Monthly Archives: June 2021
Wednesday June 2, 2021
Thursday June 3, 2021
Friday June 4, 2021
Lynn's Comments: This is what happened to me when I took my driving exam at the age of 16. The examiner was menacing and brutally strict...and I failed the test!
Saturday June 5, 2021
Sunday June 6, 2021
Lynn's Comments: Drawing pictures like this was therapeutic because I knew other parents would commiserate.
Monday June 7, 2021
Tuesday June 8, 2021
Lynn's Comments: Here is where I failed my exam. Cars in the 60s were mostly standard shift, so parking on a hill meant using the clutch carefully when pulling out from the curb. I pushed down hard on the gas, took my foot off the clutch, and roared uncontrollably into the parking lot across the street. It happened to be the RCMP building and two police officers were sitting in their cruiser when I rear-ended them. I didn't hit them hard, but I could see one officer's coffee spout from his thermos as the other hit the horn. When the officers got out of the cruiser and saw the car that had hit them, with the "Driving School" sign on the roof, they laughed out loud. I received no ticket, but I knew I'd more than failed the exam. It would take me another year before I had the guts to try again...and the next time, I had a kind and supportive examiner. I passed.
Wednesday June 9, 2021
Thursday June 10, 2021
Friday June 11, 2021
Saturday June 12, 2021
Sunday June 13, 2021
Monday June 14, 2021
Lynn's Comments: I just loved drawing the baby. Adding her to the strip added so much to everything. It gave all of the characters a whole new energy...even the dog!
Tuesday June 15, 2021
Wednesday June 16, 2021
Thursday June 17, 2021
Friday June 18, 2021
Saturday June 19, 2021
Sunday June 20, 2021
Lynn's Comments: This punch line is much like the ending I gave to the Mother's Day Sunday page. Just goes to show you two things:
1) I never checked to see what I'd done on Mother's Day, and
2) When you're on a deadline, you'll sometimes take the first idea that comes into your head and draw it up. This must have been one of those first ideas!
Monday June 21, 2021
Lynn's Comments: The story lines about high school crushes attracted in a whole group of new teenage readers who stuck around for the soap opera drama. You might be one of those people!
Tuesday June 22, 2021
Wednesday June 23, 2021
Thursday June 24, 2021
Lynn's Comments: This is a bit of foreshadowing...the suggestion that Michael's career might be in journalism.
Friday June 25, 2021
Lynn's Comments: Here is one of the first hints that Gordon would eventually own a garage.
Saturday June 26, 2021
Sunday June 27, 2021
Lynn's Comments: We actually did this to get the dog outside for a bath. It worked beautifully.