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It's picture day here on Tappity Tappity. Aren't you glad you tuned in? Hey, I am.

Tasty Friday - In my craziness of last week, I neglected to tell you how well 'FREE CHIPOTLE FOR 20 PEOPLE AT WORK ON MY LAST DAY OF WORK' went.

It went well. People ate. People rejoiced. People gained about 800 calories each. I had to hug some people as they realized they were never going to see me again...you know, besides in the funny papers, and much deliciousness was had last week.

The dude from Chipotle (the guy who brought the thunder) wanted to get a shot of Neal and I.

Done and done.

It's almost high noon and people are eating like it's their last meal. Boo-ya!

The Iowa/Minnesota Summit of 2008 - Any regular reader of my blog will know Dan from This Man's World. If you were here for Nerdery Week back in February, you'll know what kind of pioneers Dan and I are on the blogger scene. Actually, I don't know what we pioneered, but it's really making this meeting of the minds sound all that more exciting, isn't it?

So, yes. I was honored to have both Dan (her husband) and Heidi (his bride) join me for a delicious meal at Matt's Bar on Cedar. The place is well-known in these here parts for having probably the tastiest burger this side of Hackensack. How does a fat burger with molten cheese in the middle sound? How about a basket of fries that are as addicting and as tasty as crack?

You know, if crack truly is tasty. I have no idea. I'm more of a heroin guy, myself.*

Anyway, nothing could stop D & H from finding their way to Matt's door. Not construction. Not the Mall of America. Certainly not the disgusting price of gasoline. ($3.65? I'm driving my truck into a river)

We met. We talked like a handful of people who like...already know each other and we ate like pigs. I thought it would be weird, you know? It's one thing to read people's blogs and quite another to shake hands and say: Hi, I'm Thomas of Tappity Tappity fame. Welcome to my state."

I didn't say that. But I should've.

Next time. Next time.

Anyway, it was good to see these crazy kids live and in person. Right about now, they're probably seeing Dolly Parton live and in person. I hope she dedicates 9 to 5 to Dan. That'd make his year, methinks.

Thomas. This is garbage. I don't believe you met THE Dan and Heidi.

Believe it, sucka.

Here I'm showing Dan some of the finer parts of SE Minneapolis.
Behind us, a guy smokes a cigarette into a window.

What they're thinking: Okay, as soon as he takes the picture...RUN!

You know what would be the coolest? And also the thing that would be near impossible? To have like a big ol' meet up with some of the all-stars that frequent this blog and some others. It could be like an earth-shattering event. Too much awesome for the state of Minnesota to contain.

We couldn't handle it.

* Just kidding, Mom!

I just got an email from Teller pointing me to http://www.pennandteller.com/03/coolstuff/tellersmacbethindex.html
which is the part of the website which is just Macbeth. It also includes NPR interviews and details on the whens and wheres (Red Bank NJ and then Washington DC).

I'm more or less happily writing Chapter Six of The Graveyard Book. I say more or less as I'm at that place where I hope that the book knows what it's doing because right now I don't have a clue -- I'm writing one scene after another like a man walking through a valley in thick fog, just able to see the path a little way ahead, but with no idea where it's actually going to lead him.

Good Morning:

What a lovely morning it is. Chilly and dense with fog. The Santiago fire is almost fully contained and I can no longer smell even a hint of smoke. A lovely morning indeed!!

The dense, thick morning could not stop me from taking my 3 mile morning walk. It was a pleasant walk that left me covered in a damp veil of beaded fog. Dripping from my hair and steaming my sunglasses. This is the kind of morning that makes me want to curl up in front of the fireplace with a cup of tea and a good book. But alas... I've too many chores to do and no time for curling up today.

As always, I'm ridiculously hopeful that I'll find time to work in my studio, but something tells me that I will be pulled in other directions today. I need to organize my mom's weekly meds and do some grocery shopping. I should continue cleaning up the ash in the backyard, but after the foggy morning, I think I'll wait for everything to dry up again.

I did manage to list a few older ACEO prints in My Etsy Shop this week. They're a little wintery in theme....

Santa Lucia Fairy


Winter Fairy


Simple Santa Bird


These are all prints from some of my earlier ACEO work, but I thought since they are sort of winter/Christmas themed, I'd go ahead and run a few prints of each.

As always, I hope this blog entry finds you blessed and having a nice Autumn day.

Until Next Time:
Kim
Garden Painter Art