tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41339925502581840542024-03-13T11:19:51.696-07:00i, chihuahuai, chihuahuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06747514587542586267noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133992550258184054.post-6215321027638674142013-12-09T16:48:00.000-08:002013-12-09T16:48:58.313-08:00out with fruit baskets, in with wag pacs!Maximo, Lulu and I received our first Wag Pac in the mail recently, and this short clip shows us discovering the treats and toys inside. Wag Pacs, created by <a href="http://dogtime.com/">Dogtime</a>, are delivered to your door on a subscription basis, and should be available for order by Christmas.<br />
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A one month subscription is $29 per box, 3 months for $24, and the best deal of all is a 6 month subscription for $19 per box. An excellent way to surprise and treat your loved ones, both canine and human! In addition to enjoying your dogs' delight, a percentage of the cost of of your Wag Pac subscriptions go to a local animal shelter of your choosing. We chose for our donation to go to Animal Talk of King County.<br />
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Enjoy the film, my ridiculous dog voice, and the wagging tails of Maximo and Lulu as they investigate their Wag Pac!<br />
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My tribute to National Handwriting Day. May the desire to make marks upon surfaces (<a href="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/what-the-lascaux-cave-paintings-tell-us-about-how-our-ancestors-understood-the-stars/15506">reference the caves of lascaux</a>) never be extinguished.<br />
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Saturated in rare November sunshine. We worship you, and all your glories!<br />
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Walkies: Shilshole Bay Marina. Looping around Golden Gardens, we said HELLO! to a colony of ducks overwintering on Golden Gardens' Freshwater Pond.<br />
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The Pond turtles, like old Russians, bare midriffs exposed and bare arms outstretched on benches of the Local Park, absorbing precious Vitamin D. The turtles, too, make the most of the moment.<br />
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As the sun fell, in a brilliant pink ball, we admired its glorious descent into another world where it is not darkness, but day.<br />
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Clouds and rain made all the colors of fall's first flush that much more luminous during today's wet Discovery Park walk.<br />
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Each bilateral leaf is a full color Rorschach, each side a mirror of the other but with organic variation. One could gaze at them for hours!<br />
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But we are all soaking and the dogs care not for leaf gazing, so home we go, a few select leaves in my sodden pocket.<br />
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<br />i, chihuahuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06747514587542586267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133992550258184054.post-21239213155242153452012-09-25T17:34:00.001-07:002012-09-25T17:45:02.743-07:00my summer vacation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The chihuahuas and I were guests at the <a href="http://www.danaarnim.com/">Arnim</a>/Hucks estate on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johns_Island_(Washington)">John's Island</a>. No roads or running water in a cabin, hand built by <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/bill-hucks/29/296/86a">Bill Hucks</a> and his family within a grove of Madrona trees and a sea of native grasses.<br />
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This is a shot of my notebook, my muses (Maximo & Lulu), and Haro Straight (to the left). I went swimming in Haro Straight. Was that ever refreshing! After fifteen minutes I lost the ability to use my limbs. Coming ashore, I fell back into the water, my legs were so uselesss! I staggered up onto the rocky shore and Dana, and her daughter Kate, buried me under the rocks, hot from a day in the sun. The cold in my limbs surrendered to the sun's residual heat.<br />
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Maximo got into another fight with a raccoon. This time, the wounds looked like nail punctures in his meaty thigh. Maximo is fine now (four medications and ten days later), but as the wounds heal, he wants to lick them! In reality, he doesn't wear a coon skin cap, but a cape covering his itchy haunch.<br />
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I could draw Maximo wearing the cape, but the difference between being drawn wearing a cape and a coon skin cap* is significant, given the cape is really a wrinkled napkin.<br />
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Lulu is as obsessed with the spot where Maximo vs. Raccoon 2012 took place as Maximo is with the spot on his thigh where the fight left its marks. She runs to the spot and barks at the memory, tirelessly telling off that nasty wild beastie.<br />
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Maximo was so lucky (again!) as a raccoon could so easily kill him. Maximo! King of the wild frontier! Let's hope it stays that way.<br />
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*The animal who inspired the coon skin cap drawing still roams free. Beware all domestic animals on night patrol! The danger is real!i, chihuahuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06747514587542586267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133992550258184054.post-26592619496078371862012-09-05T19:29:00.000-07:002012-09-11T17:47:01.625-07:00PICKLE by kimberly baker<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMPDBKQY-XSoRZ80yWydhxw0p_VmDQof-c8vrDVOv7kmzgCwPrTLvcLuE_NtSIdGQwT3k6fBNZxl8DF2PVuWU2gHNV0qct3NfUMeVCjQw-VsmqhBVpQZMr5ySFObncre4xykOs0HSz9yk/s1600/random-acts-of-publicity.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMPDBKQY-XSoRZ80yWydhxw0p_VmDQof-c8vrDVOv7kmzgCwPrTLvcLuE_NtSIdGQwT3k6fBNZxl8DF2PVuWU2gHNV0qct3NfUMeVCjQw-VsmqhBVpQZMr5ySFObncre4xykOs0HSz9yk/s400/random-acts-of-publicity.gif" width="193" /></a></div><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5369851.Kim_Baker">Kim Baker</a>, author of <u><a href="http://www.kimberlycbaker.com/KCB/Home.html">Pickle</a></u>, The (Formerly) Anonymous PRANK CLUB of Fountain Point Middle School, had a book launch party at <a href="http://www.secretgardenbooks.com/">Secret Garden Books</a> last night.<br />
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<u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pickle-Formerly-Anonymous-Fountain-Middle/dp/1596437650">Pickle</a></u> is about a boy, Ben, and his team of motley pranksters, who come together at their middle school under the auspices of a pickle making club, their creative cover for a focus on pranks, and in so doing, get to know themselves, and each other.<br />
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Put it on your reading list. It's FUNNY! And FUN! And guaranteed to encourage and inspire the prankster in all of us.<br />
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The illustration (at left, by me!) is of a limited selection of hors d'ouvres (aka bizarre treats and unmentionable eats) Kim and her Posse created for the book launch. The pickled (of course!) quail egg escabeche with jalapenos was my personal favorite.<br />
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I took three rubber roaches home and am excited to use them in a prank. This morning, I saw them on the table, where I left them last night, and had a split second freak out before I remembered they were rubber!<br />
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My question is: what is the difference between a prank and a con?<br />
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Nik and her dogs are caught in a snowstorm, lost, but only for a little while. Soon they will run up against a wall and follow it to the front door of a cabin wherein fire and food awaits, tended by the winter wise lady who lives there with a young deer she saved from a certain death at the side of its starved and frozen mother.i, chihuahuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06747514587542586267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133992550258184054.post-89857121868096506022011-12-09T16:58:00.000-08:002011-12-15T15:11:42.483-08:00kick ass<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiSRoWDV2K6Sc04DxcYwiLbBJhxk1T2nWnaXfwJ2ijxq2wxTKKDdmNoVzd_5TAv17qD1jWk35hHJ7K5k0FlXX-QLV3n8fqpWN0WcBL_q-tZWcujSdYqvkB46JP3xBf1qPoEAbZPGbEEv4C/s1600/karate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiSRoWDV2K6Sc04DxcYwiLbBJhxk1T2nWnaXfwJ2ijxq2wxTKKDdmNoVzd_5TAv17qD1jWk35hHJ7K5k0FlXX-QLV3n8fqpWN0WcBL_q-tZWcujSdYqvkB46JP3xBf1qPoEAbZPGbEEv4C/s400/karate.jpg" width="336" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Maximo, Lulu and I were asked by <a href="http://dogtime.com/">Dogtime.com</a> to review the dog food <a href="http://www.eukanuba.com/en-US/index.jspx?utm_source=ggl&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Eukanuba?Base?Branded-Exact&utm_term=eukanuba&gclid=CN3JjqXc9awCFQg1hwodp3kOTQ">Eukanuba</a> Chihuahua. Maximo and Lulu ate enthusiastically every time I fed them Eukanuba Chihuahua, and every time they also interrupted their eating to drink quite a bit of water. The food makes them thirsty!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Enthusiasm in eating is something we all look for when feeding our animals, but this should go together with a critical reading of the ingredients. Let's look at the top three ingredients in Eukanuba Chihuahua.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The first ingredient is Chicken. The second ingredient is Chicken By-Product Meal, which could include anything from entrails to beaks. The third ingredient is Corn, which has a high glycemic index, meaning that when metabolized, it raises blood sugar levels. Used as cheap filler in foods for animals and humans, <a href="http://www.eukanuba.com/en-US/index.jspx?utm_source=ggl&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Eukanuba?Base?Branded-Exact&utm_term=eukanuba&gclid=CN3JjqXc9awCFQg1hwodp3kOTQ">corn products</a> are implicated in rising rates of diabetes in the United States. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Maximo and Lulu give Eukanuba Chihuahua Two Paws Up, but I am a label reader and cannot endorse this product while two of the top three ingredients are of questionable quality (such as animal by-products) and <a href="http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-industry-exposed/dog-food-corn/">cheap fillers (such as corn)</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Today, the maple looks like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_many_colors">Jacob's Coat</a> of many colors. Yellow-green leaves blush as any tree might before stripped of its mantle. The sky is blue, a solemn promise that the chilling nights are but a hiccup before spring asserts itself again. The red in this palette reflects begonias blooming in pots on the stoop.<br />
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In three seconds Nik will open her eyes, grip the scruffs of the dogs' necks in one hand and with the other swim to the surface and safety. Nik is a strong swimmer, but even so, she struggles to keep them all from drowning in the warm, indifferent sea.</div>i, chihuahuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06747514587542586267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133992550258184054.post-23174633971932034232011-09-29T15:17:00.001-07:002012-03-13T14:16:50.148-07:00march 13how lucky we are<br />
sitting here,<br />
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to birds fold their wings<br />
to the fountain,<br />
ever renewing itself,<br />
over traffic<br />
planes, cars, trains,<br />
to voices on the wind,<br />
while sky unfolds<br />
her cloudy robes,<br />
striking me dumb<br />
with her inner splendor, now<br />
she is the inside of an oyster shell,<br />
the inside of a pearl.i, chihuahuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06747514587542586267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133992550258184054.post-41405906990913027062011-09-02T12:26:00.000-07:002011-09-02T12:27:58.500-07:00lulu in the sky with diamonds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaHr0qXZsa__L8XvnYt75x-Bhyphenhyphenefnqug7wtOjW-DbCl8ZeNQK1D3h8iHSAkZH-1vZ_O4AAqPiFK4dgERFr1ZanA86btQRMjjAaQrbwrI9KEj8OSQ4p5J_F0VlpgSAZ7N44f0VQTJwRnpxA/s1600/lulu-glasses-tilt.web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaHr0qXZsa__L8XvnYt75x-Bhyphenhyphenefnqug7wtOjW-DbCl8ZeNQK1D3h8iHSAkZH-1vZ_O4AAqPiFK4dgERFr1ZanA86btQRMjjAaQrbwrI9KEj8OSQ4p5J_F0VlpgSAZ7N44f0VQTJwRnpxA/s400/lulu-glasses-tilt.web.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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(FYI! Before you get over excited, as I know dog socks are a niche market begging to be filled, these socks were borrowed from a human baby and are <i>not really dog socks at all! </i>)</div>i, chihuahuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06747514587542586267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133992550258184054.post-7362597993860439172011-06-17T21:41:00.000-07:002011-06-18T12:19:20.510-07:00frankenfinger<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyzJYx_TW0ukckJftyLfWbG2V5AsG7KYwR2sRcdBOGFajO8qyJk3VmAmtaP7IEjPGo-epdk1tPki4m7jeljPabzgIFEwy4IeKClD8kPHV3f589kvmtDRGRBR7P7KDeqSpkzLT0-pUBHJeE/s1600/frankenfinger+cleans+up+nicely%2521.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyzJYx_TW0ukckJftyLfWbG2V5AsG7KYwR2sRcdBOGFajO8qyJk3VmAmtaP7IEjPGo-epdk1tPki4m7jeljPabzgIFEwy4IeKClD8kPHV3f589kvmtDRGRBR7P7KDeqSpkzLT0-pUBHJeE/s320/frankenfinger+cleans+up+nicely%2521.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgvWnqA7vyjH8jaAydjOqfgZUw_W0tZonLw9fWoFFys05aUjJZr2rCz02_ld9kdV-hpt0mLYpqKv0A3q_eQMa45xx_PgbhdwaG2e9OjgLRO8uzAWHQmWKRNQicyQMN1ICTRfoonUVGzzF/s1600/frankenfoot+and+finger%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgvWnqA7vyjH8jaAydjOqfgZUw_W0tZonLw9fWoFFys05aUjJZr2rCz02_ld9kdV-hpt0mLYpqKv0A3q_eQMa45xx_PgbhdwaG2e9OjgLRO8uzAWHQmWKRNQicyQMN1ICTRfoonUVGzzF/s320/frankenfoot+and+finger%2529.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Recently i had foot surgery, then I cut the tip off my finger in a dishwashing accident (not covered by my insurance policy). Frankenfoot found a friend in Frankenfinger. Thanks to a neighbor's visit to the Disney store, Frankenfinger got to shed her Sponge Bob bandaid for some evening wear. Who cares if the dress was too tight and her face was turning blue! A good dress should <u>never</u> be underestimated.i, chihuahuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06747514587542586267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133992550258184054.post-56059426517616062912011-06-14T11:31:00.000-07:002011-06-15T17:51:57.695-07:00how much is that doggie(s) in the window?<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWv2OUiKgzhOPbF5ytLG_KQri-l-0J9o0fHTk5I_Tr5vos-8JHZ9gZfivMVm8G8QJFDHsEfXRGs0yiA2RbnbCA0Z7wVul8sgiDgwy2UuY-pRuCzAd3ubiUVO5M4sEnbAvw40O0ouDBtup/s1600/dogs+in+window-tiltshift.1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWv2OUiKgzhOPbF5ytLG_KQri-l-0J9o0fHTk5I_Tr5vos-8JHZ9gZfivMVm8G8QJFDHsEfXRGs0yiA2RbnbCA0Z7wVul8sgiDgwy2UuY-pRuCzAd3ubiUVO5M4sEnbAvw40O0ouDBtup/s400/dogs+in+window-tiltshift.1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Annie, Maximo, Lulu and Paco in the window.</span>i, chihuahuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06747514587542586267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133992550258184054.post-36332743318539824082011-06-13T17:32:00.000-07:002011-08-18T16:22:42.313-07:00furry house guests<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh2OlTyngmnMwcwZaC6A9Mrsn1fEOaXksEi5xku71CCoy2WQzXivRXJL2CUdFn3uFj_dMWtVCMZiANxdHd4gJ2x8HkditWTFOLSxsoThMW5IGAid9Xa-6ACE2yc6q_bR43hHDrRqOU6xFO/s1600/paco%2526annie.1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh2OlTyngmnMwcwZaC6A9Mrsn1fEOaXksEi5xku71CCoy2WQzXivRXJL2CUdFn3uFj_dMWtVCMZiANxdHd4gJ2x8HkditWTFOLSxsoThMW5IGAid9Xa-6ACE2yc6q_bR43hHDrRqOU6xFO/s400/paco%2526annie.1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My friend Jackie recently adopted two dogs, Paco and Annie, who were dropped off together at the pound. Annie had passed her prime for birthing babies and they waited three months to be adopted. The pound would not separate them. While browsing the Human SocietyAdoption Site online, a friend of Jackie's saw them and said to herself: Who would adopt two ten year old chihuahuas? Certainly not the kind of people who dropped them off at the pound once they outlived their usefulness as breeders. Later, Jackie visited her friend and introduced her to the pair and got her answer as to who would adopt them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Paco's missing most of his teeth and his pink tongue pokes out the side of his mouth for lack of a tooth cage. Annie weighs only four pounds and has long hair. Mellower than even Maximo and Lulu (this says a lot, as my dogs's mellow dispositions are often commented on by friends and strangers alike). My dogs have met their mellow matches.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Initially, Maximo, growled at them when they got too close to his spot in the window, but by the end of the week they all had a spot in the window.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This sketch was done super quickly with grease pencil on trace. Here's to furry house guests!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><span id="goog_1693909242"></span><span id="goog_1693909243"></span>i, chihuahuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06747514587542586267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133992550258184054.post-20050465962403399292011-05-09T12:21:00.000-07:002011-05-09T12:27:49.984-07:00maximo in the window<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">my darling maximo in front of the window. grease pencil sketch, march, 2011</span></div>i, chihuahuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06747514587542586267noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133992550258184054.post-36958244909312975002010-01-26T18:46:00.001-08:002010-01-26T18:59:10.371-08:00cover development<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkXHtsnaa9SpaQzBqo5IOREYoJ_RXwPkWvPCJi4iqOBNVmdxjSjtYEae17iTtU4BcXpYKmnoK9GkoP10HxfSbSi5lMxWcLkLasMTXSeqrHcJS9sBNEDkElZdDYSM3e01733XAEAYqjeSUz/s1600-h/nik-and-snake.2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 344px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkXHtsnaa9SpaQzBqo5IOREYoJ_RXwPkWvPCJi4iqOBNVmdxjSjtYEae17iTtU4BcXpYKmnoK9GkoP10HxfSbSi5lMxWcLkLasMTXSeqrHcJS9sBNEDkElZdDYSM3e01733XAEAYqjeSUz/s400/nik-and-snake.2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431248710916952034" border="0" /></a>Remember the rough rough cover sketch? This drawing is a refinement of the key figures in the sketch. The snake is painted on a cave wall, and Nik, accompanied by Carlito, is now discovering it. Eeek!<br /><br />To come across this strange serpent in a dark cave would be scary. Even more scary if someone came in after you with a gun. Which is what happens next in the story. Eeek!<br /><br />Stay tuned for a fully fleshed out cover in color. Eeek!<br /><br />I just wanted to write Eeek three times. Thanks for indulging me. That was fun.i, chihuahuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06747514587542586267noreply@blogger.com2