Friday Roundup

Pammy and I backstage at the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus in 2001, as Daddy and Baby, for our "Puttin' Baby to Bed" gag.

Baby showing Daddy who's the boss during the up close and personal pre-show where the clowns performed the bulk of their material.


Good evening to all and happy Friday! It was a beautiful morning here in paradise with the morning temperature at a bearable 82 degrees with the humidity at 49 percent at 10a.m. and a high of 97 degrees coupled with a heat index of 104. Whoah! What did that mean? It meant we spent the day in our climate controlled habitat munching on Cheetos and watching Wallace and Gromit all day as I drew. Oh, and the thermostat will be set at 75 degrees until further notice. It was muy caliente outside!!

Let's see, today is the 225th day of the year and there are 140 days left in 2010. That means I still have some time to keep my new year's resolution of losing twenty pounds. Cross your fingers. Meanwhile I'm still working on that pesky art assignment for the good people at Raining Popcorn Media.

I forgot to mention that we spoke to Susan Connally at the San Antonio Metropolitan Ballet about building the props for her Hansel and Gretel ballet so that project is officially on. We'll be building a cage and an oven that are found in the witch's gingerbread house. We got a couple of weeks before we need to have those props in a certain state of completion available for rehearsal so time is short but that's okay. Adrenalin is not in short supply in our home.

If possible, Pammy and I might have roles to fill in the ballet as either bakers or gypsies. It would be nice to be onstage again performing together. That should be fun. As soon as things get underway I'll be snapping pictures to share here. In the meantime I've posted circus photos of Pammy and I from 2001. Hasta Manana, banana!