Vinci and his Arty-pie. :) Arty is a subspecies of cheetah I made up, called a yumar. They are slow waddly buggers on land, but in the water.. oohwatchout! That's why Arty's got that pretty fin on the end of his tail (males have brightly colored fins, females don't), and webby fingers and toes. :)

I did this picture out of pure happybliss when my husband came to join me in California. I moved before he did so I could get a jump on finishing my degree, so we had about 16 months of being married and on opposite coasts, which SUCKED. But, that's over now, so whoo!

Now he's being enlightened on how to become a Californian weirdo. He chose In-n-Out Burger over a steak dinner the other week! I was so proud! *sniff!* ;)