tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62368426539466597912024-03-05T04:48:37.121-07:00Drawn From A Nearby PlanetArt and Other Things from Me to YouDarlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00690002099818514094noreply@blogger.comBlogger409125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236842653946659791.post-85515103246020425782019-10-08T00:00:00.000-06:002019-10-08T00:00:03.508-06:00Snow business...for one day only - Thursday - and then a return to the beautiful weather we've been enjoying. To note this little weather blip, here's a bit of word art OPI that came to mind:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mixed media - from my art journal.</td></tr>
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Until then I am keeping the windows open and luxuriating in the perfect autumn weather.<br />
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Creating abstract patterns is relaxing; it feels like my brain is coasting along while also being completely absorbed in... something :-)<br />
Here is one for today:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More mixed media - from my art journal.</td></tr>
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I might as well go completely "art journal" and include this little quick little lion face doodle:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Graphite.</td></tr>
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<br />Darlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00690002099818514094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236842653946659791.post-44169194544249827732019-09-30T00:00:00.000-06:002019-09-30T00:00:03.158-06:00RONAwhich was and remarkably remains my acronym for Return of Normal Activity :-)<br />
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Some word-art words which just popped into my brain in all their bleakness:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bleak, huh...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hmm...?</td></tr>
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But as ever, a dog to the rescue:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From my art journal</td></tr>
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Darlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00690002099818514094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236842653946659791.post-21930537431486908562018-06-09T11:23:00.000-06:002018-06-09T11:23:25.752-06:00MAY Chicken and Some "Catz"From my art journal, a chicken sketch from May:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exploring how to draw chickens.</td></tr>
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Also I am continuing to learn about <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">CATz </span>-<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drawn...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In ink...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Very quickly :-)</td></tr>
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<br />Darlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00690002099818514094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236842653946659791.post-18736897863662218832018-05-30T00:00:00.000-06:002018-05-31T00:16:44.522-06:00A Hostile Alien Invasion: One positive outcome...would be alliance over divisiveness. This is my theory, anyway :-)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Humanity MOOdle</td></tr>
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Word-y things:<br />
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My feelings manage to surface in my doodling -<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oy...</td></tr>
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and thoughts -<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Allow thoughts to roll around; do they withstand scrutiny?</td></tr>
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<br />Darlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00690002099818514094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236842653946659791.post-12147182905278915542018-05-25T11:17:00.002-06:002018-05-25T11:17:51.229-06:00RONA DayI've had to restrict my physical activity for 72 hours but today is RONA - <i>Resumption Of Normal Activity</i> - day. Yippee! Remy and I were able to sort of roughhouse and play our version of Tug O'War after breakfast and later we will go for walkies...finally!<br />
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This is a 15-second impressionistic sketch of Remy's demeanor during my (our) 72-hour down time. He'd lay down with a sigh and look over at me with his puppy eyes:<br />
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He isn't a pushy dog. He's cool and patient; and he has a 100 percent belief that something great is going to happen... next!<br />
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He inspired this:<br />
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<br />Darlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00690002099818514094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236842653946659791.post-59920293766991899512018-05-18T12:19:00.000-06:002018-05-18T12:19:29.495-06:00From chickens to catsMy study of chickens continues and I am also adding cats to my warm-up sketching.<br />
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As I mentioned in this previous post, <a href="http://darlenecranna.blogspot.com/2016/03/i-dont-know-much-about-cats.html" target="_blank">"I don't know much about cats."</a> , I still haven't learned anything new about cat behavior because I very rarely interact with them. However, I can still work at creating a representation of a cat:<br />
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And still on the subject of my relationship to cats, here's a relevant word:<br />
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<br />Darlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00690002099818514094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236842653946659791.post-69714869706852014482018-05-16T18:13:00.000-06:002018-05-16T18:15:42.616-06:00Mixed Media DogsProcess: For the background, I began with a selection of favorite colors which I randomly applied to Arches 140 lb (300 gsm) watercolor paper that had been gessoed on both sides. When the paper was completely dry, I gathered up ink, charcoal, soft lead pencils, fat graphite sticks, and pastels and let my imagination take over.<br />
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Word art - possibly inspired by the cool, rainy weather of a few days ago:<br />
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<br />Darlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00690002099818514094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236842653946659791.post-57022517245548241912018-05-14T14:50:00.000-06:002018-05-14T14:50:12.626-06:00I've been studying chickens...because I watched an Australian documentary about a club for chicken enthusiasts. <br />
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Chickens are beautiful creatures and there are so many breeds. I am working at getting the basic form down:<br />
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And having nothing to do with chickens, here's a quote:<br />
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<br />Darlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00690002099818514094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236842653946659791.post-37358654469839492122018-05-11T15:43:00.000-06:002018-05-11T15:43:52.930-06:00First thing in the morning...a nice steaming cup of java :-)<br />
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Pleasant start to the day. On some mornings the coffee is so exceptionally smooth and caramel-y that I have to sit and drink the entire mug while I look out the window, perhaps daydream. Ah-h-h.<br />
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Here's a visual:<br />
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And something about a favored subject - dogs:<br />
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<br />Darlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00690002099818514094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236842653946659791.post-51722542370213082512018-05-09T00:00:00.000-06:002018-05-09T00:00:09.150-06:00A sketch and some word artRemy is also known as "Reporter Dog". He alerts me with one or two barks if he hears something - a delivery at the front door or some interesting or alarming activity he spies from the window.<br />
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But <i>usually </i>he looks like this :-)<br />
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Darlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00690002099818514094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236842653946659791.post-87609408689621778012017-04-24T10:53:00.001-06:002017-04-24T10:53:53.165-06:00More hand-lettering, word art and a little black glove :-)I was doodling in my art journal and a little white dog appeared - he reminds me of Duffie, my sweet little Westie from many years ago. Who can know where the untended mind will go?<br />
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This word art also is the result of a doodle. <br />
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And the little black glove?<br />
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Remy found one while we were on walkies yesterday. It was great fun to mouth it and toss it up in the air and generally roll around with it. "O, the little joys that a dog enjoys." - a <i>cranna </i>quote :-)<br />
<br />Darlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00690002099818514094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236842653946659791.post-27967497219373271932017-04-21T20:35:00.000-06:002017-04-24T10:26:02.787-06:00Word Art - gloomy creature - ACEOReflecting the day's weather filled with rain and dark blue clouds -<br />
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But it's sort of comical, too :-)<br />
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Thank goodness this next one had nothing to do with any <i>thing</i> in particular (or in close proximity) - just doodling:<br />
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I like to close on a positive note so here's a cheery ACEO -<br />
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:-)Darlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00690002099818514094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236842653946659791.post-81140704794704959282017-04-17T15:28:00.000-06:002017-04-17T15:28:18.061-06:00From my art journal todayWhile working in my art journal this morning, my suddenly empty mug inspired this MOOdle:<br />
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I have to admit that I only captured the idea before I was compelled to brew a fresh mug of coffee - the refining and coloring came after :-)<br />
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I have a part of each journal page set off for images. I like doing quick sketches of animals, imaginary things, and lately emotional faces. This face sketch prompted me to hand letter a funny quote by Yogi Berra:<br />
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Time to head back into the studio for some mixed media <i>i.e. messy</i> creativity :-)<br />
<br />Darlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00690002099818514094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236842653946659791.post-72408724795836506392017-04-07T00:00:00.000-06:002017-04-07T00:00:06.732-06:00Puppy Remy and letteringRemy and I were on walkies today: it's so enjoyable. I love it when he turns to look at me with what looks like a smile on his face, his tail wagging because we are out and about and there is SO much that he finds to sniff...and sniff...and sniff. <br />
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I found this photo of Remy where he's a little over 3 months of age:<br />
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This was taken last summer:<br />
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I guess it's easy to figure out why so much of what I create has a dog theme somewhere in it - such as this one:<br />
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Have you hugged your dog today? :-)<br />
<br />Darlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00690002099818514094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236842653946659791.post-64524659514152627582017-04-05T00:00:00.000-06:002017-04-05T00:00:00.635-06:00Imaginary toysI sketched out a couple of toys that I would have liked as a child. <br />
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Although these toys can speak, we communicate without speech. Also, they are large in size and move under their own power (somehow) to facilitate travel of all kinds.<br />
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I believe they should have names however nothing has come to me yet... :-)Darlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00690002099818514094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236842653946659791.post-64650107189856400572017-04-03T12:37:00.000-06:002017-04-03T12:37:16.273-06:00Positivity is a WordI like it. I don't know where I have been but I just discovered this :-)<br />
Fortuitous, fortuitous - because <i>positivity </i>is the thought/word that came to me in wondering how to describe the subject of this post. Here we go.<br />
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One positive thing:<br />
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And another one:<br />
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Positivity feels pretty good :-)<br />
<br />Darlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00690002099818514094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236842653946659791.post-47950424444689055202017-03-31T00:00:00.000-06:002017-03-31T00:00:01.196-06:00Feeling contrary..."Why not?", I say. :-)<br />
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<br />Darlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00690002099818514094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236842653946659791.post-49989283833089986722017-03-29T00:00:00.000-06:002017-03-29T00:00:28.115-06:00I like these.This one is a quote from JFK:<br />
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And the other one is from La Bruyere:<br />
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:-)Darlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00690002099818514094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236842653946659791.post-46796323130677509462017-03-27T16:54:00.000-06:002017-03-27T16:54:43.943-06:00More Lettering - with Mister Cool Dog and OscarFun stuff - sketching Mister Cool Dog and doodling a favorite quote:<br />
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<br />Darlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00690002099818514094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236842653946659791.post-78863109624434161182017-03-24T15:21:00.000-06:002017-03-24T15:21:36.645-06:00Glib or tongue-in-cheek?I was doodling around with word art and lettering - the usual subjects being interesting words or quotes. I came upon this one and doodled it:<br />
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I have very little experience with kittens and cats therefore I was wondering if Ogden Nash was being glib or perhaps just tongue-in-cheek.<br />
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I would wholly disagree if this had been said about puppies and dogs because a dog is just a more wonderful version of a puppy :-)Darlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00690002099818514094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236842653946659791.post-4154095767068332392016-11-13T17:26:00.000-07:002016-11-13T17:26:31.834-07:00Cheer upRecently I've had a need to lift my spirits. I turned to my art - seeking a way to cheer myself up.<br />
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The result:<br />
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Drawing dogs wearing hats... all good :-)Darlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00690002099818514094noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236842653946659791.post-14997112724401223532016-10-26T16:06:00.000-06:002016-10-26T16:06:38.120-06:00My art journal: "Words, words, words" (and dogs)Purloining Shakespeare, I know, I know... boo. My excuse? In attempting to describe my fascination with words, this is the phrase (completely out of context) that came to mind.<br />
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No surprise then that MOOs and word art make regular appearances in my art journal :-)<br />
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New MOOs:<br />
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When is comes to word art, I also have favorite words such as <i>solitary, peculiar, singular, absinthe, twirl, woof </i>- I could go on... but goodness, I won't. Why some words are more appealing than others? Possibly it's simply the look of the letter combinations, the sound of the spoken word, the denotation or connotation of the word itself. Well, I love a mystery :-)<br />
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Dogs are a constant journal entry, too, because I love them. Perhaps I ought to challenge myself to posting "a dog a day" sketch. O, on second thought, not now. No need to get carried away!<br />
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As I write this my sweet dog, Remy, is snoozing by my chair. This autumn afternoon the weather is sunny and beautiful and soon we will be heading out for walkies, yay!<br />
<br />Darlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00690002099818514094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236842653946659791.post-6722160233431954112016-10-17T00:00:00.000-06:002016-10-17T02:31:12.338-06:00Art journal, dog nose, MOO, and a quoteAmazingly, I began my fourth art journal on October 13th. This is the title page -<br />
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Although I have been an artist for as long as I can remember, the practice of serious daily art journaling began a year ago. I took <a href="http://catbennett.net/">Cat Bennett's</a> class,<a href="http://carlasonheim.com/sketchbooks-making-art-a-practice/"> Sketchbooks: Making Art a Practice</a>, and during the course of the class I made a commitment to journal every day. And now, twelve months later I have three completed journals and more importantly, a daily art journaling habit, yay!<br />
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About a dog's nose? My golden, Remy, loves to go walkies and spends the majority of the time sniffing... everything. I have learned to take it easy, not rush, give him the time to investigate the world in his own way. Oy, even if it involves standing about for 45 or 50 seconds while Remy is sniffing an unremarkable bit of grass or a single (!) leaf.<br />
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This activity, which is of paramount importance to my boy, deserves a drawing:<br />
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Today's MOO is a word combination that materialized in my thoughts. I am not entirely certain what it means, but it does have to do with thinking that is not jaded by negativity:<br />
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The quote is from Shakespeare -<br />
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For me, reining in <i>Expectation </i>in its many guises has been only positive :-)<br />
<br />Darlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00690002099818514094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236842653946659791.post-3378558401570187462016-10-07T01:00:00.000-06:002016-10-07T01:00:22.980-06:00Ever have the feeling you are being watched?Hm-m-m... <br />
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I have passed by this tree with Remy an uncounted number of times - more than many - and Tuesday was the first time I noticed the eyeballs/face thing happening on this tree trunk.<br />
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I have another quote that I think is funny (attributed to Albert Einstein):<br />
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And from my art journal, some word art:<br />
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<br />Darlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00690002099818514094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236842653946659791.post-32222952352133333082016-10-02T20:34:00.000-06:002016-10-02T20:34:46.404-06:00Dog focus todayRemy and I took our regular walkies this afternoon. The weather was just lovely. The bunnies were out in force - hopping hither and yon, in some instances right in front of Remy! He's doing really well keeping his predatory drive in check. While he does give the bunnies a good look, he doesn't chase after them. Of course he gets a nice treat for being a very good boy. And just see the face I get to look at:<br />
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And from my art journal, a couple of things -<br />
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Another (!) dog:<br />
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And this quote that I like and illustrated for fun:<br />
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