Too-ra loo-ra Loo-ral

Today is National Sticky Bun Day.

However, I haven’t done anything with Sticky Buns other than a sketch in my daily ‘toon box where I have Lucy and Mack looking longingly at a sticky bun on the table. 

(No, we haven’t had any sticky buns today.  But the day is still young.) 

What I did paint today is one of my little characters that I call my “coyote Ugly.”  I have been doing these little coyote guys since my government days.  I was on a conference call many years ago, and I sketched a little coyote on a post it note and called him Coyote Ugly, I guess that movie was stuck in my head at the time.  I pasted him on my cubicle wall and there he sat.  He moved with me went to left the government to go into the private sector, and eventually came to be stuck to the desktop of my first studio. I have no idea what sketchbook he’s in right now but I do remember putting him in a sketchbook for safe keeping. 

(I only have over 100 something sketchbooks, so he shouldn’t be that hard to find.)

Today’s Coyote Ugly is this little fellow who is singing to a love moon.  For some reason the “Irish Lullaby” popped into my head so I call this heart “Too-ra loo-ra loo-ral” because coyotes sing many songs and this is a coyote singing a lullaby to his love.  I used hearts as musical notes for this reason, to indicate that his song is one of love. His love could be a female coyote for whom he wants to give his heart, or the Mother Earth, who could use a lot of love right now.  I like this idea with the coyote and his song.  I may continue this trend for a while and make more coyotes. I do have a haiku I wrote for Coyote Ugly and I may do a heart for that, too.

Enjoy the rest of your day.