Long may he be loved, never to be forgotten.

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Link to the set.

Trying to make this presentable so I can enter a couple contests. Wish me luck please.

Edit//Did not win. Much lose. Sorry.

My Daughter made mail boxes for everyone for some reason.

She didn’t make one for herself though, so I made one for her. (edit://I guess she did, but it was in her room, ah well.)

Here is the letter I put in her mailbox.

I love this kid to pieces.

It’s been 16 years now since I married my beautiful wife. 18 years we have been together.
Not a day goes by I do not appreciate what I have in her.

Not super happy but it was nice to sketch again.
I will post the process sketches too in case anyone wants to see them.
As you can see I have no plan, which I think is half my problem.

As usual click on the picture to see a larger copy on flickr.

For some strange reason my wife is trying to keep me alive longer. She has been making me go for walks at night. I feel like I am officially an old man now.
It is nice though. Quite relaxing really, especially if the kids stay home :)
Along the way we will check out what people have done with their houses and gardens, and see if we can get ideas.
Honestly though looking at all the homes along our walk I can’t say there are very many I would trade for if I could even find one. I do like my house.
Here is a picture of one of the locals we met along the way. This very friendly cat will come running up to us looking for a pat.

I’m feeling very lucky to live in such a nice neighborhood and to have such a wonderful wife.

I need to go to bed. Enough for tonight.

I am not drawing anymore, for various reasons, none of which are good.
Sometimes I try and do something though. It takes a long times, longer than it used to, and I have always been slow.
Anyhow. Here is what I was working on tonight.
I might try and finish this. I’m not super happy but I think it’s important to me to finish it.
I only hope I do the subject some small justice.

Had a great day in Vancouver watching the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender), parade with my ladies.
I managed to get fried even though we had a beautiful shady spot.
I have all the pictures up on my flickr page, please click here to see them.

So after 20 years of working in a door factory, ten of them working on the trimmer huffing around 80-100lb doors, my body is a mess. Even after having a desk job for the last couple years I am in constant pain. I know this is caused by my lack of stretching and exercise, and no real physical damage, so after visiting physiotherapists and chiropractors will little effect I asked my friend Chiho to help me out. Chiho is a personal trainer, and I figured she could help me with some core strengthening. I am a lazy ass and would not exercise at all without her. Well let me tell you, aside from the exercise bits, the biggest help has been her stretching regime. Chiho will bend and twist me like a Flex Armstrong doll, helping me do stretches and massaging me in a way I could never achieve myself, and it is working fantastically. She has done more for me than any physiotherapist has ever done.
This has nothing to do with anything, but I just wanted to say thank-you to Chiho for all her hard work. If you live in Chilliwack and need a little help getting back in shape, or ending the constant pain of over used and under exercised muscles, I highly recommend Chihoko. She is worth every penny.

I guess I can still draw kinda.

When only your friends tell you your art is good it’s much like only your mother telling you you are handsome. What it means, essentially, is that your mother loves you very much…and you are ugly.

I would like to take the time to say thank-you to a good friend of mine Kikuko Roueche.
Kikuko has been a long time friend and she always been there for us.
Sadly, Kikuko moved away from Chilliwack, and is now living it large in the big city, far away. :(
Kikuko is living in Burnaby / Vancouver now and she is selling real estate to support herself and her two boys, so if you are looking to buy a house give her a shout.
You couldn’t have a nicer person representing you, and that’s worth it’s weight in gold.

I painted a picture of Kikuko and her awesome little guy as my entirely inadequate way of saying thank-you. Here it is.

Thank-you for everything Kikuko.