24 Years

24 years ago today I went on my first date with this amazing human being...
We were lucky to have found one another young.

Every single day I count my lucky stars that he is mine & that I am his.
He is my favorite and best thing in this world.

Min-Min, Meep, Emmett My Sweet

This week we celebrate Emmett's (aka Min-Min or Meep) 2nd year homecoming.

He was adopted close to Easter yes indeedy, but the shelter we go to knows us well

and they knew that us bringing him home had nothing whatsoever to do with Easter.

He's such a little sweetie but he definitely has his trust issues & he is still absolutely terrified of dogs.

 

He's been sick the past couple of weeks so we've had our hands full because our

Jaky Boo stopped eating just the week before as well (but that was due to gas) ugh!

Min has always been prone to g.i.stasis and getting him back on track just doesn't seem

as easy as with the others for whatever reason and that's always very stressful and scary.

 

 

Min-Min had a rough go before he came here...he was in a Quebec shelter for reasons unknown to us

and that shelter was not a good place, it was thankfully shut down and he was transferred to the

Toronto Humane Society but he was in bad shape, malnourished, not eating, very unhappy, etc...

 

 

He was considered a special needs adoption because of his health problems

but we signed off on all that and the shelter knew we knew what we were getting into.

We still see residual anger and mistrust from his bad beginnnings, poor little guy...

but he's come a long way & now he's besties with Korra-Soleil so things will only get better.

 

Love Love Love you our dear little Meep.



A New Mixed Media In My 'Celebration' Series

This little series of mine was started from something as simple as having a craving to paint with acrylic paint on illustration board. Than it seemed natural that the designs were well suited for birthday cards etc but I didn't want to pigeon hole these birdies of mine, they seemed more life lesson-y/life celebratory to me...hence the name "Celebration" series...

....You can see the first in the series if you click here... ...These two cuties share a message which I think is a good one and that is "You Can Learn More With Two Different Perspectives Than With Just One..."

...Now, don't you think that wording is nicer and more interesting than just a 'Happy Birthday'...I do...

( ...Prints of this new illustration o' mine are in the shop now...)

...I've drawn and just finished colouring in the sweetest little bunny with birdie...I can't wait to show you. Be Well all and thanks so so much for popping in and extra thanks to all of your sweeties who take time to leave me a message/comment, I can't tell you how much they make my day.

My 100th Post

Today is my 100th post and I am celebrating it with a giveaway. So here is the deal; anyone who leaves a comment on this specific posting over the next two weeks will be entered into a draw to win this signed and titled print by moi...

I will have a trusted friend draw the lucky name on Sept 9th 2008. Then I will ask for your mailing address and promptly get the print into the mail and on it's way to the winner. Good Luck.

In other news today...I purchased some Main Showcase spots on Etsy this past week and it always tickles me pink to see my work among other talented artists. (My 'Pink Jinny' was the main image for this showcase spot).

and for those non-Etsy browsers out there, here is a look at what it looks like when you click on my square...

I have already noticed a jump in viewership over at the shop so that makes me happy. Tune in on September 4th where I'll be in the showcase again...this time most likely featuring the felt stars.

Time to get on with things...I need to recuperate from just having spent almost 200 bucks on framing materials, yikes! I know the old adage of 'you need to spend money to make money' but it doesn't make it any less painful to know that that adage is indeed true! Be Well everyone, Happy Creating and hopefully we'll 'see' you all here again tomorrow.