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We were born to mothers who smoked and drank
Our cribs were covered in lead-based paint
No childproof lids
No seatbelts in cars
Rode bikes with no helmets
and still here we are
Still here we are

We got daddy's belt when we misbehaved
Had three TV channels you got up to change
No video games and no satellite
All we had were friends and they were outside
Playing outside

It was a different life
When we were boys and girls
Not just a different time
It was a different world

School always started the same everyday
the pledge of allegiance, then someone would pray
not every kid made the team when they tried
We got disappointed but that was all right
We turned out all right

It was a different life
When we were boys and girls
Not just a different time
It was a different world

No bottled water
We drank from a garden hose
And every Sunday,
All the stores were closed.

It was a different life
When we were boys and girls
Not just a different time
It was a different world

It was a different life
When we were boys and girls
Not just a different time
It was a different world

Bucky Covington

13 comments – latest 4:

DeadlyBlondeArcher (edited Jul 17, 2007)

Yes, the lightning bugs die in the jars, but not usually till morning. (gotta poke holes in the lid, of course). You probably don't see them there because they like warm arid climates. Usually it's just too dry here for them.

(my brother Kevin loved playing Monopoly so much that he made up new rules to make it last longer... like instead of paying the bank, you put your money on free parking and if you landed there you got the pile hah) Eventually Clint and I would say, OK, that's it... no more... game OVER, anyway. :)

My feet are still that tough, I never wear shoes outside (at home or at the beach or on the lake). My nieces and nephew still enjoy playing outside more than doing anything else and I'm so thankful they are growing up the way they are... with the ranches and the pecan orchard and the plum thickets. It made my heart feel so light to watch them weave their way into the wild plum thicket (we're talking places only rabbits can go lol),[they managed to talk me into squeezing in, but I'm not sure how I did it] and come out with their shirts rolled up to their waist full of plums, grinning from ear to ear. The plums are bright crimson colored, and are little and sour, and they pop them in their mouths and see how far they can spit the seeds.

I wouldn't mind if you took up all the space in the world here with your memories, I like hearing about them. :)

Wraith (Jul 17, 2007)

Quote DBA: "Wraith: It's never a good idea to drink from a downflowing stream, creek, river, etc.... even if otherwise clean, if there's a dead animal upstream in the water, you could get VERY sick. If you know the mouth of it, and have explored it recently, it should be ok."

We live near the mountain Peaks. About a 40 min drive away. So it's mostly mountain fresh water. Or was at that time. The water was so crystal clear and refreshing, it was actually better tasting than the well water we had. It was a simpler time where man was one with the earth. For me anyways. When this river used to flow alot, we all used to get our tire tubes and float down stream to the next lil village. Nowadays we have construction almost everywhere that I can think of. And I hate ORANGE barrels! Everytime I see an Orange Barrel I want to get out of my truck and proceed to bash it and kick it. Orange Barrels are polluting my creativity! Driving me crazy. Seriously. Plus, the river I once knew, is now just a sorry little stream that will probably get your shoes a little damp. Too many people moving into my home town, too many businesses ( Casinos ), Trees getting sick probably because of the Local Lab Experiments of Los Alamos. Just everything is going down hill.

I remember back then, spring time actually had flowers blooming, Butterflies, all that spring time cheer. Now all we get is Moths, Stinks bugs, WEEDS! And this last spring was very very cold!

DeadlyBlondeArcher (edited Aug 1, 2007)

I know the type of area you're talking about... animals still fall to their death upstream in places like that, and if they are diseased, you can still get very sick.
Go out and sprinkle seeds of flowers that butterflies like. Make it happen. If you don't know the kind of wildflowers butterflies favor that grow well in your area, memo me with with the area you are in exactly and I'll tell you how to do it. Hey, Ladybird Johnson died this week. :( I think she was 94.

I'm not sure what the deal is with the orange barrels, but if it isn't private property and nobody's looking, get a sledge hammer and bash away if it makes you feel better. :D

Wraith (Jul 22, 2007)

Hehehhe.. Thanks DBA. But I think I can do without Butterflies. I was just making a point how things are getting worse. Although I do live next to I-25. So it would be kinda cool to see a cloud of butterflies near it. :D

Public Boards/Intermediate

Intense Dissatisfaction

PolythenePam (Jul 19, 2007)

Lascaux fucking shat on me.

8 comments – latest 4:

Kloxboy (Jul 19, 2007)

Looks great so far, awesome amount of color and I really dig that expression.

Sweetcell (Jul 19, 2007)

*sigh* Lascaux can be a bitch sometimes. Sorry you can't get back to this, but what you've done it looks complete to me. Seems to convey more anger through quick brush strokes then if you worked and worked on it (which is my own tendency) I see the dissatisfaction clearly. She's miffed. :)

dark_angel (Jul 19, 2007)

this is great i'm agreeing with everyone else too love the colors :)

Roytje (Jul 20, 2007)

That's cool. I like the brown shadow color :)

kitchen light

Axil62 (Jun 22, 2007)

every once in a while when the light comes through the kitchen window and she just happens to have things out for cooking, I can't help but see the beauty, so this time I made minor adjustments to the arrangement and took a pic for a ref.

13 comments – latest 4:

PS (Jun 24, 2007)

This is interesting, and I agree with what PolythenePam said.

TRIP (Jun 24, 2007)

this is really satisfying to look at. Thank you for sharing <3

Anna (Jul 5, 2007)

so glad i browsed through your userboard again or else i'd have missed this. this is lovely.. your art makes me happy.

Roytje (Jul 20, 2007)

The lighting in this piece is fantastic. :)

Public Boards/Beginner

Morphed into This

Miss_DJ (Jul 11, 2007)

whatever it is.

6 comments – latest 4:

davincipoppalag (edited Jul 17, 2007)

THis is so beautiful~ It's like a bubble thing with that sheen that happens when oil floats on water..so very cool

lori (Jul 17, 2007)

trippy Donna, I love this one :)

Wraith (Jul 17, 2007)

Looks like some type of Poisonous Frog/fish, jumping out of the water to catch its prey. Nice color usage.

Miss_DJ (Jul 18, 2007)

THANKS ALL! This was fun! I wish it were animated, too!

Public Boards/Advanced

ED version 2.. the upgrade

Kayos (Jun 7, 2007)

biomechanical undead dragon demon. The final form of Ed ( the meanest and biggest.)

17 comments – latest 4:

artguy79 (Jun 15, 2007)

wow, nice lighting

IkariIreuL (Jul 16, 2007)

who´s ed ?

Kayos (edited Jul 16, 2007)

Ikari its an inside joke for a name of this creature. Normaly I come up with strange demonic names.. and this creature I never made a name for so with my freinds and I talking about it one day.. someone joked about the name of Ed. It stuck and there ya go!
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e353/knosis/thefirsted.jpg the original ed scanned.

IkariIreuL (Jul 16, 2007)

So cute !
btw ed ver.2 looks something from World of Warcraft ... it´s really good Kayos.

Public Boards/Intermediate

assertiveness

Dr.Moony (Jul 14, 2007)

8 comments – latest 4:

marcello (Jul 15, 2007)

reminds me of a 2draw 1 classic.

Miss_DJ (Jul 15, 2007)

somehow I just know there's somethin nasty in there...lol..is it just me? ok, but I digress. that doesn't mean I don't like it. Nice work.

enjoydotcom (Jul 16, 2007)

It looks like a very stylish drawing of a heart. Smooth...

Sweetcell (Jul 16, 2007)

Looks like deflated balloons, or as Joy says, a heart. The colors are my two faves.
Oh, now as I look closer there looks like a face in the red on the bottom.
Looks like one of the ghosts in the classic Mickey Mouse Ghostbuster short.

Specialty Boards/Elite Bastards

Tombstone

DeadlyBlondeArcher (Oct 26, 2005)

I'll be your huckleberry...

26 comments – latest 4:

sincity (Nov 3, 2005)

Chick flick. HA! :}

LordHannu (Nov 8, 2005)

nice work! i love it. im a big fan of western.
the shades has odd contrast, and i think you need to think about the lightsource. so the characters get a more live forms. aaah.. who cares. it looks really good.

im giong to take a look at your gallery later, im curious about your artworks.
nice jobb. keep up the good work. *thumbs up

warlordluke (Dec 26, 2005)

I'm guessin this is from tombstone I love that movie lol. No i am not 50 im 17 lol. But it's a great picture tho nice detail on it

martinimos (Jul 16, 2007)

They all look great. Sam Elliot and Val Kilmer stand out as the best to me.
Amazing all around.

Public Boards/Intermediate

MMMM CAKE IS AWESOME

broken-lock14 (Oct 29, 2006)

Kyo, from Dir en Grey. Before he got LAME. >:c
Hopefully I'll be seeing Diru in February. D8

I should draw Shinya next.

32 comments – latest 4:

George_Goat (Jul 1, 2007)

:'DDDDDDD

Looks just as wonderful as the original picture. Great job!

<333 He is so silly 8D

pancakes_rock (Jul 2, 2007)

OooOoo nice love da hair OuO

Rukia (Jul 6, 2007)

Made me laugh :3

squee (Jul 16, 2007)

fancy a spoon :]

Public Boards/Beginner

Hi =)

Mika_the_Idiot (Feb 17, 2007)

My first drawing here. Hi everyone! ^^

4 comments – latest 4:

Miss_DJ (Feb 18, 2007)

I like the eyes, too. You deserve to have a nicer name for yourself.

psychofox0 (Feb 18, 2007)

welcome, ^.^.... yeah, the eyes..
and I like the way you coloured the
face..XD

Mika_the_Idiot (Jul 14, 2007)
drawn in 40 min

Redrew the whole pic because I didn't like it.

Wraith (Jul 15, 2007)

LOL! Well, I'd say the first and second versions were the best. You should have stuck with the first two! Ahh it is up to you anyways but I really liked the first two versions way better. Welcome to this badass drawing community.

Public Boards/Advanced

Look...

Roytje (Jul 4, 2007)

... and you will see.

17 comments – latest 4:

Sweetcell (edited Jul 6, 2007)

"Taste the rainbow"

Seriously I love that you kept it in. I know people are saying there's no head but to me it looks like the head is in shadow. There's the beggining of the base and it fades out. It's powerful, like a reminder for those who still suffer everyday from starvation or desease. Beautiful piece and message Roy.

Oh, I should say in keeping with the theme of suffering, the rainbow looks to be hope for something better. The end of suffering. K Ill get off my soapbox now. :)

Roytje (Jul 8, 2007)

Thank you, Barbara :)

Miss_DJ (Jul 14, 2007)

wow. I love it.

shults (Jul 14, 2007)

Brilliant. and looking back at versions, you made some good choices with this piece.
Things like that, is why I come to tho site.. :)