one site!

in an effort to streamline my various projects/interests into one site I have moved:

@ http://dthaase.posterous.com

it's all here:

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risible Rita

one-line pen & ink drawing 

Risible Rita has a great grin
from under her nose,
down to her shin.


come add your whimsy 
at the Web of Whimsy! 
(or simply enjoy what others have submitted...)

Whimsical Wednesday is here...

this week's line of whimsy:

pen & ink drawing w/color pencils

Plum Bird

Plum bird flew to the plum plum tree,

lands and sings the plum plum song,

sweetly nests in the plum plum boughs

then dreams the dreams of plum plum wilds.

Wakes to the pop of the plum plum bloom;

drinks the nectar of plumish juice,

nibbles the fruit of the plum plum plum—

takes to the sky till its nighttime roost.

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Come join in the whimsy...

Here is my one-line drawing & poem for Whimsical Wednesday

Sally had a flower

whose bloom was blue and gold

and if you were to smell it

oh, the treasures you'd behold. 

Giddyup

one-line pen & ink drawing w/Inktense pencils

When Giddyup was a little pup
his hair was blue and yellow
but then he washed with seaweed pulp
and now he's a bald old fellow.

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join in the play of Whimsical Wednesday
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Whimsical Wednesday

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I have created a site just for the whimsy! So, come on over and join in the play - also, make sure you check out the "more whimsy" tab at the top of that blog and add to the growing lists.

Come on over and post something (new or old) and join in the web of whimsy!

electric eel

What's the deal with the electric eel?

He's not plugged in but his charge is real.

A Whimsical Wednesday & Inspiration Avenue post

Whimsical Wednesday wk 1:

Put some whimsy in the world


What is Whimsical Wednesday & how can I play?


one-line pen and ink drawing of a glump

The glump, he is a fishy fiend;
he’s mostly hollow but filled with mean.

Even though he’s the size of a nut;
he’ll start with your toe and eat you all up.


A Whimsical Wednesday wondering:

If I say the color green
what color in your mind is seen?
And if you truly do see green,
why’s that green the one that’s seen?


share your whimsy by adding your link:

What is "whimsy"? send in your answers:

a Whimsical Wednesday pre-post!

Ok, I got a great question today from Gumnut (click to check out her art).

So, whimsical wizards of the blogoshpere:

"What exactly makes a piece whimsey?"

First off - you might have noticed the two spellings above: "whimsy" and "whimsey" - see how fun this is already, two spellings (both acceptable).

The New Oxford American Dictionary definition:

whimsy |ˈ(h)wimzē| (also whimsey)
noun ( pl. -sies or -seys)
playfully quaint or fanciful behavior or humor : the film is an awkward blend of whimsy and moralizing.
• a whim.
• a thing that is fanciful or odd : the stone carvings and whimsies.
ORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the sense [caprice] ): probably based on whim-wham .:

whimsical |ˈ(h)wimzikəl|
adjective
1 playfully quaint or fanciful, esp. in an appealing and amusing way : a whimsical sense of humor.
2 acting or behaving in a capricious manner : the whimsical arbitrariness of autocracy.
DERIVATIVES
whimsicality |ˌ(h)wimziˈkalitē| noun
whimsically |-ik(ə)lē| adverb

WHAT DO YOU SAY? Leave your definition/answer as a comment below and I will collect them and post them with links to your illos next week!

Thanks for playing.

Introducing Whimsical Wednesday

This is a weekly challenge I have created for myself and any who would like to join. The common human experience is suffering - sorrow and sadness mark much of the world. My invitation is to bring a bit of delight into the despair. I spend a lot of time with children and in turn they have taught me how to play. So, come and join the play. Each week I will post some whimsy on Wednesday and I invite you to share your own whimsical creations (any medium). Simply post your link in the magical widget of the Wednesday post (like the one below - you don't need to leave a comment). For more info, click on the WHIMSICAL WEDNESDAY tab at the top left of the blog or simply click here.

add your link if you would like:

weedy seadragon

response to the "happiness is..." prompt @ Inspiration Avenue



one-line pen and ink w/color pencils

I first saw one of these grand creatures at the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga - it was like a Dr. Seuss character was motorvating right in front of my eyes - pure happiness.

The Racing Gnicar

Illustration Friday prompt: racing


The racing gnicar does it wrong;
his heels are where the toes belong.
Ever racing he sings a song:
“hum ditty, bum ditty” all day long.

I stopped him once,
said, “You’re all wrong.”

He replied, “My lungs are strong,
want to come and hop along?
It’s easy when your toes are long.”

“Be with you when you’re all wrong?”
I replied to his silly song.

“Hum ditty, bum ditty,” he sang alone—
I shook my fist and gave a groan,
“Don’t you see that you’re all wrong?”

You know what that gnicar did?
He raced away, probably hid.
Poor old creature with his stupid song
Never seeing he’s made all wrong.

whipweasel

Long from snout to tip of tail,
Whipweasel sleeks like the slickness of oil.
Slender in cunning he slips through the cracks,
turns on his charm and then he attacks.
Chicken, his favorite, but he’ll settle for child;
better beware, he’s out in the wild.