Another day.. another batch of animals. Today we have one weasel clapping, one shark with cookies, one eagle with tape measure, a bunch of ants, a mouse tossing jellybeans and a partridge in a a pear tree. Just kidding about the partridge. 
The closest grocery store to me is a Publix. I find myself dashing off to Publix often for milk, bread and eggs. Normally I don't buy store brand items, but recently we found that the Publix animal crackers were very good! Then I started noticing the packaging. It is a very clean package design and... PUBLIX HAS A SENSE OF HUMOR! I like that! They are winning me over. I am a sucker for a good package design with a funny twist to it. 
Hey, I just found out how I can change the post date on these things. Now I can do them ahead and pop them in the freezer for when I need them. Cool! Now I don't have to write these pitiful comments early in the morning before my brain is on. Woo Hoo!
Bessie was the first cow to successfully jump over the MOON.
It's Monday and sloth is still asleep. Had a hard weekend. Rat and salamander are doing their things. Caterpillar was HARD! Just TOO many feet to draw... and each foot has a shoe on it. I like my caterpillars barefooted.
If you are puzzled, what we have here is a badger on a bike, a cat in a boat, an aardvark tossing a bean bag and a hummingbird. How random can you get? :o)
Today we have a crab with number cubes, a hopping kangaroo, a dolphin with party hats, and a panther with a deck of cards. Oh, you can click on any of these animal posts to see them a little larger. It's good exercise for your finger.
Almost halfway there! In case you don't recognize these guys, we have for your viewing pleasure today an opossum, centipede, moose and penguin. Moose and penguin doesn't sound right to me. It should be moose and skwerr-al. That is what is imprinted in my brain from watching too much Rocky and Bullwinkle as a kid.
A few days ago when I was spiffing up my header, the words "A little song. A little dance. A little seltzer down your pants." came to mind. It seemed like this would clue in visitors that they would be more likely to find something FUN here on JONESAPALOOZA than a deep theological discussion. I decided I was predestined to use this on my blog. For a deep theological discussion of the word PREDESTINATION, go to my deep theological discussion blog JONESATHEOLOGY. 
Today we have a wombat. Wombat? This is the first wombat I have ever been asked to draw. I had to look it up. I doubt that anyone would recognize this as a wombat. It appears to be some kind of Australian groundhog. I hope you can recognize the rooster, dragonfly and goat.
For those inquiring minds out there.... the kids are to stomp their foot 37 times with donkey. Armadillo used 38 buttons to make the number. Elephant wants to collect 100 peanuts. She has 39... how many more does she need? Chimp counts to 40 by 5's on his hand prints. 
I learned this poem when I was in high school... which was a looooong time ago. I always thought it was by Ogden Nash, but I could'nt verify that on the internets. There seem to be other versions of it around... which have a bit different wording. They are WRONG! This is the TRUE, CORRECT, AUTHENTIC version. You guys deserve the best, right?
I have first hand experience with skunks. Over the weekend one took up residence in my garage. I think it is gone now... I hope!
So here we have a pig, panda, bat and porcupine. My problem with this job is that I want to design each animal as if it were a character in a Pixar movie. I want to research it and come up with a great character design. Unfortunately, the budget is small, and the deadline is short. So the only thing I am able to do is doodle on each a bit and then... JUST DO IT, as Nike says. Some turn out better than others.
I was out of town this weekend so I am behind in posting my animal sketches. Here are two batches that will take care of Saturday and Sunday. The hardest one to do in this bunch was number 23... the anteater. He is supposed to be measuring his tongue with a tape measure. I just could not make it work in the vertical format till I finally thought to put him on a box. I don't know why he is up there, but there he is... what do you know. 
Yes, the highly anticipated last book of the Hairy SocMo series is finally here! I will be at my local bookstore waiting in line to get my copy at midnight. I hear there are plenty of surprises in the book. The rumor is that two main charactes actually die... of embarrassement from being in this book! I can't wait to read it and find out.
Bear... tiger... sheep... no problem. But the gecko touching his toes was a real struggle. I had a mental image of what this should look like, but never could quite achieve it. Oh well...
