Waiting for 'De Plane"

This year we booked our flight home from Long Island on Pineapple Air, hoping they would prove more reliable than Bahamas Air. Alas, they were not. We made ourselves as comfy as one can at an airport with goats on the landing strip and waited it out. Apparently, they all run on BST, Bahamas Standard Time.

Long Island Dump

Here I am getting some excercise at the dump. On an island of 3,000,
you get your kicks where you can.

The Brrrrhamas

Don't be too jealous, here we are freezing our rears off in the
Bahamas! Merry Christmas everyone.

Savour: Illustration Friday

The picniking pangolin savoured the crunch of each and every ant that crossed his blanket that afternoon.
Hooray for pangolins! Native to Asia and Africa, these unique mammals look a little like the child of an artichoke and an armadillo. Last summer we visited the Angkor Center for Conservation of Biodiversity. They had a pangolin rescued from poachers and they're working on starting up a breeding program.

Pumpkin Pie A la Waco

How sweet! The menfolk have been tenderizing the pumpkin with the 45 mm.

Thanksgiving in Waco

What have the guys been up to out at Uncle Ronnie's?

AFTERWARDS: Illustration Friday

On Thursday morning, the kindergartners painted in tints and shades of green. Afterwards, Julissa carefully and proudly applied her painting to her face. And for the rest of the day, everyone knew that Julissa had painted with tints and shades of green in Art.
(Yes, this really happened. You can support my students' more appropriate artistic endeavors by donating via the link at right!)

A Nice Caterpillar

We like this caterpillar Jeff found in the driveway. He matches our
kitchen!

RACING: Illustration Friday

Hermit crab racing on Guana Key has become a family tradition. On Christmas Day, we don snorkels and swim to the island. We are greeted by charming, curly-tailed iguanas and hermit crabs. We crack open coconuts and feed them before selecting crabs to race. Each racer places his or her crab in the center of two concentric rings drawn in the sand. The first crab to cross the outermost ring is the winner. Scroll down for photos from last year's race.
Support my art students by clicking on the Donors Choose link to the right.

SPOOKY: Illustration Friday

Driving alone across Yellowstone at night was very spooky. I would speed along, hoping to catch up with another car's tail lights.