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I love your Doodlebugs series! Each one is a gem! I'm even more excited to go and see your exhibit once my kids are out of school for the summer.

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Thank you so much!!! I'm delighted both to hear that you like my doodlebugs and that you might come see it all when your kids are out for summer!! What fun!! FYI: if you bring your kids with you there's an ice cream shop not far from the winery called Ice Cream Renaissance that's a favorite place... 😉

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That sounds like something we'll definitely have to check out!

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May 29, 2023Liked by Sue Clancy

I love your doodlebug series. The yellow short line beetle is my favourite and I think that is because I find those exact kind of short lines so satsifying and meditative to draw.

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Thank you!! I'm delighted that you like my doodlebugs and the yellow short line in particular!! I did indeed find all those short lines meditative to draw and when I finished that artwork id had such fun that I wished I'd made it bigger! 🤣

P.S. it's good to "see" you here! 😉

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I am somehow attracted to the green Paisley beetle.

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Thank you!! It was such fun to imagine the kinds of paisley patterns a Paisley Beetle might create 🤣

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Thanks for the reminder that artists are essential for societal health! It's true! It's True! But it's good to be reminded for those times when I feel like I'm just goofing off by playing with paint and pandas!

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You're so welcome! And we aren't making just another consumer product either - what artists do is a valuable turning over of societal soil and imagining what could be possible, what could grow here. Without imagination our human future would only be reruns of the past. And yet the creative life as lived does feel frivolous especially as we're so often told to "stop daydreaming" by the more conservative people around us. But when things are difficult in a society we need more artists daydreaming more than ever!!

A beetle is "only having and enjoying lunch" while it is performing its essential service to the ecosystem. The more an artist can play and enjoy their process the better they are able to withstand the negative messages from a society that doesn't want to imagine anything helpful. So play!! Play!!! Play dear artist play!!

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The yellow guy’s my favorite!

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Awww thank you!! ❤

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The Doodlebug genus series is so clever and imaginative! I LOVE your sketchbook page. How about this one? Throwing a temper trantrum when you don't get what you want (such as a certain elected office) is easy. Even a toddler can do it.

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Lol!!! I'm so delighted that you like my doodlebugs!! And I totally agree with what you say about throwing tantrums....

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I've always loved your doodlebugs - and my favourite of all has to be the yellow short-line beetle. Such wonderful work as always, Sue. LOVE LOVE LOVE IT. 🪲

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Thank you so much!!!! I really appreciate your kindness!!!! I'm kindof partial to Yellow Short-Line too...😉 Thank you AGAIN!!! 😘

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😘🐞 <- We call these 'ladybirds' over here. I think across the pond they're 'ladybugs', right?

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Yes, on this side of the pond they are called "ladybugs". There are lots of different kinds of beetles... in my yard I see ladybirds/ladybugs, red ones, orange ones and even yellow ones and also a dark brown differently

shaped one called click beetles most often. If you hold one of the click beetles they tap or click against your skin. Do you have those on your side of the pond?

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I love beetles - well, all kind of creepy crawlies. (NOT SLUGS, though. Ugh!)

How amazing that you have so many types of ladybugs! The ones I've seen here are the (very common) seven-spot (red with black spots), the two-spot (ditto), the black ones with red spots and the yellow ones with black spots. We also have 'harlequin ladybirds', which are an invasive species and not to be welcomed...

We don't have click beetles as far as I know - at least, I've never come across them.

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Oh lucky you to have that variety of bugs too!! Bravo!! I will have to look up 'harlequin ladybugs' as I'm not familiar with them. Thanks for telling me about them - I love learning new things about this world. I share your feelings about slugs. We have the garden variety in our area - yuk!! On hiking trails especially towards the Oregon coast there are 'banana slugs' which are much bigger than the garden slugs and even more fascinatingly horrifically yucky!! 👀 Are the slugs in your area the small garden kind or are they big like something from a horror show?

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I've never thought of different varieties of slugs - but yes, we have everything from tiny ones to absolutely enormous ones! They're all equally revolting, though...!

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