Valentine’s sketch…

This is an idea I had for a Valentine’s card. What can I say? I am just a hopeless romantic…Or is it helpless?…hapless?

Finally, something new…

Not much to it….I saw a movie with a monkey, and sometimes these things happen…

The Strange World of Animal Skulls

During a bit of research into animal skulls, I came across some interesting facts. But why let the facts get in the way. Here are some examples of how I figure animal “bone heads” might look…

 

Fun With Dog Breeds…

Have you ever pondered strange dog hybrids. No? Well, neither have I…

I Pick Chicken…

This is my latest poem…

Flattened Fauna…

    A few years ago I came across an article on the internet that pointed me towards a new hobby. Since 1982 I have been a birdwatcher and I am no stranger to making lists of the birds that I see. Not to mention lists of butterflies, dragonflies, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, trees and wildflowers. This article, however, brought to my attention the listing of “flattened fauna” more commonly known as roadkill.  Armed with a somewhat morbid sense of curiosity and a ready supply of cooperative subjects, I decided to try my hand at identifying and keeping track of the species that I happened across. I was surprised at the variety of animals that haplessly wandered into traffic. I included on my list mammals, birds and reptiles, although, I find reptiles quite hard to identify from a moving car. I do stop to make sure of IDs on some of the more interesting mammals and occasionally I will stop to make sure of the species of birds.

     The following flattened fauna list is my list of mammals. It doesn’t include the birds as the list has dozens of species. It also contains no reptiles as that list is too short to interest even me.

• Eastern fox squirrel
• Eastern gray squirrel
• Raccoon
• Opossum
• Armadillo
• Cottontail
• Black-tailed jackrabbit
• Porcupine
• Gray fox
• Red fox
• Coyote
• Bobcat
• Beaver
• Nutria
• Woodchuck
• River otter
• Black-tailed prairie dog
• Striped skunk
• Spotted skunk
• Hog-nosed skunk
• Badger
• Thirteen-lined ground squirrel
• Collared peccary
• Feral hog
• White-tailed deer
• Mule deer
• Elk

     It makes me wonder during what decade the automobile became so deadly to the wildlife on the roads of America.  It is hard to imagine the old Model-T running down a jackrabbit…

Artist Trading Cards, Round 2…..

Here is a new batch of cards that I drew in the last couple of days….

Impolite

When We Were Cool

Chicken Parts

Chicken Chucks

When Chicken Goes Bad