tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386359022024-03-19T10:24:18.838-04:00Mulberry & Bliss"Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book." - Edward GibbonF. S. Poesyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201920550959255201noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38635902.post-70845055676089548322024-03-19T10:23:00.001-04:002024-03-19T10:23:20.282-04:00The Mulberry & Bliss logo<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-7cSwLq1s2371W4wRc5clubsotjCAhMWicfsZdNljEjUIJk0Le2WvrIBt2egLXr1AhwlwRzfIF9LeFVEbajTYKIECcH8DNyHlHx21IZC0sWW1BPhbW9Y0TzrRROONhgnHdWhOhgXL3qlM0RBzk-2WkG_3pfXX0DBMMncVEuqtv0-KNrHPkg/s1875/mulberryAndBlissSign.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1875" data-original-width="1875" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-7cSwLq1s2371W4wRc5clubsotjCAhMWicfsZdNljEjUIJk0Le2WvrIBt2egLXr1AhwlwRzfIF9LeFVEbajTYKIECcH8DNyHlHx21IZC0sWW1BPhbW9Y0TzrRROONhgnHdWhOhgXL3qlM0RBzk-2WkG_3pfXX0DBMMncVEuqtv0-KNrHPkg/s320/mulberryAndBlissSign.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Introducing the new Mulberry & Bliss logo/mascot, drawn by @merlobird (on IG), the same artist who created catchpenny the crow who you might remember.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://mulberryandbliss.blogspot.com/p/catchpenny-books.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="264" data-original-width="264" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj024RtF8m8vYVC5wnhE4FcG1cGePQ8xO2d2HMJ_u75uUphpQj3vOstXTIbye4-7cAFvda8lFrsrqUhXvxZCWeS1SzKqRrc_ZbV_vYi_UioWPaxE55UwlMaJhHvBdfit5YIvFcsWcjiHCjyo_42AhzHfVv_GrK1ZJVQaHQKobzjndqyMDxG3Q/s1600/catchpenny72dpi.png" width="264" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While all my Mulberry & Bliss mini picture books are by me, making them "self-published", I hope that before the year is out that I will have published at least one mini picture book from an author/illustrator who is not me, so I can truthfully say that Mulberry & Bliss is an independent publisher of books. </div><br /><p><br /></p>F. S. Poesyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201920550959255201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38635902.post-83998728803750714802023-05-02T14:27:00.001-04:002023-05-02T14:27:12.172-04:00My Pwoermds for April 2023<p> April is National Poetry Month and also International Pwoermd Writing Month so I created a catchpenny books notebook and wrote a pwoermd a day along with some extras. I might post the extras later. 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Poesyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201920550959255201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38635902.post-67641650739866150642023-02-10T10:27:00.000-05:002023-02-10T10:27:12.598-05:00In praise of nonsense<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzY9SAnLpYXJ9xzBxMbVxrcz9-RHwEiZXdUZbxU2B9w1wj6ssFyBEusBYEl_6CMUX2PPgueJJQxGEGCijaEyZVyseINW4ifuPCz_IQoFv1PQdjTxBl04gPCC5WVle1o_q0H1bbTxtjMVqTBmXRMWsEnUxHmjbE_2fssQBTPmYgLRQH9x4/s2800/Efelump_Goes_Blertold_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2800" data-original-width="2800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzY9SAnLpYXJ9xzBxMbVxrcz9-RHwEiZXdUZbxU2B9w1wj6ssFyBEusBYEl_6CMUX2PPgueJJQxGEGCijaEyZVyseINW4ifuPCz_IQoFv1PQdjTxBl04gPCC5WVle1o_q0H1bbTxtjMVqTBmXRMWsEnUxHmjbE_2fssQBTPmYgLRQH9x4/s320/Efelump_Goes_Blertold_.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original efelump that some said looked too much like an aardvark.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>I'm a big fan of nonsense, and for a number of well-reasoned reasons (which I will not go into right now) believe it is not only something that makes us human, but is also a necessary ingredient in the education of our youth. A recent blog post by <a href="https://elaynecrain.substack.com/p/nonwords-portmanteaus-empty-nouns" target="_blank">Elayne Crain</a> about delightful nonsense words, reminded me that I wrote a mini-diatribe on the subject that I was going to add to my mini-picture book "Birb Goes Twerp", but due to space considerations I decided to leave out. For my fellow follyphiles I have posted it below.</p><p></p><blockquote><p><i>A message from the author, Francis S. Poesy </i></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><i>I believe that the power of nonsense to improve the human condition is very strong. I also believe that this power is equal to the power of humans to dismiss nonsense as just so much nonsense. It is because of this detestable equilibrium of sorts that we find ourselves in a barren, boring, wasteland of utter sense, with everything and everyone ordered in perfect logical rows and columns, while we still find ourselves, and our children, none the happier, nor none the wiser for it.</i></p><p><i>Though I am but one man with limited skill and more limited talent I decided to take a stand for nonsense by attempting to write a book devoid of any sense at all. It was a much tougher task than I at first expected and it has left me, while not broken, at least a little rougher around the edges than usual. I will leave it to the wiser among you to decide how well I have succeeded. My only hope is that it sets the door ajar to shine at least a sliver of light on how powerful nonsense can be in the lives of readers, young and old.</i></p></blockquote><p></p>F. S. Poesyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201920550959255201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38635902.post-49919980318783209242023-01-31T17:02:00.003-05:002023-01-31T17:02:43.339-05:00Birb Goes Twerp - A mini picture book - Part Two<p>If you haven't read the first post about my self-published mini picture book Birb Goes Twerp, you can read it <a href="http://mulberryandbliss.blogspot.com/2023/01/birb-goes-twerp-mini-picture-book.html">here</a>.</p><p>If you have, then you are in the right place.</p><p>As I was playing around with what style to use for the book I stumbled upon an amazing children's book in the used book section of <a href="http://www.taylorbooks.com/" target="_blank">Taylor Books</a> in Charleston, WV, while on the way to Thanksgiving with my extended family.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywWdTsfTQvo5q-DGHQ1ANyba0rlcBMll7iDkBRUGLSreRApBlSQ8mR8RyrGHc2aquLFNxGBq8hVAj4grLKUlmjdo5uCcGpd6Qb-FiyJhXdXB6amRzrR7vcE_9PFMNEnEWy-bpspCyoEPtTTbWLuNj8YM0DqQRmkkxU-rrUGorALWyM6o/s2200/NearFar.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="2200" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywWdTsfTQvo5q-DGHQ1ANyba0rlcBMll7iDkBRUGLSreRApBlSQ8mR8RyrGHc2aquLFNxGBq8hVAj4grLKUlmjdo5uCcGpd6Qb-FiyJhXdXB6amRzrR7vcE_9PFMNEnEWy-bpspCyoEPtTTbWLuNj8YM0DqQRmkkxU-rrUGorALWyM6o/s320/NearFar.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Near, Far by <a href="https://www.nubeocho.com/en/autora/silvia-borando/" target="_blank">Silvia Borando</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The book was Near, Far by Silvia Borando, published by <a href="http://minibombo.com/en/" target="_blank">minibombo</a>, an Italian children's publishing house (and published in English in the U.S. by Penguin Random House). The bright colors and simple illustrations were mesmerizing to me so I attempted to copy, mimic, steal, borrow, imitate, and pay homage to the genius of the style in my book. I'll let history decide how close I came.</p><p>Full disclosure: when I first bought the used book(s) at Taylor Books I was planning to use the internal pages for covers for the upcycled note pads I make from packaging paper and other sources. And I did. But between reading the book and cutting it up (I know, I'm a monster), I decided to imitate the style for Birb Goes Twerp. And to be fair, the inside pages of the book made some amazing little note books with peek-a-boo inside covers in some cases.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0u4m9vBnuPwBWenROJA9_g9UmUWfVVP69bcx1xSEky1D6S4WWpp45adFGh7BF71w4sKPyrKTT1hNOGOCdRv_UjhNAVCQZTORdqPJst92iVClHLfKAAx9YE8QvbtNJKRjBrfWsYU-fkDu4ooCbissda5kwQuUMx66vB7-BemDkeiYn46o/s1007/20221202_152823.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1007" data-original-width="1007" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0u4m9vBnuPwBWenROJA9_g9UmUWfVVP69bcx1xSEky1D6S4WWpp45adFGh7BF71w4sKPyrKTT1hNOGOCdRv_UjhNAVCQZTORdqPJst92iVClHLfKAAx9YE8QvbtNJKRjBrfWsYU-fkDu4ooCbissda5kwQuUMx66vB7-BemDkeiYn46o/w200-h200/20221202_152823.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Upcycled note pads with Near, Far internal pages for covers</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhof9hvmrPUPqyVD5sRbajQUfjFnai1rt0w6dFnASPU5H7_DgMdzCZfkyVrTERd1P0NDglmLigpHJZdLa3twHP5OJRJsbFdH_PrISNlVdL-DYS0tfgN4kRuE8G9GzJkQMpVv4xiLky_BNT04j66ngBva_2HW3mg3RM_J7W2O108j3iMsaU/s950/20221201_115237.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="950" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhof9hvmrPUPqyVD5sRbajQUfjFnai1rt0w6dFnASPU5H7_DgMdzCZfkyVrTERd1P0NDglmLigpHJZdLa3twHP5OJRJsbFdH_PrISNlVdL-DYS0tfgN4kRuE8G9GzJkQMpVv4xiLky_BNT04j66ngBva_2HW3mg3RM_J7W2O108j3iMsaU/w200-h200/20221201_115237.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An adorable peek-a-boo hippo. Other covers included a snake, a hedgehog, a bird and other creatures.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha3VSTAGNFyngSFC64Jnd3cgInT88RsevY7TPW4hpoRkQXC6Zrm3RGPZZl7-mmN235wzsQQ87txxewEfmKMowWDOjkdQc7Uz63Vh6ezUYUMkS_xCLF3tdRa2fNzTpEIYIgt3w2EVfjvkucXFbHH1Twal77cZfTDMyKoowdlrMgVQrxJXs/s950/20221129_193927.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="950" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha3VSTAGNFyngSFC64Jnd3cgInT88RsevY7TPW4hpoRkQXC6Zrm3RGPZZl7-mmN235wzsQQ87txxewEfmKMowWDOjkdQc7Uz63Vh6ezUYUMkS_xCLF3tdRa2fNzTpEIYIgt3w2EVfjvkucXFbHH1Twal77cZfTDMyKoowdlrMgVQrxJXs/w200-h200/20221129_193927.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I make upcycled note pads/books under the name <a href="https://catchpennybooks.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">catchpenny books</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I also ended up buying another copy of Near, Far and a number of other minibombo books by Silvia Borando. I even sent a copy of Birb Goes Twerp to Silvia in Italy as a kind of thank you for the inspiration. I don't know if she has gotten it yet, or if it will even make an impression, but I hope it will.</div>F. S. Poesyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201920550959255201noreply@blogger.com0Philadelphia, PA, USA39.9525839 -75.165221511.642350063821155 -110.3214715 68.262817736178846 -40.0089715tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38635902.post-73560944040156102722023-01-30T18:58:00.001-05:002023-01-30T18:58:15.655-05:00Birb Goes Twerp - A mini picture book<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVtQiYwX8d18FyY-cw12rBGQKaZSHlJ_ws42Fg5uwH7gO1Ma3Ra0GGS9t0EVVfJwfKFWOC4SDoiCWLVuyVOH4TKnqCKmuZadC5dJE4fTPCGr9gxE8ZaaZUhTJM68DHp7ZlgGAne7-JG9tb3QQ8iTMgJJyYGEV7a8XppwqNHv-ehJ5c7-Q/s885/mixamPic.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="885" data-original-width="885" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVtQiYwX8d18FyY-cw12rBGQKaZSHlJ_ws42Fg5uwH7gO1Ma3Ra0GGS9t0EVVfJwfKFWOC4SDoiCWLVuyVOH4TKnqCKmuZadC5dJE4fTPCGr9gxE8ZaaZUhTJM68DHp7ZlgGAne7-JG9tb3QQ8iTMgJJyYGEV7a8XppwqNHv-ehJ5c7-Q/s320/mixamPic.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>That's me there with a copy of Birb Goes Twerp, my latest self-published picture book. I'm calling it an all-ages mini picture book, and it is possible that self-published all-ages mini picture books may become my thing. It is hard to tell as I have a bit of a problem focusing, but I am rather enamored with the idea of publishing more of these little books.<p></p><div>Before I get too far into this post, let me tell you where you can get a copy of what one reader said is an "AMAAAAZING!!!!!" book. It is available in physical form, PDF, and EPUB (Kindle) on <a href="https://mulberryandbliss.gumroad.com/" target="_blank">Gumroad</a>. Go check it out!</div><div><br /></div><div>If you have a blog or some other venue where you post reviews and would like a review copy, let me know and I can hook you up with a PDF version. If, for some reason, which I cannot begin to fathom, you would like to feature the book or me on your blog or other venue, I'm open to doing interviews and you'd probably get a hard copy for yourself and one to giveaway to your readers.</div><div><br /></div><div>Okay, with all that out of the way...</div><div><br /></div><div>At some point - possibly the first time I ever heard the term "birb" used on the internet - I have wondered what sound a birb would make. I settled on "twerp". It just makes sense. Am I right?</div><div><br /></div><div>I also thought that a fun picture book would be an animal sounds concept book (I love concept picture books) based on this internet slang. I sat on the idea for quite some time, mostly because I don't consider myself an illustrator, and illustrators are (as they should be) expensive to hire.</div><div><br /></div><div>That said, I am a doodler and I do have experience as a self-taught graphic artist working in publishing, prepress, and the software industry for at least a couple of decades. So when I finally upgraded my iPad to one that could handle Procreate, I decided I would try my hand at illustrating this book myself in a style that I had been doodling around with for a while.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8GQ5fFfzvwjbxXUZzbIM0F1TnLrBU7zWPSo1tbFxeKrue_oUhBEH40zFWRN2l3k4t6DGCW0j3NOLD6gyWI1H9m4DBrJcKk7HOvRyDIkpQ8t8AeDe_J-j5RJbCWYE6rZyip7PrbXhzdpj4_zkfr6Y01hJlL-bPziLLj4ItOPbfXWhHB-g/s768/doodlePets.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="768" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8GQ5fFfzvwjbxXUZzbIM0F1TnLrBU7zWPSo1tbFxeKrue_oUhBEH40zFWRN2l3k4t6DGCW0j3NOLD6gyWI1H9m4DBrJcKk7HOvRyDIkpQ8t8AeDe_J-j5RJbCWYE6rZyip7PrbXhzdpj4_zkfr6Y01hJlL-bPziLLj4ItOPbfXWhHB-g/s320/doodlePets.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The above mentioned doodle style.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I was originally thinking that I would do them in a cut paper style with backgrounds but I soon moved on to trying out a risograph print style.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbVKrzbOJpTyIs55TVIVSvlW5sV2rZf0TZMEunYSp7CSNJG2AR6UHdBWZunSZLKfS0YalyOCzw_vZ8kJbas-suuJ-U0x8t2gB6ZOPu-VsYjYRc0KzHl7Pd_Dz_4MJbcwg5VJHEoasUqLMC1pgXeZX36pBkUZiJx7sQEo2ph99W_fdfcdU/s576/Baar_Goes_Graal_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="576" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbVKrzbOJpTyIs55TVIVSvlW5sV2rZf0TZMEunYSp7CSNJG2AR6UHdBWZunSZLKfS0YalyOCzw_vZ8kJbas-suuJ-U0x8t2gB6ZOPu-VsYjYRc0KzHl7Pd_Dz_4MJbcwg5VJHEoasUqLMC1pgXeZX36pBkUZiJx7sQEo2ph99W_fdfcdU/s320/Baar_Goes_Graal_.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cut paper style</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoHnEvIvmZW87tPR9hfXuo1kMDM_WcGZ-1fTdDD_IzSvPklZ05mdmIkLnlbOiRvWMqC1LZZTC9l5FN9DAS2inwkBJCDX7i9x71NX-EuTTp4syEU1Uoo68a8e_wZs0MzRly3cR0HbZcRqutfKDIauI0mY0aRm45y6OLIu2ikxX215cQoj0/s2800/Baar_Goes_Graal_OR.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2800" data-original-width="2800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoHnEvIvmZW87tPR9hfXuo1kMDM_WcGZ-1fTdDD_IzSvPklZ05mdmIkLnlbOiRvWMqC1LZZTC9l5FN9DAS2inwkBJCDX7i9x71NX-EuTTp4syEU1Uoo68a8e_wZs0MzRly3cR0HbZcRqutfKDIauI0mY0aRm45y6OLIu2ikxX215cQoj0/s320/Baar_Goes_Graal_OR.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Risograph print style<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> I didn't choose either. Tune in to my next blog post to find out what changed my mind! And if you have read this far, thanks for reading.<br /><div><br /></div></div>F. S. Poesyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201920550959255201noreply@blogger.com1Philadelphia, PA, USA39.9525839 -75.165221511.642350063821155 -110.3214715 68.262817736178846 -40.0089715tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38635902.post-67667818874829417502022-11-28T11:22:00.000-05:002022-11-28T11:22:01.893-05:00Make an Upcycled Kraft Packaging Paper Notebook<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7utf7k7EVMhojBkhdxsEwe_aQ3afw1HTno_vFTZqQrCgXA09Nj8SEtFHA763yVAIIOKb3guThOvfdkSgCZu1c9pCcPw3Cb3IPn3WoqcGUzCykZ2zrGIZqjBpMfVpU0EnoLOJqn5oPs6pk9pLzjFRifqGM_iWtM6BlK3_ESddzTN_s8s/s1250/BookletMakingProcessStep01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7utf7k7EVMhojBkhdxsEwe_aQ3afw1HTno_vFTZqQrCgXA09Nj8SEtFHA763yVAIIOKb3guThOvfdkSgCZu1c9pCcPw3Cb3IPn3WoqcGUzCykZ2zrGIZqjBpMfVpU0EnoLOJqn5oPs6pk9pLzjFRifqGM_iWtM6BlK3_ESddzTN_s8s/s320/BookletMakingProcessStep01.png" width="256" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEispTnecTM0bIIcRFYsmktXmkDI6b-hYnP4bPaXhuuwELUpOhHpDUtemE4YSLTd1wdQEf_twV0Xkn1mTf0fhSv9eiJdeoytkyXbuXzQdFVCqCZQEpNPwrZIR7Rgo2EwyTHWOyS3r7384CI6E2N3HGbOXGlNfQbST0IBJE8OC20FoC8De1M/s1250/BookletMakingProcessStep14.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEispTnecTM0bIIcRFYsmktXmkDI6b-hYnP4bPaXhuuwELUpOhHpDUtemE4YSLTd1wdQEf_twV0Xkn1mTf0fhSv9eiJdeoytkyXbuXzQdFVCqCZQEpNPwrZIR7Rgo2EwyTHWOyS3r7384CI6E2N3HGbOXGlNfQbST0IBJE8OC20FoC8De1M/s320/BookletMakingProcessStep14.png" width="256" /></a></div></div><p>I posted a step-by-step picture tutorial on how to make an upcycled kraft packaging paper notebook with no special equipment on the <a href="https://catchpennybooks.blogspot.com/2022/11/make-upcycled-kraft-packaging-paper.html" target="_blank">catchpenny books website</a>.</p>F. S. Poesyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201920550959255201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38635902.post-1309617718001188802022-11-02T11:38:00.000-04:002022-11-02T11:38:04.871-04:00FrightFall2022 - October Art Challenge<p> I recently purchased a new iPad that was capable of supporting Procreate, which I almost immediately downloaded and began exploring.</p><p>I have experience with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop so it wasn't too difficult to pickup Procreate and start doodling. And seeing as it was so close to October, I decided to participate in the October Art Challenge named Fright Fall 2022 and hosted by Retro Supply Inc., a company that provides brushes, textures, etc. for use with Procreate and other graphics applications.</p><p>So, here are all the #FrightFall2022 prompts with my renditions. And if you haven't already, and you like spooky stuff, I do recommend checking out the #FrightFall2022 hashtag on Instagram for more autumnal fun.</p><p> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidw4xWam4CnbRpI7xcR7mbbvx4DXn4b6nwQTrIv5MbQ4yJzNRfy4L0oSAeaxapWWV_KR-HR3fniW4dOBptDfmEUSocu_NeVsqGLXOD6Tv-4rVr4xX9zOaMdchKM9fZcrjtN0wZd6dTTV-FdefO4dmICkeXBPvkD4NIC-IlcqORJBTV51c/s2550/Candy.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="2550" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidw4xWam4CnbRpI7xcR7mbbvx4DXn4b6nwQTrIv5MbQ4yJzNRfy4L0oSAeaxapWWV_KR-HR3fniW4dOBptDfmEUSocu_NeVsqGLXOD6Tv-4rVr4xX9zOaMdchKM9fZcrjtN0wZd6dTTV-FdefO4dmICkeXBPvkD4NIC-IlcqORJBTV51c/s320/Candy.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Candy</b> - Cannibal Candy Corn!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6DWLEFpQaeuoaTK0llkWA90oczqKkgUwrKD_8xEcgSFEV7BQjzJk24CRtWGEjMLJkCWzJMLogElTLxzDHekuGU0HBUB2gEqx6A0YU4Vg6gSpcj2UYdv4jba0dgY3hNAxptwhBTS0UCqVenISCPdnbBEYOfRdP9vSXhueITPbrvy82oFQ/s2550/Hocus_Pocus.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="2550" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6DWLEFpQaeuoaTK0llkWA90oczqKkgUwrKD_8xEcgSFEV7BQjzJk24CRtWGEjMLJkCWzJMLogElTLxzDHekuGU0HBUB2gEqx6A0YU4Vg6gSpcj2UYdv4jba0dgY3hNAxptwhBTS0UCqVenISCPdnbBEYOfRdP9vSXhueITPbrvy82oFQ/s320/Hocus_Pocus.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Hocus Pocus</b> - No relation to the (imho) highly overrated film of the same name.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG_1i3M_ho5pxGh751lg_SjSgzSrtXS3iFFIAcDvi96c553sWWudAPtpecSlZrBiSx9PuMNoN-ox36jm7ag4iVjUiCTQczrT5TEUKcmBnLwSs6yJQeRDWfnMcCc-Z8YCVZUbSorqxXiX6x6HFXV5VuZAsMATD9fp0KBxu8GHG9PiKT_n4/s2550/Crow.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="2550" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG_1i3M_ho5pxGh751lg_SjSgzSrtXS3iFFIAcDvi96c553sWWudAPtpecSlZrBiSx9PuMNoN-ox36jm7ag4iVjUiCTQczrT5TEUKcmBnLwSs6yJQeRDWfnMcCc-Z8YCVZUbSorqxXiX6x6HFXV5VuZAsMATD9fp0KBxu8GHG9PiKT_n4/s320/Crow.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Crow</b> - A murder of a crow.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuOywJC0fet59DVswnj5Nv7pUAfKUW6i1Jtjq_8Fi1CPDfZEve2swwA7PUP2SpJqkokLRkA-BIHa50O-2Ez7p-xmpb9EYR2r1eNZyJq_ClI7BlJY3_ycPxus-2hIXPwb1h0Odk8J2fB8Ov5_Fg5vG6hBgSXMyxKbrcE-F6acf_IONnu4g/s2550/The_Urn.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="2550" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuOywJC0fet59DVswnj5Nv7pUAfKUW6i1Jtjq_8Fi1CPDfZEve2swwA7PUP2SpJqkokLRkA-BIHa50O-2Ez7p-xmpb9EYR2r1eNZyJq_ClI7BlJY3_ycPxus-2hIXPwb1h0Odk8J2fB8Ov5_Fg5vG6hBgSXMyxKbrcE-F6acf_IONnu4g/s320/The_Urn.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Urn</b> - Poorly drawn in the style of Edward Gorey.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLM9LA_3u7pNrp1k_Zq-ERRf_KP0_h2gGzq8xzWBn_-IZ-QNrTT-noL8T6pECITLgGB_NZu0GnvPietFyPbdBbn9ggHL9kx8TvfkD6Z_N6SfmjfuwY9u1T9P4epuVaYpIFzsX0XFRqmKIQXQ4ziXnGSNnLFtbiJiwmw0HOhXbunrJTRS4/s2550/Evil_Eye.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="2550" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLM9LA_3u7pNrp1k_Zq-ERRf_KP0_h2gGzq8xzWBn_-IZ-QNrTT-noL8T6pECITLgGB_NZu0GnvPietFyPbdBbn9ggHL9kx8TvfkD6Z_N6SfmjfuwY9u1T9P4epuVaYpIFzsX0XFRqmKIQXQ4ziXnGSNnLFtbiJiwmw0HOhXbunrJTRS4/s320/Evil_Eye.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Eye</b> - Don't look at the evil eye! Oops, too late. Sorry.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii9BNuE3TwwvgzLb-5MvyWMfHD9vampNKwwO0czVf2icy7uExcfrrQgQcKeLJzGFkNIsaKo-4Es7cxTHPzznfzs48ND3p1jo3UFDX7nDiKKqqCQdKG7ZLny41LzRJViJRvGPP4d2jU7fRFZfXxxyL8a7AHePqigw7sX14aNTrgnDg_dlY/s1000/Razor_blade_Hug.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii9BNuE3TwwvgzLb-5MvyWMfHD9vampNKwwO0czVf2icy7uExcfrrQgQcKeLJzGFkNIsaKo-4Es7cxTHPzznfzs48ND3p1jo3UFDX7nDiKKqqCQdKG7ZLny41LzRJViJRvGPP4d2jU7fRFZfXxxyL8a7AHePqigw7sX14aNTrgnDg_dlY/s320/Razor_blade_Hug.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Razor Blade</b> - Free hugs!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPOjf-0j5Omd0X0s20ZVW9cWzd9EpGv-p3NGpGH8PqQuX-MnAp68GNSa-O7rBF0ZtAiggjmJ7E4-KN4AJRGgc1940rq8C2EXoDQsDs5m0rDhOmdBZjgiMY8Tb3CL4cKzignUS7rIdcPWaHJOa8uN9DsLaa2b8cm6VkjtfDJ1qfzMgPLXQ/s2800/UFO.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2800" data-original-width="2800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPOjf-0j5Omd0X0s20ZVW9cWzd9EpGv-p3NGpGH8PqQuX-MnAp68GNSa-O7rBF0ZtAiggjmJ7E4-KN4AJRGgc1940rq8C2EXoDQsDs5m0rDhOmdBZjgiMY8Tb3CL4cKzignUS7rIdcPWaHJOa8uN9DsLaa2b8cm6VkjtfDJ1qfzMgPLXQ/s320/UFO.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>UFO</b> - Unidentified? Really? I mean, he has his ID right there.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1twkP9wfplfu8t5wlf81zbD9P1MeG7AgdKlgwLsWb5gP7VvTf-oBSPawtMFlJsdvUJgiwLfURJ15xA53CfhqCkgHkgPBbGZJDErYsmKLhhkXrfOR20TT1xhcI00qjLJedTdM5y_R2FJ0bPnHmDxQR2APToEEtSN6HH5mLU3LbtagSrjg/s3600/Slasher.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="3600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1twkP9wfplfu8t5wlf81zbD9P1MeG7AgdKlgwLsWb5gP7VvTf-oBSPawtMFlJsdvUJgiwLfURJ15xA53CfhqCkgHkgPBbGZJDErYsmKLhhkXrfOR20TT1xhcI00qjLJedTdM5y_R2FJ0bPnHmDxQR2APToEEtSN6HH5mLU3LbtagSrjg/s320/Slasher.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Slasher</b> - A big fan of slasher movies, Oliver realized too late that knife handling was more dangerous than he had imagined.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNyFtn0W8KNbR9-fNUAmh33DzzOgMzku117qmGYca2cprWI38XBkEVjxbU91BT_SFb9SAw8jYSvXcREXl1dVrGncc8zTi4i-vrVJ_DLrzqqgA31r3FF0kzRN9MR1Rnpt9jxXZPW_siiwpRYjshKDNoDx3CC-FdGGxJIzQaiREQ2K8gL84/s2800/Centipede.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2800" data-original-width="2800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNyFtn0W8KNbR9-fNUAmh33DzzOgMzku117qmGYca2cprWI38XBkEVjxbU91BT_SFb9SAw8jYSvXcREXl1dVrGncc8zTi4i-vrVJ_DLrzqqgA31r3FF0kzRN9MR1Rnpt9jxXZPW_siiwpRYjshKDNoDx3CC-FdGGxJIzQaiREQ2K8gL84/s320/Centipede.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Centipede</b> - Nothing to see here. Just a centipede minding its own business, doing whatever it is that centipedes do.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhthUBUQUT242kwqdXgse9B54y3aT9yq9ArBvtWvh1WJsiZfyb4Ezhym0seknrhKxJTBDsAs2Ix_N2hoS6_kYkKBG1RoeueCoMHlZyU-nsb-CiyVdZpjmLkSU5hLiEq2NzQ031kDJdlTaCIAH2Av0wRez9dZjJI5e9KfL9e2E_Rin-13og/s2550/IMG_0062.PNG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="2550" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhthUBUQUT242kwqdXgse9B54y3aT9yq9ArBvtWvh1WJsiZfyb4Ezhym0seknrhKxJTBDsAs2Ix_N2hoS6_kYkKBG1RoeueCoMHlZyU-nsb-CiyVdZpjmLkSU5hLiEq2NzQ031kDJdlTaCIAH2Av0wRez9dZjJI5e9KfL9e2E_Rin-13og/s320/IMG_0062.PNG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Fortune Teller</b> - Sometimes it is better not to know your fortune.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhMFs7K1XChoRGUjK1nbEFjmh988ExKz9kMDIWMlWLoutlZBUbHXbQBZkFofo2sUxonv39fEJLfeYLbxI3ALajI8HSrmEiiMJn5RxGHDqMKOrUaIZoHfCEpRQOVocu4e1fnrxvrSyPg5bFL7rZyQF7CFGh34Ra7asqdEPww5thQzvFWUk/s2550/IMG_0066.PNG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="2550" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhMFs7K1XChoRGUjK1nbEFjmh988ExKz9kMDIWMlWLoutlZBUbHXbQBZkFofo2sUxonv39fEJLfeYLbxI3ALajI8HSrmEiiMJn5RxGHDqMKOrUaIZoHfCEpRQOVocu4e1fnrxvrSyPg5bFL7rZyQF7CFGh34Ra7asqdEPww5thQzvFWUk/s320/IMG_0066.PNG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Poltergeist</b> - Little known fact: Most poltergeists are just cats living one of their nine afterlives to the fullest.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6JAjm1IulrGV0ZlABFBR-40Q6qzC89V417kbhdEqYxAARbbYnPPGL9Sus5xO8_09DxUhAa6T8cMgKdRKUJpm875ma9DtCjNVIGgKWyti1Xk8B0tUZymxp3MIoDRtmjcI_6zjbdfDUp65k1wT1hJ_MZm4fEs2GQMGX876WE3h4upAP2Uo/s2800/IMG_0073.PNG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2800" data-original-width="2800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6JAjm1IulrGV0ZlABFBR-40Q6qzC89V417kbhdEqYxAARbbYnPPGL9Sus5xO8_09DxUhAa6T8cMgKdRKUJpm875ma9DtCjNVIGgKWyti1Xk8B0tUZymxp3MIoDRtmjcI_6zjbdfDUp65k1wT1hJ_MZm4fEs2GQMGX876WE3h4upAP2Uo/s320/IMG_0073.PNG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Jack-O-Lantern</b> - Just a Jack-O-Lantern</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHiVCOgyFYNBRxNdgXdXXLB4-CZI6S2dIxtwcxPELDkuMWxVafYIGv2GsyBy-KVeDmSgf3EMj75nEf7f-JAJ-uC-GXgnmUq727IFf-TOY4V2o2zY2DxeVp5yHUIc0yLPZARB7yKLKxNZVn1cs1bdLFahCwek1aSmkJOh5RddyVJEwr_RA/s2800/IMG_0079.PNG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2800" data-original-width="2800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHiVCOgyFYNBRxNdgXdXXLB4-CZI6S2dIxtwcxPELDkuMWxVafYIGv2GsyBy-KVeDmSgf3EMj75nEf7f-JAJ-uC-GXgnmUq727IFf-TOY4V2o2zY2DxeVp5yHUIc0yLPZARB7yKLKxNZVn1cs1bdLFahCwek1aSmkJOh5RddyVJEwr_RA/s320/IMG_0079.PNG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Curse</b> - Curses!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxNr3usVK2sqNzehBhIzOhTGMAhMtScK4Y-BXauYpnuKwJONUmcGl_OXREC4rTT8FMI9E7AgZq9ZR8Z4O01uZJrttUbcfmf4NN26tqiHk-hY0tFVXVxuxh_8OHUqxCvShM7ENYqsO7K53CML4VmUsZXVNBXV6ZGypZvomsBoSd9Xnm6kk/s4500/IMG_0088.PNG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxNr3usVK2sqNzehBhIzOhTGMAhMtScK4Y-BXauYpnuKwJONUmcGl_OXREC4rTT8FMI9E7AgZq9ZR8Z4O01uZJrttUbcfmf4NN26tqiHk-hY0tFVXVxuxh_8OHUqxCvShM7ENYqsO7K53CML4VmUsZXVNBXV6ZGypZvomsBoSd9Xnm6kk/s320/IMG_0088.PNG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Tombstone</b> - Yup, still dead.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPViFIi9qjOZcvCp1RPXsi4Ylfh6YviwXNWPwer7Sr94sgyHrYnsZBcSTXu7_nLl85oduFm7dW_9XGNfDGKjtvvEwe1KEuYXpUSrDg7tMLary3xCClzLQMGeJ8sctUkJ6qXK5tTY7ZbpoguadDYi5obGMOMXD6lfi1OTOtBJqpGVw2yGo/s2550/IMG_0092.PNG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="2550" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPViFIi9qjOZcvCp1RPXsi4Ylfh6YviwXNWPwer7Sr94sgyHrYnsZBcSTXu7_nLl85oduFm7dW_9XGNfDGKjtvvEwe1KEuYXpUSrDg7tMLary3xCClzLQMGeJ8sctUkJ6qXK5tTY7ZbpoguadDYi5obGMOMXD6lfi1OTOtBJqpGVw2yGo/s320/IMG_0092.PNG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Bride</b> - Over the years they had forgotten exactly who had been the bride and who had been the groom but the tragic event on their wedding day had not given them enough time together so they decided to never part despite their “condition”.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7kv9LKCta8QrB9B35I_askx05TDZqH-nwss6ampQmHLa-NA7yFkqkj0Xz33HfLT7_Q4tEk2ze-lwUTgc60Cpdc4X-szhcumFGA1RWhbMmYjVhr2dMy5Pz0ct9tkxf9YQqseVIn8PPBTq29j8byjPMboR87KS3EHjyUCsnXmKNGoF2n4/s2550/IMG_0097.PNG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="2550" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7kv9LKCta8QrB9B35I_askx05TDZqH-nwss6ampQmHLa-NA7yFkqkj0Xz33HfLT7_Q4tEk2ze-lwUTgc60Cpdc4X-szhcumFGA1RWhbMmYjVhr2dMy5Pz0ct9tkxf9YQqseVIn8PPBTq29j8byjPMboR87KS3EHjyUCsnXmKNGoF2n4/s320/IMG_0097.PNG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Cyclops</b> - Just a #cyclops wandering about foraging for foodstuffs like roots, mushrooms, and lost seafarers.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzy_LLZmZfn0Kshm644oVha3b-FjY2a6DSfLSbegcCs2W7f4HlfRFqSiZQk7c6WYbbqgKXcRJgW-H4cnFfrBz8cxaP0Hi3y7Vm3feONsh8crvL1ce7E7BJRS3JjxxqHP3n0i25LXLvNtN045CVRfSSZjskLuq0_sk-1vTWFI1OJbne5-Q/s2550/Bigfoot.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="2550" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzy_LLZmZfn0Kshm644oVha3b-FjY2a6DSfLSbegcCs2W7f4HlfRFqSiZQk7c6WYbbqgKXcRJgW-H4cnFfrBz8cxaP0Hi3y7Vm3feONsh8crvL1ce7E7BJRS3JjxxqHP3n0i25LXLvNtN045CVRfSSZjskLuq0_sk-1vTWFI1OJbne5-Q/s320/Bigfoot.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Bigfoot</b> - Misconceptions about what Bigfoot truly looks like have proven advantageous for this solitary and reclusive creature. Its penchant for flopping in soft muddy patches of forest floors for fun helps contribute to continued confusion as to this fascinating creature’s true stature.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrsXGaj70mTrRB2i9o8IZr-HTHmhT2O32W167piAVxdVMkqQSFDkAzF7ELmnv8PyuhuZd_wejl1A6RJsAGcf3V4EW9M8ig9-5X2jwwfbXbvSRsJRG1Pwppi6SlYjiSUE9ci8tsJ8U1-ry5X_1aRiVQZWXc6UpIloOudyRFWDlXjWKdYo/s2800/Corn_Doll_2.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2800" data-original-width="2800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrsXGaj70mTrRB2i9o8IZr-HTHmhT2O32W167piAVxdVMkqQSFDkAzF7ELmnv8PyuhuZd_wejl1A6RJsAGcf3V4EW9M8ig9-5X2jwwfbXbvSRsJRG1Pwppi6SlYjiSUE9ci8tsJ8U1-ry5X_1aRiVQZWXc6UpIloOudyRFWDlXjWKdYo/s320/Corn_Doll_2.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Corn Doll</b> - Pro tip: If you don’t have any good ideas for the day’s prompt just draw the thing dead with its spirit leaving its body.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1vUUhfRuvLA-4ZL_RD9WB4_KepVsb_zFSTTBdpk0pZqXtk6x_sgJu-T_l0KHcTSNNfdTA5Ib2D9JalONAAsSoJlRB3MMBSSM6U9LOivpe--BHNB9YitruxjINaru9sLrCBqJy86zdfMpS6vi-5MLR37JfuW7IHBsaHz8bvXDEm2eLj2s/s2800/Monster.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2800" data-original-width="2800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1vUUhfRuvLA-4ZL_RD9WB4_KepVsb_zFSTTBdpk0pZqXtk6x_sgJu-T_l0KHcTSNNfdTA5Ib2D9JalONAAsSoJlRB3MMBSSM6U9LOivpe--BHNB9YitruxjINaru9sLrCBqJy86zdfMpS6vi-5MLR37JfuW7IHBsaHz8bvXDEm2eLj2s/s320/Monster.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Monster</b> - She loved her time in the countryside because of the beautiful flowers and because there was no one to make her feel like she was a monster.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjHCyFWFjZ8VGFOUwhhRE1vh8ixve45ABmZHJjxo4vl0GWGKygwF412KLUeZ-Addrc8SaJ2ZQuQ-GZWFLqOB5zxMovRz9krQOu7V1WK1F8bkRdwIaLhEMckokZSTpqiQjipvhZwBBXbO6ylVUL6qmEeXY9his30Cq5bozQh-0WYy7yJc/s2550/Reanimated.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="2550" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjHCyFWFjZ8VGFOUwhhRE1vh8ixve45ABmZHJjxo4vl0GWGKygwF412KLUeZ-Addrc8SaJ2ZQuQ-GZWFLqOB5zxMovRz9krQOu7V1WK1F8bkRdwIaLhEMckokZSTpqiQjipvhZwBBXbO6ylVUL6qmEeXY9his30Cq5bozQh-0WYy7yJc/s320/Reanimated.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Reanimated</b> - Maybe Zombie Guy just wants to talk.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2DPqYB3iMv0l6Q-SPWngrkeFvGCW7TH5WAxDF2y_qUNMuuMHxdRiMWVVuBAmQ42OUqMukd02OlE_TnkQQQxk__2EC-WSbqk3h5K3_Y72XtFIj7zYp-xtimIOv2tx9mJWdDlBZBI4uAvckADAK9aamKi_oSXgata22Fp22Pa__OPfOT2o/s2800/Blood.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2800" data-original-width="2800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2DPqYB3iMv0l6Q-SPWngrkeFvGCW7TH5WAxDF2y_qUNMuuMHxdRiMWVVuBAmQ42OUqMukd02OlE_TnkQQQxk__2EC-WSbqk3h5K3_Y72XtFIj7zYp-xtimIOv2tx9mJWdDlBZBI4uAvckADAK9aamKi_oSXgata22Fp22Pa__OPfOT2o/s320/Blood.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Blood</b> - I want to suck your me!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpenDABV3P6oO8IfaqMf_y5bEOSV3cs5_5jGEWw4GpLCOnjSGcEV-6r5L5T57fyrdEPdzsImo1cvjBPZX0wosYmOgGnX2HqG8bIJl2lO_PKZ1M90CrakMWwEK20xXU3NzDY5iYf1s2CJZu3X6E9vRezyEXPFt0gXe3fAcgQfBVpUDqsw/s2800/Demonhead.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2800" data-original-width="2800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpenDABV3P6oO8IfaqMf_y5bEOSV3cs5_5jGEWw4GpLCOnjSGcEV-6r5L5T57fyrdEPdzsImo1cvjBPZX0wosYmOgGnX2HqG8bIJl2lO_PKZ1M90CrakMWwEK20xXU3NzDY5iYf1s2CJZu3X6E9vRezyEXPFt0gXe3fAcgQfBVpUDqsw/s320/Demonhead.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Demon</b> - My favorite candy growing up.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZPYQKmBT5yAeXbUnerZ2QTvKFCVz0gRYt6PvmFDW4TwMQp2eX98Zs1ZiCCBTdF4VZXcG1YrAKHTzM3c851WcLgb7rkwTRZVLMAZuXlj8icajOexBvzYm09qkzBI6C9gQiAsvqrxM_EhfZ6p3fIWcQSC4AFGBYU2hXFOxIWTrLoR2GZ34/s2800/Puzzle_Box.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2800" data-original-width="2800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZPYQKmBT5yAeXbUnerZ2QTvKFCVz0gRYt6PvmFDW4TwMQp2eX98Zs1ZiCCBTdF4VZXcG1YrAKHTzM3c851WcLgb7rkwTRZVLMAZuXlj8icajOexBvzYm09qkzBI6C9gQiAsvqrxM_EhfZ6p3fIWcQSC4AFGBYU2hXFOxIWTrLoR2GZ34/s320/Puzzle_Box.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Puzzle Box</b> - The dreaded RGB Puzzle Box! Can you find something good to watch before it breaks your will to live and you are compelled by its evil to watch infomercials until 3 in the morning?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoPXv8wgRMab-MFMcd4Y0stvCYkRdyDeXBdamzkBRew5AaGVyuB0nuPr1kVNcBEF-FSHX7wBgdkuZGEhzpzBjOkYbUpQafsbwxBVAERWLOShE0rBkgTT5Y9cTBxbBf65IFEaa3Le85LTWXMVfugpkl7VMOHBZ3VSvYPBMzSJ01rFulK9g/s2800/IMG_0154.PNG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2800" data-original-width="2800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoPXv8wgRMab-MFMcd4Y0stvCYkRdyDeXBdamzkBRew5AaGVyuB0nuPr1kVNcBEF-FSHX7wBgdkuZGEhzpzBjOkYbUpQafsbwxBVAERWLOShE0rBkgTT5Y9cTBxbBf65IFEaa3Le85LTWXMVfugpkl7VMOHBZ3VSvYPBMzSJ01rFulK9g/s320/IMG_0154.PNG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Cauldron</b> - Root of hemlock always upset Cauldy’s tummy.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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S. Poesyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201920550959255201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38635902.post-70520416224694166442022-08-26T10:24:00.000-04:002022-08-26T10:24:14.443-04:00The Dowager's Bodkin<p> Here is the first 50 word flash fiction piece I created for Vine Grove Press.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGam6LJPRXua2V7RR8BV8m4n12cJ08DEtYGISI5vhTZ0YmoMwrYQyMQ8saw-SxmpzyzJU0nSgVuaZiv340BFSlRYxop61q9GK1gHZtRlh6Gr-aflESr4zgPA0UCU8CSo8ih_m4bngP7qvXSz2cYOWISE2SJgOZDwduLsME0iNY_Ttpl0c/s685/2022-08-06_09-17-13.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGam6LJPRXua2V7RR8BV8m4n12cJ08DEtYGISI5vhTZ0YmoMwrYQyMQ8saw-SxmpzyzJU0nSgVuaZiv340BFSlRYxop61q9GK1gHZtRlh6Gr-aflESr4zgPA0UCU8CSo8ih_m4bngP7qvXSz2cYOWISE2SJgOZDwduLsME0iNY_Ttpl0c/s320/2022-08-06_09-17-13.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Or you can read it here: <a href="https://preview.mailerlite.com/u9g1h3v4w7/2010920657092614907/i4i6/" target="_blank">The Dowager's Bodkin</a></p><p>I have a couple more that have been accepted. I may also write some more as they accept two submissions a month from each writer. If you are a writer I suggest working up some fifty word stories. They definitely help flex your writing muscles and help train you to be clear and concise.</p>F. S. Poesyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201920550959255201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38635902.post-41553052795548287172022-03-02T16:27:00.000-05:002022-03-02T16:27:05.383-05:00Doodles, doodles, and doodles<p> I've been doing a lot of doodling. 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S. Poesyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201920550959255201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38635902.post-23261010716537709982021-08-08T19:01:00.011-04:002021-08-31T09:06:07.947-04:00The #AUGHOST Challenge<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">In my never ending search for ways to procrastinate from writing/querying my picture book manuscripts, I have once again found a time-waster worthy of my uh...time...uh...wasting. It is #AuGHOST, a drawing challenge on Twitter started by </span><a href="https://twitter.com/TheRealAuGHOST" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">@theRealAuGhost</a><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"> (which appears to actually be two people). Following the prompts provided on the above mentioned Twitter account, participants create drawings on a ghostly theme. Below I will be posting my daily entries in the challenge. Enjoy!</span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4JcBQS-NJlQwDK3aKDh-qM-5dmpTVDePSzClnHua-tfnLrwUxYr3LcE0Fje4F2cnaGB-WEPCqXES2tL6yuNBXLRtKqn4QBm1RwdbUXihyoTrRvhjE1rKLE9lAZEQObLNG_ag/s768/auGHOST01_CircleOfAfterlife.png" referrerpolicy="origin"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4JcBQS-NJlQwDK3aKDh-qM-5dmpTVDePSzClnHua-tfnLrwUxYr3LcE0Fje4F2cnaGB-WEPCqXES2tL6yuNBXLRtKqn4QBm1RwdbUXihyoTrRvhjE1rKLE9lAZEQObLNG_ag/s320/auGHOST01_CircleOfAfterlife.png" width="320" /><br /></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Great, now I can't get that song out of my head!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcf3ngjI-eWEOmeTjECvCpl8hXjM9hIMeIwvL4h9qP8ZI9V9S_YtDBl7BW28QQ2r70M7dqW7XC-m632UcE8S2qMoDde2fj5EwIdHLhiQIjUaFzoL42FpfQyWW-_aGOV3kY42Q/s768/auGHOST02_Changeling02.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="610" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcf3ngjI-eWEOmeTjECvCpl8hXjM9hIMeIwvL4h9qP8ZI9V9S_YtDBl7BW28QQ2r70M7dqW7XC-m632UcE8S2qMoDde2fj5EwIdHLhiQIjUaFzoL42FpfQyWW-_aGOV3kY42Q/s320/auGHOST02_Changeling02.png" width="254" /><br /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHygauugUWh9ARDOgRxtlyiftKuikQ1kxgr1alwta9MZzOZnpS3dz2X1czZzxO_-D2L70jxUYuD_ouDEmkDtpUy26xcOlYE1eXIc8rko-P5h_0Zfw-2jtdvV2ic86uum6WLVo/s768/auGHOST02_Changeling.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="463" data-original-width="768" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHygauugUWh9ARDOgRxtlyiftKuikQ1kxgr1alwta9MZzOZnpS3dz2X1czZzxO_-D2L70jxUYuD_ouDEmkDtpUy26xcOlYE1eXIc8rko-P5h_0Zfw-2jtdvV2ic86uum6WLVo/s320/auGHOST02_Changeling.png" width="320" /><br /></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">I did two for day two for some reason. I liked both ideas I guess.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtvdos0e8DfCVB6ov7iSNk7K3ARkPZqVnB_PfyDrho4VIXdd8JZxdvpiXamUuEPN1lPBWUvoyefPBUt2Aw0zhJTV511WqnAX6P0UtAmxg07C9DMQCbmg2vvl-8mnPM7Y9lJng/s768/auGHOST03_Lottery.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="768" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtvdos0e8DfCVB6ov7iSNk7K3ARkPZqVnB_PfyDrho4VIXdd8JZxdvpiXamUuEPN1lPBWUvoyefPBUt2Aw0zhJTV511WqnAX6P0UtAmxg07C9DMQCbmg2vvl-8mnPM7Y9lJng/s320/auGHOST03_Lottery.png" width="320" /><br /></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">A tribute to Shirley Jackson's short story. A number of participants created images along the same theme.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrPMQzeXH1b2w2I49nt_Xf_gimsTIpyJIGG_GXUnQLy4ZrHgiWqtxn4XD78s1WwIAqO6Tn4onrltgwaGwEiQy4GNS0MFYWm3yxH1iI6UBVN5caTL9fToIT2OPEPqZM1UUCao/s768/auGHOST04_Officiate.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrPMQzeXH1b2w2I49nt_Xf_gimsTIpyJIGG_GXUnQLy4ZrHgiWqtxn4XD78s1WwIAqO6Tn4onrltgwaGwEiQy4GNS0MFYWm3yxH1iI6UBVN5caTL9fToIT2OPEPqZM1UUCao/s320/auGHOST04_Officiate.png" width="320" /><br /></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">The mayor of Ghoulsbergadelphia is here to officiate at the ceremony presenting you with the skeleton key to the city.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEins8WK997ubeDLhOB4081wFKkNGS2T0j6kK1F8Npx6rqsivvY_fw4wm7NivoKqXA_sRwzUdKOZ4Lh67q6mq6zeEHZDR_njbiygLm6fcsdBjaMB_Yoo6qtlFr0oosgTNjfi8AE/s768/auGHOST05_Enchant.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="768" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEins8WK997ubeDLhOB4081wFKkNGS2T0j6kK1F8Npx6rqsivvY_fw4wm7NivoKqXA_sRwzUdKOZ4Lh67q6mq6zeEHZDR_njbiygLm6fcsdBjaMB_Yoo6qtlFr0oosgTNjfi8AE/s320/auGHOST05_Enchant.png" width="320" /><br /></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Future Fairy Ghostmother Millicent Rose levitates a pumpkin as part of her training.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpYGpNahxBep-gH7Df7QTaNuVsZXDfDb94Dushd5PacH0lCGv6XwBEpVR4IBmui0lrCaGcNL7ggTCXflWnHfA4WhD_NH9KH_9XftQLmfPSr8WcSL-qmn_sLDJ1m3VNGLHJ-A/s768/auGHOST06_Science.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="768" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpYGpNahxBep-gH7Df7QTaNuVsZXDfDb94Dushd5PacH0lCGv6XwBEpVR4IBmui0lrCaGcNL7ggTCXflWnHfA4WhD_NH9KH_9XftQLmfPSr8WcSL-qmn_sLDJ1m3VNGLHJ-A/s320/auGHOST06_Science.png" width="320" /><br /></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">It appears the lab results may have been tainted.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj9NIbMgZ0ZN7twLzBp02ioWSBVyBfOphPyEQheHtmkX63AYkXVWxqWD6vq6wPyrbXv4JSlemjENBtQ611Q9XAFyZ6s4CneThhh9WwArPdeNpWQ_hhwizDyKeDDdTOr1SuaW8/s768/auGHOST07_Basket.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="768" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj9NIbMgZ0ZN7twLzBp02ioWSBVyBfOphPyEQheHtmkX63AYkXVWxqWD6vq6wPyrbXv4JSlemjENBtQ611Q9XAFyZ6s4CneThhh9WwArPdeNpWQ_hhwizDyKeDDdTOr1SuaW8/s320/auGHOST07_Basket.png" width="320" /><br /></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Spirit of the Missed Three Pointer is destined to wander the court in an endless search for the championship-winning basket.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPDWWQzAqSC78GgZRzzfIqFRJtTK44OEsxvHbDzsQitzeaDzVCDMBdnPw44Yvl2g8WZfXg-lBA_QsVSV6-noNMWMrcZd_b5bDqfdjf-_Rw6zaQ0H3KL8ZWJM_e3fLzZ9qeNM/s768/auGHOST08_Ensnare.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="768" height="97" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPDWWQzAqSC78GgZRzzfIqFRJtTK44OEsxvHbDzsQitzeaDzVCDMBdnPw44Yvl2g8WZfXg-lBA_QsVSV6-noNMWMrcZd_b5bDqfdjf-_Rw6zaQ0H3KL8ZWJM_e3fLzZ9qeNM/s320/auGHOST08_Ensnare.png" width="320" /><br /></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Can you ever trust a ghost?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfNmfRrmabgwjpNW31-O-zq5Ip6L17b79zJl7BAGoY1ukSut3xUEIKaNAJIBl5ELWksUK4IFs5zYDwQqnzbJqFpv6G5KSDo0L4XCDu9sGy-n8KccJtUkz392PQ9Jeemu2AlHM/s768/auGHOST09_Sky.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="768" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfNmfRrmabgwjpNW31-O-zq5Ip6L17b79zJl7BAGoY1ukSut3xUEIKaNAJIBl5ELWksUK4IFs5zYDwQqnzbJqFpv6G5KSDo0L4XCDu9sGy-n8KccJtUkz392PQ9Jeemu2AlHM/s320/auGHOST09_Sky.png" width="320" /><br /></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; text-align: center; white-space: normal;">Former meteorologist looking for big fluffy friend who loves long floats above the beach.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLA62i1M0X905t6oy4e11tgdZDZW44JWrUVy7opXSoGuZBQSHT8psDds3fIH78Mby327XTL8340k9g9n2X_7DofvhOppfe7DKjGrVB9H_hMhRnXUJp_LekRFZmL-GdTbYfujo/s768/auGHOST10_Box.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="555" data-original-width="768" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLA62i1M0X905t6oy4e11tgdZDZW44JWrUVy7opXSoGuZBQSHT8psDds3fIH78Mby327XTL8340k9g9n2X_7DofvhOppfe7DKjGrVB9H_hMhRnXUJp_LekRFZmL-GdTbYfujo/s320/auGHOST10_Box.png" width="320" /><br /></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's a bummer when your favorite box is haunted.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWb33W5q860yulM-IlE03OvTOoYpXd8Or4u_OkrYcZ1N2CqqKASYqoaNn9Pc7X2WL3JO6-VKGYtjRBcp2lIymgT17YDRbGf6-ix3v2O_mb5p5oG91At2qr1rG7nMgiUcXocc4/s768/auGHOST11_Catapult.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="768" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWb33W5q860yulM-IlE03OvTOoYpXd8Or4u_OkrYcZ1N2CqqKASYqoaNn9Pc7X2WL3JO6-VKGYtjRBcp2lIymgT17YDRbGf6-ix3v2O_mb5p5oG91At2qr1rG7nMgiUcXocc4/s320/auGHOST11_Catapult.png" width="320" /><br /></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Using ghosts as the first line of defense during the siege of the haunted castle turned out to be a poor strategy.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjch0pfPndr8oHvRMSJhyY6DXHa0YMvu9A7SBZ8FKWo3hWO2DcNbEP7HamZBu_dPz7i2p8UZ6VO_c2jphH_4kmMO4QxqKJ-UAXqEfgCW1ibRnFtWpQ6Q2OalNrnhA4xZkwveMA/s768/auGHOST12_Ladder.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="768" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjch0pfPndr8oHvRMSJhyY6DXHa0YMvu9A7SBZ8FKWo3hWO2DcNbEP7HamZBu_dPz7i2p8UZ6VO_c2jphH_4kmMO4QxqKJ-UAXqEfgCW1ibRnFtWpQ6Q2OalNrnhA4xZkwveMA/s320/auGHOST12_Ladder.png" width="320" /><br /></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">While an accomplished mimic in his previous life, Charlie was not good at it in the after life. But he still enjoyed trying.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj4dbt_FGDrDP28d3o0M7C2GIyPtvkkSViKI7SbyNr603-2cWl-bOO9yPFtEiPBs5Jk0ScxLISuiSsOzqnW60k7jnDPveosc6ZoXtvMjIipB1aB_gZJ203vNV0yfM1FOoO74A/s768/auGHOST13_Carnivorous.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="768" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj4dbt_FGDrDP28d3o0M7C2GIyPtvkkSViKI7SbyNr603-2cWl-bOO9yPFtEiPBs5Jk0ScxLISuiSsOzqnW60k7jnDPveosc6ZoXtvMjIipB1aB_gZJ203vNV0yfM1FOoO74A/s320/auGHOST13_Carnivorous.png" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ever since his passing, a thick juicy steak was never quite as good as Bob remembered.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #0f1419; font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #0f1419; font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWf1GOu-mslPE-ARnZ7OzszLkN6giN2D8V9F2azkWwdGpRBWqdVgD6af2VNJGoANTeEdbAJjDe-LPMe929OE05yMXsNruNKeNOvwiijqTGNz5ISZM700klAHPyxoLVxgPIfy4/s768/auGHOST14_Cardinal.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWf1GOu-mslPE-ARnZ7OzszLkN6giN2D8V9F2azkWwdGpRBWqdVgD6af2VNJGoANTeEdbAJjDe-LPMe929OE05yMXsNruNKeNOvwiijqTGNz5ISZM700klAHPyxoLVxgPIfy4/s320/auGHOST14_Cardinal.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The worst thing about having been a man of the cloth in his previous life was hearing the same "so I guess that makes you the Holy Ghost" joke from each new spirit he met. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAgfOHdOV9GwMcg4DzpnvCN-W6eb2AdY5TNxBpgHmKWxrsvGK5OYoKLCbm-VyIhQ56Xtv0Ebp_5uji088Y3CbnaBwVqdANVSucS_r_LQ2nQirDotdUSCMb448z1kxeyLk0ZHM/s768/auGHOST15_Entrance.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="768" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAgfOHdOV9GwMcg4DzpnvCN-W6eb2AdY5TNxBpgHmKWxrsvGK5OYoKLCbm-VyIhQ56Xtv0Ebp_5uji088Y3CbnaBwVqdANVSucS_r_LQ2nQirDotdUSCMb448z1kxeyLk0ZHM/s320/auGHOST15_Entrance.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">One perk Jay found in being dead was that he'd never again look like an idiot pushing the door instead of pulling it. Now he could just float right though.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWE-KG1AbpcQby-Hsj6bAFDPv3RTy8shhnDaJlQ_fRUQwZGucrwW5GY1xXbxIj9VA5kwZpAp4p4uSRBAUXHeMyOw6utuNcDzC3thsizbvx2rudiEzrXX9_2OgwV22Dx1XHGl4/s768/auGHOST16_Bell.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="768" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWE-KG1AbpcQby-Hsj6bAFDPv3RTy8shhnDaJlQ_fRUQwZGucrwW5GY1xXbxIj9VA5kwZpAp4p4uSRBAUXHeMyOw6utuNcDzC3thsizbvx2rudiEzrXX9_2OgwV22Dx1XHGl4/s320/auGHOST16_Bell.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The spirits of former statisticians prefer to haunt locations with tiled walls, for obvious reasons.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTRgcLfsEiGexo9m0LCW56-T0dEroZWlkMhDRElzeM6n8phVozTokjWem1qjN7f8JYYIV6kg1qVJvCmwy1Dkvg4xa8W1AYMrsh0nzTXBLA-vAY_TbEsDdxH0MWc3zdgr8Ecgk/s768/auGHOST17_Book.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="768" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTRgcLfsEiGexo9m0LCW56-T0dEroZWlkMhDRElzeM6n8phVozTokjWem1qjN7f8JYYIV6kg1qVJvCmwy1Dkvg4xa8W1AYMrsh0nzTXBLA-vAY_TbEsDdxH0MWc3zdgr8Ecgk/s320/auGHOST17_Book.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was still her favorite scary story book, no matter what the others said.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQLXXiY9CPbUqIr87HKEsjxD60dVYKYlOYHNAurJL7vUhrmkvpEUPATDp9ZjLFTuEy9mEjxOqpaM2yruHrhHC4-ZAWFqCea8eYUGB0fOD4kHYu8s_Liv-yKZvbP0frqj67yBI/s832/auGHOST18_Candle.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQLXXiY9CPbUqIr87HKEsjxD60dVYKYlOYHNAurJL7vUhrmkvpEUPATDp9ZjLFTuEy9mEjxOqpaM2yruHrhHC4-ZAWFqCea8eYUGB0fOD4kHYu8s_Liv-yKZvbP0frqj67yBI/s320/auGHOST18_Candle.png" width="295" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The other ghosts aren't sure if Ernest is a raging pyrogeist or just a very clumsy candle cosplayer. Either way everything seems to go up in flames when he's around.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcqrfR48mYAGZAC6-p2KR5AGfKeIpwIsF1brTahK96qv1GvQCVg9Co0rcD4dWeoigjcfj8cn0D0uko5MAgfb3LNhr2bOt7Mwmsp37TS-yJyoDzMqFAUulyxFBK3hJ5dOVunKo/s768/auGHOST19_Nonsense.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="768" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcqrfR48mYAGZAC6-p2KR5AGfKeIpwIsF1brTahK96qv1GvQCVg9Co0rcD4dWeoigjcfj8cn0D0uko5MAgfb3LNhr2bOt7Mwmsp37TS-yJyoDzMqFAUulyxFBK3hJ5dOVunKo/s320/auGHOST19_Nonsense.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This one is inspired a bit by Eric Carle's book </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24452943-the-nonsense-show" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">The Nonsense Show</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQLMRCKi1IxtKu1tQx6CUzgHjCjZTCXbaNDtrmhorLWLETXKcvDZb_dnuUpKkunSS0VTA_TJGoNGcQa4RvlS5D-xTrAf4iwblpZNzP0P6U8cZ5J21m11Gil6LRRodE2T2hD48/s768/auGHOST20_Wizened.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="768" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQLMRCKi1IxtKu1tQx6CUzgHjCjZTCXbaNDtrmhorLWLETXKcvDZb_dnuUpKkunSS0VTA_TJGoNGcQa4RvlS5D-xTrAf4iwblpZNzP0P6U8cZ5J21m11Gil6LRRodE2T2hD48/s320/auGHOST20_Wizened.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If he'd known his eternal ghostly appearance would show his mortal age, he probably would have instituted a moisturizing regimen in his youth.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="768" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXEp0lTOqbtG3DoXT_8owcRhKbnLErw1Hlpswg6YfyNYdO1BdBrBswwTSYwbhT6ID8DC_47FlO3erftBYtggV-9MyVAUvJVgw_yQ8IfuUL9x0ps7Je5Te1Mr36bqeQzfKceZM/s320/auGHOST21_Feline.png" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is a little known fact that the spirits of each of a cat's first eight lives follow it around, providing advice and comfort until all nine spirits can eventually be united into one. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP4JourkaZbZPP6jgruFgPa1MkqygyroM-iLJYZw9A3w3kXLztPH4H_UQQGIiDO7lb4BiKTvq9hkA6boDnGRDjuqWz3QH_hxtCDqiGbkDrJVE6-ymaj3c-pXsPmravdud3Tbw/s768/auGHOST22_Musical.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="768" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP4JourkaZbZPP6jgruFgPa1MkqygyroM-iLJYZw9A3w3kXLztPH4H_UQQGIiDO7lb4BiKTvq9hkA6boDnGRDjuqWz3QH_hxtCDqiGbkDrJVE6-ymaj3c-pXsPmravdud3Tbw/s320/auGHOST22_Musical.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When asked why he liked to take the form of an ocarina to scare people when they tried to play him, Franklin always said because it is easier than taking the shape of a trumpet. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMCb-y3JTleOqiWXIMqzzhPqB2i6jsW2fVzPECxCffmwX8cZ88k5A0eu1UX6G1C9FD8aIsnmKXEYjso674YCDkYPBcAcpbSPyddheWPzXVGWNsLulWt0zUDp2xGJgNBehytPI/s768/auGHOST23_Wicked.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="663" data-original-width="768" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMCb-y3JTleOqiWXIMqzzhPqB2i6jsW2fVzPECxCffmwX8cZ88k5A0eu1UX6G1C9FD8aIsnmKXEYjso674YCDkYPBcAcpbSPyddheWPzXVGWNsLulWt0zUDp2xGJgNBehytPI/s320/auGHOST23_Wicked.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The first day on the job was not going well for Dotty.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho_L0EZwg9m8U_TbgXJV-xNZr_oyUs1R3gdEdTTZ_Yt6cVx0CKkfSR5x-VQiXKRQzIYZT0t1YYV2N7oaQ2_UZMRjcJe1daI5QcKwL8wAWFaBOC2Rlz0GKoTPuRYDMD2DWqcu4/s768/auGHOST24_Cavernous.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="768" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho_L0EZwg9m8U_TbgXJV-xNZr_oyUs1R3gdEdTTZ_Yt6cVx0CKkfSR5x-VQiXKRQzIYZT0t1YYV2N7oaQ2_UZMRjcJe1daI5QcKwL8wAWFaBOC2Rlz0GKoTPuRYDMD2DWqcu4/s320/auGHOST24_Cavernous.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Frank was easily amused and enjoyed watching hikers step into his gaping mouth only to fall to the ground. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0lBGacsExsS7XjzztzXrYsG0lDwndTkuZEloEFjIfncwKWAED1obO9VpShUQxzrt89IjnG8LyYgL85f94XkMKzuekV0s8Ct0uMs7t16TGuL_aVqMOf8MSXuivJ2xDotgECgQ/s768/auGHOST24_Elemental.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="768" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0lBGacsExsS7XjzztzXrYsG0lDwndTkuZEloEFjIfncwKWAED1obO9VpShUQxzrt89IjnG8LyYgL85f94XkMKzuekV0s8Ct0uMs7t16TGuL_aVqMOf8MSXuivJ2xDotgECgQ/s320/auGHOST24_Elemental.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">While some looked down on Winston as a lesser wind elemental, he found the work simple and quite agreeable to his temperament.</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdLzIoPXZB-esOntynnpXGE7H_g8EbTpEkDiTaAp_tdKrgtg8Y6i71DRgyUa5glhdRE1wsAfjxxPZ4Mbxh2O2Cm55btoDgrM3CGm0bpJ-BaXgQ54OLf7RJGK0wUMiMO2huisk/s768/auGHOST26_Monstrous.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="768" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdLzIoPXZB-esOntynnpXGE7H_g8EbTpEkDiTaAp_tdKrgtg8Y6i71DRgyUa5glhdRE1wsAfjxxPZ4Mbxh2O2Cm55btoDgrM3CGm0bpJ-BaXgQ54OLf7RJGK0wUMiMO2huisk/s320/auGHOST26_Monstrous.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Chomping a huge glob of peanut butter in his mouth was the extent of Otis' bag of tricks when it came to looking monstrous.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-XqiLFj6G_ipnBbbVdDtYUrJBVUhb_bD0joVMLPs4XWXp86sZWprI7z7ToTxQw2IZOT-2AwbfSXE1Ov46CUBwOeVmoDIrkP74HAo-zHaDtyM2IjXhs17UHxQslmHULHx3EdQ/s807/auGHOST27_Weave.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-XqiLFj6G_ipnBbbVdDtYUrJBVUhb_bD0joVMLPs4XWXp86sZWprI7z7ToTxQw2IZOT-2AwbfSXE1Ov46CUBwOeVmoDIrkP74HAo-zHaDtyM2IjXhs17UHxQslmHULHx3EdQ/s320/auGHOST27_Weave.png" width="305" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The textile factory had closed long ago so the ghosts of the child laborers didn't remember why they did it, but their favorite pastime was intertwining themselves together, over and over again.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZcl_izk4IDsUDtbMdqLx6LE0Z_dP3zl2smMWyxWydCCXTWmDlSKswMtRwbKCf0dHRB1zI4IAObNevm8nRrvDYLRLk5ccF0sFULWqzdQzLqdqx3Me66RgLM8mbRikIsB2hmE/s768/auGHOST28_Ivy.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="768" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZcl_izk4IDsUDtbMdqLx6LE0Z_dP3zl2smMWyxWydCCXTWmDlSKswMtRwbKCf0dHRB1zI4IAObNevm8nRrvDYLRLk5ccF0sFULWqzdQzLqdqx3Me66RgLM8mbRikIsB2hmE/s320/auGHOST28_Ivy.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One of the best Ivy League schools. And it isn't that hard to get into. You just float through the walls.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEityJWfvQgMzQFGaPuttIQlxVJxX5VhLBO5_JC8-W9GAH8DnhtEPXujpGJGfyRYZrK1QzI7NoSmAbA5s_Zsm7-55XHEbJxn8g41E4TcF6wGRLEWR9fhc8yVEFhGxrX19CsisOU/s500/imaghostyouperv.jpg" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEityJWfvQgMzQFGaPuttIQlxVJxX5VhLBO5_JC8-W9GAH8DnhtEPXujpGJGfyRYZrK1QzI7NoSmAbA5s_Zsm7-55XHEbJxn8g41E4TcF6wGRLEWR9fhc8yVEFhGxrX19CsisOU/s320/imaghostyouperv.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Day 29 of #AuGHOST was 'Past' so I figured why not post a ghost I drew in the past (at least 9 years ago).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHANE7ehyphenhyphenOvVtmV96fhZURkrhcrnjhYBDDV_ddpA2n7z6kCHY9pbbWj2t76BLiYeKmdtZXNP-o9Z9eHyFW4eiUNlZyLIdbVGVNCQsNNWOwfSgh3qX2QIX0vnAXqZDGwG3cOg/s768/auGHOST30_Present.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="768" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHANE7ehyphenhyphenOvVtmV96fhZURkrhcrnjhYBDDV_ddpA2n7z6kCHY9pbbWj2t76BLiYeKmdtZXNP-o9Z9eHyFW4eiUNlZyLIdbVGVNCQsNNWOwfSgh3qX2QIX0vnAXqZDGwG3cOg/s320/auGHOST30_Present.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The other guests at the Dickensian Haunted Christmas Costume Party weren't sure if Preston was trying to be funny or if he'd just never read A Christmas Carol.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtaJi9b1JFGya6UQrN8RIfMr9oK1XGUWCHOfX4VbLFAw4CZnVHPd3VgO9u0ZBbY0zg0BFlSCdkvVPAaE9HmDxLywoaMpS0EJ7oH7aXRg2zUZj6Cl0QvsgNf84E1xW_vTph-mM/s768/auGHOST31_Future.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="768" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtaJi9b1JFGya6UQrN8RIfMr9oK1XGUWCHOfX4VbLFAw4CZnVHPd3VgO9u0ZBbY0zg0BFlSCdkvVPAaE9HmDxLywoaMpS0EJ7oH7aXRg2zUZj6Cl0QvsgNf84E1xW_vTph-mM/s320/auGHOST31_Future.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Grim Reaper always kept a supply of shrouds on hand to distribute to the future ghosts he would make. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />F. S. Poesyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201920550959255201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38635902.post-58663511309846495342020-12-22T12:20:00.002-05:002020-12-22T12:20:32.976-05:00The Little Book of Stupid Questions<p> I'm not sure this qualifies as a mini-comic but it is a mini-book. And it puts to rest that false chestnut that there is no such thing as a stupid question. Click on the graphic for a link to the PDF on Dropbox.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/sb21cgh7uh2qrrh/LittleBookOfStupidQuestions.pdf?dl=0" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="408" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0e0uELIgoXiAG9FgAmQisnXQNQW0eRP5_9CN3zKCSu9mi31c9WkV5pYmyJ3CuaKfn-DxycQhiZplflz_JZiJvtoYKfsDc4huS9npKR5LqBOloZkM_A_nVFtCqfUqGLqRQKKI/s320/lbosq_cover.png" /></a></div>F. S. Poesyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201920550959255201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38635902.post-56262604315778404792020-11-22T09:45:00.004-05:002020-11-22T09:45:44.229-05:00Lessons From 2020<p>What lessons have we all learned from 2020, the year that exceeded everyone's expectations of how bad things could get. To be honest, I never thought it got so very bad, maybe because I always image how much more worse it could be.</p><p>That said, there are still life lessons that can be gleaned from this year, and I thought I'd use my current interest in kawaii to highlight what those lessons might be in comic form. Some more serious than others. I present them below for your review.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXX85fYymqGnBvlJvnMi0ljtDFpFfoniXy6KJiiHVPN29M1OsJO5F1Y2937Mh9OxMnD-zm73PwUN9e_ryoWFwa3XUy1yCGL0BqehYjd1GG8s08taQ6_waEZNYM-FiOTs4L9UU/s768/tpKawaii.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXX85fYymqGnBvlJvnMi0ljtDFpFfoniXy6KJiiHVPN29M1OsJO5F1Y2937Mh9OxMnD-zm73PwUN9e_ryoWFwa3XUy1yCGL0BqehYjd1GG8s08taQ6_waEZNYM-FiOTs4L9UU/s320/tpKawaii.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's nice to feel needed!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgieU8mT5iBHO_eOQm09maqi54-NRuekavrG8Uu3CaPYttnURTJ3GfU23igrgxjFBEw41yB3OXY7G94L_IxoRKZDeZal6pu0y0KtNYEmJat_Yy5BRzqKxRsjq38k4FmA5S4bIs/s768/stinkKawaii.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgieU8mT5iBHO_eOQm09maqi54-NRuekavrG8Uu3CaPYttnURTJ3GfU23igrgxjFBEw41yB3OXY7G94L_IxoRKZDeZal6pu0y0KtNYEmJat_Yy5BRzqKxRsjq38k4FmA5S4bIs/s320/stinkKawaii.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sometime things stink. And that's OK!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizX3pwGsWGvVgZiWdRQ_x_Km5NMaP2sf_R-D3plFMEiesX33T17NSvg7W1Nx1NXkvAvjBmxWvfvQXx6NJ0vOHsxFUSZpYjvyz8_N780T5luSfFEMqKPBIXAdw9QYezWuYcKKQ/s768/eggKawaii.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizX3pwGsWGvVgZiWdRQ_x_Km5NMaP2sf_R-D3plFMEiesX33T17NSvg7W1Nx1NXkvAvjBmxWvfvQXx6NJ0vOHsxFUSZpYjvyz8_N780T5luSfFEMqKPBIXAdw9QYezWuYcKKQ/s320/eggKawaii.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can be both strong and fragile.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh90ZWOLW0uql6LaXtHKlyuo637O4GfDLw84SsAb8PFishkEa4UAhhyphenhyphenc4_1IrKF1KxExk8rnJkO7ve5vG307RJcPhRt4NBr3Vpqd2eFZph6TPz9d8hKLo9FURFSrBSXZf49uvo/s768/pawnKawaii.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh90ZWOLW0uql6LaXtHKlyuo637O4GfDLw84SsAb8PFishkEa4UAhhyphenhyphenc4_1IrKF1KxExk8rnJkO7ve5vG307RJcPhRt4NBr3Vpqd2eFZph6TPz9d8hKLo9FURFSrBSXZf49uvo/s320/pawnKawaii.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sometimes life looks like a chessboard...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu3bfolbDn66mKMqMkARYK85Ew5TvDAYjW7kYuNIf7HXyPKlvCdKiPlLOOJQF43r1oiZyBGoIx9bXz9yXRUp0ZpVNJrLQnb_SX73rxNNHCDVAwg3aNiQ3y_n3BcU8uFFJgi_0/s768/rockKawaii.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu3bfolbDn66mKMqMkARYK85Ew5TvDAYjW7kYuNIf7HXyPKlvCdKiPlLOOJQF43r1oiZyBGoIx9bXz9yXRUp0ZpVNJrLQnb_SX73rxNNHCDVAwg3aNiQ3y_n3BcU8uFFJgi_0/s320/rockKawaii.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You rock!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYBUQ3Pg_tWj75RgSRhrbanf2vWWsav1pXtqiUcTrVg5WkYodsNAp2kM5CbZhKJ2U2zRl7QKy495rl3sUf91R4APAkcpG4vtze9ftgeIneLTzsHu7MDGWi1bngwC0hNU5269o/s768/acornKawaii.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYBUQ3Pg_tWj75RgSRhrbanf2vWWsav1pXtqiUcTrVg5WkYodsNAp2kM5CbZhKJ2U2zRl7QKy495rl3sUf91R4APAkcpG4vtze9ftgeIneLTzsHu7MDGWi1bngwC0hNU5269o/s320/acornKawaii.png" /></a><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even a nut like me...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHmQVBfu0OVUwE0ote69bOoJ6rDOB2qA-KvEHk4ZVT2x2pF6LZrZ0k0KU7FnRePUZgwyRyZTTpGbjWNRhmT4ABXeGrauyeTZFrlxTuBwgu-Oytkr3JZ1VnvWqfDPBtWjcPN6g/s768/coffeeKawaii.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHmQVBfu0OVUwE0ote69bOoJ6rDOB2qA-KvEHk4ZVT2x2pF6LZrZ0k0KU7FnRePUZgwyRyZTTpGbjWNRhmT4ABXeGrauyeTZFrlxTuBwgu-Oytkr3JZ1VnvWqfDPBtWjcPN6g/s320/coffeeKawaii.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Know your rights!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUiwU_Q3TQEKxvrClQu4cdFlaFOlEhdgB01role30_q3lMoQ5hPLHhYaC2bpZv__DSB_BpR9PqKaUUl8HFPwhK-ZMoKzrwwp2ps54hwtyYzqExXq9PKvFwkjKRAIF2duPaSAs/s768/lightbulbKawaii.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUiwU_Q3TQEKxvrClQu4cdFlaFOlEhdgB01role30_q3lMoQ5hPLHhYaC2bpZv__DSB_BpR9PqKaUUl8HFPwhK-ZMoKzrwwp2ps54hwtyYzqExXq9PKvFwkjKRAIF2duPaSAs/s320/lightbulbKawaii.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A good idea...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbdOhNOLlBcNe3gfoE59bMEhLWRF-7ltEicm7Exyli6H34CFCQxMUvDjpn3xy4O1ELEmIFwywt9USKvpF0o9MSlhCSlrhfqypW68U5pRTf8oxhFCwY0-OWRX-yHziuWLbKu4/s768/teaKawaii.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbdOhNOLlBcNe3gfoE59bMEhLWRF-7ltEicm7Exyli6H34CFCQxMUvDjpn3xy4O1ELEmIFwywt9USKvpF0o9MSlhCSlrhfqypW68U5pRTf8oxhFCwY0-OWRX-yHziuWLbKu4/s320/teaKawaii.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love is a mug of hot tea!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvgx9tWtFUaHaUQRUigrhE6XXIwllId2r4caM3mgy0GKN5i47dWi7ZYo9FT9vlp4XChIj990aRTYCNhsueMZ1LLVU2eWpv5Cc8vqE1VgmyLOYl8FkFLkZntVYPiO04phY7s00/s768/emojiKawaii.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvgx9tWtFUaHaUQRUigrhE6XXIwllId2r4caM3mgy0GKN5i47dWi7ZYo9FT9vlp4XChIj990aRTYCNhsueMZ1LLVU2eWpv5Cc8vqE1VgmyLOYl8FkFLkZntVYPiO04phY7s00/s320/emojiKawaii.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Are emojis up to the challenge?</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwxfwUeOTDXhfbJh3YNKWLCduqX8WG0M37pRP7gYDuQC-7WBXicPFyLywur6N_PnqD9be1bPelCfHnBOSE-kY0h2I0wRdfN7eAO9_NtTdGBq8CnFc9Wmq0cHEzLBywbIZPTE/s768/pencilKawaii.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwxfwUeOTDXhfbJh3YNKWLCduqX8WG0M37pRP7gYDuQC-7WBXicPFyLywur6N_PnqD9be1bPelCfHnBOSE-kY0h2I0wRdfN7eAO9_NtTdGBq8CnFc9Wmq0cHEzLBywbIZPTE/s320/pencilKawaii.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No one said there would be math!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY-SkahhbGk3-KOYLnNY3NESMTdh65av1SfUshOFW7sgV2xr4gdk2jQD4Qb_nb-sVRctOsbUfLyNRXtWdF-rD3QF1_IQ5FYtukekWeExtIHr5DPp1btckK3hrNWvQ_6-29eNU/s768/planetKawaii.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY-SkahhbGk3-KOYLnNY3NESMTdh65av1SfUshOFW7sgV2xr4gdk2jQD4Qb_nb-sVRctOsbUfLyNRXtWdF-rD3QF1_IQ5FYtukekWeExtIHr5DPp1btckK3hrNWvQ_6-29eNU/s320/planetKawaii.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Too much perspective?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5kQ2hISyn4wrzvP-L-7akfpsWTsRk9Z6H9k8dbjrNaU7yP9jI3gDtKcu34kgJS26D8hYsW48sNQwl5afmhztTQcFP3oDIwhTdu6RCnmCLrutpbRm2ySKNoj5hdadxbQxMmg0/s768/sunlightKawaii.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5kQ2hISyn4wrzvP-L-7akfpsWTsRk9Z6H9k8dbjrNaU7yP9jI3gDtKcu34kgJS26D8hYsW48sNQwl5afmhztTQcFP3oDIwhTdu6RCnmCLrutpbRm2ySKNoj5hdadxbQxMmg0/s320/sunlightKawaii.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I know it is here somewhere!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSr8c2WocV9E39hM_4P3qLOyYH7YENvb3LImhBQafTzEaswZ0rcLAqlAmFsML7HFcl6LIq8Bs28btxUTVBwqPn4VhfaIukJNYRZXuJ9-7Vc6oKLYc9OXvm_8ldt2oVrn0J78/s1690/planPencilKawaii.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1690" data-original-width="1690" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSr8c2WocV9E39hM_4P3qLOyYH7YENvb3LImhBQafTzEaswZ0rcLAqlAmFsML7HFcl6LIq8Bs28btxUTVBwqPn4VhfaIukJNYRZXuJ9-7Vc6oKLYc9OXvm_8ldt2oVrn0J78/s320/planPencilKawaii.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wait. We were supposed to plan?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hHlX_rnv6pR4-htr59wR8TvTP5fRKTWXPAR57Y5wZl3Nfsq5noHjFOtouQtl72PNYGzFROObys_uaa9JPUuRcO3_wNcUipHPO6U8dNxxbfgXD4CL-1jjdX4sF0YBJuY6wVY/s768/musicNotesKawaii.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hHlX_rnv6pR4-htr59wR8TvTP5fRKTWXPAR57Y5wZl3Nfsq5noHjFOtouQtl72PNYGzFROObys_uaa9JPUuRcO3_wNcUipHPO6U8dNxxbfgXD4CL-1jjdX4sF0YBJuY6wVY/s320/musicNotesKawaii.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yay music!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />F. S. Poesyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201920550959255201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38635902.post-67726101037931846342020-10-27T15:33:00.003-04:002020-11-09T13:37:32.488-05:00Drawing Kawaii in 5 Simple Steps!<p>Ever since I subscribed to <a href="https://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Pheonix</a> weekly comic I've been a big fan of the Squid Bits segment and its author/illustrator <a href="http://www.jessbradley.com/" target="_blank">Jess Bradley</a>. First off, Squid Bits is hilariously funny. But also, like many of the artists I enjoy and admire, Jess's style seems simple but belies a skill with lines that few can match.</p><p>So, of course, I figured I'd try.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRRwU-9pTFbMWGOgSBSrpWXHdlzGQGflcoJ852xG2ZO9r6Atco01mkz1E29eMWIkx6k4vhMCq2bu8aFrNiWKpYuBVv1zJc2EMeRzrKGrmXxRfvLEYvkNdonwcLuCbrOHTnhyY/s419/drawKawaii.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="419" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRRwU-9pTFbMWGOgSBSrpWXHdlzGQGflcoJ852xG2ZO9r6Atco01mkz1E29eMWIkx6k4vhMCq2bu8aFrNiWKpYuBVv1zJc2EMeRzrKGrmXxRfvLEYvkNdonwcLuCbrOHTnhyY/s320/drawKawaii.png" /></a></div><p>One of Jess's many books is <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Draw_Kawaii_in_Five_Simple_Steps/vas4zQEACAAJ?hl=en" target="_blank">Draw Kawaii in 5 Simple Steps</a> from <a href="https://www.sterlingpublishing.com/search/?imprint=sterlingchildrensbooks" target="_blank">Sterling Children's Books</a>. I bought a copy and decided to try my hand at recreating the kawaii characters in the book with Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop, since my hand drawing is atrocious.</p><p>Below are a number of the "very serious STEM comics" I made following the examples and steps in the book. I've been posting them on <a href="https://twitter.com/tcanny" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/timcanny" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/timcanny/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and tagging them as #STEM-ish because of their dubious science content. Eventually I'll get back to doing my own doodles, but this is a fun way to connect with an illustrator whose work I admire.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZBstTgfRi4Kq2QtibN0oml5lVDhEo7syr5zRMoxNP2npovOVhVdz1JMFCfm45ftjt9UI1gCoM-72djiYXnhh6pc0XDwXVFjid1NxUznYOzrwGI4Z9lYYYlra0G5b4WEC-50/s768/pooppourri.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZBstTgfRi4Kq2QtibN0oml5lVDhEo7syr5zRMoxNP2npovOVhVdz1JMFCfm45ftjt9UI1gCoM-72djiYXnhh6pc0XDwXVFjid1NxUznYOzrwGI4Z9lYYYlra0G5b4WEC-50/s320/pooppourri.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Koala<br /><br /></b><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinSy-wW76bGI8TZhsrUz-Fo_RvYu3WzTsOqqCRrQaa9DG-58p3S0r6uRp1bDLlZ1uNopRqyNf3Ap34ZYjI7cXppyE3qeVy92v8MCVPYiJmQZ9Rx4rWKtctrtPnXz1m-Z7aT8k/s768/guardBee.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinSy-wW76bGI8TZhsrUz-Fo_RvYu3WzTsOqqCRrQaa9DG-58p3S0r6uRp1bDLlZ1uNopRqyNf3Ap34ZYjI7cXppyE3qeVy92v8MCVPYiJmQZ9Rx4rWKtctrtPnXz1m-Z7aT8k/s320/guardBee.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Bee<br /></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk-9swpmDbGS6XD7sDUVHkOQW1PlJR426sQiO0PeVBsM1mapUYORjSXR0VrJqgh75DLIS6kIJs9JS0hvgDFVUM7E1ke5GGRR6Kf1GbOKXckRrcR8X2HOYm7cL6SdacWAzwLm8/s768/kawaiiHamburger.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk-9swpmDbGS6XD7sDUVHkOQW1PlJR426sQiO0PeVBsM1mapUYORjSXR0VrJqgh75DLIS6kIJs9JS0hvgDFVUM7E1ke5GGRR6Kf1GbOKXckRrcR8X2HOYm7cL6SdacWAzwLm8/s320/kawaiiHamburger.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Hamburger</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7uwNFrf9gFStC8BqRNaNBcKqKReZbRjRkjcXmCIOjOJCUMqtckqeZbp_3ZNYzAqfqjd2X9-uA5w7THFm7TSpDRPyC6pw2-T9nUYfZYiEoqiL1PM5YiV3rM1smZsd7eCPTkY/s768/sushiKawaii.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7uwNFrf9gFStC8BqRNaNBcKqKReZbRjRkjcXmCIOjOJCUMqtckqeZbp_3ZNYzAqfqjd2X9-uA5w7THFm7TSpDRPyC6pw2-T9nUYfZYiEoqiL1PM5YiV3rM1smZsd7eCPTkY/s320/sushiKawaii.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Sushi</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-nYYMk2F8TdsCtJ-eZj09QmhPapvxhdHJu-E8qauGvbejPuO2SPCz7l38AksMIUjoZIoIGfq602PTa5hEGq9gq2RzLVXMZ-yUpixlGSu0uAiue3zRD-hcz6K49i0ydE1huJY/s768/jellyfishKawaii.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-nYYMk2F8TdsCtJ-eZj09QmhPapvxhdHJu-E8qauGvbejPuO2SPCz7l38AksMIUjoZIoIGfq602PTa5hEGq9gq2RzLVXMZ-yUpixlGSu0uAiue3zRD-hcz6K49i0ydE1huJY/s320/jellyfishKawaii.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Jellyfish</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8AGD829mmvBOYL_VScjrIbMSdHCsHWG39RRYCMPoxVZ-p1hfp65c4RMw4A8xZIhMUxy0YyIpRQjcDVi_bH2dV1yAdoMg66ByNQnTSBIxzFxHUK-_DFL7NoyLcxHB4QZDaQw/s768/ghostKawaii.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8AGD829mmvBOYL_VScjrIbMSdHCsHWG39RRYCMPoxVZ-p1hfp65c4RMw4A8xZIhMUxy0YyIpRQjcDVi_bH2dV1yAdoMg66ByNQnTSBIxzFxHUK-_DFL7NoyLcxHB4QZDaQw/s320/ghostKawaii.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Ghosts (No STEM content at all!)</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEeb50U3jB13Mp_osoUTPDa8ypPmmm0a9MhY_gr05ZLRafYk-W7uwx-uRUMa-9EzH-i6I5OLfUGYuGIqFipNHWnSuIjXQfrrce2z_Ey-xmmvz_dz79yDVVPNIiNMr9zYGK5I/s768/cactusKawaii_revised.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEeb50U3jB13Mp_osoUTPDa8ypPmmm0a9MhY_gr05ZLRafYk-W7uwx-uRUMa-9EzH-i6I5OLfUGYuGIqFipNHWnSuIjXQfrrce2z_Ey-xmmvz_dz79yDVVPNIiNMr9zYGK5I/s320/cactusKawaii_revised.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Cacti & Succulents</b><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijVZGIomDJ9pdGJpxfY553BbbqIIbJ9yQ0MuU-O9Dfw5pcelNgaZO3gnmQfIH_uJUoU-0f0ayrG0NJuIXeJKok6KChsBnCnrCGJ6U4JSdNyVwO7AWVDpd90gw2dvKO4iVVM3Q/s768/llamaKawaii.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijVZGIomDJ9pdGJpxfY553BbbqIIbJ9yQ0MuU-O9Dfw5pcelNgaZO3gnmQfIH_uJUoU-0f0ayrG0NJuIXeJKok6KChsBnCnrCGJ6U4JSdNyVwO7AWVDpd90gw2dvKO4iVVM3Q/s320/llamaKawaii.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Llama Boy</b><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCU8nejHpDwFzohYMzZTJJM34zDeD2wHlMtUocKo3q1eJaoi88C4kOCu-vLqhwt1Kyoem_ccXXW2D40lsBcHGcpYB5uC0F-_b2drwprG54IoK-q0dOCJ6Dfn0oI00aUtHhk4s/s768/shroomKawaii.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCU8nejHpDwFzohYMzZTJJM34zDeD2wHlMtUocKo3q1eJaoi88C4kOCu-vLqhwt1Kyoem_ccXXW2D40lsBcHGcpYB5uC0F-_b2drwprG54IoK-q0dOCJ6Dfn0oI00aUtHhk4s/s320/shroomKawaii.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Happy 'Shroom</b><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmzyVtFX71KRhBOAEqYFnFMXrr_3QMSqHLJ5oIbicj1e3WWuVKkirYrRc9FsytezUYAoUMzR639atUwsw98ydtshGHuhdGqtwl9-jioOBQWiJA_9_fb10ik3d-jD7_QfT6K_A/s768/heartKawaii.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmzyVtFX71KRhBOAEqYFnFMXrr_3QMSqHLJ5oIbicj1e3WWuVKkirYrRc9FsytezUYAoUMzR639atUwsw98ydtshGHuhdGqtwl9-jioOBQWiJA_9_fb10ik3d-jD7_QfT6K_A/s320/heartKawaii.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>I like big hearts!</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimaePy_NiJJ5u1nkpyjkROUt6nlEEnebxGsgujwTnt7MIEhaZBDfOwW3HEmCBryU6ExagLXUCpO8KAOavdLSnByyLP8p1oBPqMkQRA0FMSv7_YNkEqVRTZNRR6tRaamxMB30g/s768/donutKawaii.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimaePy_NiJJ5u1nkpyjkROUt6nlEEnebxGsgujwTnt7MIEhaZBDfOwW3HEmCBryU6ExagLXUCpO8KAOavdLSnByyLP8p1oBPqMkQRA0FMSv7_YNkEqVRTZNRR6tRaamxMB30g/s320/donutKawaii.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>The price of love</b></td></tr></tbody></table>F. S. Poesyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201920550959255201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38635902.post-44715420865629525102020-08-28T18:20:00.005-04:002020-08-28T23:33:32.293-04:00All About The Airctopus<p>The airctopus is a non-existent creature that I doodled one day at work and eventually used as a form of creative procrastination. I made up little facts about the airctopus, its habits, behavior, etc. and posted them to social media. I did all this when I should have been writing more stories. But it was fun, and was kind of like writing little stories so I'm not going to feel bad about it. In fact, I'm telling myself it was good practice! I am however not asking myself what exactly it was good practice for.<br /></p><p>So here are all my procrastination social media posts gathered together in one blog post. Not necessarily in order.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXlDKjTGevFftFS_fs_u4r-Fq45v_K9e0yvGMcD9zB4TPy1WoN95Ef5vPKbj2qujr_bDjqlgy0WHQb8eZrLbVQ0m1IrsD2v1fuaPeP22FhRJqZ9Il-bPGcaNvIaW0Ci4nAfc/s576/airctopus.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="458" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXlDKjTGevFftFS_fs_u4r-Fq45v_K9e0yvGMcD9zB4TPy1WoN95Ef5vPKbj2qujr_bDjqlgy0WHQb8eZrLbVQ0m1IrsD2v1fuaPeP22FhRJqZ9Il-bPGcaNvIaW0Ci4nAfc/w234-h295/airctopus.png" width="234" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Although I'd doodled airctopuses before, this was the first one that led to creating fun fact posts about them. My tweet said: "I'm supposed to be writing so I drew some airctopuses in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. </span><span class="r-18u37iz" style="-webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: horizontal; color: #14171a; flex-direction: row; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-1ny4l3l r-1ddef8g r-qvutc0" data-focusable="true" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/amprocrastinating?src=hashtag_click" referrerpolicy="origin" role="link" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1b95e0; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; white-space: inherit;">#amprocrastinating</a>"</span></span><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-4nrP4Pzr-y8-dUN6D6QF8cxTMVocNEQWVP7_c7IOLAfr8-sD3wsFBSeO_i3C9N1VYHq_Udd9TKTC-eYFe60E4LsLy1QzdKXj_5poJLzeAxPb_mPol_88-4LSRBryYWHuo3s/s576/airctopus02.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="384" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-4nrP4Pzr-y8-dUN6D6QF8cxTMVocNEQWVP7_c7IOLAfr8-sD3wsFBSeO_i3C9N1VYHq_Udd9TKTC-eYFe60E4LsLy1QzdKXj_5poJLzeAxPb_mPol_88-4LSRBryYWHuo3s/w197-h295/airctopus02.png" width="197" /></a></span></div><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Airctopus</span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Fun Fact #1: The </span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">airctopus</span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is much more closely related to the jelly fish than the octopus for which it is named, but airctopuses just think </span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">airctopus</span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> sounds cooler than jelly bird.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEife_O3NkdmjkSaOxBOOJLb_9ItQiWoQYHh5E0-tdFKy_hi7otHaAtxuIHE1Xu_XUsplrXY-liZMDL88omG1wMV3J0IARNehCrZnXVIqvJUKw0G_zmZDS6Xg6vWlvHgf5eDoS0/s576/airctopus03.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="474" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEife_O3NkdmjkSaOxBOOJLb_9ItQiWoQYHh5E0-tdFKy_hi7otHaAtxuIHE1Xu_XUsplrXY-liZMDL88omG1wMV3J0IARNehCrZnXVIqvJUKw0G_zmZDS6Xg6vWlvHgf5eDoS0/w242-h295/airctopus03.png" width="242" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Airctopus Fun Fact #2: The airctopus can modulate its internal body temperature allowing it to rise and fall in the atmosphere as if were a miniature hot air balloon.</span><span class="r-18u37iz" style="-webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: horizontal; color: #14171a; flex-direction: row; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #14171a;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #14171a;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ESpMieHCe_BfYt2X3rAzx3tr_jAPO-qxt2Ywm4igopSrK5JHdCQ1xp2y0lnbvg3DXfywSGqV-GB5tJRq8d3asBt5Y06e1K2wjzdl9oXEy3ZT5y-JzAz-AuXX7knPX8NKTSk/s576/airctopusSpores.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="576" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ESpMieHCe_BfYt2X3rAzx3tr_jAPO-qxt2Ywm4igopSrK5JHdCQ1xp2y0lnbvg3DXfywSGqV-GB5tJRq8d3asBt5Y06e1K2wjzdl9oXEy3ZT5y-JzAz-AuXX7knPX8NKTSk/w295-h257/airctopusSpores.png" width="295" /></a></div></span></span><div class="css-1dbjc4n" style="-webkit-box-align: stretch; -webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; align-items: stretch; border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-basis: auto; flex-direction: column; flex-shrink: 0; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; z-index: 0;"><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" color="" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: inherit;">Airctopus Fun Fact #3: Airctopuses were originally thought to be a form of fungus as they reproduce via spores. Further study has shown that airctopuses are not a fungus, and frankly they did not appreciate the implication at all.</span><span class="r-18u37iz" style="-webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: horizontal; flex-direction: row;"></span></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggR0VtZ03r6lg_RTidL1umvgpQtp-EVIqt9kbclez42F9UBFfJTvJX7bCiNgisBd1NciN6hXJSiPtB3gacb24KnAe2YbFe9MHLonB8hM5L4xNLcv18xRz46KWsf3_rvsWyrHY/s576/airctopus04young.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="433" data-original-width="576" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggR0VtZ03r6lg_RTidL1umvgpQtp-EVIqt9kbclez42F9UBFfJTvJX7bCiNgisBd1NciN6hXJSiPtB3gacb24KnAe2YbFe9MHLonB8hM5L4xNLcv18xRz46KWsf3_rvsWyrHY/w295-h222/airctopus04young.png" width="295" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">Airctopus Fun Fact #4: After their spore phase, airctopuses enter their fry stage. They are no longer dependent on the whims of the air currents and can be seen engaging in simple air play which prepares them for the aerial acrobatics adult airctopuses are known for.</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMTfjgwysp05OCLO7buNnTAjBvFWmdcyryV8CWAp-7uzNqlE5ZYAwYMlszSi8qXr9BxbAGUBZnzMHwG6livAMg0ewkjr0ybS_Zl-H7n3VxBohybI2u2r4-sPSP-tV64IdqV0E/s576/airctopusElder.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="432" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMTfjgwysp05OCLO7buNnTAjBvFWmdcyryV8CWAp-7uzNqlE5ZYAwYMlszSi8qXr9BxbAGUBZnzMHwG6livAMg0ewkjr0ybS_Zl-H7n3VxBohybI2u2r4-sPSP-tV64IdqV0E/w222-h295/airctopusElder.png" width="222" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">Airctopus Fun Fact #5: Airctopus elders are revered and loved by their pods. But </span><span class="r-18u37iz" style="-webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: horizontal; flex-direction: row;">airctopus</span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"> coloring fades with age and elders find if harder to constantly stay afloat. They will perch on tree branches for support where they are regularly mistaken for stray plastic grocery bags.</span></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinbvkJdglH7W5XWBM3Bj1ZPUvXlE1vOY4mtTb6LLVIkj2KitUJh5gDCvFMgEG6zJnk9XngjMboH2nMNCXnFcK2av7ICcJWN70hdnnPMkSoD1nngHq8o7dh_6UFxF7xmi48Ams/s768/airctopusFlee.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinbvkJdglH7W5XWBM3Bj1ZPUvXlE1vOY4mtTb6LLVIkj2KitUJh5gDCvFMgEG6zJnk9XngjMboH2nMNCXnFcK2av7ICcJWN70hdnnPMkSoD1nngHq8o7dh_6UFxF7xmi48Ams/w328-h328/airctopusFlee.png" width="328" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">Airctopus Fun Fact #6: The </span><span class="r-18u37iz" style="-webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: horizontal; flex-direction: row;">airctopus</span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"> usually moves slowly and deliberately, however when the need arises to make a swift exit (or when performing aerial acrobatics) the airctopus can inhale a large quantity of air (Fig. A) and quickly expel that air (Fig. B) to make its getaway.</span></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtpSjC4iAluuDEmgFySP1v710cGSVDg4x6tcZh8VjKOb_v0hWr1ASogWB9F_gcZdN__Gr0xioXrxl7plMJv80SvQJx38hOovYJfELLzBPsTGaR3EV-BhoSo1G4u7WBBNK8mkM/s576/airctopusPet.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="461" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtpSjC4iAluuDEmgFySP1v710cGSVDg4x6tcZh8VjKOb_v0hWr1ASogWB9F_gcZdN__Gr0xioXrxl7plMJv80SvQJx38hOovYJfELLzBPsTGaR3EV-BhoSo1G4u7WBBNK8mkM/w236-h295/airctopusPet.png" width="236" /></a></div><div class="css-1dbjc4n" style="-webkit-box-align: stretch; -webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; align-items: stretch; border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; display: flex; flex-basis: auto; flex-direction: column; flex-shrink: 0; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: normal; z-index: 0;"><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" color="" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: inherit;">Airctopus Fun Fact #7: </span><span class="r-18u37iz" style="-webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: horizontal; flex-direction: row;">Airctopuses</span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" color="" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: inherit;"> do not make good pets. Highly social, they must be around their own kind and they enjoy their freedom too much to allow themselves to be held captive for long. Also due to their dietary habits they should not be kept in confined spaces. </span><span class="r-18u37iz" style="-webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: horizontal; flex-direction: row;"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" data-focusable="true" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/poot?src=hashtag_click" referrerpolicy="origin" role="link" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1b95e0; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: inherit;">#poot</a></span></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRvgPuZ7NFbgfICgl8jvovywTXZnnc5Ct5SZU0dF9qoN72QX-iO0eKGLV-ovAzE5TJWUuCJMNhy139j4pkZ9_d5AlmFOeXgxbtKzBhebeFdK8Kaxq9EA_8dF51u2QLVScSc2w/s576/airctopithicus.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="489" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRvgPuZ7NFbgfICgl8jvovywTXZnnc5Ct5SZU0dF9qoN72QX-iO0eKGLV-ovAzE5TJWUuCJMNhy139j4pkZ9_d5AlmFOeXgxbtKzBhebeFdK8Kaxq9EA_8dF51u2QLVScSc2w/w250-h295/airctopithicus.png" width="250" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">Airctopus Fun Fact #8: The fossil record has revealed an evolutionary predecessor of the </span><span class="r-18u37iz" style="-webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: horizontal; flex-direction: row;">airctopus</span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"> known as airctolopithecus. Below is an artist's rendering of this early airctopus relative.</span><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_D3tWl2lPgtYSqR9QKMboQP6qsJpYr0goLGS5nobgLFaSTsNKUJQm-PgvUqJyfL7hHkyV_NjjAE3TimGXiJF1GbwQUrkvToTVVLbhSHzMWcMS3pz0loPmolbJaex7HUXvJKI/s576/airctopusFirefly.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="346" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_D3tWl2lPgtYSqR9QKMboQP6qsJpYr0goLGS5nobgLFaSTsNKUJQm-PgvUqJyfL7hHkyV_NjjAE3TimGXiJF1GbwQUrkvToTVVLbhSHzMWcMS3pz0loPmolbJaex7HUXvJKI/w178-h295/airctopusFirefly.png" width="178" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">Airctopus Fun Fact #9: </span><span class="r-18u37iz" style="-webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: horizontal; flex-direction: row;">Airctopuses</span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"> have been observed capturing fireflies inside their body hollow at dusk in order to make themselves glow in the dark. It is not known if this display is designed to attract a mate or just to tick off the fireflies.</span><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIoPZMFiVRDJasjbP2KfiOYxCfzlaShCpsutoGjrde3VhRWZAtwgQlLBRWdNaooogKyhtkbaX7qR_DHGppqcNdsORAeueHfdYhp0JEGZi0IbM7-hwPwjl7zxDWdhb7omb66Z4/s576/airctopus10.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="342" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIoPZMFiVRDJasjbP2KfiOYxCfzlaShCpsutoGjrde3VhRWZAtwgQlLBRWdNaooogKyhtkbaX7qR_DHGppqcNdsORAeueHfdYhp0JEGZi0IbM7-hwPwjl7zxDWdhb7omb66Z4/w175-h295/airctopus10.png" width="175" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">Airctopus Fun Fact #10: Airctopuses can be very smart, but individual IQ levels span a wide spectrum. For example, an </span><span class="r-18u37iz" style="-webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: horizontal; flex-direction: row;">airctopus</span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"> that has temporarily taken on the shape of a triangle may have an interest in geometry, or it may just be trying to make friends with a traffic sign.</span></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5tzvHm9kHuyOsjh8bCQILeJP6f7faVskPPm2yVtC1cpacNjfPAsSWiu5Atjtjq3TV7RhJayy4JFQi5VHey8cZbS7jenaC2Kq8dC6e9ZYjyCtcIoearA59J3VYMGIm4JvC9p8/s701/singingAirtopuses.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="576" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5tzvHm9kHuyOsjh8bCQILeJP6f7faVskPPm2yVtC1cpacNjfPAsSWiu5Atjtjq3TV7RhJayy4JFQi5VHey8cZbS7jenaC2Kq8dC6e9ZYjyCtcIoearA59J3VYMGIm4JvC9p8/w270-h328/singingAirtopuses.png" width="270" /></a></div><div class="css-1dbjc4n" style="-webkit-box-align: stretch; -webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; align-items: stretch; border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; display: flex; flex-basis: auto; flex-direction: column; flex-shrink: 0; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: normal; z-index: 0;"><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" color="" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: inherit;">When Airctopus pods cross paths, they will sometimes form impromptu choirs and compete against each other in displays of dominance. The choirs will sing songs of ancient airctopus lore, mating call songs, and their favorite, doo wop.</span></span></div></div></div><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSogs1dyOf3Ukz-0HmlcEhUlkpeFF1VFkiZAc97eoeDgsdy2CLxzbVTLwhzvmpMwciMG7L87MU1Dem_bt1H8rML5BVVZocIexCiZfMuYfPmJU18vlt3loa26AnxijGQuUiWTM/s576/spiderEyeAirctopus.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="432" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSogs1dyOf3Ukz-0HmlcEhUlkpeFF1VFkiZAc97eoeDgsdy2CLxzbVTLwhzvmpMwciMG7L87MU1Dem_bt1H8rML5BVVZocIexCiZfMuYfPmJU18vlt3loa26AnxijGQuUiWTM/w222-h295/spiderEyeAirctopus.png" width="222" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">The usually solitary Spider-Eyed Airctopus is a rare subspecies found in temperate deciduous forests. Their multiple eyes are thought to have evolved to see in multiple directions in dark forests. They are the only airctopus subspecies with eight tentacles.</span></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">It is thought the extra tentacles evolved to help the Spider-Eyed Airctopuses travel through the trees from branch to branch, unlike the Monkey-Faced Airctopus found in tropical rainforests which only has four tentacles but did evolve a prehensile tail.<span><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc3qeIi05eHpZkXS4_vlWkDiAVByOlShja8jp8M9B5Bjf4R8PHFJ0LqEnyNGOYSIzIqlcY-tNborzL0Xr2-T4j6cBFs5ursvcfIbfLxiS_NA82_dxI6AdamYo9PVHIUJLY6O0/s576/monkeyFaceAirctopus.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="432" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc3qeIi05eHpZkXS4_vlWkDiAVByOlShja8jp8M9B5Bjf4R8PHFJ0LqEnyNGOYSIzIqlcY-tNborzL0Xr2-T4j6cBFs5ursvcfIbfLxiS_NA82_dxI6AdamYo9PVHIUJLY6O0/w222-h295/monkeyFaceAirctopus.png" width="222" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">Usually found in small family pods, Monkey-Faced Airctopuses use their prehensile tails to travel the understory of the rainforest in search of fruit. Scientists believe their facial markings evolved to help them more easily make friends with real monkeys.</span></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Monkey-faced airctopuses have been observed interacting with monkeys and sometimes lemurs. Usually offering joy rides above the rainforest canopy in exchange for food.<span><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbxg1kzA0NuYpBDYvf0xcjjTqa8Nj4dupgEJXyEK2COEpkW64uoe1J_P-JFWA5z80rA2rIC6yZFKRdFEA8ACN777ykHCIla2crF7iGVTy6U6RBK1LFjv5l_QdmJZWscA5U-QY/s770/spectralCaveAirctopus.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="576" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbxg1kzA0NuYpBDYvf0xcjjTqa8Nj4dupgEJXyEK2COEpkW64uoe1J_P-JFWA5z80rA2rIC6yZFKRdFEA8ACN777ykHCIla2crF7iGVTy6U6RBK1LFjv5l_QdmJZWscA5U-QY/w245-h328/spectralCaveAirctopus.png" width="245" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">Before being identified as an </span><span class="r-18u37iz" style="-webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: horizontal; flex-direction: row;">airctopus</span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"> subspecies, Spectral or Cave airctopuses were thought to be the ghosts of spelunkers that died while exploring caves. Their translucent bodies, large red eyes, and moaning vocalizations did not help to dispel this myth.</span><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">It is now known that their vocalizations, which sound like moans and shrill screams, are a startle reaction that occurs when they find humans trespassing in their domain.<span> </span></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiYbsuyW1YVRgO8J6VUXWP53zGaMPu45Mm8pA0m2l2K8JcQX5xOESiu73lwSFNZdGa7IsKKtg9v5El8tzcEzxLxWeMp1fk2HE-BaWx7wwP76Y38vw2Ze_eVteAgBjKbO3wZNU/s576/JellibyrdColorLogo.png" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="576" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiYbsuyW1YVRgO8J6VUXWP53zGaMPu45Mm8pA0m2l2K8JcQX5xOESiu73lwSFNZdGa7IsKKtg9v5El8tzcEzxLxWeMp1fk2HE-BaWx7wwP76Y38vw2Ze_eVteAgBjKbO3wZNU/w295-h295/JellibyrdColorLogo.png" width="295" /></a></div></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">Jellibyrd Foods, a snack food company, is the only business to ever use an </span><span class="r-18u37iz" style="-webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: horizontal; flex-direction: row;">airctopus</span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"> (known as a Jellybird in some regions of the world) as its logo/mascot. Sadly, they went out of business after a competitor started rumors that airctopus was an ingredient in Jellibyrd products.</span></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" id="tweet-text" lang="en" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Z7xFxWkF7T2kblplm2fVn0JU7RthhhOrVF8JJ4V_ppjbsaNAdnn51h367z6UbnpPTkB2lgDExY2qqPTZh_y_zyTd9zyZUEMjJjxpYz6RH4Rt7fKtTyZs3PFtwZw28xP6fJE/s321/JellibyrdAnimation.gif" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="257" data-original-width="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Z7xFxWkF7T2kblplm2fVn0JU7RthhhOrVF8JJ4V_ppjbsaNAdnn51h367z6UbnpPTkB2lgDExY2qqPTZh_y_zyTd9zyZUEMjJjxpYz6RH4Rt7fKtTyZs3PFtwZw28xP6fJE/s0/JellibyrdAnimation.gif" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">The Jellibyrd Foods mascot was named Hungry the Jellybird and was depicted with its mouth wide open ready to eat more snacks. Hungry's catch phrase was YUM YUM! 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S. Poesyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201920550959255201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38635902.post-45019439904044557472020-05-11T15:35:00.002-04:002020-05-11T15:35:46.529-04:00A Quarantine Reading of A Rather Round Alphabet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The KidLit community is showing up with bells on during all the social distancing and self-isolation called for because of the Corona virus with all kinds of great book readings, talks, and activity sheets. So, far be it from me to not hop on this fun band wagon. I am periodically posting a page from my alphabet book, A Rather Round Alphabet, on Twitter here:<br />
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Also, I'm making the PDF of the self-published book available for your reading/printing pleasure. I'm not expecting a huge response as I'm not a well-known name but I figure I should do what I can. If there is any response, I may start a collaborative effort to write and illustrate the other books I thought of doing in this vein, A Totally Triangular Alphabet and A Simply Square Alphabet. We'll see what happens. Until then, feel free to download the PDF of A Rather Round Alphabet here:<br />
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F. S. Poesyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201920550959255201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38635902.post-11231101612454891672020-02-28T10:48:00.000-05:002020-02-28T10:48:00.177-05:00Quick and Dirty Screen Printing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I recently became a member of <a href="http://www.secondstatepress.org/" target="_blank">Second State Press</a> in Philadelphia and took their <a href="http://www.secondstatepress.org/shop/quick-and-dirty-screen-printing" target="_blank">Quick & Dirty Screen Printing</a> class. The above picture shows one of the quick & dirty two-color screen prints I made during the four hour class, featuring a couple of my 2-Bit Overlord sprites. The instructor, <span style="color: black;"><a href="https://ashlimes.com/" target="_blank">Ash Limés</a></span>, was engaging, patient, and very knowledgeable. The class was tons of fun, I met a great bunch of fellow art makers, and I can't wait to schedule some time for a new project.<br />
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Now I just have to decide what that project is. I have so many ideas, including printing a mini-picture book!F. S. Poesyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201920550959255201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38635902.post-77929933617265164392020-01-31T11:04:00.002-05:002020-01-31T11:05:27.875-05:00Introducing another doodle guy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another doodle character that might become more. Might not. We'll see what<b> Mr. Dirty Sock Head Guy</b> tells me about himself and if he's more interesting than he seems. I'm thinking he might be, as there is a lot of room for brains in that dirty sock head of his, you know, since he basically has no body whatsoever. Maybe he'd be a good tech helper character in the Wiener Man universe.</div>
F. S. Poesyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201920550959255201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38635902.post-76773759274076243732020-01-23T13:55:00.000-05:002020-01-23T13:55:06.214-05:00Sometimes I think I'm funnyCreated this all-text comic (if that's even a thing) in celebration of <a href="https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-handwriting-day-january-23/" target="_blank">National Handwriting Day</a>. And yes, I created it on a computer, so please don't tell the Handwriting Police!<br />
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<br />F. S. Poesyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201920550959255201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38635902.post-33559340287296664352019-10-28T07:10:00.001-04:002019-10-28T07:10:58.348-04:00My 9th Annual Halloweensie Contest Entry<div style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;">Here is my entry for </span><a href="https://susannahill.com/2019/10/28/the-9th-annual-halloweensie-writing-contest-aahhhrrrooooooooo" target="_blank">Susanna Leonard Hill's 9th Annual Halloweensie Contest</a><span style="background-color: white;">.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> The rules are that the story must be for children (12 and under), and has to be 100 words or less. It must include the words </span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>potion</b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;">, </span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>cobweb</b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;">, and </span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>trick. </b>Of course, it must be Halloween themed.<b> </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;">Enjoy mine and comment with your thoughts. Then go to Susanna's website and read all the other entries! Or join in the fun. You have until Halloween at midnight to post your own Halloweensie story!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: normal;"><b>Trixie the Witch and her Halloween Tricks - Episode 13: Perfect Cobweb Potion </b>(100 words)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: normal;">Welcome to the show
my creepy crones and conjurers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: normal;">It's Halloween and
cobweb potion is a must for repelling those annoyingly cute trick-or-treaters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: normal;">The trick to perfect
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: normal;">The trick to getting
quality cobwebs is finding giant spiders.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: normal;">The trick to finding
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: normal;">The trick to going
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: normal;">The trick to not
getting eaten by giant spiders is running away empty-handed and giving out
candy to those irritatingly cute kids again this year.</span></div>
F. S. Poesyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201920550959255201noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38635902.post-67727806485360279712018-11-08T10:39:00.004-05:002018-11-08T10:39:55.035-05:00Everyone needs an alter-ego!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Frank Frent is just an everyday ordinary mild-mannered actuary whose secret identity isn't that of any super hero who might go by a name that rhymes with beinerban or freinerfan or anything like that. Yup, just a normal average guy going about his business analyzing statistics and calculating insurance risks. Not fighting crime or going up against his arch-enemy whose name might rhyme with bubble-X.F. S. Poesyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201920550959255201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38635902.post-69603293279713918022018-11-05T16:38:00.004-05:002018-11-05T16:39:56.811-05:00National Doughnut Day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What better way to celebrate National Doughnut Day than to plug my self-published alphabet book, A Rather Round Alphabet, which features a tasty looking doughnut for the letter D? Okay, yes, a better way to celebrate National Doughnut Day would be to eat a dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts in one sitting, but it was a rhetorical question. You can find my fun little book at Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Rather-Round-Alphabet-Francis-Poesy/dp/1520775849F. S. Poesyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201920550959255201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38635902.post-49820261117748780752018-11-02T10:20:00.001-04:002018-11-02T10:20:28.269-04:00Weiner Man and Double Trouble<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I doodle a lot. And sometimes I like a doodle so much I decide to make a version of it in Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop. This is Weiner Man and his Arch-nemesis, Double Trouble (aka Double X (the X is for trouble (he always has to explain that which makes him more grumpy))). And sometimes I feel like I need to make up some stories about my doodles. We'll see where this leads. Below is the original doodle, which I did in pencil and then inked over with an Extra Fine Point Sharpie.</div>
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F. S. Poesyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201920550959255201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38635902.post-2141953863755463422018-10-30T15:35:00.000-04:002018-10-30T15:54:35.348-04:00The Scariest Thing!<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here is my entry for <a href="https://susannahill.com/2018/10/27/the-8th-annual-halloweensie-contest-aahhhrrrooooooooo/" target="_blank">Susanna Leonard Hill's 8th Annual Halloweensie Contest</a>.<span style="background-color: white;"> The rules are that the story must be for children (12 and under), and has to be 100 words or less. It must include the words </span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>shiver</b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;">, </span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>cauldron</b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;">, and </span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>howl. </b>Of course, it must be Halloween themed.<b> </b></span></span>Enjoy mine and then go to Susanna's website and read all the other entries! Or join in the fun. You have until Halloween at midnight to post your own Halloweensie story!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>The Scariest Thing!</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(91 words)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My mom is a witch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She cackles and
screeches</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And stirs her black
cauldron.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She doesn't scare
me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My dad is a
werewolf.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He is covered in
hair</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And he howls at the
moon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He doesn't scare me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My sister is a
ghost.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She shrieks in the
night</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And wanders through
walls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She doesn't scare
me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My brother is a bat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He has sharp pointy
teeth</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And a terrible bite.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He doesn't scare me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My teacher is human.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She makes my spine
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> 'Cause she can
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On Halloween night!</span></div>
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