Tag Archives: doodles

Invasion of the Geese

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Geese waiting outside our tent… terrifying!

When you go camping, you never know what adventures will befall you. You hope mostly worthwhile adventures and nothing terrifying or deadly right? But you never think perhaps a…Geese invasion! Right? Flocks of geese abound all around you, perhaps just the one flock that just makes it’s flocking way around the entire lake shore of campsites. But either way, there’s a lot. And actually they are completely oblivious of you. But, what they leave in their flocking wake is the deadly part…the Goose Poop. Everywhere, like little green land mines you have to dodge.

That’s just one of our many adventures in camping. Find out for more!

Gallbladder card

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I was requested, or do I say I had my first commission? to make a card for a friend who’s husband just had gallbladder surgery. I can confirm the card was a success.

If anyone has a request for a card for someone you best I can do just about any body part, brain, head, severed hands, feet, mouth, eyeballs, and now I can add in my repertoire gallbladder. Oh I’ve also done a kidney. So yeah! Code Mush can doodle it all.

More birds, moths, mush

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I do like a good broken winged bird. And one who looks like she’s not giving up hope just yet. What is hope? I feel like an Emily Dickinson poem would fit nicely right here. Hope is the thing with feathers.

She’s starting to be okay with being broken and disappointing everyone. She’s still here trying though.

And this weekend we encountered one of the coolest moths I’ve seen besides the Luna moth a month back. A cecropia moth! One of the largest in North America. Here is my rendition. Oh gosh the wings are not perfectly sized. Oh well. Disappointing!

Here it is post mortem, sadly it was dying when we found it.

Here it is alive, so beautiful! All the moths seem to find my porch. I know why though, sadly they’re attracted to that big light that I can’t get rid of. They’re all just dying from obsessing over the light. I don’t know what to do. I hope at least it got to mate and continue the life cycle. One could hope!

Birdos!

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These birds were inspired by a movie I recently watched where the bird has a broken wing, but gets mended by the characters and he’s just part of the theme throughout the movie. Anyway, it’s been a while since I’ve doodled a weirdo birdo so here you go. I like the latter two better even if the face looks slightly weird. It’s cutesy.

The movie is called Showing Up if you happened to be interested. I recommend it to you artsy folk, and anyone who has an artist(s) in their life, or have anyone in your life who is dealing with any mental health issues. And since it’s mental health month, it might be something you’d like to show someone you care about. But that’s what showing up is all about. Maybe you don’t know how to show up for someone, or you’re trying to use your voice to advocate for people to show up, or even to get people to show up for you as insignificant as you might feel.

I think I don’t know how to be vulnerable only through art. And that’s really what I believe art is. It’s seeing through to someone’s vulnerable, raw self. There is more truth in it than they could even speak. In fact I don’t know how anyone could understand me if I didn’t make art. I’d just be sort of a block head.

Sunday Mush

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The week of doodles, May is here! Oh May, the month of birthdays.  I get to look forward to that but more. And Mother’s day in the U.S, and just on the cusp of Summer. Bright blue skies and tanned skin. There is always nostalgia in May, the akin to every childhood memory. The end of the school year, the start of summer. Anyway, you all feel it too. 

May: maybe full of slugs again. You know, slow down, mates. I mean it! If turtles in April couldn’t make you slow down, then surely slugs will.
Date doodles!
Oh, turtles again. One last little turtle.

-CM

I don’t know what I’m doing

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Ugh Slug

Ugh, I don’t know what I’m doing, but I keep slugging along. Still a slug. I wish I were invincible but being a slug is close to being invincible, unless someone sees you slithering on a sidewalk and pours salt all over you to watch you die. I think that would be okay.

Shameful slug. So worried about the thoughts, judgements of others and what others perceive you… it’s okay! they don’t know progress and growth, they’re a bunch of ass hats anyway. They don’t even see the amount you are progressing and growing. All they know is they don’t know! You’re small and quiet so how could they?

It may be slow moving for you, but you’re getting there. Don’t fret ugh slug. You have a tender heart, that sees all the good in people. But they’re not. Watch out next time. Stick to yourself, you’re the only one who can push you, slither you into the right direction.

And if you have to start again tomorrow, start again. Leave behind the voices, leave the past behind you. You can do it ugh slug.

Birdo Quotes

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Another weirdo birdo for your day. Along with a quote. I believe this will be my intention coming into this year.

I did not hear a bird at midnight (silly me, what bird sings at midnight except owls! but one can dream) but I did hear wind chimes, as the wind was picking up last night. So a little bit of wind song then! ringing, clinking, singing a new song.

Happy New Year from Weirdo Birdo

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Weirdo Birdo chirping Auld Lang Syne

I hope to hear a bird chirping at midnight! Right outside my window. One can hope! I’m not hoping to be kissed or even to receive a message from anyone…no just a little ol’ bird singing. And even better if it were a little ol’ weirdo birdo like this little guy. Chirp! Chirp!

Oh, how I love birds in these autumn years… And now I’m obsessed with drawing them..so you can obviously guess the theme ringing in the new year shall be for code mush: weirdo Birdo!!!

Happiest of New Years for everyone! The anticipation and the hopefullness of the new year is always bright. Let’s keep the momentum going.

Chirp chirp!!

O, Tree..

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O, tree

O you guess it, O Christmas tree..Doodling yesterday with my kids. Nothing better than doing that, especially since they both love to draw too.

Here is my son’s drawing of Pizza Steve holding elf on the shelf. Looks just like him, so awesome !

My oldest is more critical of his work and told me not to take a picture. But his Godzilla monsters are amazing! I will have to show them someday! Their walls have all pictures of their awesome work!

I’m just glad I’m getting to spend as much time with them as I can during the holidays. This one is especially different and difficult as divorced parents now… I’m trying to keep our old traditions alive but doing new ones. And I think just being there and showing up with love is all there is to it. Letting them know we are never going to stop loving and caring for them no matter what happens in life. ❤️