A Wish for a Merry Moosmas!
My flying moose began as a sketch by Darrell over a year ago. I think he was still laughing when he got out his paper and pencil.
While watching a promo for Warbirds and the Men Who Flew Them, he heard the moderator refer to photographer Moose Peterson as the “Flying Moose,” a nickname the pilots gave him for his many flights to photograph the noble planes.
So, visions of a flying moose leaped into Darrell’s head and onto paper. Darrell added runaway sleigh bells to the sketch for me because I was in a Christmas state of mind.
I copied the sketch to my iPad and used it as my layout in Inkpad to wish you a Merry Moosmas!
A flying moose is better than a goose! -D. Wiskur
A Fireplace, a Hallmark Movie, and an iPad
I binged on Hallmark Christmas movies while on vacation. It was the day after Thanksgiving, and I was feeling rather festive.
I don’t know how the Hallmark Channel has eluded me all these years, but it was perfect for my holiday, particularly since it rained the first three days of vacation.
Watching Christmas movies in front of a fireplace, overlooking the lake, at Big Cedar’s five star woodland resort, with my husband, is hard to beat.

When you check into your room at Big Cedar, you are welcomed with freshly-baked cookies, waiting on your night stand. Each evening during your stay, cookies magically appear to your room, thanks to the Cookie Lady. So, I ate cookies and drew cookies.

I worked the hardest on the angel cookie because I wanted it to look like it had piles of fluffy icing on top.
Of course, I made snowmen and stars and bells and a row of penguin cookies, each a little different from the other.
My doodles were made with the Inkpad app.
I also made the Apostle Peter walking on water, a stained glass portrait of Joseph, and a mule reindeer, perfect for Christmas in the Ozarks.
After the cookies, I made some ornaments
Here’s a link to a file with a zip folder and miscellaneous file formats that contain a few decorations to get you started on ornament making. Make ornaments by copy and paste and drag and drop.
Send me a pretty ornament! I would love to add it to my digital tree.
Deck the halls…