Howard Pee Pugpants Meets a Llama Mama

So THAT'S a llama....hmmm, smells

delishush, kind of like an old rug.

Ruh roe, that little one is givin' me the google eye!

I'm gonna just tiptoe away here all casual like...


Java says he ain't askeered of no llamas!

Hey, Dr. Doolittle, wudder them llamas sayin?

Thistles

Thistles, 11X14, Oil

The USDA calls the Texas Thistle a "noxious weed." It's thorny and invasive and hard to control and one of my absolute favorite plants - these bristley things pop up all along the highways and in pastures in the hot months. I gaze at them with longing when I drive home from work, trying to figure out some safe spot where I can pull over and get a photo without getting flattened by an 18-wheeler.

Right now they are just about everywhere, so I'm convinced that someone in the LadyBird Johnson Beautify the Highways camp has decided they are a worthy native Texas resident exempt from the summertime mowers. This painting found a home with a lovely little lady who has traveled the world collecting thistle art. She comes to my shows every now and then, and I always have a new thistle gift I've made especially for her when she arrives. She is a kindred thistle-loving soul.