Feet - Illustration Friday

this week's IF theme is "Feet"....

over the course of the weekend, that produced 3 sketches....

1. my bare size 9's....finger-like toes and all
2. a robot, who could be the cousin/brother to Robot from Lost in Space...and
3. the skateboarders feet....

the skateboarders won out...why?

because our next door neighbor's (the raging rednecks) oldest son (aka Boo Radley) is now part of a skateboard gang that hangs out in front of our house....doing skater stuff...

skater stuff involves a lot of thumping, grinding, and falling...they have boards and cinder blocks and long pieces of metal that they thump, grind, and fall all over any time the weather permits...factor in some loud music and screaming from time to time and there you have the spring sounds in our neighborhood...

when we first moved in - there was a house of frat boys across the street who used any Carolina sporting event as an excuse to have a party with a thousand cars, a million people, and lots of beer....

the skaters make more noise...hands down....

we live within half a mile of a major CSX train depot and granite blasting quarry....

the skaters make more noise....without question...

I thought kids hated outside and spent all their time in front of computers playing games and accessing sites they shouldn't....what happened to that?

if there is anything positive about the rainy, cold snap we're dealing with right now (and no, it isn't really that cold in comparison to what some of you are experiencing)....it's that the skaters are housebound and making noise in the comfort of their own homes...