Saturday, July 23, 2011

Illustration Friday - Perennial


The perennial chore: WASHING DISHES!

We recently moved into an apartment without a dishwasher. Wow-- that was a game-changer. Now I feel like I am always washing dishes! They seem to pop up out of nowhere, like mushrooms.

I think that if you have a dishwasher, after you press the start button, you should go off and do something fun for an hour. Because that is the time you save by having the dishwasher. One hour (that's what I usually spend at the sink each day) should be your free time. Go do something good with it!

(I'm going to hang this plaque by my sink because when I do dishes, I sing "Many Dishes to Wash" to the tune of Jimmy Cliff's "Many Rivers to Cross")

13 comments:

  1. This is really sweet. It's funny, I like washing dishes, folding clothes is the task I put off.

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  2. Hello!

    Adorable blog.
    xx

    johanna, sweden
    art

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  3. Your illustration is adorable... and your writing's really funny too! :)

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  4. Lol!
    You are absolutely right about the 'mushroom effect'
    Beautiful image! Love the blog :-)

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  5. Spent the whole morning doing dishes, myself (our dishwasher broke ages ago and we never bothered to replace it). You illustration makes it look like a much more pleasant task than it actually is. ;)

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  6. I always love visiting--I can feel the joy in your pictures! ; )

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  7. I wish wasing my dishes would look this nice.

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  8. love your pictures composition. :)

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  9. I love this! The bright colors are so happy. I like like the idea too.

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  10. lol I know what you mean, greaaat work!

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  11. Don't have to tell me twice. Next time the dishwasher goes on I'm playing for an hour! Great illustration too!

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  12. Perennial is a great way to describe dish-washing. I've never had a dishwasher in my life, but I have a policy of owning only as many plates and bowls as there are people in my family (four), so dishes *have* to be washed after each meal so they can be used for the next. It keeps each pile of unwashed dishes at a manageable level, but I feel like I'm doing them all day long.

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  13. Vivi! You were able to turn an ugly chore into a really beautiful illustration. I love it! I'm sorry you have to wash so many dishes, though...

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