a little birdie told me so: I Can Hear My Kitchen Calling Me

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

I Can Hear My Kitchen Calling Me

I haven't got time to talk to you. I've got to clean my kitchen tonight. I'd rather talk to you. But my kitchen needs me more.

Today's Artober drawing is of the Prime Minister of Italy.....because he has interesting eyes....and I had to try to draw them.

He looks happier in this photograph I found of him.

I think my drawing makes him look more like an Ivan than a Silvio. Go figure.

11 comments:

MuseSwingsOctober 14, 2008 at 10:32 PM
Excellent! I'm enjoying your daily art!
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Tess KincaidOctober 15, 2008 at 5:27 AM
Great job! You even got his nose down perfectly. :^)
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UnknownOctober 15, 2008 at 7:13 AM
I think he looks very serious and statesman-like. Very nice, again!
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LaviniaOctober 15, 2008 at 9:44 AM
Ha! That expression on his face in your drawing...like someone is keeping him waiting and he ain't too happy 'bout that...

By the way, no postcards have arrived yet....you *did* remember to write "Canada" on them, right????RIGHT????
LOL:)
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julie kingOctober 15, 2008 at 9:57 AM
it is fun to see what you sketch every day!
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Alexandra MacVeanOctober 15, 2008 at 5:09 PM
haha..funny. But seriously, I like your drawing. It brings out the serious side of him. Don't you think? :)
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StriderOctober 15, 2008 at 8:16 PM
I think your drawing is better than the picture...it looks like he's got gas in the picture! :-)
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tincanlilyOctober 15, 2008 at 9:08 PM
I do not answer when my kitchen calls...nobody home! I have been cleaning and trying to finish all my decorating projects...not much time for a lot of paper crafting...My house is looking better though.
I enjoyed yesterday's post...ah to live to 100...
I am enjoying your daily drawings.
denise
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steviewrenOctober 15, 2008 at 10:29 PM
Lavinia, talk to the Canadian Postal Service.....I'll talk to the USPS Inspector General to see if I can hurry things up on this end.

Denise, I decided not to listen to the kitchen's cries for help...because the bed was calling louder. I'll get it done when I get it done....sheeesh, house work...
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soulbrushOctober 16, 2008 at 4:26 AM
this is so well drawn, every line and good expression, whew.
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Pat @ Mille Fiori FavoritiOctober 16, 2008 at 9:27 PM
You captured Silvio's eyes very well!
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I'm glad you stopped by and I look forward to your comments. As Dr. Fraser Crane would say, "Hello, I'm listening."

...."We were Birds Without Wings. You were a robin and I was a blackbird. And there were some who were eagles or vultures or pretty gold finches, but none of us had wings. For birds with wings nothing changes. They fly where they will and they know nothing about borders and their quarrels are very small. But we are always confined to earth, no matter how much we climb to the high places and flap our arms. Because we cannot fly we are condemned to do things that do not agree with us. Because we have no wings we are pushed into struggles and abominations that we did not seek and then after all that, the years go by. The mountains are leveled. The valleys rise. The rivers are blocked by sand and the cliffs fall into the sea." -Louis De Berniere

Who Said It First?

The phrase "little birdie told me so" may find it's origins in this Bible verse. "Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird of the air may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say" (Ecclesiastes 10:20). The earliest form of the saying was included in John Heywood's collection of proverbs (1546). In 1583, Brian Melbancke wrote in 'Philotimus'" 'I had a little bird, that brought me newes of it.' In 1711, in 'Letter to Stella,' Jonathan Swift came close to the current version: 'I heard a little bird say so.'