Lynn's Comments: When I did the Aunt Fiona series, I received a number of letters from readers who asked me how I knew one of their relatives so intimately. You can make stuff up, but the truth is, you don't have to!
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Thursday July 2, 2020
Friday July 3, 2020
Lynn's Comments: Here, I go into my own family history to reveal the diner/pool hall that my wonderful, eccentric aunt Margaret owned. Oakview Lunch and Billiards was a landmark on the road to Wasaga Beach in Northern Ontario. One summer, I took the bus north to help her for a week or two.
Saturday July 4, 2020
Lynn's Comments: Working in Aunt Margaret's pool hall was a crazy experience—one I'll never forget!
Sunday July 5, 2020
Tuesday July 7, 2020
Wednesday July 8, 2020
Lynn's Comments: This is true. Most of the kids on the Manitoba farms could drive the farm machinery just as well as any adult by the time they were 15.
Thursday July 9, 2020
Saturday July 11, 2020
Monday July 13, 2020
Friday July 17, 2020
Lynn's Comments: My brother-in-law (the farmer) said, "Never name anything you’re gonna eat." His pigs and miniature horses were safe, but the cow…well, she was never named.
Friday July 24, 2020
Lynn's Comments: From time to time, our whole family would go to the family farm in Manitoba to work and to visit...but mostly to work! One summer, I was asked to paint the wooden grain bins that were on the edge of the property. I was handed a paint sprayer, some red paint and a few rags.
Sunday July 26, 2020
Tuesday August 4, 2020
Sunday August 9, 2020
Lynn's Comments: This is another strip done for the sheer joy of drawing the dog. Panel 6 is my favourite!
Thursday August 13, 2020
Sunday August 16, 2020
Wednesday August 26, 2020
Thursday August 27, 2020
Friday August 28, 2020
Sunday August 30, 2020
Monday August 31, 2020
Tuesday September 1, 2020
Lynn's Comments: This was so much fun to draw. When I look at this strip again, I remember drawing it in pencil and looking forward to tracing it with pen and ink. Feeling the bite of pen nib on paper and seeing the lines become the characters was like "bringing them to life." April (as a baby) and the dogs were an absolute joy to work on.
Wednesday September 2, 2020
Lynn's Comments: I had a large assortment of very washable shirts. I also had carpets the same colour as the crud that landed on them.
Saturday September 5, 2020
Tuesday September 8, 2020
Wednesday September 16, 2020
Thursday September 17, 2020
Lynn's Comments: The question of when to stop nursing was settled for me when the kids started teething. One good chomp and I was singing the praises of a plastic bottle.
Friday September 18, 2020
Wednesday September 23, 2020
Thursday September 24, 2020
Lynn's Comments: I do this. It's not as effective as actually dusting, but it gives me another week to procrastinate.