One Sketch 217) #inktober2018 prompt - Gift (Sunday 28th)

Personally, I think it's ace
Seeing it before twas put in place
Given  with such kindness and such grace
More, much more than just a pretty face

Yesterday, when I made this sketch, was a very busy day. I knew I was going to be driving for between 5 and 6 hours, since I was travelling to Birmingham and back for a national quiz competition. Luckily this idea presented itself. I found a wonderful photograph on the net of this, the face of the Statue of Liberty, just unpacked after it had been delivered from France, but before assembly. I'm sure that you know that the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World was a gift to the people of the USA from France.

One sketch 216) #inktober2018 prompt 27 - Thunder -

The thunderbird
Is a funny fowl
It flies from street to street
It breathes in air
And spits out fumes
Which do smell none too sweet.

Sorry, nothing else occurred in the way of verse. Ford Thunderbird, one of those iconic American car which began with the Chevy Corvette, and culminated in the Ford Mustang.

One Sketch 215) #inktober2018 prompt 26 - stretch

Mighty symbol
of power and pride
A nod to the cathedrals
of Europe
A physical stretch
And a leap of the imagination

I've told you before that I love bridges. Just looking at the Brooklyn Bridge - which spans the East River and not, as the unitiated think, the Hudson - is enough to inspire awe. How much more, then, when you know the story of its construction. A truly monumental undertaking, right up there in iconic status with the Statue of Liberty and the Epire State Building.

One sketch 214) #inktober2018 prompt 25 - Prickly

It make me feel old, and old at heart

For I was already a dad

When Sonic was state of the art

Out of inspiration, and short on time, I sketched a quick Sonic the hedgehog. I remember when the Mega Drive first came out and I bought the original Sonic for my oldest two kids. What a great game. I am not ashamed to admit that I still have a megadrive, and still play the game from time to time. 

One Sketch 213) #inktober2018 prompt 24 - Chop

I find that it helps me relax

It's something that cribbage just lacks

I play with my chopper

It's really a whopper

In fact it's a hell of an axe

I thought about karate chop and pork chop, but in the end decided to once again go literal. So sue me. 

One Sketch 212) #intober 2018 prompt 23 - Muddy

Muddy Old Man
Bearing floating palaces,
Teardrops of wonderful
Shabby gaudiness.

Muddy. You know, I'd really love to ride on a Mississippi riverboat,. I really do think they are magnificent looking things, and so a boat on 'Big Muddy' was the first thing that occurred when I saw this prompt

One Sketch 211) Monday 22nd - #inktober2018 prompt 22 - Expensive

This mastiff's a dog from Tibet
That's very expensive to get
One million quid
Would be too low a bit
Value for money? Nyet.

The Tibetan Mastiff is, according to Google, the world's most expensive species of dog. It's a huge thing, and looks half lion, half dog to me.