The Human Canvas and the Land of Diversity

Marshall, Will and Holly...

On a routine expedition - met the greatest

earthquake ever known. High on the rapids, it struck

their tiny raft, and plunged them down

a thousand feet below...

To the Land of the Lost. To the Land of the Lost.

To the Land of the Lost-ost-ost...

Wait a minute.

This was supposed to be the Land of Diversity.

This was our second year in the 4th of July parade

in Lyons, Colorado - population MAYBE 86 or so. In the picture below, you can see MOST of the town.

The parade is SO small, it circles around

town TWICE so it'll last longer...

maybe seem a bit bigger.
 

The Moscow army used to do that.
 

This is what we ended up lookin' like.
 

But let's get a closer look.

a picture of my really really cool sharpie case will go here soon. 

This... is how it started.

We were gonna each represent a state.

Easy enough. 

  

 

Tracy was West Virginia...

  

Though this second 

bit of Sharpie makes me think more of Texas. 

 

Texas, by Gawd.

Add to it - Priya...Hawaii...

5-0...

Hawaii 5-0!

Even Lola got sharpied.

She was one prairie state or another.

She INSISTED she was NOT Laura Ingalls.

Rather, she was the girl on one of her books in the

Little House on the Prairie series.

 

Sometimes it's easier to not argue.

Tim here MAY have been representing Colorado.

He wore some snowboarding goggles.

 

So these were just

some quick, fun pieces to get into the spirit of

whatever we were dressin' up as.

 

After the parade,

back to Tim, Tracy and Lola's - aka Colorado, West Virgina, and NOT Laura Ingalls prairie girl.

 

Time for a cookout...

And, of course, a couple more canvases.

 

 

Laura's ankle had been waiting to be a canvas...

 

Which looked better in the sunlight.

 

Her son, Charlie, also wanted a piece.

He wanted a Grim Reaper. Except purple instead of black.

And holding a trident instead of a scythe.

I'll do a better version of

this someday.

 

The last canvas of the day is without a doubt my favorite.

 

 

Melissa.

A wonderful canvas AND a wonderful new friend.

But this'n deserves its own entry.

That'll be next.

And soon.

 

More than 80 canvases so far,

and MOST of them can be seen through a few

tabs near the top of the page.

"The Human Canvas - the Beginning"

"...2011" and "...2012".

 

Please take a look - and share it with ANYone art-minded

Thanks.