I'm in the doghouse again. I had an untimely reminder from Green-Eyes that she was expecting a Valentine's Card from a certain rat-like me, and - to tell the truth - I had actually forgotten all about the 14th of Feb. She is almost 20, but still expects one from me, or some form of me.
So I looked through all the old drawings I used to do For H.I. (I can't believe I used to do one EVERY day), and came across this one which was done a couple of years before she (Green-Eyes) was born.
When her bro was a nocturnally cot-confined baby, I gave him a soft toy in the shape of a kangaroo which looked exactly like the above drawing. I don't know where it is now - he probably ate it in his sleep.
In my dream of his dream, he is obviously riding on its back through an exotic landscape, and I had forgotten all about it until just now.
So, in some psychic recompense, I dedicate this post to Sarah Toa, who knows what Kangas really look like, being constantly surrounded by them as she is.
Sweet dreams.
Boing.....Boing.....Boing.
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DeleteAbsolutely love it Tom :)
ReplyDeleteDear Tom,
ReplyDeletethat is a very sweet picture! Reminds me of Kanga and Roo in A.A. Milne's Winnie-The-Pooh:
this take
"If is shall really to
flying I never it."
Oh - I sat about five minutes to type it in the 'original' typography - arranging the words like big jumps - and when I published it, it jumped away - now you have to use your imagination.
DeleteIf I put that into a translator, it would probably come out as perfect German grammar. They won't let me use the translator any more - too much looking up the 'C' word.
DeleteHahaha: I might add a drawing of this hopping line 'If this is flying I shall never take to it" - the deep sigh from Piglets that was smuggled into Kanga's pouch. Or deep sigh over translator-gobbledegook.
DeleteThough some words are known by intuition and don't need a dictionary.
Oh darling ...
ReplyDeleteI've just spent a few weeks in the bush and kangaroos visited us every evening. The man who owned the place put out feed for them so I got to understand their daily movements. They've been coming in for generations to show off their babies. Kangaroos are really cool critters; shy, strong and mammalian in their marsupial tendencies. I just love them.
Thanks Tom.
Oh, so you WERE constantly surrounded by them!
DeleteOh yes, I was.
DeleteI thought I was just stereotyping.
DeleteP.S. - If you ever do a kid's book, I want to illustrate it!
DeleteP.S. - I'm out of the dog-house now. I emailed one to G.E. and she melted again. Phew.
ReplyDeleteNorth Yorkshire farmers and Valentine's Day are never mentioned in the same sentence!
ReplyDeleteAll the farmers in Borchester seem to make a night of it - plenty of kissing the backs of hands.
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