"It's a puppy!!"

Tante Karen is dog-sitting over her holiday break and came over with her charge - Parker. Parker is a black lab/Australian shepherd mix. Auntie Kathy and Uncle Danny also brought over her old pal Buddy. Georgia pointed at both dogs and said, over and over, "It's a puppy!"

Well, Christmas is over and Georgia had a great time! Thanks to everyone for the generous gifts and good times. Here is a Christmas Day photo of G with her Supernana.

Tea time!!

Georgia received a tea set from the Burgoons and she loves it! Here she is having a party.

Introducing Clementine & Zeke!!

Georgia's Christmas gift arrived early in the form of 2 goldfish named Clementine (white with some orange around her face) and Zeke (mostly orange with some white and black spots). She LOVES them already! Merry Christmas!!

Georgia’s Great-Granddad (and namesake) George passed away early this morning. He will be missed.




This photo was from this past March.

Art Show in Portland

Here is a link to the poster show (in Portland, Oregon) that is currently exhibiting/selling Brian's artwork.

http://www.thegoodfoot.com/store.php

More Poster News

Here is a picture from the Art of Musical Maintenence Show in Portland that is featuring four of Brian's pieces. They are circled. Brian's work is featured between two Portland poster artists, Guy Burwell and Mike King. Mike King has been designing and silkscreening posters for almost 20 years. Pretty good company to be in.

New Poster

Brian entered another poster contest today. The purpose of the poster is to promote a concert for the very popular band Queens of the Stone Age. The theme is based on a song called Monster in the Parasol. He designed and drew it in 12 hours because it had to be submitted by noon!

Saturday at the Zoo and Brian's next event

We went to the Cincinnati zoo last night with the Burgoons. Lots of fun - here is a photo.

Brian is involved in another event this weekend (Dec. 3) at the Southgate House in Newport - the Indie Media Fest. Brian helped organize the art component and is among the artists displaying their work at the event. Here is the poster that Brian designed for the event:

Georgia is working on a new play…

You’ve probably heard of the play A Raisin in the Sun. Well, Georgia is apparently working on a toddler version, tentatively titled A Raisin in the Nose. Yesterday, she stuck a raisin up her nose. Fortunately, it fell out before I had to extract it with tweezers.

We are looking forward to the Thanksgiving weekend. Thursday, we will travel up to Columbus to spend the day with Brian’s family. Friday, we will have brunch with my family. We might even meet up with the Burgoon family at the zoo on Friday night for the Holiday in Lights event. Georgia LOVED all of the Halloween decorations when we went trick-or-treating in KY, so I think she will really enjoy the Christmas displays this year.

News about Brian

Brian was invited to participate in a poster show in Portland, OR beginning in December and running through part of January. He has 4 pieces in the show. (This one is NOT one that he drew - rather, it is the poster advertisement for the upcoming event. You can't read it, but his name is on that marquee!)

If you plan to travel to Portland in December or January, stop by and check it out!

The Art of Musical Maintenance 2 @ the Good Foot Lounge

2845 E. Stark Steet, Portland 503-239-9292

Blocks

G built a tower tonight using all 10 of her blocks. After accepting our kudos and clapping for herself, she looked at the tower and said, “cool.” Of course, she then knocked it down and started building all over again.

Punk Farm

Georgia's latest favorite book is called Punk Farm. Here is the Amazon.com synopsis:

At the end of a long day, Farmer Joe heads for bed. Back in the barn, a band of his animals prepare to rehearse for their rock concert later that night. Cow and Chicken set up drums and keyboard, while Pig and Goat tune their guitar and bass and vocalist Sheep tests the mike. At the performance, they play their version of "Old MacDonald Had a Farm," with riffs on their instruments instead of the usual animal sounds. Their frantic fans go wild.

As the pictures show, Brian gives quite an engaging performance!

New pictures of G

Nothing to report - just some new photos to share. Enjoy!

Poster Contest Results

Alas, Brian did not win the CD101 poster calendar contest. Feel free to view the winners at this site:

http://www.cd101.com/sections/pcc/2006.asp

He is already thinking about his entry for the 2007 contest.

Thanks to everyone for the kind words and well wishes.

Update: Poster Contest

Good News!! Brian just received word that his poster made it into the top 20! Tonight, the public will view the top 20 posters then cast votes for their favorites. He should find out if he is in the top three by Tuesday.

Poster Contest

Hello! Yesterday we drove up to Columbus to submit Brian's entry in the CD101 Poster Calendar Contest. He spent a lot of time working on it and is really pleased with the end result. The top 20 will be chosen by radio station staff, then the public will get to vote for the top three. Hopefully, you can check it out in person (and cast your vote for it) this weekend at the Gallery Hop in the Short North. Here is a photo of it - you can click on it for a larger view.










Here is a new photo of G - given her scarlet and gray outfit, we are betting that she is praying for a Buckeyes win on Saturday!

Trick-or-Treat!!

Happy Halloween! We went back down to Kentucky to trick-or-treat with Elena, Riley, and Carter. We had a great time! Here are some photos of the "Nurse in Training" in action.

Saturday 10/29

Hello! Hope everyone had a great weekend! We had a busy but fun Saturday. Bob and Carol came down for the afternoon, so Georgia was able to spend some time with her Granddad and SuperNana. They brought a surprise for Georgia - Isabelle the dog! Georgia LOVED playing with her - she even tried to share grapes and milk with Isabelle. Unfortunately, Isabelle was not quite sure how she felt about Georgia and spent some time snoozing under a blanket, completely hidden from view! Georgia had plenty of other entertainment, though. Granddad chased her around (and under!) the dining room table. She snuggled in the big chair with Nana and admired her necklace of buckeyes.

Later, that evening, we went down to Kentucky to visit with the Burgoons. We went to a park for a Jack-O-Lantern walk. We walked along a paved path lined with all different kinds of carved pumpkins. No photos of that because it was too dark, but it was lots of fun!

Georgia's new favorite "toy"

...a spoon!