illustration friday - old fashioned

Old fashioned memories of our kitty who we lost last week. She spent the last couple of days of her sixteen years sleeping in sunbeams. sigh.

big empty house

We're all moved in but still have to arrange the furniture and unpack boxes. The house is very big and very empty...

...mostly because our kitty decided not to make the trip with us. She hadn't been feeling well the week before our move, but remained feisty and demanding until the end. She was sixteen and had a very good life putting up with me and the dogs. I am so sad, but hope she will remain my muse.

dog is my co-pilot

Funny typo in our god (I mean dog) park sign.

a couple more favs from The Smithsonian American Art Museum

Wolf Riding Turtle

after 1930 Unidentified carved, varnished, and painted walnut 15 3/8 x 9 5/8 x 14 in. (39.2 x 24.5 x 35.5 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson 1986.65.339 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Bottlecap Giraffe

completed after 1966 Unidentified carved and painted wood, bottlecaps, rubber, glass, animal hair and fur, and sheet metal 72 1/2 x 54 x 17 1/2 in. (184.2 x 137.2 x 44.5 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson 1986.65.283 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Stephan Polaha
Winged Dog
about 1975
painted wood with metal and glass
17 7/8 x 22 x 10 1/2 in.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment