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Wednesday, June 11, 2025

When Creativity Takes a Detour You Pretty Much Have to Follow It No Matter How Unhappy the Pirate Gets

 


It isn't like I don't have a plan. I do. Actually, I have some very detailed lists of what I need to get done before the next show. HOWEVER.... I needed to make a pirate doll. Because, Pirates. I mean seriously. Who doesn't NEED a pirate doll. Which of course has taken the better part of the last two weeks as my pirate needed clothes and I didn't have any in his size. But then.... Olive... I don't know why I HAD to make the first olive....
But once I did and I shared it with some friends. Well, I had to find a giant martini glass for her to swim in.
And then, well it was an olive in a martini glass, it needed a toothpick. But it was pretty angry about that.

And I shared that with some more friends. And well, I HAD to turn the whole thing in to a plushie pun. So now the olive is holding a heart instead of trying to remove the toothpick.

And so I have three new plushie denizens and the pirate still has a mullet and is getting pretty angry about that. Fortunately, I haven't made his sword yet or we would have real trouble.

And that list of things that I need to get done before the next show.... Well it is a pretty list and is has a few things checked off. It is what it is. And if you are at my next show looking for a monkey or a new fish to add to your collection... well you can blame a bit of a creative detour.