tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313601612024-03-20T21:57:23.036-04:00Rapture Pet Sitting Serviceerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04741365968735336569noreply@blogger.comBlogger329125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31360161.post-9191939559114813982013-12-06T15:19:00.003-05:002013-12-06T15:19:40.127-05:00HoHoDooDa - Day 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My pups love licking their paws which drives me nuts (and I'm only a short putt away from crazy) so determined they must be super tasty. If only they were made out of peppermint I could solve the stinky breath problem. </span></span></div>
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erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04741365968735336569noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31360161.post-32559560183681788862013-12-05T16:27:00.003-05:002013-12-05T16:35:52.646-05:00HoHoHooDa - 3rd day of X-mas - ghost of christmas future<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say
<br />On a bright Hawaiian Christmas Day
<br />That's the island greeting that we send to you
<br />From the land where palm trees sway
<br />Here we know that Christmas will be green and bright
<br />The sun will shine by day and all the stars at night
<br />Mele Kalikimaka is Hawaii's way to say Merry Christmas to you </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">H<span style="font-size: small;">oHoDooDa is the h</span>oliday-themed doodle-a-day party over at <a href="http://sketchedout.wordpress.com/">Linda's SketchedOut<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></a></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm a <span style="font-size: small;">couple of days behind so I hope to make up ground today, starting off with a really quick doodl<span style="font-size: small;">e of my big, black lab. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04741365968735336569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31360161.post-53291997401482284532013-11-22T14:05:00.003-05:002013-11-22T14:05:40.290-05:00Illustration Friday - shadow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My neighbor's dog Shadow. </span></span></div>
erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04741365968735336569noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31360161.post-74947486815001501592013-11-21T15:20:00.001-05:002013-11-21T15:20:20.631-05:00Boids<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So I've really gotten into birding as of late. North Carolina had bunches of them, woodpeckers, northern cardinals, red hawks, nuthatches, brown thrashers, cat birds, blue jays, blue birds, robins, the list goes on. Hawai'i, not so much. Mainly mynahs, red crested cardinals, chickens, pigeons (oh excuse me, "rock doves"), zebra doves, spotted doves, and more doves. The entertainment here is not seeing what different kinds of birds come to the feeder but how quickly the java sparrows/finches can empty it. </span></span></div>
erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04741365968735336569noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31360161.post-60864076997306336072013-11-19T17:08:00.002-05:002013-11-19T17:08:25.244-05:00more dog beach<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04741365968735336569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31360161.post-46807430187290797322013-11-18T15:47:00.002-05:002013-11-18T15:47:24.832-05:00Koko Head Kittehs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mary Ann cats, long-tailed cats, bobtail cats, blind cats,
one-eyed cats, walleyed cats, cross-eyed cats, gray cats,
black cats, white cats, yellow cats, striped cats, spotted
cats, tame cats, wild cats, singed cats, individual cats,
groups of cats, platoons of cats, companies of cats,
regiments of cats, armies of cats, multitudes of cats,
millions of cats, and all of them sleek, fat, lazy, and
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erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04741365968735336569noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31360161.post-10713027434724086542013-11-16T14:13:00.000-05:002013-11-16T14:13:04.775-05:00Dog beach<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04741365968735336569noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31360161.post-71681308501053593692013-11-16T13:58:00.002-05:002013-11-16T14:15:28.428-05:00She's baaaack....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"> I missed my blog and my kitty-muse. Nothing concrete has kept me away just your run-of-the-mill ennui. So I said to myself, self your hubby is away again and it's a good opportunity to resurrect HubReHoTDa like the zombie-vampire that it is. HubReHoTDay is Husband Returns Home for Turkey Day day. While not even close to being a month away hopefully it'll put the pepper in my pants that I need to get back at it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">Okay so my first doodle. This past summer we moved again, here's a doodle of where we are living now.</span></span></div>
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erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04741365968735336569noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31360161.post-75732429498085207082013-03-28T10:52:00.002-04:002013-03-28T10:52:39.878-04:00Dawn's Early Light<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04741365968735336569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31360161.post-13130520976417181792013-03-28T10:51:00.003-04:002013-03-28T10:51:24.357-04:00more encaustic work...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04741365968735336569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31360161.post-58909838172806643192013-03-28T10:49:00.001-04:002013-03-28T10:50:21.260-04:00Wax on, wax off<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04741365968735336569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31360161.post-72406429110878563552012-10-05T11:17:00.002-04:002012-10-05T11:17:58.484-04:00illustration friday - mirror<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04741365968735336569noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31360161.post-45479995834765905142012-09-21T12:54:00.002-04:002012-09-21T12:54:17.266-04:00illustration friday - crooked<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been a while since I've posted but I want to get back into the swing of things. This week's Illustration Friday word is <b><span style="color: black;">crooked</span></b>. All I could think of was Kato's crooked dew claw that gets me every morning when he tries to wake me up. Also a couple of days ago was "Talk Like a Pirate Day" so I combined them for this quick little doodle. </div>
<br />erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04741365968735336569noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31360161.post-74037563010956548512012-07-27T09:16:00.000-04:002012-07-31T08:39:18.749-04:00illustration friday - lonely<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's been really <b style="color: black;">lonely</b> around here with my husband still deployed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Here's my PSA, then I'll keep calm and carry on:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Our military service members represent only 1 percent of our population,
but they shoulder the responsibility of protecting our entire Nation.
Missing birthdays, anniversaries, graduations and so many of the daily
moments we spend with the people we love, they make incredible
sacrifices. But, they do not make them alone, they have families that keep the home fires burning while they are gone. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden have called for
Americans to show their support to our military families, who sacrifice
so much in service to our country. Appreciate these service men and
women and their families with a message of support for their
contributions and dedication.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here's how you can help: <a href="http://www.serve.gov/">www.serve.gov</a> </span></div>erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04741365968735336569noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31360161.post-18155480979792678192012-06-15T17:26:00.001-04:002012-06-15T17:26:49.660-04:00Illustration Friday - Secret<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's no <b style="color: black;">secret</b></span></span></span> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">that </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I haven't posted in quite a while, I slipped down the rabbit hole. When I found myself watching a <a href="http://static-cdn1.ustream.tv/swf/live/viewer:62.swf?vrsl=c:214&cid=317016&v3=1&bgcolor=000000&campaign=facebook&rmalang=en_US&wpisrc=nl_lunchln">puppy-cam</a> for a good portion of the afternoon I knew I had to get out of my rut and get back to the doodles that I love. So I assembled my supplies and tried to get back on my blog horse.</span>erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04741365968735336569noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31360161.post-26695219024906211002012-03-12T10:33:00.002-04:002012-03-12T10:36:56.972-04:00illustration friday - yield<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4y9o6wSxpKkMEk3MYtA5sfRwFtjJZddP0RNwGgLjHgeJu5ObY7cjqYfs8nwDR0bSaln7yE8IS_BlUayMSkTAmn8ezu_N1FLrnJ0ThEZ6IT7YJwE5JNBFpaPDqHI_4YtBwarwq/s1600/yield.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4y9o6wSxpKkMEk3MYtA5sfRwFtjJZddP0RNwGgLjHgeJu5ObY7cjqYfs8nwDR0bSaln7yE8IS_BlUayMSkTAmn8ezu_N1FLrnJ0ThEZ6IT7YJwE5JNBFpaPDqHI_4YtBwarwq/s400/yield.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Whenever I hear the word yield I always think of <i>Henry V</i> and King Harry's standoff with the french, <br />
"What say you? Will you yield, and this avoid?</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Or, guilty in defence, be thus destroy'd?" </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We have that standoff everyday in the yard over the Wubba. I think the Wubba is the loser.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1-VT0FHxy9NM31MrE-bsZpK1miz4NWEE34jqxrKpR0Ao9FPRH8ywJrRo4145TBytytucDANhtTzuN0lxMHvOFuYaMmcjN_RMUnb54_mYlK14nN0bbaxHaodStYVP6tIXdsDUW/s1600/IMG_1247.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1-VT0FHxy9NM31MrE-bsZpK1miz4NWEE34jqxrKpR0Ao9FPRH8ywJrRo4145TBytytucDANhtTzuN0lxMHvOFuYaMmcjN_RMUnb54_mYlK14nN0bbaxHaodStYVP6tIXdsDUW/s200/IMG_1247.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This little incident reminded me of when my neighbor was bragging about his yellow lab's hunting exploits. Apparently it's a big, big deal if a bird dog can retrieve two birds, who knew. So it was around the holidays when he stopped by to regale this amazing and heroic "double-retrieve" story. While he was telling the story all I could think of was, wow, my dog just stole our entire pumpkin pie off the counter and ate it.</span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here are a some photos of my dog models.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(no animals were hurt during these photo shoots just a little humiliated)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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