Because Whimsical Always Makes You Feel Better!
Perhaps you have picked up on the fact that I was "raised by Swedes"...and, to be accurate, a few Danes too. You have to be raised by Swedes (or Danes or Norwegians) to really understand the meaning of the phrase. Or maybe you've read enough of Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion" to get it. …
...Or, How to Draw Animals the Mrs. Tracy Way It took me awhile to find where I had posted this drawing before, but I found it at the end of "More Whimsy". I thought it would be a good starting place for a "How-To" post about drawing animals, which I promised to do in "How …
If life had background music... You'd probably be hearing the theme from "Jaws" right about now... Suffice it to say that a certain cat has recently discovered that there's only one thing more fun than playing behind the shower curtain at 9:00 PM... ...and that's playing behind the shower curtain at 2:30 AM! "But Mom, …
You've heard of UFO sightings, but have you ever heard of Panda sightings?? Well hold onto your hat, because you're about to enter the Panda Zone... You may remember this drawing from the post "Pandas and Penguins". It's called "Hidden Pandas", and I think there are a total of 53 pandas to be found in …
"No more wire hangers!" You may be familiar with this phrase from the 1978 book "Mommie Dearest" by Christina Crawford. Well, now I have my own phrase: "No more floating shelves!" But allow me to explain. You may remember reading about my floating shelves awhile back in "Climbing the Walls." It's not the shelves I …
I was at Barnes and Noble awhile back and they had a lot of posters up about classic literature. When I saw the one for "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn", I got the idea for this post. This bottlebrush tree was in our backyard when we were married in 1992. I came across the photo …
If you can't run with the big cats, stay out of the jungle! Hi everyone, it's me, Foster reporting from my den! Mom said I could do another post on her blog, so I decided to show you how much I am like my Big Cat relatives! I'll do it with the help of photos …
