Here’s an animated short I created for my Photoshop class, starring none other than Banjo! His co-star is Lefty, the orange cat from next door who you might remember from a post earlier this year, Banjo & Lefty: “A Metaphor for World Peace?”. If you enjoy anthropomorphism as much as I do, check it out [...]
I have a new morning routine: when I let Banjo out first thing, I begin the short ritual of tending to my garden. It starts with my bending at the waist to pick up a new red plastic watering can shaped like a wingless origami crane, and deeply inhaling as I straighten up from the [...]
Mr. Fizgig and I had been talking about going camping in the desert with Banjo for a while. Rather, Mister was longing to go, and I looked at him like this: o.O You see, Mister loves the outdoors, and has happily hiked for a week into the wilderness. (Yes, that’s hiking for a week just [...]
I’ve been wooed by a little knight recently: his name is Sir Banjo of Shyhound, and I am quite smitten… (Part of my composite photo project for my Photoshop class… more soon!)
Golly! It’s been a few weeks since my last post, which I think is the longest stretch I’ve not posted in a year. I guess sometimes life takes over and some things get pushed to one side, temporarily. I’ve been quite busy this past month with work, class, restocking my Etsy store (2 sales already, [...]
My little sister, Bubs, is mischievous. But she also has a very big heart. When she was about 13, she started secretly leaving out milk for a stray cat who roamed the village. Mum wondered why this mewing cat, nicknamed Mrs. Tiddles, kept showing up at her front door, but, being a fairly clued-in parent, [...]
What a lovely week I’m having! I’ve been exploring quite a few things… …like Pilates. I’ve discovered a form of exercise that tricks me into exercising! Score! In so doing, I’ve also discovered muscles I didn’t know existed. And I finally understand why sporty people bang on about the endorphin high. I have a fabulous [...]
For as long as Mr. Fizgig and I find ourselves temporarily living in Escondido, we are determined to find wonderful treats, tucked away in urban nooks and crannies, or off the beaten path. A few weeks ago, we drove into town at 9pm on a Friday night. It was dead! Save for a couple of [...]
<– See this dog? I make no bones about the fact that I am guilty of anthropomorphism to the nth degree – Banjo is the canine love of my life! I recently redesigned the graphics (banner, avatar, favicon, buttons) for my dog blog, Shyhound.com. I’d always used a strip of red for the banner, evocative [...]
It was one of those moments when I joked to myself, Oh, GAWD, what’ve I done?! Standing over the printer watching my impending itinerary to Vermont appear with each tuv-tuv-tuv, I suddenly heard a loud and muffled WUMP! and all the lights were out. Actually, what I noticed was that the computer screen was dark. [...]
