Dad doodled on everything. He doodled on napkins at restaurants and left them for the waitress. If he had a pen and there was a flat surface, he'd draw something. Here are just a few examples...
Dad always left mom notes telling her where he would be - I never realized how dangerous his job was, but evidently he wanted mom to know where he was "just in case." Quite often though, his notes were hilarious! Here are a few examples...
Evidently, "we all went to town (Boise) so I'm not sure who Steve left this note for, but I guess mom wouldn't let him take his "good" hat. After Steve wrote the note, dad gave mom the raspberry. I love this one!
One of dad's notes to mom telling her where he would be...
And this, the last note dad ever left - dated January 4, 1981...
This one is hard to see, but I'm glad we have it. It sure brings back a lot of memories...
I remember when mom, dad, my friend Kim and I drove to Bakersfield/Disneyland when I was about 11 or 12. Kim and I each had drawing pads and whenever he could, he'd take them and draw characatures of us. Greasy hair, buck teeth, crossed eyes, huge feet....really flatteriing.
ReplyDeleteOh how I wished I'd saved those.
Of course he drew things to bug you and it did, you would shriek and draw pics of him that were just as unflattering.
ReplyDeleteSteve left that note for Bill ,----- he was working when we left and after reading the note when he got home, Bill added the raspberry cutie. It used to tick me off cuz I couldn't draw ! So I couldn't retaliate !