Golden Retriever Puppy

I drew this puppy last night, with a Prismacolor Scholar 2B pencil. I think it turned out very well, and Mara said that she thought mine was better than the one in the book, 'cause mine had character. I had a little bit of trouble drawing the tail, because I was a little too close to the edge of the page, but I just had to make it go a little more up instead of out. I think that it looks like a little fat puppy, starting to lift its paw.

Labrador Puppy

Mara and I were drawing last night, and I drew this puppy. I haven't ever really gotten interested in drawing, (especially after an art class we took when I was younger, and I really didn't like how the instructor drew,) but Mara has been drawing a lot during the past few days, so when mom found a book about how to draw puppies and kittens I drew this. I think it turned out pretty good, especially considering that I haven't drawn anything in years. I am going to keep drawing with Mara, and will probably post most of what I draw here. I am going to work through the puppies and kittens book, then draw horses, and then I hope to draw a centaur. I am also going to start learning calligraphy, so the amount of art that I do will be going up a whole lot.

(P.S. I have been going around the house all day, remarking on how I drew a cute puppy, but mom said she hasn't gotten tired of that yet, so there ought to be no problems in that regard.)

Look Who Dropped In!

Some one decided to climb over the fence and take a lengthy nap in our yard.

The neighbor's cat had come apparently come over to our yard to take his nap under our overgrown rose bush, where it was shady. We had seen him when he was all curled up, sleeping. When we went outside he was still there, staying partly hidden, but when Benedick started swinging the hula hoop about, the cat approached us rather slowly.

Rather startled by Mom walking around,
hence pausing cautiously under the chaise lounge.

Coming closer again.

For some reason, he seemed to be attracted to our hula hoop.
When Benedick stopped playing with it, the cat started investigating it.

Moving on from the hoop, enjoying Benedick's shadow.

Looking rather disgruntled when Benedick moved,
and he was no longer in the shade.

Reclaiming his hoop. 

"I dare you to take it from me!"

Apparently deciding that some
fresh salad would be more to his liking.

Maybe our grass tastes better than our neighbors. 

Resting in the shade some more.

You can see his yellow eyes better in this picture.

Getting up to leave our yard and hospitality,
(in the form of not chasing him out at first sight,
but letting him stay and enjoy our shade). 

Shortly after this he climbed back over the fence, and returned to his own yard. I hope he liked his short stay in the yard of the strange people who point interesting objects at him, and swing curious hoops about.

Wordle Fun

I made a Wordle for one of my fanfiction stories! A Wordle takes the words from a text, and makes them bigger or smaller according to the frequency that they appear. If you want to make your own Wordle, go here.

I've got an idea for a game! If anyone would be so very kind as to go to my fanfiction home page, and take an extremely wild guess as to which one of my stories I made into this Wordle, I shall personally take it upon myself to write a 100-word drabble for this wonderful personage from any prompt that they choose, as long as it is a fandom I am familiar with. Just post your guess in your comment.

They're kind of an annual thing...

Now I'm going to tell you something. Today's my blog's birthday! Ta da! (Just so you know.)

I'm really sorry for not posting in a while, but I definitely plan to post more frequently now. Over the next week or so, I'm going to attempt to do a few special things for her birthday. Such as a movie quote thing and an "At Agincourt" review. How does that sound?

P.S. Did you notice the "Tangled" quotes? 

A Bit of History Trivia

For those of you who don't know, today is the 236th aniversary of Paul Revere's ride.

Lovely Clouds

Yesterday Mom looked out the window during dinner and said, "Look at those pretty clouds!" I glanced out and they were so gorgeous!

This one is out towards the east.

This is the sunset. I went out in front of our house just in time. Five minutes later it wasn't near as nice.