Saturday, December 25, 2010

Christmas Donkeys

We took a walk to the farm to see Joy, the donkey who was born exactly one year ago.


That’s Joy, the dark brown one one behind on the left. Lenny was asked to care for eight other donkeys temporarily. He needs to find homes for them because their owner died unexpectedly.


I don’t even know the name of this donkey, but she was very friendly, nibbling on my fingers (and the sketchbook) as I did her portrait. Handsome, the barn cat, curled up on my lap and swung his tail across the drawing.
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Previously on GJ:
Christmas Surprise (birth of Joy)
Joy in the Farmyard (one week old)
Donkey Portrait (Peanut)

11 comments:

Dan Gurney said...

Merry Christmas, Jim! Nice sketch.

Agapetos said...

Merry Christmas!
I always enjoy reading about your animal adventures. :-)

Jean Wogaman said...

Merry Christmas, Jim! Nice manger scene. :)

Steve said...

Merry Christmas, Jim. I was guessing/hoping we'd get a first birthday update on Joy. Thanks for all you've shared with us this past year. It's a daily gift.

Kendra Melton said...

Aw, adorable. Especially that picture with you trying to draw around a cat. Happy Holidays! Stay warm :]

Christian Schlierkamp said...

Merry Chistmas! What a beautiful Christmas-scenery! :-D

My Pen Name said...

talk about material for an authentic nativity scene!
Hope you had a joyous christmas james.

nati said...

Happy Holidays!
And those donkeys are so cute ^_^

Parka said...

Beautiful donkeys!

The fearless threader said...

Wow its been over a year since I started following your blog and what a year it has been. Thank you for sharing so much with us all out here in blogland, have a wonderful rest of the holidays and a fabulous new year.

runninghead said...

Merry Christmas Jim. Got your latest book for Christmas- wish I'd had it when I was at Uni. Beautiful, useful and very concise, thanks for all the effort you put in to this and the last one.