Sunburns :(

I got an AWFUL sunburn yesterday.... we slathered ourselves in defective sun-lotion.
I'm going to have to sue whoever made that stuff......

Wolf Haikus

Here's a pretty cool blog written from the view of a wolf, completely in haiku! :)
http://haikuwolves.blogspot.com/

Something.....

I was bored, so I drew the top one, copying from this painting called "The Reader” by Fragonard.

An Observation:

Hey, I just studied the Iliad and the Odyssey in school, and I realized that the two stories had to be the inspiration for book 2 and book 5 of the Percy Jackson series!
Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters is pretty much the Odyssey modernized, and with new characters. Percy and his friends must sail through the sea and encounter Circe, Polyphemus, and Scylla and Charybdis. There is even the little part about stalling a wedding, using the weaving of a bridal train!
The final book of P.J. and the Iliad also share striking similarities, sometimes right down to the little details! I won't give any examples..... but let me just say some major plot pieces are stolen right from Homer's work!
I just thought that was really cool, for you Percy Jackson fans.....

Franz Marc

Deer in the Woods II


Large Blue Horses



This artist did one of my favorite paintings of all time: Large Blue horses. Another painting of his that I like is Deer in the Woods II. He always chooses cool colors, all of it is so bright!

Google Translator

I've been having a lot of fun with Google Translate recently. It can translate just about anything I throw at it, so I've been doing rather interesting things, like translating the Hail Mary into French, for example.

Another thing I did: I was writing a story with dragons, so used a weird language for Dragonish, the dragon language :)

Google Translate

Another Poem....

"I'll tell you how the leaves came down,"
The great tree to his children said,
"You're getting sleepy, Yellow and Brown,
Yes, very sleepy, little Red.
It is quite time to go to bed."

"Ah!" begged each silly, pouting leaf,
"Let us a little longer stay;
Dear Father Tree, behold our grief;
Tis such a very pleasant day
We do not want to go away."

So, for just one more merry day
To the great tree the leaflets clung,
Frolicked and danced, and had their way,
Upon the autumn breezes swung,
Whispering all their sports among,--

"Perhaps the great tree will forget,
And let us stay until the spring,
If we all beg, and coax, and fret."
But the great tree did no such thing;
He smiled to hear their whispering.

"Come, children, all to bed," he cried;
And ere the leaves could urge their prayer,
He shook his head, and far and wide,
Fluttering and rustling everywhere,
Down sped the leaflets through the air.

I saw them; on the ground they lay,
Golden and red, a huddled swarm,
Waiting till one from far away,
White bedclothes heaped upon her arm,
Should come to wrap them safe and warm.

The great bare tree looked down and smiled,
"Good-night, dear little leaves," he said.
And from below each sleepy child
Replied, "Good-night," and murmured,
"It is so nice to go to bed!"

Trick Question

I love this Calvin and Hobbes strip. Very funny..... but I really feel for Calvin's Mom.

A Poem

She licks her chops,
Silently she goes and stops.
Carefully she stalks her prey,
Quietly she walks it's way,
With a yowl she leaps
As she grabs, it squeaks.
She has caught the rubber mouse,
She must be leader of the house.
Proudly she walks away,
With the air that she has saved the day.

By ME!
Thank you, thank you. (I bow deeply)

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer
somebody else up.

~Mark Twain

Some of my drawings... horses...

This one is Kievan's horse in a game we play. She was dubbed "Athena"......

This horse is my favorite, but I think it's funny how the horse looks like it has highlights. :)

This horse is the drawing of my horse in the game that "Athena" came from.... only his name was "Zeus." Can you tell what the theme was?

This horse is another of my favorites, because I love her mane and tail.

Calvin and Hobbes

I love this clip out of Calvin and Hobbes. It's so funny!

Some movies of the year

New Movies: My Family's Favorites
How to Train Your Dragon: I loved the animation on this movie... and the characters were done amazingly well. The facial expressions were great too... they were so realistic and sometimes quite hilarious, and they helped move story along well too. The story was also great, it was very believable and there wasn't a single dull part.
☺☺☺☺☺ Rated 5 Smiles


Avatar: Amazing animation... everything looks so real and, well, alien. The story is pretty good, although it has a lot to do with "Mother Nature" and stuff. All the actors were really great, and the villain was absolutely horrible.
☺☺☺☺ Rated 4 Smiles


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The Family Movie Awards: Most Watched Movies of Sep. 09- Apr. 10



The Incredibles: Action-packed and an amazingly good plotline, The Incredibles is one of my family's favorite movies. The characters, animation, plot, and especially the plots-within-a-plot were exceptionally good, and the script really kept everything moving well. Very fun, and a good movie for all ages.
☺☺☺☺☺ Rated 5 Smiles



An Anna Claire-Nominated Movie
Finding Nemo: As my Father pointed out: "It's incredible hard to make people relate to a fish, but somehow Finding Nemo does it." It is very cute and funny, and it really makes you care about the characters.
☺☺☺☺☺ Rated 5 Smiles



An Anna Claire-Nominated Movie
The Lion King: The songs and characters are really nice, and the plot is very good.... and (Random fact of the day!!) it was based off one of Shakespeare's plays. The lions move like lions, which is a fact I really enjoy. I especially love the scene where Mufasa's spirit talks to Simba, telling him he must remember who he is.
☺☺☺☺ Rated 4 Smiles



*Sorry for lack of picture*
Shrek: The story is great, and the cast was AWESOME! This is a great movie, but the sequels really ruined it. Not the greatest of animation, in my opinion, but the characters really made the movie flow.
☺☺☺☺ Rated 4 Smiles

A poem about not littering

Let no one say,
And say to your shame,
"This was a place of beauty....
Until YOU came."

I finally finished this book last night after having people tell me to read it for about five months. I loved the ending, and I also loved Mrs. Granger's letter to Nick. It was a really cool book.

The Riches of Pre-Blogger Archives......

The yeast roll recipe I really wanted!!!

My Mom's Old Blog....

Some Pictures :)

My latest drawing..... based on a Chinese dragon....


Beowulf playing in the snow. He loved that stuff!


A.C. and Beowulf. A.C. can barely hold onto him!


Peanut from our trip to VA. His hat looked so colorful with the rest of the grey landscape. Believe it or not, I did not do any special color effects to it to make it look so grey!


Beowulf on a chair.

A picture from my trip to CA....

Me at my cousin's summer camp...


Beowulf asleep on my backpack...


My siblings goofing off at lunch......


The view from an airplane.... isn't it spectacular?

The Parable of the Sower Matthew 13:1-23

In this story, Jesus told about the word of God being like seed that a sower (or a farmer) threw out. It fell on many kinds of soil.
Some of the seed fell by the wayside, along the path. The birds came down and ate the seed. This is like the person who hears the message, but does not understand it. The evil one comes and takes it away.
Some seed fell on the rocky ground.The plants came up quickly, but there was not much earth so the plants dried up. This is the person who receives the word, but falls away when trouble comes.
Some seed fell on the thorny ground and the thorn bushes choked the seed. This is the person who is worried about life and wealth.
Then some of the seed fell on good ground. Those seed grew into healthy plants and produced a good crop, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold and some thirtyfold.
"The good soil," said Jesus, " is like people who are honest. When they hear God's word, they remember it, and do what God says." These people produce a bountiful crop for the Lord.

April

April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks

GO!

~Christopher Morley

Chocolate Bunnies

I am very thankful to a friend who gave us all lovely milk chocolate bunnies! They are the most wonderful invention ever....... except maybe for public libraries. I love them too :)