Not a Dog

What is in my backyard?  Not a dog.  Because so far, we haven't found the perfect one.

Super!

It took me a while to settle on something for Heidi's theme, "What's your mood."  It hit me this weekend as my three year old switched from his Superman costume to Batman and asked me to "ride Batpods" together in the parking lot.  And with that request, I went from whatever mood I was in to feeling super.  Up, Up and Away!

  

Patrick's Hamster Wheel of Life

Sandy's sketchbook  "Hamster Wheel of Life" was passed to me right during a period of time where there was just no possible way I was going to complete the sketch - I was too busy.  So, I passed the book on and am just now getting back to it.  I had a crazy 5 weekends in a row where I was not home in Singapore and in that time I had a lot of fun and accomplished many things, but rest, relaxation and sketchbooks were not among them.  We did LegoLand and a trip to Phuket as a family before I set off for an R&D trip, then I had a few days in Singapore before heading to KL to co-lead a Google Apps BootCamp, present a few sessions and a closing keynote for the Google Summit.  I capped that string off with a few days of work then a trip to Hong Kong Disney.  Phew.  A slow Saturday of sketchbooking is my reward.

I tried to capture the idea that all the events and fun were keeping me moving while at the same time grinding me up.

Orchids for Heather R

I wanted to do some art on my iPad, and this was the result. It was fun to experiment with brushes and colors. I imagine it's a little bit like experimenting with different mediums on paper, but without the mess and without having to wait for things to dry. The app I used was Sketchbook Pro.