Christmas Cartoons by Gloria Poole of Missouri and Georgia

Merry Christmas to all! Enjoy celebrating, eating, being with family. this post is about Christmas amusement for small children  and is not part of the story about Lady Bugs who give picnics, but that story that I wrote and illustrated  is still on this blog if you scroll back to first post and then scroll forward to read it in sequence. 

10 Dec  2014: Copyright notice: this blog and all content; ll words, all photos, all art on it is created by me and owned by me  Gloria Poole residing in Missouri but born in the state of Georgia, and it is covered by U S copyright law. I, Gloria Poole, own all rights to this blog and to all content on it, all words, all photos, and all art represented by photos that I photographed. I have the actual, tangible art I created and photographed.  This blog and or its individual posts may not be transferred to anyone anywhere,nor have domains forwarded to it that do not belong to me, nor be saved to disk, nor downloaded, nor printed at remote,  nor copied, nor photo-copied [screen-captured] , nor in any way with any method be reproduced. I, Gloria Poole, own all rights to all words, art and photos I create  with any method of technique or medium on any surface anywhere any location any reason or no reason, whether or not I photograph it on any camera, phone, etc, and whether or not I publicly display it anywhere. I have never signed a blanket waiver of my copyrights to art I have created and do not have an artist's rep [agent], nor literary agent to represent me, and never did.  I drew,  painted, signed, photographed and uploaded all art on this blog and on any blog of mine.

For the record and to establish provenance of art I have already created also: the art I have created and signed and posted to this blog of mine is part of an on-going series of art I created since year 1991 beginning in Atlanta, GA that "blossomed"  in year 2005 in  Aurora, Colorado when I lived there for one year [May 2006-May 2007], and art began to really become an integral part of my efforts to save the baby humans from premeditated destruction. In 2005, I began to realize I could use the art to illustrate my talking points in some cases, and to build a secondary "career' for me as artist.  In the year 2006 when I had endured and lived to tell about it a violent crash down a flight of stairs and had trauma, fractures, concussion, because my then-husband DBP tried to kill me to 'make it look like an accident" and he tried to twist off my broken leg, I had immobility for months except on crutches and walking boot after surgery to repair fractures and implant metal. As I sat with leg propped up I began to draw daily and paint to occupy the time and my mind. I also began to post art to the web on my blogs and websites, and also photographs I had photographed. I began a series of art then that is named "ethnic series by Gloria" [me] to attempt to draw and paint an art work of every ethnic group tribe, language, culture in the world and I created eight initial oil paintings in the first batch and posted them to the web on domains of mine.  I moved from Aurora to zip code 80203 for 2 and 1/2 years and then moved to Missouri on Oct 31, 2009 with the art I had in my possession at that time. I paint some of the sketches I created  in do-overs into oils on canvas and those are very visible on the web. I put many of them on my mini exhibit of art at https://mini-exhibition.blogspot.com, and also on my Picasa albums at https://picasaweb.google.com/gloriapoole.

 I, Gloria Poole, am a white, Southern Baptist Christian, brown-haired woman, single-again, twice-divorced,natural mother of only two children who are grown daughters named Jennifer and Leigh, and also a republican, personhood promoter, prolife activist-blogger, photographer, artist in all mediums, poet, author, illustrator, cartoonist, writer, University of Georgia alumna, U S citizen born in the state of Georgia [but I lived in several places including New York, UK briefly, Nebraska, South Carolina, Colorado, Virginia, North Carolina], former TV producer,tweeter, Registered Nurse licensed in Missouri [but before that in Georgia, UK, other states], owner/writer/blogger/photographer/illustrator for words that WORK, and also for Tapestry of LIFE,and also for Life Media & Publishing in years 2004-2011; and a just-for-fun-photographer, and citizen journo . Gloria Poole is my real, born with legal name and I resumed my full maiden name including my surname of Poole legally by Court order at the time of divorce from male DBP in Colorado in Oct, 2007 at Centennial, Colorado; and I also removed the Pappas name from my name forevermore at the time of final decree in Oct 2007 . I was glad to end that four year horrible marriage of multiple trauma and injuries to me caused by male DBP, [which I testified about in Court on several occasions ].  That second divorce is public record in the state of Colorado, and my first divorce is public record in the state of Georgia. I have created art regularly since 1991, and I had formal training in drawing and in mixing colors /paint and painting in oils and I post much of the art I create on blogs of mine. You can see some of that art on one of my name blogs at https://gloriapoole.blogspot.com and see the about me page of that blog for the list of art blogs I own and post art too, that are all different. .

Copyright. Gloria Poole also known as Gloria on art I create and sign and in real life since it is my real, born with first name;  and as  Gloria Poole, RN, artist and on the web as : gloriapoole; gloria-poole; gloria.poole; artist-gloriapoole; @gloriapoole; @gloria_poole; gloria0817; gpoole817; Ms. Gloria Poole; Poole.Gloria; gloriapoole-paintings; cartooning-by-gloriapoole; photo-by-gloriapoole; gloriapoole.RN;  and other variations of my real, born with and legal name of Gloria Poole  at my own, private apt in Missouri which is not shared with anyone, on 10 Dec 2014 at  7:11pm.

Cartoons by Gloria Poole

Since the Lady Bugs had their picnic and the story ended, [but it will stay on this site for the time being] I, Gloria Poole,  am adding some cartoons I created just for fun. This entire site is for the purpose of encouraging parents or sitters to read to small children and or entertain them with safe and decent images on the web.  However, anyone can view this site--it is rated general audiences. See Copyright below.

I drew, painted, signed, photographed and uploaded all art on this blog and usually I gave each a name; but this one above I didn't yet name.   Probably you know if you read my tweets or blogs that I grew up on a farm in South Georgia [USA] and sometimes I create art that reflects that. I put the monkey in this cartoon because my two youngest grand-children love stories about monkeys and Curious George.
[Who doesn't love Curious George?] 

I named this graphic I created with my finger on a graphics app , "Rolly walker". 

I drew, painted, signed, photographed , uploaded this also [as I did ALL art on this blog]; and named it "Can't see the shining star for watching the frog" . I photographed this on my portable drawing board which is the brown and metal thingamajig all around it.  

23 Sept 2014: Copyright notice: this blog and all content on it is created by me and owned by me  Gloria Poole residing in Missouri but born in the state of Georgia, and it is covered by U S copyright law. I, Gloria Poole, own all rights to this blog and to all content on it, all words, all photos, and all art I created as represented by photos that I photographed. I have the actual, tangible art I created and photographed.  This blog and or its individual posts may not be transferred to anyone anywhere,nor have domains forwarded to it that do not belong to me, nor be saved to disk, nor downloaded, nor printed at remote,  nor copied, nor photo-copied [screen-captured] , nor in any way with any method be reproduced. I, Gloria Poole, own all rights to all words, art and photos I create  with any method of technique or medium on any surface anywhere any location any reason or no reason, whether or not I photograph it on any camera, phone, etc, and whether or not I publicly display it anywhere. I have never signed a blanket waiver of my copyrights to art I have created and do not have an artist's rep [agent], nor literary agent to represent me, and never did.  I drew,  painted, signed, photographed and uploaded all art on this blog and on any blog of mine.

For the record and to establish provenance of art I have already created also: the art I have created and signed and posted to this blog of mine is part of an on-going series of art I created since year 1991 beginning in Atlanta, GA that "blossomed"  in year 2005 in  Aurora, Colorado when I lived there for one year [May 2006-May 2007], and art began to really become an integral part of my efforts to save the baby humans from premeditated destruction. In 2005, I began to realize I could use the art to illustrate my talking points in some cases, and to build a secondary "career' for me as artist.  In the year 2006 when I had endured and lived to tell about it a violent crash down a flight of stairs and had trauma, fractures, concussion, because my then-husband DBP tried to kill me to 'make it look like an accident" and he tried to twist off my broken leg, I had immobility for months except on crutches and walking boot after surgery to repair fractures and implant metal. As I sat with leg propped up I began to draw daily and paint to occupy the time and my mind. I also began to post art to the web on my blogs and websites, and also photographs I had photographed. I began a series of art then that is named "ethnic series by Gloria" [me] to attempt to draw and paint an art work of every ethnic group tribe, language, culture in the world and I created eight initial oil paintings in the first batch and posted them to the web on domains of mine.  I moved from Aurora to zip code 80203 for 2 and 1/2 years and then moved to Missouri on Oct 31, 2009 with the art I had in my possession at that time. I paint some of the sketches I created  in do-overs into oils on canvas and those are very visible on the web. I put many of them on my mini exhibit of art at https://mini-exhibition.blogspot.com, and also on my Picasa albums at https://picasaweb.google.com/gloriapoole.

 I, Gloria Poole, am a white, Southern Baptist Christian, woman, single-again, twice-divorced, natural mother of only two children who are grown daughters named Jennifer and Leigh, and also a republican, personhood promoter, prolife activist-blogger, photographer, artist in all mediums, poet, author, illustrator, cartoonist, writer, University of Georgia alumna, U S citizen born in the state of Georgia [but I lived in several places including New York, UK briefly, Nebraska, South Carolina, Colorado, Virginia, North Carolina], former TV producer,tweeter, Registered Nurse licensed in Missouri [but before that in Georgia, UK, other states], owner/writer for words that WORK, and Tapestry of LIFE, photographer, and citizen journo . Gloria Poole is my real, born with legal name and I resumed my full maiden name including my surname of Poole legally by Court order at the time of divorce from male DBP in Colorado in Oct, 2007 at Centennial, Colorado; and I also removed the Pappas name from my name forevermore at the time of final decree in Oct 2007 . I was glad to end that four year horrible marriage of multiple trauma and injuries to me caused by male DBP, [which I testified about in Court on several occasions ].  That second divorce is public record in the state of Colorado, and my first divorce is public record in the state of Georgia. I have created art regularly since 1991, and I had formal training in drawing and in mixing colors /paint and painting in oils and I post much of the art I create on blogs of mine. You can see some of that art on one of my name blogs at https://gloriapoole.blogspot.com and see the about me page of that blog for the list of art blogs I own and post art too, that are all different. .

Copyright. Gloria Poole also known as Gloria on art I create and sign and in real life since it is my real, born with first name;  and as  Gloria Poole, RN, artist and on the web as : gloriapoole; gloria-poole; gloria.poole; artist-gloriapoole; @gloriapoole; @gloria_poole; gloria0817; gpoole817; Ms. Gloria Poole; Poole.Gloria; gloriapoole-paintings; cartooning-by-gloriapoole; photo-by-gloriapoole; gloriapoole.RN; gloriapooleRN at yahoo in which the RN is standard abbreviation for Registered Nurse, and other variations of my real, born with, legal name of Gloria Poole, at my own, private apt in Missouri which is not shared with anyone, on 23 Sept 2014 at 2:07pm.

The Picnic happens by Gloria Poole of Missouri and Georgia;Update

The story of the Lady Bug Picnic resumes so parents and or care-givers: start reading here:

Lady Octavia was true to her word. She called up Ollie Orange Bear to tell him the picnic is happening today.  Ring! Ring!

 Ollie answers his phone. Lady Octavia said  , " Ollie, today is the day. The picnic is happening today . Do you plan to come to interview Raymond Reindeer ? " asked Lady Octavia.

Ollie replied, " I certainly am. Where and what time? " 

"Well, we have scheduled the picnic table at the Twin Mushrooms Pavilion in the Fantasy Forest, for lunch time---noonish. " 

"I know exactly where that is Miss Olivia [he knows her official title is Lady Octavia but he was taught as child to call older women Miss or Mrs.], and I'll be there. Please tell Raymond Reindeer to expect me. "

When Ollie Orange Bear arrived at the Twin Mushrooms Raymond Reindeer was there all folded up with those long legs tucked under him and he was was thrilled to be interviewed. "Hey! Ollie. Lady Octavia told me to expect you. I am so excited. I've never been interviewed before. " said Raymond excitedly. Then he went on quickly, " I am only the alternate reindeer for Santa, you know that don't you?" 
 Ollie replied, " Hey, yourself! You wonderful reindeer that gets to fly over housetops and make children happy once a year." 
 Raymond said, " Oh, Ollie. I wish with all my heart that is true but so far, I am just the on-call reindeer in case Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen are out sick. They NEVER call-out sick--never. "
 Ollie said, "before we get started, I want to get my note tablet to take notes. I know it's old fashioned but I love to write my notes in my own hand-writing on real paper.  It just makes it more memorable in my mind to do it that way. "
 "Well. sure take your time. The Lady Bugs are setting the table and I think we're early. " said Raymond.
  Ok, Ollie, was situated so seriously with his paper tablet in his hand and his pen poised. "Now, Raymond, tell me how Santa selected you?" 
 Raymond said, "well, you know in Lapland where all reindeer live, there is an annual festival where Santa and his elves appear and they hold reindeer games to see which reindeers are the strongest. You know reindeers have to be very strong to pull that sleigh loaded with a trillion toys for children everywhere. But that's not all. Reindeer have to have good eyesight too, and a keen sense of direction.  The year I was selected, I won the second prize for keen sense of direction. Because I didn't have a perfect score, but did beat everyone except the four  reindeer who pull the sleigh, Santa put me as the "alternate" list which is basically being on-call for Santa to call from midnight on Christmas Eve to midnight on Christmas Day, a twenty-four period. "
  Ollie asked, "Raymond do you get paid for that?" 
"What! Are you kidding? It's an honor to be on Santa's list. I don't know if other reindeer get paid but I wouldn't dream of it, because just think, flying Santa around the world, while he distributes toys to children is a privilege! I would be thrilled to serve--Santa gives away all his toys he and his elves design and make, you know. It's not likely he is very rich.  " exclaimed Raymond.
   Ollie said, "Raymond, what if I write this and put it in the newspaper? Do you think that will help you get to actually fly Santa?" 
  "Well. I don't think it could hurt me in any way. Maybe one of those other reindeer would want a vacation and see that news and think, "aha, now's the time for that vacation', " said Raymond.
 "Ok, then, I think if I hurry I can get this in today's news since the picnic is today. Sorry but I can't stay for the  picnic--got to go if I am to meet the deadline for news today, " shouted Ollie as he was already turned and headed back to the city. 

Ollie's timing was perfect. The Ladies [Bug] called Raymond to lunch.
"Raymond, Raymond! lunch is on the table. Come and eat before it gets cold. Fried chicken, potato salad and chocolate cake for dessert", shouted Lady Octavia.

Raymond had to sort of wiggle into the spot saved for him, between Red Cap Monkey and Lady Octavia  because ,well, to be polite he was so MUCH bigger than they were. Blue Kanga and her baby and Fuschia Rabbit and the other Lady Bugs were on the opposite side of the table.  Blue Kanga has those enormous legs that she bounces on along the earth and the had to be tucked under the table too.  the table was set and the food was there and it smelled delicious!

Lady Octavia said to everyone, "Raymond was interviewed today by Ollie Orange Bear and it might be in today's paper so please read it when you get home. Also,  we are going to have a blessing on this food. So, Raymond will you please ask The Lord's blessings on this food? " 

Raymond said, "me, Miss Octavia?"
And she said, "sure why not? "
So, Raymond swallowed hard and began, " Dear Lord JESUS, we thank you for this wonderful picnic and all the food so lovingly prepared by the Lady Bugs. And I thank you especially that they invited me , and that I got to tell Ollie Orange Bear about my dreams of helping Santa. And thank you for these friends gathered here, and bless this food and the hands that prepared it and use it to the nourishment of our bodies. Amen".
 "Raymond, that prayer brought tears to my eyes. Nobody ever blessed me before", said Lady Octavia, then quickly said before everyone got all teary eyed, "let's eat, I'm starved!"
 And everyone ate and ate and had chocolate cake and went home happy after saying their thank yous.
The end.

Copyright Notice: this blog and all content on it, all art, all words and all photos, and the whole story of the Adventures of Picnicking with Lady Bugs belongs exclusively to me Gloria Poole, RN, artist of Missouri, also known as Gloria signed by me on art I create, and as Ms. Gloria Poole, and as : gloriapoole;  gloria-poole ; gloria.poole ; artist-gloriapoole; Gloria Poole; gloriapooleRN at yahoo; gloriapoole.RN; and other variations of my real, born with legal name of Gloria Poole, at my own, private apt in Missouri that is not shared by anyone, on 25 June 2014 at 9:55am. I, Gloria Poole, created the art on this blog, signed it, wrote the words of it, and photographed it and uploaded it to this blog for the purpose of entertaining pre-school children and encouraging parents to read to their children. You may follow me on twitter at any or all of these [if you intentions are good and you are not trying to harm me] at these twitter accounts: @gloriapoole; @ProlifeNurse; @gloria_poole ; @personhood1; @Tartan_Bliss, and or at @tweetie0817; since I have different twitter accounts for different goals. this blog and is individual posts and or its artwork may not be transferred to anyone anywhere, nor printed at remote, nor saved to disk in its entirety, nor downloaded by anyone but me [Gloria Poole, creator artist, illustrator, author of it] and it may not be copied, nor photo-copied, nor screen captured. I, Gloria Poole, bor in the state of Georgia in U S am U S citizen and reside in Missouri. This blog is covered by U S Copyright law and I, gloria Poole, own all rights to it.
 Also, you may contact me via my landline telephone numbers [but only 1 of those is listed in telephone directory in Missouri,] or email , or call me on my cell phones if you know the numbers. The first published copy of this is already in print and belongs to my two grandchildren Elijah and Amala who are tots. I wrote this and illustrated it mostly for them and then decided to share it on web for other children.  This was developed as I went along into an online story book. I modified the online version and title so it is not exactly as their printed book since I promised them a book like no one else in world has .
For the record: I am a white, single again woman, Southern Baptist Christian, and the mother of two daughters who are Jennifer and Leigh. I am also a prolife blogger, photographer, citizen journo, poet, artist in all mediums, and now an author. I have written five or six chapters of another book that cyber-criminals at remote destroyed my electronic tablet trying to get control of. So, I don't know yet IF i will complete that book [which has nothing to do with this one].
  For more about me see the about me page on https://gloriapoole.blogspot.com; and also https://gloriapoolepappas.blogspot.com ' and also the about me page on this blog.
 Gloria Poole / Gloria Poole, RN, artist/ gloria-poole / artist-gloriapoole / Ms Gloria Poole / gloriapoole.RN / @gloriapoole / gloria.poole /  @Tartan_Bliss / @gloria_poole / @ProlifeNurse / gloriapooleRN at yahoo / Poole.Gloria / and other variations of my real. born with name of Gloria Poole which is my legal name again since I resumed my maiden name including my surname of Poole after both divorces, at my own, private, not shared apt in Missouri on 25 June 2014 at 10:08am . Update by me Gloria on 11 August 2014 at 9:32am to add this site:
https://sites.google.com/site/tapestriesflowers/ since some seem to think it is secret or suspicious. It isn't. And to tell that readers can read some of the provenance of art I create on the blog in my former married name of https://gloriapoolepappas.blogspot.com, but remember I am divorced from male DBP since Oct 2007 after 4 horrible years of marriage in which he caused many injuries to me and tried to kill me; and I removed the Pappas name from my name in Oct 2007 by Court order of District Court Judge who signed final divorce decree in Arapahoe County Colorado.  I resumed my full maiden name at the same time. Also, you can read more about me and see more of the usual sort of art I create on another blog of mine at : https://gloriapoole.blogspot.com and on other blogs of mine also including :
https://mini-exhibition.blogspot.com.  Also, see these sites of mine: 
https://sites.google.com/site/ambassadorforlife/
https://sites.google.com/site/msgloriapoole/ .  Copyright Notice remains. Gloria Poole ,at my own, private apt in Missouri, 11 August 2014 at 9:39am. Updated by me Gloria on 19 August, 2014 at 12:34pm.

Birds flying back signals prep for picnic , written illustrated by Gloria Poole: Update

Birds flying north from the South Seas

For parents reading the story of the Lady Bug picnic, resume reading here:

Lady  Olivia worried some about what Ollie Orange Bear said and she didn't want people to lose interest in the picnic. On the other hand, she wanted it to be a pleasant picnic, not a downpour of April showers or a last minute blast of winter. What should she do? " I know", she thought to herself, "I'll call NOAA and they will know the weather. ". She dialed up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency on their 800 number. "Hello, NOAA! this is Lady Olivia.  I need to know if the weather is going to be pleasant for a while or if there's more freeze and ice on the way?" she said. 
  The NOAA guy said, "Lady Olivia, I can tell you this much. Right this minute our radar has detected the birds flying back from the South Seas, and they have entered our air space. They should be back into your neighborhood in a few days. ".   "Wonderful! That's absolutely wonderful, because if a freeze was on its way, they'd stay in the warm climate in the tropics. And oh, I do love to hear them singing every morning as my wake-up call. Thank you very much, NOAA," said Lady Olivia.     The NOAA man said, "Lady Olivia you have made my day. It's lonely sitting sitting here watching this radar screen all day. Call anytime. "  
  Lady Olivia said, "why thank you, I might need too again when we Lady Bugs have set a definite day for our picnic. It's a big to-do you know. We have invited Raymond Reindeer who is on Santa's alternate list for Christmas Eve, and Blue Kanga and her toddler. And of course, with a wee one coming to picnic, the weather has to be pleasant. " She hung up, and ran to  Ollie Orange Bear's corner of the woods. 
"Ollie! Ollie! " she called. Ollie Orange Bear appeared and said, "Miss Olivia, you remembered me!" Lady Olivia said, "well, Ollie, the picnic is not today but it's very soon now, because NOAA says the birds are flying back and will be here any day , "replied Lady Olivia.  
   Ollie said "Miss Olivia, who's NOAA?" 
  "Silly me, " said Lady Olivia, " NOAA means National Oceanic and atmospheric agency, and they give extended weather reports. He told me he saw the birds approaching because they entered his air space on radar. Isn't that wonderful? That means WARM weather for sure. "
Ollie said, "and that means P-I-C-N-I-C soon, doesn't it?"
"yes, indeed. I will let you know when, " replied Lady Olivia, "I've go to go now because we have to ramp up again for the picnic to be as we planned. See you soon." And she left.

Stay tuned for the picnic .

Copyright Notice: This blog, all and content on it are owned exclusively by me Gloria Poole residing in Missouri but born in the state of Georgia. I, Gloria poole, own all rights to this blog, and to all art, all photos and all words on it. Read the copyright notice in full on the about me page and also on my blog at https://gloriapoole.blogspot.com.  I, Gloria Poole / Gloria / gloria-poole / gloria.poole / Ms. Gloria Poole / Gloria Poole,RN, artist; gloriapoole.RN /gloriapoole  drew the art / cartoons on this blog, painted them, signed them, photographed them and uploaded them and wrote all words on this blog. it is intellectual property covered by U S copyright laws and international copyright laws also.
Update with the PICNIC coming soon, Gloria Poole / Gloria / gloriapoole / cartooning-by-gloriapoole / gloria-poole / gloria.poole/ Gloria Poole, RN, artist/ Ms. Gloria Poole , at my own private apt in Missouri; 9 June 2014 at 4:34pm.  
Update 18 June 2014 at 7:43am by me Gloria Poole to add that I have decided to add a page to this story and am creating art for that page, so will add it soon. I wasn't quite ready for the picnic of Lady Bugs to end! Stay tuned please. It's a work in progress since I create the art and write the story as I go. However, there is one version slightly different that has been published and that first edition belongs to my two tot grandchildren Elijah and Amala. I am making changes slightly to the online version because I had promised them a book 'that no one in the whole world has one like." Keeping that promise has taken some ingenuity on my part because I already had this online version well in process at that time.

Ollie Orange Bear cartoon by Gloria Poole of Missouri and Georgia

Cartoon: Lady bug picnic protest by Gloria Poole of Missouri and Georgia; 23-April-2014

The story of the Lady Bug Picnic resumes so if you are reading this to a small child, begin here:

Lady Octavia looked out her kitchen window, after she got back from telling her friends about the Astronaut photo that appeared on her phone;  and lo and behold! Ollie Orange Bear was marching back and forth on the sidewalk near her house under The Big Tree, and he was carrying a white flag with the words "Lady Bug Picnic" written on it and he was waving it around and shouting . She rushed to talk to him. "Ollie Orange Bear, what are you doing? " she asked.  

Ollie said, "Miss Octavia, you know my cousins Mr and Mrs Orange Bear?" 

"Well, indeed I do. I met them when I visited their Welcome Home hostel to see if it would be adequate if a rain-out occurred for our picnic", replied Lady Octavia. 

 "Well. Yes. I knew that because they told me. But I am mad because I have been waiting forever for that picnic! I want to be there at the Welcome Home when you have that picnic and sort of wander over to it to see Raymond Reindeer. You know he was in the news and I don't think I will have another chance to meet him. So WHEN IS THAT PICNIC?" he asked practically shouting at her. 

 "Oh, I see", said Lady Octavia, "well. Ollie, we couldn't have a picnic in the snow! Every time we had it planned it snowed, or had downpour from heaven. It was really discouraging to us Lady Bugs too." 

Ollie said, "but Miss Olivia [he was taught to call his elders by their proper title but Lady just sounded too formal since after all, he was protesting her at her own house] , spring has sprung. The snow is gone. So ?". 

 Lady Octavia laughed and said, "Ollie, you're in luck because it is soon. I will call you personally when we have a few consecutive days of warm , pleasant, dry weather to tell you when to see Raymond Reindeer at the picnic. AND, if you march around with that flag to notify everyone, why, I might even invite you to the picnic. "

 Ollie grinned and replied "I am happy, happy, happy, Miss Olivia. Thank you very much. I'm going right now to tell my cousins Mr and Mrs Orange Bear that the picnic is on again. Of course, weather good for picnic is also good for travelers who love my cousins' hostel. Life is good, Miss Olivia. " 

And he left. 

Stay tuned . 

Copyright Notice: I, Gloria Poole, of Missouri but born in state of Georgia, also known as Gloria on the art on this and other blogs of mine, own this blog and all rights to all content on it. I wrote it, created illustrations by drawing, painting, signing, photographing and uploading them; and create the blog from the get-go. The words/ story/ art of this is copyrighted original content and may not be reproduced by anyone but me Gloria Poole of Missouri. Also, see my May 2014 selfie and full copyright statement on the about me page on this blog and see my other blogs I create and own the copyrights too, on the about me page also.

Gloria Poole; at my apartment in Missouri which is not shared with anyone; 23-April-2014 at 11:45am.

The Astronaut from NASA contacts Lady Bug cartoon by Gloria Poole of Missouri and Georgia

The story of the Lady Bugs sponsoring a picnic continues in a different version than the one in the book I wrote and illustrated. {Aside to parents} This is paragraph is to read to your children: : 

When Lady Octavia got home to her house under The Big Tree, she kicked back in her favorite chair to watch the news. It had been a stressful day, after all. Swamp Frog made it known he would gobble her up given the chance. And with that news,  she had hurried, hurried , hurried so fast she nearly fell over her six feet.  On the news was a report about the NSA rover on Mars and it got her attention. She thought to herself, " wonder what Mars is like? " and then she thought, " wonder if the astronauts  miss earth?". She fell asleep in her chair and slept restlessly. The next day, on her cell phone was a text message from Mars! The land rover texted her from Mars! It was unbelievable but there it was, plain as day. Lady Octavia was incredulous. "How can this be? How did they know my cell phone number? Can they read minds?" all tumbled through her mind at once. Just then, a photo appeared on her cell phone and it said "from Mars's rover". It was an astronaut! And he had the weirdest eyes she had ever seen on any human. Well, she thought to herself, 'maybe he isn't human? Maybe he's a Martian? " Then that idea just took on a life of its own. A Martian contacted her! She KNEW it--they can read minds! 
She ran to tell the other Lady Bugs, saying, "they will never believe this. I have to show them. "

Stay tuned for next page in story...

Updated copyright since 9-April-2014, necessary for several reasons
Copyright Notice: I, Gloria Poole, residing in Missouri but born in state of Georgia, own this blog and all rights to it. I created it to begin with, years ago [but modified last year] , and have continued it after I moved to Missouri Oct 31, 2009.  I own all rights to this blog and to all content of it. I created the art and signed it, that I put on it,and photographed it;and uploaded it to this blog. I have the original paintings and sketches.  I also own all rights to any art, words, graphics  I have created or do create in any place, for any reason or no reason, with any tool or method or brush  on any surface, at any time. I have never assigned my copyrights to any one and I do not have an artist's rep or a literary agent at this time and have never had either [in the past].  I sign my name on art as Gloria, and on some sketches as Gloria Poole. Gloria Poole is my real, born with, legal name since I resumed it legally after my 2nd divorce which was in Arapahoe County Colorado. I removed the Pappas name from my name forevermore by order of District Court Judge at time of final decree of divorce from male DBP in Oct 2007 who lives in Colorado; and I resumed my maiden name including my surname of Poole. I moved to Missouri on Oct 31, 2009.  I am also known on the web as; gloriapoole; Gloria as on art such as this which I signed when I  completed it; gloria.poole; gloria-poole; gloria0817; gpoole817; gloria_poole; gloriapoole1749; gloriapoole.RN; gloriapooleRN at yahoo in which the RN means standard abbreviation for Registered Nurse; and as artist-gloria; artist-gloriapoole; gloriapoole-paintings; Poole, Gloria; Ms. Gloria Poole; Gloria Poole creator of words that WORK and Tapestry of LIFE;   and as other variations of my real, born with, legal name of Gloria Poole. And I am known as G-L-O-R-I-A on http://gloriapoole.wordpress.com and I had three domains with much art I created with my name written that way, for about 6 yrs until they were stolen from me by cyberthugs.  I also had many domains and many with my very name written as gloriapoole in them from years 2004-2011 when criminals broke into my web-hosting accounts and ripped my domains and content right out-of-admin-panel.  I have not bought domains since , because there is no security on web-hosting 'packages" because  they do not honor business law or contract laws or any laws that I can tell since web-hosting companies do not try to stop cyber-criminals.

For the record: I am white, single again [divorced twice], woman with brown hair, Southern Baptist Christian, and the mother of two grown "children" who are daughters named Jennifer and Leigh. I am also a Registered Nurse licensed in Missouri; and an artist in all artists' mediums; and a blogger, tweeter, poet, author of children's book, and citizen journo; and photographer. I was born in the state  of Georgia and am a US citizen by birth so I have all Constitutional protections including the First Amendment right to publish, speak, write, protest and the right not to associate with ungodly in general and  atheist perverts in particular, or with violent murderous people or with alcoholics or with d-r-ug-a-d-d-ic-t-s [spelled to try avoid being labeled as wrong sort of person by political censorship on the prowl].
Also, for the record [for purposes of copyright and law enforcement {because several facets of my identity such as state of Georgia issued ID were stolen from me more than once and they were in tangible form}], I am not an employee of anyone, and Gloria Poole is my real, born with, legal name {but I have a middle Christian, given name at birth also that I never write as part of my signature}; and I draw, paint, sketch, photograph, tweet, blog , write from my own private apartment in Missouri, which is NOT shared with anyone. I work for myself in other words from my home studio-office which is a dedicated room for that purpose. I think the criminal who stole my GA ID and my Holy Bible with my name printed on it, cut my photo out of the ID and inserted his accomplice's photo which is how it was used to access bank and credit union accounts of mine that began in Colorado. I lived in Colorado only a few yrs and was married a second time there for only 4 yrs and ten months before final decree of divorce from male DBP there. both divorces of mine are public record--one in Georgia and one in Colorado. I moved to Missouri on Oct 31, 2009 to the same apt I am creating this blog from, which is my only residence.
 I have NEVER had blond hair even as a tiny child. Both of my daughters were very blond up until college, but their hair is also darker more like mine now. But I know for certain that one of the accomplices of DBP who lives in Colorado dyes her hair a platinum [false looking] blond because she's old and gray- headed if hair not dyed blond. That is a statement of fact relevant to an on-going investigation into who is using my name and identity. I have been reported as blond yet I have NEVER been blond and NEVER dyed my hair. If you see my selfie from 15-March-2014 on about me page, you see the slight grey tendrils at my temples in my brown hair. I reason I earned them! And I'm keeping them.
Also, statement of fact: I am not subject to censorship or employer laws. I am a private  US citizen by birth and draw, paint, photograph, blog, and tweet from my own private apartment. I always sign the art I create unless I have not finished it and plan to re-draw it or re-paint it.  I do not have not for profit and never did. I never applied for not for profit status for any LLC or LLP I created, nor for my name or art. I intend some day to make a profit! No one is authorized to log into any account of mine anywhere, but me. 
Also, as a statement of fact: the title to this blog that is written in script was generated on computer and is not an example of my hand-writing or signature. My signature is on the art I created, and photographed and uploaded to this blog of mine and also to other blogs of mine. 


Gloria Poole; at my apt in Missouri, 9-April-2014; at 6:45pm

Adventures of Lady bugs continues

"Swamp frog cartoon" by Gloria Poole of Missouri; 16-Mar-2014; acrylics on paper

OK, here's the thing. I have sort of a conflict of interest because when I started this online story illustrated with cartoons I drew and the story I wrote,  and signed, it was mainly for my own grandson Elijah who was 2 yrs old last year. I decided to share it, online  then to put it into a book on paper for him and his sister who was only about 8 months old at the time I began this; because my daughter Leigh wanted it in paper form so she could sit in rocker and read it to them.  I have five other grandchildren but their ages at the time were 4, 6, 8, 11, 13 and I thought probably they had outgrown childhood stories .  Then it was a success with them and I decided to try to publish it. But I had promised Elijah a book just for him that no one in world would have an exact replica of. So, I have given this some thought. 

 Elijah's first edition one of a kind is in print form and he has it.  I have been trying to think how to honor my promise and preserve the copyrights of words and art I created for me.  I think the online story needs to be a bit different to do that. So, I am modifying that book as written on the web from this point going forward so, it will be same to a point then take a different path. So, if you have forgotten where the story left off, scroll back to Dec 6th post in archives and reread it then scroll back to begin here:

As Lady Octavia left the Twin Mushrooms Pavilion and hostel to head back to her home under the Big Tree, she saw Swamp frog sitting on the cobblestone. She was surprised since he usually didn't frequent public places.  She asked , "Swamp frog, what are you doing here? Why did you leave your swamp?" He answered, "rumor has it that the lady bugs are sponsoring a picnic--a big to-do-- sometime soon, and I thought to myself, 'how convenient! The flies will be there in droves and I can slurp them up." Lady Octavia said, "Swamp frog, you are NOT invited. It is gross to watch you eat flies."  Swamp frog's big red tongue unfurled and his saliva dripped as he rubbed his chin. "Well", he said," come to think of it, lady bugs make a tasty snack". Lady Octavia panicked, then scurried away as fast as her six legs could take her, back to her house under Big Tree and slammed the door shut and bolted it. "Whew, that was close", she thought to herself. 

Copyright Notice: I, Gloria Poole, residing in Missouri but born in state of Georgia, own this blog and all rights to it. I created it to begin with, years ago [but modified last year] , and have continued it after I moved to Missouri Oct 31, 2009.  I own all rights to this blog and to all content of it. I created the art and signed it, that I put on it, and I have the original paintings and sketches.  I sign my name on art as Gloria, and on some sketches as Gloria Poole. Gloria Poole is my real, born with, legal name since I resumed it legally after my 2nd divorce which was in Arapahoe County Colorado. I removed the Pappas name from my name forevermore by order of District Court Judge at time of final decree of divorce in Oct 2007 from [male] DBP of Colorado.  I am also known on the web as; gloriapoole; Gloria as on art such as this which I signed when I  completed it; gloria.poole; gloria-poole; gloria0817; gpoole817; gloria_poole; gloriapoole1749; gloriapoole.RN; gloriapooleRN at yahoo in which the RN means standard abbreviation for Registered Nurse; and as artist-gloria; artist-gloriapoole; gloriapoole-paintings; Poole, Gloria; Ms. Gloria Poole; Gloria Poole of words that WORK;   and as other variations of my real, born with, legal name of Gloria Poole. I am white, single again [divorced twice] , woman, Christian, and the mother of two grown "children" who are daughters named Jennifer and Leigh. I am also a Registered Nurse licensed in Missouri; and an artist in all artists' mediums; and a blogger, tweeter, poet, author of children's book, and citizen journo; and photographer. I was born in the state  of Georgia and am a US citizen by birth so I have all Constitutional protections including the First Amendment right to publish, speak, write, protest and the right not to associate with ungodly or atheist people. 

And I am known as G-L-O-R-I-A on http://gloriapoole.wordpress.com and I had three domains with much art I created with my name written that way, for about 6 yrs until they were stolen from me by cyberthugs.  I also had many domains and many with my very name written as gloriapoole in them from years 2004-2011 when criminals broke into my web-hosting accounts and ripped my domains and content right out-of-admin-panel.  I have not bought domains since , because there is no security on web-hosting 'packages" because  they do not honor business law or contract laws. 

Gloria Poole; at my apt in Missouri, which is my only residence; 16-March-2014 at 9:34am

Cartoon to include in mini-exhibit of red paint art by Gloria Poole of Missouri

"Peacock" created by Gloria Poole with graphics. 

Cartoon "Miss America" [Queenie] created by Gloria Poole, yr 1995 in Atlanta, GA

I, Gloria Poole, of Missouri  am adding two random cartoons that I created but that have nothing to do with the on-going story of the Lady bugs that give picnics. I put the "Queenie" Miss America one here to go along with my mini-exhibition of art that I created that I used red paint in; that I have currently on seven blogs of mine.  

The mini-exhibition of red paint art is on these blogs of mine:

https://gloria0817.blogspot.com

https://artist-gloriapoole.blogspot.com

https://gloriapoole-paintings.blogspot.com

https://gloriapoole.blogspot.com

http://gpoole817.blogspot.com

http://gloriapoole.wordpress.com

http://gloriapoole1749.wordpress.com.

I have not abandoned the story of the Lady bugs that give picnics. I had so much to accomplish in February that I have not  done it all. I have long periods of down time [from trauma ] and I don't accomplish as much as I would like too, as fast as I would like too. So it's still a work in progress to a degree, though the story and the art of it as a book is done and one copy of it-- the very first one is already published. Now, I have to find a paper  book publisher and all that entails, and see how/ if putting it on web conflicts with on paper. That is what is affecting the online story of it. Either way, the story is written and illustrated by me Gloria, as tangible art in book format and will be available hopefully in one form or other soon for public. It has to become a money-making project for me. 

So, these cartoons will hopefully interest the tiny tots who might have read the story up til now and maybe serve as a sort of "intermission" until the rest of the lady bug story is available from me, publicly.

Copyright notice: I, Gloria Poole, currently residing in Missouri but born in state of Georgia , own all rights to this blog and to all content of it. I also own all rights to any words or art I create for any reason, with any tool, in any location, at any time; unless I have signed a formal agreement before a notary in a bill of sale. [Which I have not done yet]. 

 Also, I am white, a woman, single again, and the natural mother of two daughters who are grown and married, [who are Jennifer and Leigh]  and of course, the grand-mother to their minor children. My youngest grandchildren who are one and three years old inspired me to create the story and illustrate it in paper form . I have the art that these photos represent, and created it and signed it in my handwriting.  I am christian, prolife, republican, blogger, poet, writer, author, and tweeter. You can follow me on twitter : @gloriapoole or @gloria_poole. And see my 'about me' pages and  profiles on google, Yahoo, Microsoft for more info about me  as author illustrator.  I am also known on web as : gloriapoole; gloria0817; gpoole817; artist-gloriapoole; gloriapoole-paintings; Gloria as seen on art I create and photograph and upload to my blogs and albums; and as gloriapoole.RN; gloria.poole; gloria-poole; gloria_poole; gloriapoole1749; Ms Gloria Poole; Poole, Gloria; and other variations of my real born with and legal name of Gloria Poole. 

Gloria Poole; at my apt in Missouri which is my only residence; 23-Feb-2014 at 8:30pm

The purpose of this blog is READING to children.

"Reading Time" sketch by Gloria Poole in Missouri; yr 2014 in acrylics. 

This entry is not about the story of the Lady bug Picnic, which is written in full already as a book and hopefully will be in mass production in coming year. This entry is about my goal for this blog, which is encouraging parents of young children to READ to their children so their children learn to love to read, and learn to read, and that reading is a part of every day normal existence. This sketch is one that I, Gloria Poole, drew, then painted in watercolors, then repainted in acrylics to illustrate reading to a small child. I purposely chose a man's image to put into this sketch because men in the U S have had a careless disregard for their children and the children of the nation have suffered from lack of father involvement. Of course, a lot of women who work outside the home, often spend little time with their children also. The nation as a whole is suffering because of it. This blog has a mission. I am illustrating it and writing this entry to confirm what that mission is. The story of the Lady bug picnic is merely a "vehicle" for getting parents and children involved in reading together.  The "people" in this sketch are not real people that are known to me. The image of the little girl is totally made up by me with a pencil and paint brush and so is the doll. I saw a similar looking man in an ad and thought he looked about right age to have small child; then altered it some to make it different from ad. 

Also, this sketch is on another blog of mine, and is included in the body of art I have created and is not only for this blog; and is not one of the illustrations of the book as it currently exist. I have the actual, physical art that I created and put on this blog [and all blogs of mine] and  I photographed it myself in most instances. Copyright notice: I, Gloria Poole, or Missouri [but born in state of Georgia in U S] own all rights to this blog and all content of it including word and text, and to the art I create, in any form, with any medium or tool or any surface, for any reason, whether or not I display it publicly anywhere. I also own the copyright to the book I have referenced in this blog, that I wrote, that is process of  being mass produced for sale [GOD willing] and is copyrighted to me Gloria Poole of Missouri.  I will provide more information on the book once all details are finalized. My plan at this point is to have reproductions /prints of the art I created in the book along with the story that I wrote that includes portions you have read on this blog, plus the rest of the story and accompanying art.  

Also, for the record, I am a white, single,[ divorced twice] Christian, woman and the natural mother of two grown daughters who are Jennifer and Leigh; and a Registered Nurse licensed in Missouri; and a blogger, photographer, poet, artist in all mediums; and a prolife republican. 

Gloria Poole, at my apt in Missouri, which is my only residence for legal purposes of copyright]; 10-February-201 at 8:41am.