<b>Day 1:</b><br/>Mary Had a Little Lamb<br/><i> Okay - it's a little BLUE lamb in this version!</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 2:</b><br/>Baa Baa Black Sheep<br/><i>This rhyme seemingly has something to do with 'wool tax' in England during the Middle Ages. <br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 3:</b><br/>I'm a Little teapot<br/><i>Yup. Like 'YMCA', we've all done these actions. Most of us in adult life, too.</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 4:</b><br/>Polly Put the Kettle On<br/><i>Charles Dickens quoted this rhyme in his novel, 'Barnaby Rudge'.</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 5:</b><br/>Fiddle Dee Dee<br/><i>Kevin McGowan wrote a sterling piece about Nursery Rhymes and their meanings. I'll link to his blog when I figure out how.</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 6:</b><br/>Thank You, Pretty Cow<br/><i>I found this rhyme a little arbitrary when I found it, but I needed a reference for a cow <small>(see DAY 19)</small>. It makes perfect sense, though - it's about 'exchanging energy'. Balance.</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 7:</b><br/>Ding Dong Bell<br/><i>This rhyme was used to teach morals to children. Hmm. Killing things IS bad.</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 8:</b><br/>The Man in the Moon<br/><i>The Man in the moon Looked out of the moon, And this is what he said, 'Tis time that, now I'm getting up, All babies went to bed.</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 9:</b><br/>Bow Wow Says the Dog<br/><i>Our 'firstborn' is Francesca (Frank) - a West Highland Terrier cross of some description. She barks a LOT. But has the best doggy-smile I've ever encountered.</i><br/><br/>SOLD <br/><small>(THIS DRAWING ALSO LINKS TO DAY 19.)</SMALL> <b>Day 10:</b><br/>Little Miss Muffet<br/><i>This poor girl's father was an entomologist (guy who studies bugs)! One of his spiders frightened her, and she ran away. Seriously.<br/><br/>Another interpretation casts Mary, Queen of Scotts as 'Miss Muffet' - good old Catholic vs. Protestant rivalry</i><br/><br/>SOLD
<b>Day 11:</b><br/>Goosey Goosey Gander<br/><i>I enjoyed playing a bit with 'line' in this one, as opposed to just conventional drawing with light and shadow.</i><br/><br/>R150.00 <b>Day 12:</b><br/>Incy Wincy Spider<br/><i>Spiders freak me out. Even drawing this one gave me shivers up and down my spine.</i><br/><br/>R175.00 <b>Day 13:</b><br/>Sing a Song of Sixpence<br/><i>Apparently those horrid monarchs liked baking live birds in pies as a 'party trick.' Freaks.</i><br/><br/>R150.00 <b>Day 14:</b><br/>Hickory Dickory Dock<br/><i>My daughter (who is almost two) taught me the actions to this rhyme. My mind was blown - how can SHE be teaching ME stuff already?</i><br/><br/>R100.00 <b>Day 15:</b><br/>Jack & Jill<br/><i>Oi! I don't think there's another rhyme with quite so many variations on possible meanings.</i><br/><br/>R125.00 <b>Day 16:</b><br/>Girls and Boys Come out to Play<br/><i>I've always been familiar with the tune of this Rhyme, but never the words. I chose to juxtapose milk (bottled formula) with the abject poverty in Africa. There's irony in there…</i><br/><br/>R125.00 <b>Day 17:</b><br/>One Two Buckle My Shoe<br/><i>I couldn't resist going with a non-conformist maid for this one…</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 18:</b><br/>The Owl and the Pussycat<br/><i>I remember this verse from my childhoos, so had to include it. It's nonsense…</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 19:</b><br/>Hey Diddle Diddle<br/><i>I made drawings of all the visuals in this rhyme over the preceding 18 days. Did you spot them?</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 20:</b><br/>Pop! Goes the Weasel<br/><i>I thought this was my first 'fairly obscure' choice of subject matter in this series. I imagined it might be difficult to see what it is, but since many people have figured it out I must conclude that it's not all that obscure…</i><br/><br/>R175.00
<b>Day 21:</b><br/>Butterfly Butterfly<br/><i>''Butterfly, butterfly, Whence do you come? I know not, I ask not, Nor ever had a home. Butterfly, butterfly, Where do you go? Where the sun shines, And where the buds grow.''<br/><br/>Arbitrary. It works to the tune of 'Pussycat, Pussycat, Where have you bee?'</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 22:</b><br/>Shoo Fly!<br/><i>I love this rhyme. It makes me feel cheery - like the morning star!</i><br/><br/>R175.00 <b>Day 23:</b><br/>Little Robin Redbreast<br/><i>Robins are my favourite bird. They've made cameo appearances in so many places and at so many stages of my life. I'm lucky.</i><br/><br/>R175.00 <b>Day 24:</b><br/>Barber Barber Shave a Pig<br/><i>My dear friend Dave Stevens wrote and incredible bit of prose to go with this one, AND then recorded his own version of it! As soon as I figure out how, I'm building a link to those two pieces, but until then please check out his blog (link below - 'the lovebomb corporation')</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 25:</b><br/>The Ants Go Marching<br/><i>I had to use this somewhere, since (until recently) our little one stopped frequently to suck her thumb!</i><br/><br/>R150.00 <b>Day 26:</b><br/>Higgety Piggety My Black Hen<br/><i>Well, YES. No prizes for guessing that this little ditty replates NOT to laying eggs, but to GETTING LAID! <br/><br/>On the lighter (and far more legal) side, I dedicated this chicken to my sister, and named her (the chicken) 'Nando'.</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 27:</b><br/>Simple Simon<br/><i>Not the brightest lad!</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 28:</b><br/>Cross Patch, Draw the Latch<br/><i>Cross patch, draw the latch, Sit by the fire and spin; Take a cup and drink it up, Then call your neighbors in.<br/><br/>Hmm. Sometimes we all just need a time-out!</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 29:</b><br/>Twelve Pairs Hanging High<br/><i>This riddle is misintepreted frequently. In actual fact it has to be spoken to hold true to its original meaning…</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 30:</b><br/>I had a Little Nut Tree<br/><i>I'd never seen nutmeg before I searched for a resource for this drawing. They're beautiful. I couldn't resist bringing in the extra colour in this drawing.</i><br/><br/>R175.00
<b>Day 31:</b><br/>A Riddle<br/><i> As I went through the garden gap, Who should I meet but Dick Red-cap! A stick in his hand, a stone in his throat, If you'll tell me this riddle, I'll give you a groat.<br/><br/>Thanks to Rob for pointing out the unintentional reference to the negalitive impact of Catholicism (the red cross) in South America. Must be my subconscious mind infiltrating...</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 32:</b><br/>Fingers All - Where are you?<br/><i>Sheesh! Let's just say there was a drawn-out incident involving a corporate executive, an invoice and myself, and leave it at that…</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 33:</b><br/>Two Little Dicky Birds<br/><i>On the thirty-second day of this series my Mom and I found a dead Fiscal Shrike in the garden. He was one of my steadfast companions, and I was really sad. I made a drawing of two (brown) shrikes in his memory.</i><br/><br/>R175.00 <b>Day 34:</b><br/>Lucy Locket Lost her Pocket<br/><i>I am a little freaked out that there are various Nursery Rhymes allegedly about prostitutes…</i><br/><br/>R150.00 <b>Day 35:</b><br/>What are Little Boys Made of?<br/><i>The original rhyme is very long - I was surprised to find that it contains 'descriptions' of babies, men, women and so on in addition to girls and boys.</i><br/><br/>R175.00 <b>Day 36:</b><br/>One Two Three Four Five<br/><i>The Powder Blue Surgeon is my favourite fish.</i><br/><br/>R100.00 <b>Day 37:</b><br/>A Riddle<br/><i> Little Nanny Etticoat In a white petticoat, And a red nose. The longer she stands The shorter she grows.</i><br/><br/>R125.00 <b>Day 38:</b><br/>London Bridge is Falling Down<br/><i>This rhyme is very long. Right at the end (if you get that far) there is mention of a hired guard smoking a pipe. Really.</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 39:</b><br/>Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater<br/><i>An American Nursery rhyme - most originated in either Britain or Germany.</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 40:</b><br/>Molly, My Sister and I fell out<br/><i>My sister drinks rooibos (mostly) and I drink stuff-with-caffiene-in, but we've never really fought about it.</i><br/><br/>SOLD
<b>Day 41:</b>A Riddle<br/> <br/><i> As soft as silk, as white as milk, As bitter as gall, a strong wall, And a green coat covers me all. </i><br/><br/>R100.00 <b>Day 42:</b><br/>A Riddle<br/><i>In Spring I look gay, Decked in comely array, In Summer more clothing I wear; When colder it grows, I fling off my clothes, And in Winter quite naked appear. </i><br/><br/>R125.00 <b>Day 43:</b><br/>Diddle Diddle Dumpling<br/><i>Dumplings have found their way into the traditional food of so many cultures, I discovered. This shoe reminds me of my dear friend, Chantel.</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 44:</b><br/>London's Bells<br/><i>The Catholic Church does try to extend its dominance throughout the world…</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 45:</b><br/>Set Me up on the Garden Gate<br/><i>Set me up on the garden gate And put on my Sunday tie; I want to be there With a round-eyed stare When the circus band goes by. Give me a bag of suckerettes And give me a piece of gum, Then I’ll get down And treat the clown, And give the monkey some. </i><br/><br/>R150.00 <b>Day 46:</b><br/>The Queen of Hearts<br/><i>This rhymes relates to Lewis Carrol's 'Alice in Wonderland', and also describes a card game.</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 47:</b><br/>The Wheels on the Bus<br/><i>The poor bus's wheels don't go 'round so much any more since the price of oil skyrocketed!</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 48:</b><br/>Remember Remember<br/><i>The 5th of November - Guy Fawkes Day - is similar in many ways to New York's September 11th disaster. Gunpowder! Treason! Plot!</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 49:</b><br/>Oh dear! What can the matter be?<br/><i>For me, this rhyme is about 'Unrequited Love'.</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 50:</b><br/>There was an Old Woman<br/><i>I linked this rhyme to poverty stricken Africa.</i><br/><br/>SOLD
<b>Day 51:</b><br/>Humpty Dumpty<br/><i>Not about an egg - about a canon used (and lost) during the Thirty Years' War.</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 52:</b><br/>Pat a Cake<br/><i>Olivia's rendition goes something like 'Cakey Man! Cakey Man! Cay-key MAN!'</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 53:</b><br/>Ring a Ring a Rosies<br/><i>The most popular explanation of this rhyme is that it's about the Black Plague. Other explanations (like the one by Philip Hiscock) are worth a look at, though.</i><br/><br/>R150.00 <b>Day 54:</b><br/>Three Young Rats<br/><i>Three young rats with black felt hats, Three young ducks with white straw flats, Three young dogs with curling tails, Three young cats with demi-veils, Went out to walk with two young pigs In satin vests and sorrel wigs. But suddenly it chanced to rain And so they all went home again.</i><br/><br/>Fairly obscure… <br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 55:</b><br/>Birds of a Feather<br/><i>I interpreted this age-old rhyme as 'Necessary Evils.'</i><br/><br/>R200.00 <b>Day 56:</b><br/>Mary Mary Quite Contrary<br/><i>A hectic little rhyme about the impliments of torture wielded by Mary I of England.</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 57:</b><br/>Wee Willy Winky<br/><i>It is most likely that this rhyme - a version of a poem by William Miller (1810 - 72) - is about a 'sandman' like fantasy character.</i><br/><br/>R100.00 <b>Day 58:</b><br/>Three Blind Mice<br/><i>Did she chop off their tails before or after they chased her, I wonder?</i><br/><br/>R125.00 <b>Day 59:</b><br/>Jenny Wren & Robin Redbreast<br/><i>Day 59 was also my Mom's birthday. Her name's 'Jenny' so I chose this rhyme for her. We enjoyed some lovely wine together, so this drawing turned out to be prophetic!</i><br/><br/>SOLD <b>Day 60:</b><br/>If all the World were Apple Pie<br/><i>Being the last drawing in this series, I added something a little different…</i><br/><br/>SOLD