The Ghoul

October 31, 2015January 7, 2016 ~ thepurpledogpaintingblog ~ Leave a comment

Slowly, drifting
Moaning, wailing
The ghoul
Appeared in the sky.
With his face corroding
Decomposing
The beast
It would not die

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In the garden waiting
Anticipating
Dummy
Flashed his knife
With his courage fading
His wooden limbs
Shaking
He would fight for his life

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The ghoul it crept
To our hero inept
As a skeleton
Cried from the ground
A gargoyle leered
The pumpkins they feared
That the beast would win this round
But as the ghoul soared
Dummy jumped on the gourd
And sank his knife deep into its chest
The ghoul cried “Boo Hoo!”
‘Cause he knew he was through.
Though he had given it his very best

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The beast
It went to his grave so green
Shouting to all who could hear

You’re all so mean!

But Happy Hallowe’en.

I’ll see you again next year!

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©Virginia Spencer, thepurpledogpaintingblog.com, 2015

Keep Clam!

October 29, 2015 ~ thepurpledogpaintingblog ~ 4 Comments

Zeus is itchy.

It’s his yearly Autumn Itch.

So I bought him some itch relief stuff.

Let’s read the bottle..let me see..we have

Deep skin cleansing….splendid, that’s much better than shallow skin cleansing.

Complete body cleanser..even better, not much point only cleaning part of it.

Soothes ….great stuff, nothing better than a soothing soothe.

Clams.. sure a good clam is..What?…I mean..Pardon?

Hmmm..Yup that’s what it says..

Soothes and clams…

I’ve never had my dog clammed before.

Shellfish of me I know.

I wonder if it’s good for his mussels?

Sorry I’ll scale back.

I know it’s getting ruff.

It’s load of carp really.

Llama get back to the point.

It’s not like this happens aviary day.

It’s dragon on…

No use hanging around.

Or lion..

I’m just kitten..

Sea ya!

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©Virginia Spencer, thepurpledogpaintingblog.com, 2015

Public Service Announcement

October 28, 2015October 28, 2015 ~ thepurpledogpaintingblog ~ 2 Comments

This is a public service announcement.

Do not run with apples in your mouth!.

Stop it!

Put that down!

It looks ridiculous.

Much as I appreciate the art of meditation that doesn’t look much better.

“Thpbfft!”

How rude!’

Now everyone..

Jump!

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©Virginia Spencer, thepurpledogpaintingblog.com, 2015

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Butterflies and Bees

July 24, 2015July 24, 2015 ~ thepurpledogpaintingblog ~ 4 Comments

“Hail the Monarch

King of the Flowers!”

He says to himself… Himself, that is.

“Bzz!” says the bee

“Buzz Off!

You Are Ruining My Photo Shoot!”

(Monarchs always enunciate and capitalize Their Words)

“Bzzz, the nerve!”

“I Beg Your Pardon!”

“Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!”

(Oooo, the mouth on that bee!)

“Hmph!

Now Where Were We?

Hmph! I Say Again.”

“Ah Yes, I Remember”

*whistles Mr Williams’ “Imperial March”*

“Hail the Monarch!

King of the Flowers”

He says to Himself.

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©Virginia Spencer, thepurpledogpaintingblog.com, 2015

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Congratulations!

June 26, 2015 ~ thepurpledogpaintingblog ~ Leave a comment

It’s a good day to put up a colorful photo.

I don’t have a rainbow so here’s a butterfly.

Congratulations to all on the Supreme Court’s decision on gay marriage today.

🙂

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©Virginia Spencer, thepurpledogpaintingblog.com, 2015

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Clouds and catching up with arty stuff.

June 25, 2015June 25, 2015 ~ thepurpledogpaintingblog ~ Leave a comment

It’s been a heck of a stormy month.

It has rained and rained and rained.

The clouds have been interesting at least.

These clouds were followed by a really loud thunderstorm.

I love storms but this one made me leery.

Of course I still went outside and took a photo.

Silly silly silly.

Personally, I prefer Zeus clouds like this one.

At least the weather gave me a chance to do some arty stuff.

This is a field near my house in acrylic, 4×6 inches.

A view of the river. Acrylic, 4×6 inches.

This is a house on the road to Galena, Illinois. Acrylics, 4×6 inches.

This door knocker was done in acrylic, it’s about 4×4 inches or so.

(from a reference photo in the RIL of WetCanvas)

This is a barn that is falling to pieces.

Ink and watercolor, 4×6 inches.

A watercolor of an egg and cups, a bit messy, it was done on scrap paper .

(from a reference photo in the RIL of WetCanvas)

And a study of hats with watercolor.

If you have any arty questions, please feel free to ask in the comment section.

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©Virginia Spencer, thepurpledogpaintingblog.com, 2015

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Happy Turtle Day!

May 23, 2015 ~ thepurpledogpaintingblog ~ 2 Comments

We recently saw a few of our reptilian friends at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

This one in particular seemed glad to see us.

Such a nice smile!

These ones were lazing about on the boat launch railings. I’m guessing they were trying to get somebody to take them out on the big boats. Turtles love yachting.

These ones were having a spa day complete with mud baths and natural moss scrubs.

This one appears to be stuck.

His friend seemed to find that amusing. Turtles are like that.

This is a green sea turtle who was rescued. The blue bean bag thing is a weight pack/buoyancy device which helps her swim. She was hit by a boat and her back flippers are partially paralyzed.

This is an octopus.

This is a quickie sketch of a house in town. 4×6 inches.

This an acrylic painting of a mason jar from a lesson in the book “50 Small Paintings” by Mark Daniel Nelson, a great book for everyone from beginners to professional and all in between. 4×6 inches.