Leapin' lizard

This walking stick is made from oak

Po po Poe

A watercolor wash of Poe on a really bad hair day.

Emma

I did a little painting last week at the beach. Here's a quick watercolor wash of Emma, our nine-year-old Boston terrier.

I been to da poe house

They say Edgar Allen Poe lived on a island in South Carolina when he was a young man in the army, and that he lived in this little house near the beach, where we vacationed last week. And although we didn't see any ravens during our stay, who are we to say he didn't?

I coulda swarm they were here a minute ago

One of our bee hives decided to swarm the other day and ended up in the very top of our next door neighbor's magnolia tree. I thought that that was it (goodbye bees). But the next afternoon, for some reason they moved to a limb closer to the ground and I was able to capture them by nudging them into a cardboard box. As luck would have it, a friend came over who was getting a hive ready for some bees he was going to buy. Together, we took the bees to his hive and they moved right in!

The eagle has (been) sanded

My great-nephew, Noah, called up the other day and commissioned me to do this Eagle walking stick. I made it from the limb of a Mulberry tree that grew in my parents' yard – Noah's great-grandparents' yard – in Drewryville, Virginia, so it has special meaning for both of us.

Why only eight tentacles?

Here's a few better quality photos of the octopus cane, finished a few weeks ago

Turn left and go about 6,348 miles

You always know where you stand at Bob and Dellie's. I was there last weekend and drew this picture of the sign in their yard that tells you how many miles it is to Folly Beach, LA, DC and a bunch of places in Asia.

Carving with a Shih Tzu on my head

Do I need a haircut or a rabies tag? What do you think?

I've been itching for these hives

A couple of weeks ago we got two new honeybee starter hives. Here I'm transferring them to their new (boxes) homes in our garden. Good luck with this cold weather, bees.