Water Blogged

The various archival pen, pen/wash, and paintings are works I have done over the years.  They are a great way to relax and release tension.  It is one of the only times I feel like I have accomplished something. I call them "Near Places"

All writing and artwork By Blake Johnston

And Now For Something Light and Airy The Cryptic Geography Quiz I thought These Up All By My Little Lonesome and Yes They Are All groaners. Pun: a play on words, their meanings, similarities, dissimilarities, and how they are pronounced. A play on words: a type of joke using a word or phrase that has two meanings. 1. It doesn’t grow on a Rolling Stone, but it does on this Bovine in Russia. Moss Cow. 2. For some reason you need two of these to get into your house in Hawaii. Why key key. 3. What the Buffalos like to do in Italy. Roam. 4. What the people said when they saw the circle flying in the sky in the U.S.A. Oh high O. 5. What the Pirate got as a prize at the fair in Manitoba. Win a Peg. 6. A babies toy near the water without an R in Washington State. Sea Attle. 7. What the young lady gathered for her fire in California. Holly Wood. 8. What the fellow got when he stuck his blade into the paint in the Northwest Territories. Ye