Saturday, September 03, 2005

Illustration Friday - Root

Illustration Friday is Root. I have never met a stronger root than that belonging to a Dandelion. So here's my tribute to the hardy, pesky Dandy Root. Illustration by Kim Carney.

A funny dandelion story to go with my illustration. Mom said that pouring boiling water would kill the little crop of dandelions we had in the backyard. So I tried it and it worked. But while pouring slowly around where the peonies were as well, a worm shot out of the ground about 3 inches above the dirt. I laughed but felt terrible that I had probably boiled a bunch of worms on my previous "quick" scalding of other dandelions.

Dandy Root

17 comments:

Alison Ashwell said...

dandelions are really stubborn.
Good job they are useful as herbs
Nice illo

atomicvelvetsigh said...

ohh i just have a photo of a full field of dandelions by the sea. i find it adorable to look at tho. and im kinda liking the color yellow nowadays.. dont know why hmm...

bee'nme said...

Perfectly witty and nicely rendered - you're a master at this form of graphic expression! I look forward to your contributions every week!!

Anonymous said...

Nice work. I like the style, and I agree that dandelions are tough ones.

I used to live in Edmonds, circa 1991. Very nice place.

Kim Carney said...

Thank you Daniel. That is funny, I moved here in 1991. It is a very nice place and has been good for our family.

Mose Onetwenty said...

Nice post, I love the colours and the worm is fantastic.

isay said...

it is a beautiful illustration. i like what you have also written about it.

Ellen said...

I really like this one. Especially the worm!

mica cabral said...

lovely illustration!
:D

Rowantree said...

Nice composition, and the worm it's great !

carla said...

What a story...poor little worms! I like the whole composition of this piece with the emphasis on the vertical aspects. I especially like the leaves and the little worm.

Anonymous said...

great illustration!

The Crafty-Girl™ said...

i thought as you did and went the way of the dandelion! I like how you integrated the root of the root!

Anonymous said...

Nice illustration. It's almost like two images in one.

wynlen

Anonymous said...

an excellent illustration!

Anonymous said...

This is the first time I've seen your work, I like it, especially the worm, thats a nice touch.

mbc said...

Thanks for all your comments on my blog pics. I love this illo, would be perfect on some notecards. Did the boiling water kill the dandelions? Funny thing about my worm picture—this was a "model" worm. I bought some bait worms at Wal-Mart specifically for setting up some shots in my backyard. Very weird, huh? :-) I shoot photos for a stock agency and this is one of them. I guess that makes me a little "less" weird. Ha. I enjoy your blog a lot. I'll be back. :-)