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August 5, 2008 - Books and friends!

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
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Sandra and I headed to Orange County. Her for a conference. Me for a haircut at Jim’s Barber Shop. Unfortunately for me, Jim’s ill and his shears are taking a break, too.
That gave me time I didn’t expect, so I hit the bookstores. Picked up lots of goodies. Below are the best covers. All books […]

July 27, 2008 - Suncoast Inkslingers!

Sunday, July 27th, 2008
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We had some Inkslinging going on Sunday. Above is Sioux Hart with Fran Matera. I’m a big fan of Fran’s work. Below is a panel from the strip he worked on, Mike Nomad/ Steve Roper.

Below is John Stevens and Jim Fern discussing art.

July 4, 2008 - A Patriotic Wedding!

Friday, July 4th, 2008
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My friend LeAnn Weiss got married today at Discovery Church in Edgewood. I’ve known LeAnn for a couple decades working with the Republican party back in the mid and late ’80s and into the ’90s from the Young Republicans to the Orange County Republican Executive Committee to many political campaigns. Over the years she switched gears […]

May 23, 2008 - NCS-Habitat for Humanity!

Friday, May 23rd, 2008
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We were at the annual National Cartoonists Society Reuben Weekend in New Orleans. This was the best meeting since I joined in ‘95. Great food, fun and fellowship!
The group first tackled Habitat for Humanity projects. Two busloads of cartoonists were sent off from Downtown New Orleans and out to the devastated areas of Southern Louisiana. Here […]

May 10, 2008 - Birthday Travels!

Saturday, May 10th, 2008
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We spent the day visiting Sarasota and the bookstores there. From the old Charlie’s Newstand (or whatever it’s called today) to Parker Books to Helen’s Books to The Main Street Bookstore. We had  a very good lunch at El Greco Cafe. I drew the drawing on the right looking out the window to this building down the […]

May 9, 2008 - Linger Lodge!

Friday, May 9th, 2008
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We had lunch with Tom and Glenda Armstrong at the 1945 created Linger Lodge. Known for it’s fine Southern fare, it’s been recently bought by others and now has a “chef”. The food showed it. Worse, no fried chicken that I was looking forward to.
Though less than what was once there, the Linger Lodge can […]

April 26, 2008 - Sketch Society!

Saturday, April 26th, 2008
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Sketch Society was hopping at the Java Junction. Craig Zablo has photos and more info you can see by clicking here. I did some computer artwork and pencilled and inked some spot art. The little boy is one of those. It was great fun and fellowship.

March 24, 2008 - Hiking Along the Suwannee!

Monday, March 24th, 2008
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We made a trip to White Springs so that Sandra could drop off a ton of materials for the upcoming hiking festival and to test a hike she will be leading a “V.I.P.” group on Saturday. The test was to see how much of the trail was passable due to recent high water levels of […]

February 21, 2008 - Charlie Horse with Friends!

Thursday, February 21st, 2008
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We had dinner with a couple of Sandra’s hiking buddies. The couple were the ones that Sandra on the trail of being a professional hiker. The dinner spot was ‘Charlie Horse’ in Ocala.
The drawing is of an oar that is part of the various wall decoration at the restaurant.

January 26, 2008 - Lucile Fair Day!

Saturday, January 26th, 2008
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Today is Lucile Fair Day in Orlando! Lucile turns the big 100! With an exception of 2 months, Lucile has lived in Orlando, Florida her whole life.
Above is a portion of the card I drew and given to her this past Wednesday at a celebration for her. At the event, City Commishoner Robert Stewart presented Lucile with […]

January 23, 2007 - A Busy Day!

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
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We started off at the Orlando Remembered meeting where we celebrated Lucile Fair’s upcoming 100th birthday. Above is a photo of Peggy Jo Van den Berg handing a card I drew for Lucille’s birthday. Beside that Banning Radler signs the card. Amongat the guests that came is City Commisioner Robert Stewart. Here he is with […]

December 22, 2007 - Days before Christmas!

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007
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Sandra and I had a holiday lunch
with friends! We ate at the
Mill Street Cafe in Sanford.
Pictured is writer buddy G.K.
Sharman and my old high school
buddy, James L. Saunders. Also
there were hiking buddies Joan
Jarvis and Jon, artistic buddies
J.P. and Susan Holding.

We stopped by the Hollieanna
Groves stand on 17 & 92 in Maitland.
Hmmmm…. Maybe the subject of
Christmas card […]

December 18, 2007 - Specht Party!

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
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We attended Criss and Steve Specht’s annual gathering fullof good food, fun and a roaring fire.
Here’s their fish tank in the Specht house.