Ready for Action

Dear Reader,

It might only be Monday, but Alien Two is very ready for soccer season start this coming Saturday! Looks like the last day of summer vacation might be spent down at the park kicking a ball :)

Meanwhile, the Trouble and Strife has taken off in Robin's Mango Goddess, also ready to seize the day!

Hope you too have gotten your week off to a great start.

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

Wing and Rings

Dear Reader,

As promised, the wings for Alien One's bird now have a top-side!

Indeed all we need now is something to affix the wings to her arms, the little task of the headdress, and we're ready to shoot :)

And while I was busy sticking feathers on the wing's substructure, the Alien's were suspiciously quiet. ...

.. Turns out they are in advanced (if early) preparations for mother's day; busy making earrings for The Trouble and Strife. The creations are so beautiful and Squirrel King, that I've requested the use for Robin :)

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

A Quirky Distraction

Dear Reader,

Life is full of little oddities, and the curious Bright Eyes music video here is certainly one of them. It's just as much a fun distraction as any sort of reference.



I love the anthropomorphizing of inanimate objects like clouds!

Tomorrow look out for our birds wings; they're getting close :)

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

Community Service Cover-Up

Dear Reader,

As some of you astute followers have noticed, the background tunnel in last Friday's shoot was almost the same tunnel we found when scouting the forest by the river. Almost, but not quite.


Between scouting and shooting, the squirrel king team risked poison oak (my right leg is indeed still reeling with a nasty rash consequented by our care-free scout) and transformed the unsightly mish-mash of graffiti into playfully delightful urban mural that sits prettily into the forested landscape.
Between coats we also took a few minutes to remove some of the detritus surrounding the area :)

Can't wait for you to see it with the real cat burglars, not just Alien Two in last year's halloween costume!

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

Just Hanging Around

Dear Reader,

It's important in life to balance frenetic activity with a few lazier moments now and again.

Yesterday found us sharing precisely such a delightful day of relaxation; particularly well encapsulated here by Alien Two lolling about with a good friend in a hanging basket.

Of course no day hanging about would be complete without a tire swing too ...



Hope you too had a great long weekend!

Back to the serious business of Squirrel King production :)

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

Cat Burglars Caught in the Junlge

Dear Reader,

What a great day of shooting yesterday!

After our super trooper cinematographer, Tom, escaped the territorial bird in this photo, he delicately dodged poison oak and shot some delightfully magnificent comedy.

I made friends with the Catburglar and his side-kick Bob, and pretty soon we were all huddled around the camera shooting our conspiratorial committee.

I can hardly wait to share some of the footage with you :)

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

Introducing .. The Man, The Legend .. The Catburglar!

Dear Reader,

He's been a long time coming, but we're finally going to shoot the real thing, not just Bob, his ungainly apprentice, the genuine article, the real Catburglar.


Of course kitty-cat talk got Alien Two excited and last year's pink cat Halloween costume had to be rolled out :)


Then, as she made a closer inspection of Tony's costume she naturally wondered: with that sparkle ... is that really practical? So I reminded her that army generals don't wear battle fatigues either ;)

Tony Doupe, a man of class, is our top ... cat!

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims