Secret Agent Man gets a little help with his WITSEC deal

My niece decided to help Uncle Secret Agent Man by disguising him as a "sheep dog".

Uncle Secret Agent Man's new look is stylin'.

Hey, I just realized that Uncle Secret Agent Man = Uncle SAM. How 'bout that?
And now, for your viewing pleasure...

He almost made it

He was one tired little kid...

Vineyard background

I  just finished a great custom background and banner for an Aussie lawyer. Her blog, unfortunately, is not public, but here's a pic of what we did:

While playing around with some ideas, I also came up with this one that I really liked, so I'm offering it for one of my free backgrounds.

This one really makes me antsy for summer. I'm so tired of cold, windy, rainy and snowy!

I changed my mind

Which is not surprising. I do that a lot.
So, what did I change my mind about? Well, it has to do with the 100 Illustrations book that I'm going to be part of.

Initially I was going to go with this little guy:

Then I found out I could submit a second piece! So I decided to go with this one:

 

I liked the contrast between cute and sketchy looking (the picture looks more like a sketch, not that the mouse is "sketchy".  Silly.) and the more  moody look of the rain one. 

Then I drew the kitties. And I just really like the one with the little dragonflies. So Buddy is going to replace the little mouse guy, which I'll just use for something else. Yay, Buddy!

He's thrilled about getting published. And by thrilled I mean he blinked at me, yawned, and then proceeded to clean his back left foot. Oh well. That's a cat for you! 

Buddy & the Intruder

Buddy & the Fireflies

Buddy & the Dragonfly

This drawing was inspired by Ces at Ces & Her Dishes, and this story. I was thinking how my cat likes to watch dragonflies and bumblebees. So this is my Buddy  cat (a younger, cuter version  - just like I would draw me if I had to!) and his dragonfly friend.