Finished two illustrations as “Thank You”s to two great people who were our speakers for the Marion County Historical Commission, of which I am a Commissioner, lecture series.

The first is Nancy Bray Bowden who weaved tales of Marion County’s past in January. Roy Abshier spoke in April of the involvement of his family and himself in the practical development of Marion County.

Next up is Kim Cullars May 15th and his presentation,”Sesquicentennial Civil War

Boat Trip” through Florida. He’s not only speaking about the recreation of this historic boat trip, he is also bringing up from Orange County the boat he used for the lengthy journey for folks to see.

Day 3 cartooning people’s lives. This time in Tallahassee. Sun got the best of me. That and maybe a few hundred miles of driving over past 48 hours.

So, tomorrow: Time for some Florida exploring and hiking.

Oh, and great to hear from my pal Jackie Mia Joyner today! Glad to get a Lala update!

Been doin’ the drawing life stories (Thanks, John Read) thing tonight along the Kissimmee River, near Lake Wales!

I was asked to incorporate 6 people in a simple football scene. The thought from the client was that I would have them all standing around. It’s funner with movement, so I illustrated a game!

Paul Skinner went to a performance of news personalities Dana Perino and Greg ‪#‎Gutfeld‬. After the event he was one of many to wait to get books signed. As Paul’s turn came he informed Gutfeld he was there to get a book signed by Perino. The photo below shows the reaction.

Paul asked me to enhance the scene a bit. So I added Perino’s famed dog Jasper and Gutfeld’s odd passion for unicorns, possibly his only real friends.

Lots done in 3 hours at this coffee shop! Finished 1 painting, almost finished another, started another #Florida one plus sketches for a client….and STILL way behind!

Been doin’ that interactive illustrative life coaching thing this evening! A return visit for this family event. Great folks that included fellow civil servants, educators and an opportunity to get some nifty photos of a really cool historic home, now hair salon, I’ve wanted to get closeup photos of in St. Cloud!

This is a grouping of sketches I made during Thursday’s GOP debate. I took out the political references. Those can be found on my political site. The set is (clockwise from left) Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Chris Christie, J.E.B. Bush, Ted Cruz, John Kasich and Ben Carson.

Below is a sketch I did of the earlier debate. Here’s the first showing of candidate Jim Gilmore.