
Marcelo and I saw a bumper sticker the other day. There were super cute chibis of a cow, sheep, chicken and pig topped off with a scolding "DO YOU REALLY EAT THESE?" I answered without thinking "All of the above" and Marcelo chuckled.
It reminded me of when I was a kid and I'd get attached to the animals on the ranch who often turned into food for our family. I struggled a little with some cognitive (or culinary?) dissonance ...but somehow quickly got over it.
It reminded me of when I was a kid and I'd get attached to the animals on the ranch who often turned into food for our family. I struggled a little with some cognitive (or culinary?) dissonance ...but somehow quickly got over it.
Labels:
Free Range Sequential Art,
Jeune,
Nina,
vegetarian sympathies
Friday, November 4, 2011
Literary tragedy
This tragedy is seconded only by the time baby Tevan took several bites out of "Women Who Run With the Wolves"--not only where there teeth marks but quite a few of the pages pulped together, so there are parts of the book that are just no longer readable. *sad sigh*
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
Reimbursement for services rendered
It's been fading for a while now but there was a time when getting mentioned on Facebook was a greater prize than, say, a date to a movie.
Labels:
Free Range Sequential Art,
Marcelo,
Nina
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
Keep away
It was inevitable: I'd kinda been dying to toss Catherine's head around ever since I realized it wasn't attached.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Friday, September 30, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
Words to describe my feelings around death...
This came up in a conversation with my mom in August. I struggled with my words and this is what came out. A friend said that he felt like calling Ines to tell her about this great woman he knew who had just died...then he remembered that it was her. Everyday, I have things running through my head that I'd like to bring up in conversation with her and get her opinion, but she's gone. I'm grateful to have known Ines and to have had her for my comadre.
Oh, and the popsicles: that was the last thing we did together. She brought over papaya popsicles and we enjoyed each other's company the night she left for a road trip. I never had papaya ice cream before, but it has become a regular tradition around here since. *smile*
Comadre Ines
I shouldn't have waited so long to chibi Ines. Taking a leap in incorporating her into the comics, I don't wish to offend anyone. I think this is my way of trying to communicate my love to her and it's another way to keep her alive for me. So, here's my initial quick drawing of her chibi, with much love:
Ines Marques da Silva
March 12, 1977 - June 24, 2011
Godmother of Estevan and Sophie
Labels:
Ines,
Nina-Ru's Sketchbook of Chibis
Friday, August 26, 2011
No good idea shall go unpunished...
Well, that's insightful (referring to Henry VII).
I read Wolsey's quote in an Alison Weir book and I had five light bulbs go off in my head...and then I short circuited. "No good idea shall go unpunished" is something I hear my dad say (quoted frequently at staff meetings at work) and could almost have been tailored for Wolsey. Lovely.
Hmm, what else: many thanks to young Sophia who was kind enough to let me get this idea on paper this morning. It was a noisy struggle on her part but deep down I know she's super supportive of my divided attention.
I read Wolsey's quote in an Alison Weir book and I had five light bulbs go off in my head...and then I short circuited. "No good idea shall go unpunished" is something I hear my dad say (quoted frequently at staff meetings at work) and could almost have been tailored for Wolsey. Lovely.
Hmm, what else: many thanks to young Sophia who was kind enough to let me get this idea on paper this morning. It was a noisy struggle on her part but deep down I know she's super supportive of my divided attention.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Monday, August 8, 2011
Motivational speakers
It was that or the 109th viewing of "Cars" or the 32nd viewing of "Madagascar" or the 19th viewing of "Avatar." Needless to say, between the two of us, we got the boy to go out for the night. Welcome medicine, I think.
Labels:
Alice in Wonderland,
Marcelo,
Michelle,
Nina,
Sabrina
Friday, July 22, 2011
The best part of my day today...or pretty darn close!
Good therapy: conversing with Harmonydawn. Sometimes it's like getting the bestest prize ever from the bottom of the cereal box. Or like that one fortune cookie that summed up your life in a nut shell. But if nothing else, she got me to laugh when I least expected it today. *giddy-smile*
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