Sleepy Thoughts in a Warm Nest

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens

Bright copper kettles and warm woollen mittens 

Brown paper packages tied up with strings

These are a few of my favorite things....

--Hammerstein, Rodgers

--Photo by Renée Smith

Museum Piece With Cat

 Bulls in China shops have nothing on cats in China shops!

The Toad of Paradise 3

 In which Vlod Ironbeak assigns Polydoor (his Igor) and Demo Version (his fixer), the task of finding the lost gods of Toronto. Demo, who is also a professor of experimental existence at the University of Strange Thoughts, will be temporarily replaced in the lecture hall by George Ogre, an ogre. What could go wrong?

The Toad of Paradise 2

Part 2 of the Toad of Paradise, in which Vlod Ironbeak, mayor of Toronto, is persuaded to act.

 

Revenge of the Bugs

 Character design for a graphic novel