Spring Dance!

More spring fun today! You can buy this print in my ebay store!

Spring is Here!

Happy first day of Spring!

Good Catch!

This high flying border collie may have jumped a little too high in his pursuit of a flying disk!

just listed on ebay and up for bid!
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Amazing Chris Bliss

Check out this juggling act by amazing Chris Bliss set to the tune of one of the best Beatle songs, talk about hand and eye cordination!

Click here for video and turn your speakers up!

Everyone is Irish today!

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Spring Fever!

If your getting a little stir crazy lately, don't worry Spring starts March 2oth!

Fantasy Mermaid and MerHorse

With all the talk of Oil paints my Watercolor paint got lonely and insisted on getting a little workout. So to quiet the watercolors down, I got in touch with my inner triteness and did a lovely chanteuse haired Mer-gal riding her favorite steed under the sea.... click on the image for a larger view!

To view the 12 x 12 watercolor on ebay click here!

Oil Paintings

I have decided to get back into my oil paints after a long absence. The last time I worked in oils
was back in my art school days and I stopped using them because I didn't like the smell and fumes of the turpentine . I also didn't like waiting so long for the paint to dry, thats when I started using watercolor and acrylic as I could work fast in these mediums. Now I have discovered fast drying oils called Alkyds, you can buy them at a reasonable price at art stores online. I use dickblick.com....goofy name but good art supplies. The oils are easy to work with and are reasonably dry overnight, I also discovered Turpenoid which is an orderless turpentine substitute, all my past beefs with oil have been resolved so I have dived right back into the oils. I think painting in oils gives the artist satisfaction too, at least it does with me knowing all the old masters that have painted in the medium.

I have also added a new ebay id, norton-fine-art, I feel when I do paintings that are a different subject matter then the dog and animal art I have been doing under Cleverpup that they will be listed under the new fine art id. I don't have anything going yet as I want to get 3 or 4 paintings finished before I list them under the new id. But I will let you know!

In the meantime, I just finished a little Yorkshire terrier dog on 5 x 7 inch canvas painted in the fast drying oils, she turned out pretty cute, although I know I am still getting my sea legs back in oil panting!





















Pretty in Pink Yorkie on ebay!













Sides of the gallery wrapped canvas (no staples) are painted so no need to frame!

Enjoy !

Don't eat the Brown Snow!

Storm drops dark brown snow in Colo.

FRISCO, Colo. (AP) — Snow that some residents described as dark as chocolate brown was reported across parts of Colorado Thursday, a result of a wind storm in northern Arizona that kicked up dust that fell with the snow overnight, officials said.

"It's pretty much statewide," said Ethan Greene, director of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. "We've had reports from the San Juans, Winter Park ... all over."

Greene said it's not unusual to see plumes of reddish dust from the desert Southwest drop on the Rocky Mountains in the spring.

Exceptionally dry conditions in northern Arizona contributed to the dust, Greene said.

Don Knotts RIP

Don Knotts Dead at 81

UPDATED: 3:44 pm PST February 25, 2006

LOS ANGELES -- Don Knotts, the skinny, lovable nerd who kept generations of television audiences laughing as bumbling Deputy Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show," has died. He was 81.Knotts died Friday night of pulmonary and respiratory complications at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills, said Paul Ward, a spokesman for the cable network TV Land, which airs "The Andy Griffith Show," and another Knotts hit, "Three's Company."Unspecified health problems had forced him to cancel an appearance in his native Morgantown in August 2005.The West Virginia-born actor's half-century career included seven TV series and more than 25 films, but it was the Griffith show that brought him TV immortality and five Emmies.The show ran from 1960-68, and was in the top 10 of the Nielsen ratings each season, including a No. 1 ranking its final year. It is one of only three series in TV history to bow out at the top: The others are "I Love Lucy" and "Seinfeld." The 249 episodes have appeared frequently in reruns and have spawned a large, active network of fan clubs.As the bug-eyed deputy to Griffith, Knotts carried in his shirt pocket the one bullet he was allowed after shooting himself in the foot. The constant fumbling, a recurring sight gag, was typical of his self-deprecating humor.Knotts, whose shy, soft-spoken manner was unlike his high-strung characters, once said he was most proud of the Fife character and doesn't mind being remembered that way.His favorite episodes, he said, were "The Pickle Story," where Aunt Bea makes pickles no one can eat, and "Barney and the Choir," where no one can stop him from singing."I can't sing. It makes me sad that I can't sing or dance well enough to be in a musical, but I'm just not talented in that way," he lamented. "It's one of my weaknesses."

New Easter ACEOs

Just in time for Easter fun, new colorful ACEOs (trading card size)
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Easter Basket and Cocker Spaniel!

Spring is on its way!

Just listed on Ebay, this original 5 x 7 oil painting on high quality gallery wrapped (no staples on the sides)
of a clever white standard poodle enjoying the first spring flowers of the year!

click here to buy now

Spring Poodle!

Below is a side view to show the painted sides of the canvas.
Thanks for looking and visit Cleverpup on ebay!

Record Breaking Snow Storm hits NYC

I don't think this guy is going to find a hydrant to pee on!

New Horse art on Ebay

Just listed on ebay, appaloosa horse ACEOs ( Art trading Cards) just in time for spring..(tell that to the Northeast!)

click here to visit the Cleverpup Ebay store!

Super Sunday

Here to root for their favorite teams are 2 clever labs...may the best Pup win!
to view the art on ebay, please click HERE! and HERE

Yikes!

Rain, heavy mountain snow, a windstorm due for Saturday and now an earthquake!

I really need to move!

Six more weeks of winter?

Punxsutawney Groundhog Sees His Shadow

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) - Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, but it was hard to find a complainer in the crowd on Gobbler's Knob, where the morning temperature was well above freezing and Thursday's high was expected to hit 48 degrees.

There were a few boos at the groundhog's prediction of six more weeks of winter, but most of the hundreds of revelers instead turned the event into an impromptu Pittsburgh Steelers rally.

Fans in football jerseys sang "Here we go Steelers," and members of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club's Inner Circle - the top-hat- and tuxedo-wearing businessmen responsible for carrying on the groundhog tradition each year - threw black and gold Steelers "Terrible Towels" as they waited to rouse Phil from his burrow.

The furry forecaster may be popular, but the Pittsburgh Steelers are playing in the Super Bowl on Sunday...................

AND THE SEAHAWKS WILL WIN! hee hee

Thars snow in them there Hills!

This is the webcam from one of our local ski areas Stevens Pass that we frequent. The 2 inches of rain we got drenched with down here in the last 24 hours translated into heavy snow for all of the Cascade Mountain Range. Check out the clock tower on the right, it is crowned with a good 5 to 6 feet of snow on the top and we are expecting another 2 feet in the mountains by Monday night!

Down here in the lowlands we are sogging through yet another day of heavy rain, this is the wettest winter I can remember since I moved here!

UPDATE:

Seattle finished up the month with 11.65 inches of rain, making it the wettest January since 1953 -- home of the original rain streak -- when they had 12.92" of rain. (That stands as the wettest month ever in Seattle.)

Overall, this month ranks as the third-wettest month ever, just another heavy shower behind the 11.85" that fell in December 1979.

Update 2: Feb 4 Yes it got a little windy here and it wasn't just the Seahawk fans roaring.....

High Winds Wreak Havoc In Western Washington

UPDATED: 7:57 am PST February 5, 2006

SEATTLE -- Winds as strong as 78 mph downed trees and power lines across Western Washington and Oregon Saturday, leaving at least 160,000 homes and businesses in the dark. The gusts subsided as darkness fell. The State Patrol reported a Kalama woman -- 38-year-old Ingrid J. Davis -- died while driving near the Wahkiakum-Cowlitz County line in southwest Washington when a tree fell on her car. Traffic had to be diverted off some roads in the region because of flooding, shifting or sinking asphalt, falling trees or downed power lines. The storm forced closure of the floating bridge that takes State Route 520 across Lake Washington east of Seattle for the first time in nearly seven years. Crews reopened it early Sunday morning. High water, heavy winds and a mudslide prompted a 48-hour shutdown of passenger rail service north of Seattle. Washington State Ferries shut down the Port Townsend-Keystone ferry run connecting the northeast tip of the Olympic Peninsula and Whidbey Island because of choppy waters on Puget Sound. Seattle's zoo shut down because of concerns that winds would topple trees.

IPODS..er..IPAWS! Perfect for the Pet

Tabby Cat Purring to the Music!






















Pink Poodle listening to her favorite tunes!





















Border Collie rocking out on his IPAW!

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Super Hawks

How about them Hawks?


















No, These Hawks!

More Clever Pup ACEO (Artist trading Card Originals)

Valentine Day is just around the corner ! Visit Cleverpupart on Ebay for more Original art!

Alaska VolcanosWeb cams

Interesting Webcams of the Alaska volcano St. Augustine which has been erupting and very active.
Also click on the Mt Spurr link....very beautiful shot of Alaskan Mountains
(Remember the sunrise is 11am PST / 2pm EST)

New Art

just listed on Ebay! New ACEOs click to view Cleverpup on ebay

Dogs on the catwalk

A dog fashion show in Tokyo Japan had these cuties struttin' their stuff on the catwalk...er dog walk!
click here for the photo slide show.

Day 27 of Rain in Seattle,the streak ends!

UPDATE: Seattle did not receive any measurable rain Sunday, ending its 27-day rainy streak.
This is the second longest rainy day streak in history, the longest streak was 33 days and I don't think I can handle that! Even though we had a dry day Sunday, today begins with a new rain system with heavy rain and mountain snow....one dry day out of 29 days!

Day 26 of Rain in Seattle, and counting

Mom get well soon!

Raindrops keep fallin on my head...

or so goes that classic ballad....No wonder I am feeling damp , mossy and growing webbed feet!

UPDATE 2: Ok I guess I better get out the Ark plans.....

For the 25th day in a row, rain has both been in the forecast, and fallen in Seattle. That's now tied for the second-longest streak of rain ever. Over 11.5 inches of rain has fallen since mid-December.




UPDATE:

Wednesday was the 24th consecutive day with measurable rain in Seattle.

This ties it for the third-longest all-time rainy streak in Seattle.

Tuesday was the 23rd consecutive day with measurable rain in Seattle.

This makes it the fourth-longest all-time rainy streak in Seattle. Here's the Top 5 rainiest streaks:

• #1 - 33 days from Jan. 6 - Feb. 7, 1953
• #2 - 25 days from Jan. 28 - Feb. 21, 1961
• #3 - 24 days from Nov. 10 - Dec. 3, 1953
• #4 - 23 days from Dec. 19, 2005 - Jan. 10, 2006 (current)
• #5 - 22 days from Dec. 18, 1964 - Jan. 8, 1965

New Art on ebay

Smart Shopper in Pink!

new 4"x 6" (postcard size) poodle art on ebay




















Golden Palomino Horse in the Snow
4" x 6" watercolor and ink just listed on ebay

Back

Wow. We just got back online after our DSL modem was fried by a power surge last Sunday. We had a bit of a wind storm and the power went off for an hour, when the electric came back on, it did so in two big surges which fried the modem and the cordless phone! Since Monday was the holiday, Verizon was closed and the order for a new modem,which had to come from the east coast went in on Wednesday morning....Finally the modem showed up this afternoon (Friday)..it was a real eye opener how dependant we have become on the 24/7 Internet access as we went cold turkey for a week with no Internet!

So things will get back to normal here soon as I catch up with email and ebay!

Happy New Year

Here's to a Happy Peaceful new Years!

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Sly Smile Poodle!

Poodle Survives Eight Days After Crash

Dec 28, 4:09 PM EST



ELKO, Nev. (AP) -- The biggest Christmas present came a day late this year for Lee and Irene DellaSilva of Ogden, Utah. But it's one they'll never forget. Eight days after the DellaSilvas' 6-year-old poodle, Miss Lizzie, was lost during a rollover accident east of Carlin, a Union Pacific crew spotted the black pooch Monday morning on railroad tracks near the crash site.

"It is an act of God as far as I am concerned," said Lee DellaSilva. "This just renews our faith in the Christmas miracle."

Miss Lizzie's travels began after she fled the DellaSilvas' vehicle following the accident the Sunday before Christmas.

Rescuers kept them from searching for their pet. Then they had to leave the area.

The poodle was spotted and rescued by a Union Pacific crew thanks to a "missing dog" poster that the DellaSilvas had provided to a UP outpost.

Since she was on the tracks, they assumed she was dead. Then she weakly popped up her head.

The crew put the train into an emergency stop and went back to rescue the dog, warmed her up, dried her off, cleaned her up and placed her snugly in a work bag for a ride back home.
As part of their search for Miss Lizzie, the DellaSilvas were offering a $1,000 reward. The train crew is donating the reward to the Dogtown Rescue organization.

"It is just something totally weird," engineer Mike Kessler said. "This just doesn't happen. Especially with something this small ... . We call her Lucky Lizzie now"

The sun sets on 2005........................

"Serenity" by Marc Adamus
Canon EOS-3

Merry Christmas to All!

Santas on his way! Don't forget to track Santa today as he makes his way to the chimney nearest you!

Track Santa at NORAD!

Note: the Tracking site works the best in explorer, firefox doesn't work as well.

Oh the Pain Will Robinson!

Its the eve before Christmas eve and what better way to celebrate then laugh at some clueless wonder's atrocious ugly Christmas Light Display! Some of these will make Chevy Chase's House in "Christmas Vacation" look stunning by comparison!

Go Here and be amused...see, its free and much better then King Kong!

King Bomb

Ok I am warning you all now, save that $7.50 and three hours of your life ...DON'T go see the new "KING KONG" movie.. It's bad. Bad as a Monkey's ass! In a nutshell, this is a CGI f/x film without any story, drama, or charm.......in otherwords.....its BAD!

Now don't tell me I didn't warn you!

Christmas Funny

Which one are you?


***PSYCHIATRISTS' CHRISTMAS CAROLS FOR EVERY DIAGNOSIS

Schizoprenia --- Do You Hear What I Hear?

Multiple Personality Disorder --- We Three Queens Disoriented Are

Dementia --- I Think I'll Be Home For Christmas

Narcissistic --- Hark The Herald Angels Sing About Me

Manic --- Deck The Hall and Walls and House and Lawn and Streets and Stores and Office and Town and Cars and Buses and Trucks and Trees and Fire Hydrants and.........

Paranoid --- Santa Claus Is Coming To Get Me

Borderline Personality Disorder --- Thoughts Of Roasting On An Open Fire

Personality Disorder --- You Better Watch Out, I'm Gonna Cry, I'm Gonna Pout, Maybe I'll Tell You Why

Obessive Complusive Disorder --- Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells

ADHD -- Hark the herald angels sing ba-rum-pa-pum-pum in the little town of Bethlehem up on the housetop in a winter wonderland one foggy Christmas Eve hey how bout them Bears no I don't want to switch to Sprint but thank you for shopping at K-Mart.

Winter Fun on ebay

Happy New Year Poodle (above)

Yorkie Stocking , just waiting for Christmas Morning!(below)





















Bundled up for Winter on Ebay!

More ACEO trading cards now on Ebay

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Golden Retriever Happy New Year!





















Chihuahua Sled dog.