Charlie O'Shields

Oh! Your panda just makes me go ‘Oh!’ Let me know if you ever get together with your fellow actors to do L’il Abner again, ’cause I hope I can make it to the show. I never saw the musical version, but I loved the comic strip. Were there shmoon? I think it would be cool to hear shmoon singing (and shmoon is an accepted plural form of shmoo for today’s trivia answer).

Fantastic panda Charlie and it sounds like you weekend is going great. Mine too as I got to talk with artists which bnb is always great!

Beautiful cardinals!! Sounds like a perfectly wonderful weekend!!! Enjoy!

Wonderful cardinals, Charlie. They remind me that the bears will be hibernating soon so that the bird feeder can be filled and my pair of cardinals will be back outside my kitchen window. Enjoy your weekend!

Love your cardinals! One of my favorites that you’ve painted. I agree with you Charlie, rest and fun are important. Enjoy your weekend!

I often think we should do the full 12 days of Christmas because 1 day seems an anti-climax after all the anticipation. We are a busy society, but they still manage in other countries. Of course, here we spend so egregiously (yay! a chance to use that word!) just for one day that we probably couldn’t afford to have 12 days.

So beautiful!!!! Let your wings take you on awesome adventures of your choosing. 🙂

Love the birds! the colors are just wonderful!

Beautiful cardinals sitting on a tree branch giving some messages of peace and fun ,rest and enjoyment, love and friendship.

Love the cardinals, we have a few pairs that stay around for the winter, joining the chickadees and tufted titmice at our feeder. They compete with a few hardy robins for the few remaining foods that nature affords them. Watching them somehow survive provides us lessons for our own lives, to live in the moment and make the best of what we have.

The cardinals are awesome, Charlie–I love the fact that they with us all winter in Northern Virginia, bringing color into our monochromatic winter days. Even more than the drawing, though, I was struck by the beginning words of your final paragraph, “And though we should be doing more adult things like reorganizing closets, we’ll probably just skip that. Sometimes, in order to fully recharge, I just have to focus on doing fun things. It’s not a luxury, it’s a necessity.” Maybe it is only true for certain personality types, but I know that for me your words ring true. It drives some people crazy to live in world that is not perfectly organized–the opposite is true for me. Savoring the moments, living in the present–that is what is important–most of the adult stuff will take care of itself, or never really needs to get done.

I can’t remember if I ever showed you the cardinals in my front yard maple tree. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nDAmvhslVZ0/UMaVVY6yA4I/AAAAAAABOTA/N_tRUtQvLsg/s1600/Cihlar_Lisa_Cardinal+5.JPG

I love them. They make winter bearable.

Thanks, Sarah! 😃💕 I think this is the place all creative folk tend to visit! 😉