Arty Plattes

The Island I would like

2008-05-15T06:19:00.001-07:00

This is the kitchen island I designed in SketchUp. SketchUp is a free download from Google and very fun and easy to use!

myron likes to write!

2008-05-05T16:16:00.001-07:00

It says:

GO GO GO DON'T BE SLOW

GO 6

Twice.

This was after he wrote it on the whiteboard. :)

To get Raphael to write this much would be a fight and a bunch of threats and bribes and gimmicks... and not worth it at all.

File under "weird" and "news to me"

2008-04-22T08:28:00.000-07:00

Myron wanted a placemat, so I put one under his cereal bowl. It was a deceptively blue-and-white design, so that he didn't immediately notice the Christmas theme. When he did, he remarked that it had angels and shepherds and stars... and then Gabriel piped up, "and it needs to have candy canes!" I asked, "who eats candy canes?" His answer: "God does!"

A liddle song

2008-04-15T07:15:00.000-07:00

I awoke to this ditty coming from the hall where Gabriel was playing:

Baa baa black sheep
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three little bags.

One for my master
One for my sheep
And one for my
Little-piddle...

I missed the rest because I started laughing. I guess you had to be there.

Baskets

2008-04-03T22:06:00.001-07:00

So I bought a bunch of cane from V. I. Reed & Cane Co. and made three baskets. There's lots of cane left over so I hope to make more, but these are the first results. I enjoy this craft a lot because you can make it up as you go along; no pattern needed once you know a very few rules.

Snoopy whistles

2008-04-02T13:00:00.001-07:00

Another tracing by Raphael.

Myron gets in the game

2008-04-01T13:10:00.000-07:00

This is a piece from Myron. He says, "It is not a picture. I just scribbled with a bunch of different colors." I had him add his name for the sake of posterity and to demonstrate that he does, indeed, have small motor skills!

Four Cards

2008-04-01T13:06:00.000-07:00

These are four (4) greeting cards I designed a while back. At least three (3) of them are strange.

PBJ BEAR update

2008-04-01T12:55:00.000-07:00

I cut out the bear and the sandwich. I glued the sandwich to another sheet of paper and let Gabriel glue the bear where it belongs, in his mind. There you have it: the bear is eating the sandwich.

Hybrid

2008-04-01T12:52:00.000-07:00

Raphael colored this rose. I drew it. He says it's a mixed-breed rose. I see no thorns.

The Bear is eating the PB&J.

2008-04-01T12:44:00.002-07:00

This bear is eating the sandwich. Gabriel (3) dictated this picture to me. I think he might be hungry. As hungry as a bear? He is disappointed that the Bear is not closer to the sandwich so that you can tell he is eating it. But Gabriel is like the little prince. Adults do not always understand his art. I am trying to convince Gabriel that the Bear is stepping back while chewing.

Salad

2008-04-01T12:36:00.001-07:00

Ingest this salad for the having of good healths. It contains of many positive ingredients and none of fats. Chopsticks are customarily.

2008-04-01T12:23:00.000-07:00

This is a color-spazzed daffffffff.

Squiggle Tree

2008-04-01T12:19:00.000-07:00

This is a tree. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, Nivchek

Poem de terre

2008-03-31T14:49:00.000-07:00

Pink-amber light
Warms all creatures who
  wander among the foliage

Grasses prairie grasses
Turtles, sleeping snakes
And roots exploring through soil

Gentle vapor blankets glowing
  throwing even joy

Red displays are only
  shadows of rich sun canopy

Panoply arrested eyes wide open

Preparing for soft sleep

Raphael's First Comic

2008-03-29T12:04:00.000-07:00