Small Moments

"Got no checkbooks, got no banks,
Still I'd like to express my thanks -
I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night."
~Irving Berlin, "I Got the Sun in the Morning," 1946

Lately I've been trying to take advantage of wonderful little things that come my way.  I bought myself a little bottle of bubble solution, and sometimes I just sit outside and blow bubbles for a few minutes.  It's a quiet, calming thing.  I've recently begun riding my bike around the neighborhood from time to time; after a [very!] long hiatus from biking, I'd forgotten how pleasant it is to feel the gentle wind in your face and explore new places on a bike.  I may not have won any art contests lately, and I may not be rolling in money and fame -- but there's so much to be grateful for, like small moments of refreshment and delight.

On a side note, today is my dad's birthday.  Happy birthday, Dad! :-D

The theme at Illustration Friday this week is "Beginner", so I did a rough sketch of a wee laddie practicing the bagpipes.  This may or may not have been sketched while I was watching a documentary about the Massacre of Glencoe, so.. bagpipes.

"Zombies" was a recent Derby theme over at Shirt.Woot, so here we have my entries:

"Remember the Undead", with a zombie/sugar skull thing...

"Sock Monkey's Last Stand"

"Barrel of Zombies", which got an Honorable Mention.

For the "Amusement Park" Derby, I decided to focus on the glories of AP food.