A Christmas Carol: 7

The first ghost appears, and he's just a little guy. The ghost beckons Scrooge back into his shady past.

A Christmas Carol: 6

The first ghost approaches...

A Christmas Carol: 5

The ghost of Scrooge's former business partner gives him the heebie jeebies. Marley informs Scrooge that three other ghosts will call on him to teach him the true meaning of Christmas.

A Christmas Carol: 4

On his way home, Scrooge's doorknob takes on the features of his deceased partner, Jacob Marley. Scrooge decides to lay off the nog this year.

A Christmas Carol: 3

Scrooge's underpaid clerk Bob Cratchit begs to get Christmas Day off work, and Scrooge reluctantly gives in.

A Christmas Carol: 2

Two well-meaning philanthropic gentlemen ask Scrooge for a donation, and he casts aspersions on their parentage.

A Christmas Carol: 1

Scrooge is a terrible human being and nobody likes him.

Christmas Ornament Time Is Upon Us Again

It's that time of year once again... These ornaments are for sale at my Etsy shop. A lovely hand-painted avian ornament to perch in your Christmas tree (and some backwards migration, depending on where you live). The ornaments are acrylic on wood, a 1/8"-thick and 3" across. Sides and back are painted red so they stand out well from your evergreen. A perfect gift for bird lovers, art lovers, holiday lovers, and other miscellaneous lovers. If there is a favorite bird you'd particularly like that you don't see here yet, I'm delighted to fill any requests via comments or email (and they don't have to be birds). Happy holidays!

Beauty and the Beast Redux

I made a few improvements to the Beauty and the Beast series posted earlier. Here is a the entire series, together for the first time.

Iktomi 4 (the end)

The bird helps Iktomi out and he gets his eyes back. But now he has a couple extras. He should probably return them.

Iktomi 3

Iktomi gets overzealous and now he has no eyes. He bums a pair off a mouse and a bison.

Iktomi 2

Iktomi practices his new trick.