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September Whine

I’ve shown you lots of pretty pictures lately and haven’t angsted at you for a while. Time to remedy that. While I was out of town, Hubby took Rodney for a spin on the lunge line. He – the horse, not the hubby – farted and fussed as you would expect from a horse usedContinue reading “September Whine”

Fergus Says: No Smoking

Barn sign by Jean Abernethy, the brilliant illustrator I was fortunate enough to work with for Back To Eventing & Back To Riding. Purchased from HorseLoverZ. More Fergus stuff at Furry Partners. Fergus on Facebook.

Foto Friday: Shadows on the Ground

Waiting for Matilda to finish eating, under the old feeding regime. [Return, last paragraph, “my lap airspace is full of horse snoot.”]

A Plea for Hobby Tolerance

At Dragon*Con last weekend, I attended the My Little Pony 101 session. I went First, because of the overplay of the little girls & horsies mythos, which is a whole separate rant. Second, because we often refer to Rodney as MLP, in part ironically due to his size, but also because, in his heart, heContinue reading “A Plea for Hobby Tolerance”

Monster Alphabet Book

From Monster Alphabet, available at Hello with Cheese. Found in Comics & Pop Artist Alley at Dragon*Con 2012. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GKP I will get back to gratuitous kitten pictures as soon as I recover from Dragon*Con. It’s been years since I’ve deliberately stayed up into the wee smalls. The kilt blowing was so worth it. TheContinue reading “Monster Alphabet Book”

Cat Scan

When digitizing the covers for Sunday’s post, I had help: The result:

Cross-Fertilization

“The mastery of any medium using minimal elements has long been considered a noble aspiration.” Understanding Comics: The Invisble Art by Scott McCloud [Morrow 1993] p83. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ “Adopt a classical position, resist all fads and gadgets, and ride the horse quietly and softly between the two straight lines of the stirrup leather and the elbowContinue reading “Cross-Fertilization”