IF: Bottled

Could this be the drink of the future?
Could the devastation that is happening at Fukushima Dai Ichi, Japan ever happen here?
According to our government, NO WAY!!!
To hear them tell it, our Nuclear facilities are 100% safe, superior in every way against such calamity. UHmmmm mmmm right.
I think until they can safely figure out what to do with the waste produced by these facilities they should cease using them.
IF not, enjoy your "Sparkling Water".

IF: Duet

IF: Toy
The bottom drawing is an old one I submitted for the IF word Flying a couple of years ago.
Soon after I did a modified version of it at the top which I think fits for this weeks word.

IF: Cultivate

IF:stir

Even if your not the praying kind say one anyways.
thank you.

IF: Warning

IF: Swarm

IF: Layer

IF: sweater

IF: Reverse

I often think to reverse something they'd be a lot of meshing and grinding of gears in order to change direction. Guess I watched one to many cartoons as a kid.

IF:Surrender

Sometimes there is no surrender just "DEGUELLO".

IF: Dusty

IF: Chicken

IF: Deja Vu

IF:Resolutions

Winter

Something from a few years back that say it all for me.

IF: Mail

Way up north, beyond the Arctic Circle they a have a thing they call the Polar Express.

May all of you who celebrate have a Merry Christmas and Wonderful New Year.

IF:Phenomenon

In Japan gegege is the word on everyone's tongue this season.
It comes from the phenomenal mind of cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki
whose wonderful animated sereis "gegege no Kitaro" continues to
delight generations of Japanese. This lil guy taken a sake bath
is the main character's dad.

IF: Prehistoric

All students where required to take Prehistoric History 101.

IF:Savour

As someone once said you have to show da good wit da bad.
Chocolate caramel cake anyone.

IF: sneaky

She was sneaky and went down the back of the mountain to get home first.

IF:burning

IF: Afterwards

There is none there is only NOW!

IF: spent

After a day of flying aboot she was spent and relaxed on her favorite mushroom seat deep in the bamboo forest.

IF: racing

IF: Spooky

It is said in Japanese folk lore that tanuki (raccoons) can shape shift into beautiful young woman.

IF: transportation

This is something I posted on my other blog "Crispy Crinkled" last year.
I usually try to do an original piece for each IF post but this seemed
to fit so I used it. Hope you enjoy it.

IF: beneath

IF: old fashion

IF:acrobat

The Chinese Lion Dance is very acrobatic in nature.
This one is on break.

IF:dessert

From a goody but oldie commercial for JELLO.

IF: atmosphere

IF: star gazing

IF:caged

lil behind the curve here of late.

IF: artifical

With the way Japan has pursued robotics it's just a matter of time before we all have our own CHERRY BOMB 2000 AI model roaming our houses, stores sidewalks or anywhere a human can go. Will we every get to the point in the movie "The Terminator".....
stay tuned....

Lil late with this but I wanted it to look right as of Friday it didn't.
Now on to the "Caged".

IF: double

Back in the 80's Double Trouble rose up off the Texas plains and tore up the Rock n Roll /Blues scene like a storm thundering through Tornado Alley.
On stage "Lenny" was known as one of Stevie Ray Vaughan's closest friends and together they played there way into history.

IF: breakfast

"Could we have kippers for breakfast
Mummy dear, Mummy dear
They've got to have them in Texas
Because everyone's a millionaire...."

From the album "Breakfast in America"
Supertramp

IF: Diary

Not so much a illustration this week put a collection of photos setup to make a mock up book cover.

IF:Giant

Sadaharu Oh is a "Giant" in Japanese Baseball.
He is what Babe Ruth is to the American game.

IF: Satellite

Queen Satel Lite reigns in a galaxy far far away.

IF: paisley

IF: ripple

Don't whine when your life hits a ripple.
You just might enjoy when its through.

IF:trail

It was the end of the trail for her after one to many broken hearts.

I hurt myself today
to see if I still feel
I focus on the pain NIN

Pain runs deep
Deeper, probing
So intense
I scream into my soul
I find no release
I feel PAIN

PAIN
Morning
Night
Teardrop slides
Muffled crys

Weekley
Dailey
Hourly
Pain
Does it stop

Focus
Unfocus
There is no relief
I still feel
Slice
edge of blade

IF:slither

A modern take on the temptation of Eve.

IF:early

soooo late, its early next week on this one.

IF: equipment

I've always been impressed with the way we perceive scale. Here this mining truck looks huge compared to the man fixing it, but when viewed from an open pit mine, it looks very tiny along with all the other equipment.

IF:fearless

To be fearless you have to channel your fear.

IF:ahead

A week late, but such is life.

IF:cocoon

Some say Coco loved the feeling of being cocooned in her raccoon fur coat.