IMO Ricky Hoehne 12/21/57 - 10/24/00

It's hard to believe Rick's been gone for 11 years.

I am now five years older than he was when he died. It doesn't seem possible to be older than my big brother.

The red-tailed hawk has become symbolic of Rick's memory and when I see one I feel as though Rick is with us for that moment. It makes me happier than sad.

I saw a beautiful hawk a couple of days ago, perched on a light pole along the Route 28 on the way home. The traffic was stopped and so I was able to watch him for a while and soak in his beauty and feel Rick in my heart. I like to think that Rick sent him.

I love you Rick and I miss you brother. And I hope that you happy now. Keep the hawks coming.

This photo of this wild bird was taken at the WildCare wildlife rehabilitation facility
in Noble, Oklahoma.

Eagle Owl in Slow-Mo is Incredible

http://www.dogwork.com/owfo8/

Eagle Owl coming in right at the camera.

Bait was attached just above lens of the camera.

The Eagle Owl was photographed in slow motion (at 1,000 frames per second).

The last two or three seconds are amazing,

Nature is beyond anything man can create.

Amazing Art by Awesome Ahna

checkmate

I did it again! I WAS CHEAP!! You heard me right kids, I made my sisters' boyfriends' birthday present by hand cause I'm a cheapskate talented artist like that. Don't worry, I also bought him a bunch of beer. Fancy beer. Travis likes beer. Anyhow, Lydia helped inspire me this time. I was looking through my "art ideas" picture folder on the old laptop, but wasn't being inspired. Lydia saw one of the pictures I had which was a girl riding a horse, and said it looked like a chess piece. AHA. I'll do a king and queen chess piece set of drawings! And since I'm horribly macabre, ILL SKELETONIZE THAT SHIT. It's what I do.The king one is on the left, and the queen is on the right. Some people couldn't tell which one was "more masculine." These people are "stupid." (Kidding guys! Not really!)

Above are the scanned/contrasted versions of the drawings, I sketched 'em in pencil then used microns for the tiny lines and sharpie for the big black areas as well as the red. All in all, it took about 2-3 hours from start to finish. I popped them in some white frames, and they were ready to go. They were well received.

Don't tell Travis this, but I did it all the night before his party lololololol.

TRICK OR TREAT!

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Helen Killer
Filed in Garbage, Holidays

This post first appeared on Regretsy on October 8, 2010

“TRICK OR TREAT!”

“Wow. What are you supposed to be?”

“I’m a pair of woolen slippers covered in cat hair.”

“Oh! So… do you want a Twix or a Benadryl?”