Celebrate the Fourth with this Patriotic Pony! Now on Ebay~
Monday, June 25, 2007
Monday, June 18, 2007
Look out Chihuahuas on the Beach
"Wish You Were Here"
4" x 6" postcard size watercolor art on 140 lb paper. On the back is standard postcard backing with address and postage areas for mailing.
Now on ebay
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Friday, June 01, 2007
The Diary of a Dog
The Diary of a Dog
8:00am Dog food! My favorite thing!
9:30am A car ride! My favorite thing!
9:40am A walk in the park! My favorite thing!
10:30am Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing!
12:00pm Lunch! My favorite thing!
1:00pm Played in the yard! My favorite thing!
3:00pm Wagged my tail! My favorite thing!
5:00pm Milk bones! My favorite thing!
7:00pm Got to play ball! My favorite thing!
8:00pm Wow! Watched TV with my family! My favorite thing!
11:00pm sleeping on the bed! My favorite thing!
The Diary of a Cat
It is day 683 of my captivity: My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and myself are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets. Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength. The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape. In an attempt to
The Diary of a Cat
It is day 683 of my captivity: My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and myself are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets. Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength. The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape. In an attempt to
disgust them, I vomit on the floor.
Today I decapitated a mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet. I had hoped this would strike fear into their hearts, since it clearly demonstrates what I am capable of. However, they merely made condescending comments about what a "good little hunter" I am. The audacity!
There was some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was placed in solitary confinement for the duration of the event. However, I could hear the noises and smell the food. I overheard that my confinement was due to the power of "allergies." I must learn what this means, and how to use it to my advantage. Today I was almost successful in an attempt to assassinate one of my tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was walking. I must try this again tomorrow -- but at the top of the stairs. I am convinced that the other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches. The dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released –and seems to be more than willing to return. He is obviously retarded! The bird has got to be an informant. I observe him communicating with the guards regularly. I am certain that he reports my every move. The captors have arranged protective custody for him in an elevated cell, so he is safe....... for now.
Friday, May 18, 2007
Esty Store
I have opened a new store on Esty, your place to to buy and sell all things handmade! Here you can find cleverpup artwork for sale , no bidding, the price you see is the price you pay. Please visit and bookmark as I will be adding new art work soon.
CleverPup Esty store (user id nortonfineart)
CleverPup Esty store (user id nortonfineart)
27 years ago today
Today is the 27th anniversary of the May 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. Where were you at 8:32 am PDT on that date?
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - "Vancouver, Vancouver, This is it!"
It was 27 years ago today that U.S. Geological Survey vulcanologist David Johnston radioed those words to colleagues in Vancouver as Mount St. Helens erupted.
The anniversary is being marked today at the Johnston Ridge Observatory near the volcano.
Johnston died shortly after his call.
In all, 57 people were killed during the massive eruption that erased 1,300 feet from the summit of the once-symmetrical mountain and turned into one of the most recognized volcanic locations on Earth.
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Zoo Page
Click for a larger version!
When I'm not working on my ebay art, I help out with the local paper's page for kids, "The Zone".
We are doing the zoo the whole month of March with lots of cartoon animal opportunities!
Ben does the layout and design and I work on the cartoons.
Friday, March 02, 2007
Is Bigfoot Living In The Forest Above Marysville?
Another story of Bigfoot sightings! Is it real? Then what is making the foot prints?
Feb 26, 2007 8:41 pm US/Pacific
(CBS13) MARYSVILLE, Calif. There's a big mystery in our backyard tonight. Is a Bigfoot living in the forest above Marysville? A local couple has found big prints in those woods and experts are saying it may not be a hoax.
It was just after a rainstorm, a great time for hunting deer. It was a perfect place, high up in the dense woods of the Plumas National Forest.
Chuck and Michelle Padigo had been down the logging road lots of times, including just a few days earlier.
Past two gates, about three miles from the highway, in a recently logged area, Michelle looked down and spotted something very strange.
What the Padigo's say they encountered was more than three dozen huge footprints spread out over a hundred yards or more.
“I swear the hair on my arms stood up,” says Michelle.
The couple recorded their discovery with photographs and returned to take more pictures.
Joining the Padigos now was Scot Woodland, a Nevada County search and rescue team member and a certified expert tracker.
Scot says he's got an open mind but when he first saw the tracks he figured here's another hoax.
"The closer I got and looked at the prints, the more I could see the detail and the movement in the foot. As a tracker you see how things move the weight and all that stuff. The complexity of the footprint made me go whoa!” he says.
What really impressed Scot was the force of the Bigfoot print which rippled the ground around it. Scot's footprint next to it hardly moved the earth.
“If it's a hoax, somebody really did a good job, if it's not, then there's a big creature that lives among us," says Woodland.
All the prints appear to be from one animal walking slowly but with a stride twice that of a human.
“We measured from heel of the left foot to heel of left foot, 56 inches," says Scott.
The footprint was gigantic. It was seven-and-a-half inches wide. The tape measure shows the impression is nearly double the length of an adult human foot.
In Humboldt County, in the tiny town of Willow Creek, there's a Bigfoot museum run by Al Hodgson. Decades ago, he had a similar experience when he found what he believed were the footprints of a mother and child Bigfoot.
Ever since the scratchy film of an alleged Bigfoot spotting was taken in 1963, a growing amount of potential evidence has been reported.
From a distant picture of a possible big foot, to plaster impressions of some very big feet. Compare them with the plaster cast Chuck Padigo made and you’ll see the same basic shape, same size. Almost square toes with little or no arching.
If there is a big foot living in the woods, it wouldn't be the first time somebody has reported the evidence. CBS13 checked the records over the past decade.
In both 1997 and 1998, a science researcher found possible Bigfoot tracks and feces in the same Plumas Forest Area.
And again in 1998, a veteran forest service employee found footprints fourteen inches long by six inches wide.
CBS13 checked with residents of the small towns near where Michelle and Chuck found their footprints. Store owner Peggy Pope says she's a believer.
“I've never heard of anybody up here saying they've seen one, or any evidence? Or any evidence, but I believe there is such a thing," says Pope.
Other locals say they have either heard or smelled what might be a Bigfoot, but they also tell of some big bears living in these woods.
But pictures of bear paws, while certainly very large, clearly show big claws.
The footprints Chuck and Michelle found show no sign of any claws, just clean imprints of five toes.
The Padigos found the footprints four months ago and didn't publicize it until now.
They do not seem to seek notoriety and appear to be genuinely and deeply affected by the incident but still, we had to ask if they were playing a hoax on us.
“No sir, I wouldn't do that, I'm not that smart, I couldn't make something like that," says Chuck.
Photos and measurements of those big footprints have been sent to a renowned scientist who is researching Bigfoot sightings. No word yet on whether he thinks those prints are made by man or by a lot bigger and more secretive creature.
(© MMVII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)
Feb 26, 2007 8:41 pm US/Pacific
(CBS13) MARYSVILLE, Calif. There's a big mystery in our backyard tonight. Is a Bigfoot living in the forest above Marysville? A local couple has found big prints in those woods and experts are saying it may not be a hoax.
It was just after a rainstorm, a great time for hunting deer. It was a perfect place, high up in the dense woods of the Plumas National Forest.
Chuck and Michelle Padigo had been down the logging road lots of times, including just a few days earlier.
Past two gates, about three miles from the highway, in a recently logged area, Michelle looked down and spotted something very strange.
What the Padigo's say they encountered was more than three dozen huge footprints spread out over a hundred yards or more.
“I swear the hair on my arms stood up,” says Michelle.
The couple recorded their discovery with photographs and returned to take more pictures.
Joining the Padigos now was Scot Woodland, a Nevada County search and rescue team member and a certified expert tracker.
Scot says he's got an open mind but when he first saw the tracks he figured here's another hoax.
"The closer I got and looked at the prints, the more I could see the detail and the movement in the foot. As a tracker you see how things move the weight and all that stuff. The complexity of the footprint made me go whoa!” he says.
What really impressed Scot was the force of the Bigfoot print which rippled the ground around it. Scot's footprint next to it hardly moved the earth.
“If it's a hoax, somebody really did a good job, if it's not, then there's a big creature that lives among us," says Woodland.
All the prints appear to be from one animal walking slowly but with a stride twice that of a human.
“We measured from heel of the left foot to heel of left foot, 56 inches," says Scott.
The footprint was gigantic. It was seven-and-a-half inches wide. The tape measure shows the impression is nearly double the length of an adult human foot.
In Humboldt County, in the tiny town of Willow Creek, there's a Bigfoot museum run by Al Hodgson. Decades ago, he had a similar experience when he found what he believed were the footprints of a mother and child Bigfoot.
Ever since the scratchy film of an alleged Bigfoot spotting was taken in 1963, a growing amount of potential evidence has been reported.
From a distant picture of a possible big foot, to plaster impressions of some very big feet. Compare them with the plaster cast Chuck Padigo made and you’ll see the same basic shape, same size. Almost square toes with little or no arching.
If there is a big foot living in the woods, it wouldn't be the first time somebody has reported the evidence. CBS13 checked the records over the past decade.
In both 1997 and 1998, a science researcher found possible Bigfoot tracks and feces in the same Plumas Forest Area.
And again in 1998, a veteran forest service employee found footprints fourteen inches long by six inches wide.
CBS13 checked with residents of the small towns near where Michelle and Chuck found their footprints. Store owner Peggy Pope says she's a believer.
“I've never heard of anybody up here saying they've seen one, or any evidence? Or any evidence, but I believe there is such a thing," says Pope.
Other locals say they have either heard or smelled what might be a Bigfoot, but they also tell of some big bears living in these woods.
But pictures of bear paws, while certainly very large, clearly show big claws.
The footprints Chuck and Michelle found show no sign of any claws, just clean imprints of five toes.
The Padigos found the footprints four months ago and didn't publicize it until now.
They do not seem to seek notoriety and appear to be genuinely and deeply affected by the incident but still, we had to ask if they were playing a hoax on us.
“No sir, I wouldn't do that, I'm not that smart, I couldn't make something like that," says Chuck.
Photos and measurements of those big footprints have been sent to a renowned scientist who is researching Bigfoot sightings. No word yet on whether he thinks those prints are made by man or by a lot bigger and more secretive creature.
(© MMVII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)
Thursday, March 01, 2007
March comes in like a ...what?
...like a walrus?
..a frozen shih tzu?
...nope, March comes in like Al Gore on a Global Warming speaking tour.
bingo!
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Visit my new blog
Take a gander at my new blog "Start Digging", devoted to the sport of metal detecting, coin, and relic hunting. Its brand spankin' new so its a little lean right now in the posting department, but I plan on adding all my finds and treasures in future posts. I ended up with a White's MXT metal detector for Christmas and have just started using it, so the blog is definitely a learning experience. So take a peek if you want.
Monday, February 26, 2007
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Valentines Day Snow
While we ( in the Seattle area) are basking in 55 degree temps today, back in Chardon, Ohio they are having a tough time just getting out the back door!
Where did I put that snow plow?
And this snow storm is just a baby compared to Chardon's previous Winter storms!
Ahh, looks like they found one of the cars.....
All I can say is the ground hog was dead wrong this year~
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Happy Ground Hog Day
As our furry friend squints into the bright light, his rambunctious shadow is ready to party under the hot sun!
now on ebay
Punxsutawney Phil Predicts Early Spring
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) - A new pair of hands pulled Punxsutawney Phil from his stump this year, so it was only fitting that the groundhog offered a new prediction.
Phil did not see his shadow on Friday, which, according to German folklore, means folks can expect an early spring instead of six more weeks of winter.
Since 1886, Phil has seen his shadow 96 times, hasn't seen it 15 times and there are no records for nine years, according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club. The last time Phil failed to see his shadow was in 1999.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Barbaro Noble Horse
Like most of the country I followed Barbaro's story of his amazing struggle for survival after his terrible leg injury at the start of the Preakness Stakes. Barbaro was euthanized on January 29, 2007, I wanted to do a small painting in remembrance of this magnificent Horse with a heart of gold.
on ebay
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
More Valentine Fun
New for Wednesday, a 4 x 6 original watercolor. The scan blew out the lighter tones in the artwork, the brushwork is more soft and subtle in person. Bid on ebay.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Recent Watercolors
One minute its New Years Eve, and then you turn around and Valentine's Day is coming up!
Just listed on Ebay some 4 x 6 original watercolors.
More to come.
Sunday, December 31, 2006
You'll Shoot Your Eye Out Mom!
My Mom was lucky enough to live within driving distance of the famous "A Christmas Story" house and went to visit the home were they filmed the movie. Looks like she gave the tour a thumbs up, be careful around that "Major Award" Mom....Remember its "Frah-jill-aye"!!!
The house is open year round and theres a museum right across the street with props and memorabilia from the Film.
How cool is that!?
Monday, December 25, 2006
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