Trent Nentrup

Ah Charlie! “Bones” is one of my favourite writing prompts with a few short stories to show for it. Amazing what those silent hidden things can tell you.

When I was a child, books like ‘The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek’ and ‘The Enormous Egg’ fired my imagination. I knew they weren’t real, but boy did I wish they were.

Love the expression on this dog’s face. I loved searching for and finding fossils when I was a kid. Never did find a dinosaur but what a find that would be!! One of the many things I “wanted to be” when I grew up was an archaeologist….can you imagine being paid to dig in the dirt and find things?

For sure he has been surprised or spooked. Ajjaajajja

Wonderful Charlie! All my dogs ever found was an old leg of a deer which was nasty and of course they had to bring it home. It likely came from the neighbors. Dinosaur bones would have been much more fun.

Up to the age of 9, I lived in a house where the yard had some grave sized humps in it. I always imagined there was cool stuff buried under those humps. The most I ever did was dig at them with an old spoon, and found nothing because spoons are not the most efficient tool for digging up old mounds. If we had lived there longer, I’m sure I would have graduated to better equipment. As an adult I was involved in a stone age dig and we did a meter square hole that was over a meter and a half deep. We found a copper point, and an old fire pit. It was fantastic fun.

Great doodle, Charlie.

Love his expression! So glad little Charlie gets to play as it makes joy to so many of us.

Your doggies looks both excited and nervous with his “find.”

Wonderful pelican, Charlie!!Love watching these guys ride the air currents and dive for their fish dinner. They are just amazing to watch!! They always put a smile on my face.

What a great birdy! I’d hug him and get bitten. Don’t hug the wild life!

Wonderful Pelican Charlie! Here’s to walking on an empty beach and enjoying life! It will happen again.

Fascinante, Charlie, me gusto la tonalidades que le diste al pelícano

With all the beautiful weather, we’ve been doing lots of driving around. Oregon and Washington have lots undeveloped wilderness that can be reached within the hour, the Columbia Gorge, wine country, even the Coast is just 2-3 hours away. It means I’m not getting much artwork done on the weekends, but I think it enriches and helps my muse when I do sit down to paint. I hope your Mexican food was good!

To quote Dixon Merritt,

A wonderful bird is the pelican,
His bill will hold more than his belican,
He can take in his beak
Enough food for a week
But I’m damned if I see how the helican!

We.have pelicans here in Wisconsin. Those impressive big white ones. When I was a kid, we didn’t have any. Now there are lots. It makes me happy.

Pelican pausing..I love the sound of that your painting is gorgeous..and I too miss the sounds of the waves..I do have a beach close but have been hesitant to go…time for a trip…Enjoy your lazy weekend ..you deserve it…it used to be my favorite time of the week…😊 Retirement has its perks yet sometimes I do miss looking forward to the weekends…and being lazy…

So cute 😍!

My favorite bird! Lovely waves in the background.

Great ‘peli’ Charlie! My husband and I had the privilege of rescuing one stuck in fishing line, a long time ago in Mexico. I was way more afraid of that clacking beak than he was of me! They are gorgeous when they ride air currents upwelling from the ocean over our beaches. If you and Phillippe make it out to Cali,stand on the cliffs over any beaches, especially in the south and a squadron of pelies will glide by in formation almost at eye level!

Cool pelican! He’ll be even cooler if he gets hit by those waves!

I can hear the waves crashing. What a lovely picture. We can see pelicans on the beach here in Oregon occasionally. Fun to watch. Unfortunately beachcombing isn’t an option for us right now. Too many people down there.

Thanks so much, Marisela! 😃💕 Aww… you know, I think it’s hugs that I miss most of all in this crazy time. This too shall pass, and one day everything will be a bit shinier for this time. But yeah… can’t wait for the hugs!

Thanks so much!! 😃💕

Thanks so much, Mugdha! 😃💕 Aww I love those ideas for the pelican, especially stopping to help make sand castles. Yeah, I can’t seem to find a timing that works to take off work, but I’m well… working on it! 😉

I absolutely adore Bev Jozwiak’s work! What a wonderful guest artist.

You art is simply stunning and so full of life…. Very, extremely good work Bev.

A good friend on facebook. But I really enjoy your paintings here all together. Love it Bev. You are a masterfull artist. Bedt Regards Edo

Bev, there is so much energy and movement in your paintings, I almost expect the subjects to jump off the page. Thank you for sharing your artistic journey with us!

Marvellous work!

Thanks so much Bev for sharing your story and your beautiful art! This has been an interesting time for those of us that create art. I know that my art has taken a turn that I never anticipated and is still evolving which is very exciting.

Such beautiful art and an interesting journey. Thank you for sharing with us Bev.

Love your work and your story!!

Beautiful and inspiring! Thank you for sharing your journey and WOW! art!

She is beautiful!

Bev, please don’t ever stop! No matter what! Your art is spectacular and it’s obvious you love it and your art brings it! I’m learning to just love art, artists… and art critics-not so much ;-D

Your work is beautiful! Thank you for sharing your life lesson story. It is good for artists to hear this and to be inspired by it.

Great sketch Charlie! Enjoy your pizza and your weekend!

This is such a happy sketch! Sets the mood for my weekend 🙂 Thank you, Charlie!

The town I grew up in had a single bridge to get across Sturgeon Bay. When I was 17 I worked at a gas station/ donut shop/ bait shop about a block from the bridge. You could see it from the windows of the store. On one memorable occasion I had some Chicago tourists stop in and ask me where they could catch the ferry to the other side. I had to tell them we didn’t have a ferry, but they could take the bridge over. They looked at me like I was an idiot. Until I pointed out the window to the bridge. Lol ! In hindsight, I wonder if they thought they were further up the peninsula than they were and were looking for the ferry to Washington Island. But we got a good laugh about it after they left.

Fascinante, Charlie, me gusto

Great painting..and I like you did not have much time today..but look forward to a less busy weekend..and some good eats..Enjoy your pizza and dessert 🧡🦸🏾‍♀️

Oh, I adore those bridges too! When my parents were putting the garden pond together, almost twenty years ago, I remember asking if there was going to be a little bridge. Alas, there was not. But it was cool enough that I quickly got over it. Yay for crossing the bridge of the week and reaching the pizza!

Your Shiba Inu looks like he’s heading home to get his own pizza, lol! Enjoy yours!

Great doodle, Charlie. I hope you enjoyed your pizza.

Wonderful!

Bravo! Bravo on many of your little accomplishments yesterday! Your sketches have really come alive since you started adding a lot more background stuff. This little guy is quite happy to be crossing the bridge.

Fantastic bridge reminds me of the Ones in Japanese Tea Gardening Golden Gaye Park, SF . I grew up there not far from the gardens and as I kid I would love to spend hours in those gardens. Thanks for being back that memory and enjoy your pizza!

Thanks so much, Sharon! 😃💕 Aww I love your assignment! That’s so cool!! What a wonderful and positive thing to DO!

Thanks so much!! 😃💕 Hope you have a fabulous weekend!

Thanks so much, Marisela! 😃💕 Yeah to learning something and the dawning of a new day ahead!

Thanks so much, Mugdha! 😃💕 I hope you’re having a fabulous weekend! Yeah, pizza does put me in a really good mood. hehe