Sunday, October 23, 2011

Motorcycle Love

Today I came home with a surprise for my wife. I came home with a motorcycle. It was given to me by a friend at work who no longer wanted it. At first I thought springing this on her would make for some good blog material. Fortunately, this isn't the case. She seems to know me well enough to take such things in stride. In the end I would guess this is what makes a marriage work, tolerating the idiotic husband when he behaves badly. That, and having something in common. I may be an engineer, but I've got a fairly broad streak of fine art running through. My wife on the other hand has a technical streak running through a majority of fine art background.

The following are some pictures we've done over the years. Each has brought us closer in one way or another.



Painting of my wife while she was pregnant with our first child. (minus the blue boxes)



Germany map painting my wife gave me on the first birthday we celebrated together.




France map painting my wife and I worked on together, but mostly my wife.




Painting I did of my father and myself.

They say opposites attract when it comes to relationships, but I don't buy it. I think it's the things you share in common that bind you together. It has something to do with being not only husband and wife, but friends at the same time. When I brought home the motorcycle, my wife wasn't happy. Indeed, she hit me several times as I teased her, but she's still talking to me and I love her all the more for it. 

10 comments:

  1. Interesting, Shane--& completely cowless.

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  2. aww. cute. and I love the paintings!

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  3. Can I borrow that motorcycle for a bit? I just want to see if The Wife will hit me for bringing it home. I just need to doctor up a fake receipt.

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  4. Joshua, Sure. In fact, it should go on a national touring, annoying wives and bringing joy to husbands everywhere.

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  5. LOL! Now you can go cruising with dad :0)

    You are both such talented artists. I still have the picture you drew of me fighting a dragon--I love it.

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  6. Elisa and the Dragon? This needs to be shared.

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  7. I agree with JOSHUA--I want to see it, too!

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  8. Heck, I'd like to see it since I don't remember what it looks like.

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  9. Let me see if I can get a decent picture or even scan :) It's pretty awesome. I was about eleven when he drew it, but he made me look like an adult. I think I actually did grow up to look just like the picture! Pretty cool :0)

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  10. I can see that writing talent comes along with the family genes! Ditch the motorcycle--that is the mother in me speaking.

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